Town Board — Minutes

Minutes of Town Board Meeting – December 9, 2024 Chairperson Klimek called the meeting of the Town Board of the Town of Schley to order on December 9, 2024 at 6:00 p.m. at the Schley Town Hall. Pledge of Allegiance Roll Call – Klimek, Brown, Leopold, Dallman, and Podeweltz. Verification of posting meeting notices by Town Board. Brown motioned to approve the minutes from the 11/11/2024 Town Board meeting and 11/20/2024 budget meeting, 2nd by Leopold. All ayes. Motion carried. Klimek motioned to accept the treasurer’s report, 2nd by Brown. All ayes. Motion carried. Reports from Town Officers: Snowplowing done around the Town Hall. Brushing done on various roads. Dallman thanked the election workers for their service, as it was a very busy election year with hours of training and time spent at the polls and with prep work. Public Comment: Several meeting attendees commented on how nice the new Town Hall looks and thanked the Town Board for getting the project completed. Brown motioned to pay bills and transfer $35,600 for general bills from the money market to checking; $3,249.87 from the building fund to checking, 2nd by Leopold. All ayes. Motion carried. Town Hall update: Town Hall is completed. The lawn and parking lot will be taken care of in the Spring. Town Board thanked Craig Brown’s sons and Bill Froehlich for helping move stuff from the old Town Hall to the new Town Hall. Brown contacted several companies to discuss 2025 Spring clean-up on May 10 or 31, 2025. Jason Macomber is not available on May 10 but Bo Bennish will be. Motion by Brown, 2nd by Leopold to schedule the Spring clean up for May 10 from 8:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. with Bennish Scrap. All ayes. Motion carried. Motion by Leopold, 2nd by Brown to approve the following election workers for 2025: Leah Brown, Calvin Doering, Mary Ann Gretenhardt, Sandra McCrory, Diana Petruzates, and Debra Robl. Town caucus is scheduled for January 15, 2025 at 6:00 p.m. Town Board reviewed the newsletter that is included in with the tax bills. Planning Commission: Rose Land Use # L-24-364 – Henry Rose to install solar panels on his home located on 9.727 acres at W2233 County Road C, Merrill. Motion by Klimek, 2nd by Brown to approve the land use application. Roll call vote. All ayes. Motion carried. Welker provided broadband updates. Pearce Services, the engineering partner for Frontier, contacted the Town about permits needed for buried drop lines on Burgener Avenue and Town Hall Road, which Welker has requested more information on what this would entail. The Lincoln County Broadband Commission meeting that was originally scheduled for November 21 was postponed until December 12. Welker provided information on the home occupation changes that Lincoln County Land Services is looking at making. Currently, less than 25% of the business can be done at the home (the County only enforces this if there is a complaint), and 1 employee can be from outside the household. The County is looking at changing this to 3 employees from outside the household. Welker stated that he is interested in learning if there are any size restrictions with accessory buildings. The Town supports having conditional use permits. Next meetings: January 8, 2025 at 6:00 p.m.- monthly Town Board meeting; January 15, 2025 at 6:00 p.m.- Town Caucus. Next month’s Agenda items: 1/15/2025 Caucus reminder; Town Hall rental There being no further business, motion to adjourn by Leopold, 2nd by Brown. All ayes. Motion carried. Meeting adjourned at 6:28 p.m. Becky Dallman, Clerk Submitted by Becky Dallman, Clerk