TOWN OF ANGELICA

Monthly Meeting

August 9, 2004

Town Officials Present: Chairman, Richard Smith, Supervisors, Tom Gwidt and Clifford Powers, Treasurer Lisa Matuszak and Clerk, Janet Powers

Town Officials Absent: None

Others Present: Amy Dillenburg, Steve Burr, Elmer Kraning, Nancy and Daniel Comier, Robert Kuczer

and Mike Kulinski

Call to Order/Roll Call/Verification of Meeting Notice: Chairman Smith called the meeting to order at 7:30 p.m. followed by the Pledge of Allegiance. All officers were present for Roll Call. Smith verified with Clerk Powers that proper posting of the meeting had been done.

Candidate for Shawano County Elected Office: Amy Dillenburg was present and introduced herself to those present. Dillenburg is running for Shawano County Register of Deeds and presented information in regard to her qualifications for this elected position.

Approval of Prior Town Board Minutes: MOTION (Gwidt/Powers/PASSED) to accept the minutes of the Town Board of Supervisors’ meeting of July 12, 2004 and the special town board meeting of July 22, 2004 as presented to the town board by the clerk.

Approval of Treasurer’s Monthly Report: The Treasurer’s report was presented to the board by Treasurer Matuszak showing balances as of July 31, 2004 of $271,795.65 at the F & M Bank in Pulaski and $101,757.24 at the Premier Bank in Pulaski. MOTION (Powers/Gwidt/PASSED) to approve the Treasurer’s report as presented.

Correspondence: Correspondence reviewed was (1) 8/9/04 letter from the Tri-County Rescue Squad regarding “settling issues of the Rescue Squad” along with the agenda for the 8/17/04 Board of Directors’ meeting, Profit & Loss Budget Overview information and a notice of the Officers’ meeting scheduled for August 10, 2004 (2) D.O.R. notice regarding 2004 shared revenue payments and July school levy property tax credit for 2003 taxes (3) notice of decision from County PD&Z regarding sign fee of $60.00 for off-premise directional, temporary off-premise and business locational signs (4) four copies of county land-use permits issued for property in the town (5) notices of hearings/meetings of Shawano County PD&Z Committee, Board of Adjustment, Land Conservation and County Wind Turbine Citizen Advisory Committee (6) information from Waste Management comparing weekly recycling to every-other week recycling, American Transmission Co. regarding update on proposed additions in transmission lines and Lange Enterprises regarding products they can provide for the town.

Reports from Town Officers: Supervisor Gwidt reported the issuance of two culvert/driveway permits for driveways on Cedar Road and Elm Road. Gwidt passed out information he had received at a Wisconsin Rural Leadership Program regarding comprehensive planning and pointed out vision problems at the intersections of Cuba Drive and Elm Road and Deer Drive and Green Valley Road. Gwidt also gave the board a listing of concerns he has made of maintenance items and structure information regarding the Hillside Cemetery. This will be an agenda item for the September meeting and Ed Kazik will be asked to attend that meeting.

Supervisor Powers informed the board that the County Board had approved a resolution to fund up to an amount of $10,000.00 to upgrade dispatching of 911 calls from the Shawano Dispatch Center directly to either Tri-County Rescue or the Fire Department. Powers informed the board that an issue the county board is addressing right now is whether or not to have a full-time emergency manager position. Powers also indicated that several informational meetings are being set up regarding constructing a more direct road access to the North Star Casino from State Highway 29.

Chairman Smith reported that there will be an informational meeting regarding the Rescue Squad on August 11, 2004 that all town board members are asked to attend. Smith gave the town board copies of a petition containing 26 names of residents on Hillside Drive, which petition asked that the town not allow parking in front of the Hillside Cemetery because of safety issues. Smith asked Elmer Kraning to replace the post for a stop sign at the corner of Maple Road and Deer Drive as a temporary post had been put in when the stop sign was knocked down.

Report from Planning Committee Chairman: As the Planning Committee did not meet in the month of August, Chairman Pat Karcz did not bring a report to this meeting. Chairman Smith reported that Karcz is presently working on approval of a CSM in that the CSM would be required to provide for a 66-foot easement as access to a back forty.

Voucher Listing/Payment of Bills: MOTION (Gwidt/Powers/PASSED) to deviate from the agenda in order to approve payment of bills at this time because the Treasurer wished to leave the meeting at this time. MOTION (Gwidt/Powers/PASSED) to approve vouchers No. 2363 through No.2386.

Public Comments: Dan and Nancy Comier along with Mike Kulinski, residents on Green Valley Road, presented the board with pictures of the spring flooding of their properties. They requested that the ditch be cleaned out from Cuba Drive north to the bridge in order to allow water from their property to move in the town ditch. It was stated that their properties had a large of amount of water on it and there was no water in the ditches. The town chairman will contact the county highway superintendent and have readings taken to see where the ditch would have to be cleaned out to allow the water to move. The Comiers also asked when Green Valley Road would be scheduled for reconstruction and pointed out that there were two potholes in Green Valley Road. Robert Kuczer had a concern regarding the reconstruction of Hillside Drive and asked if the road was going to be built to take truck traffic. Elmer Kraning brought to the board’s attention that two wagon loads of stone were dumped into the road ditch on Middle Drive.

Specific Matters for Discussion and Possible Action by Town Board in Open Session:

a. The town board went over a draft of a job description for the caretaker of the town hall. MOTION (Gwidt/Powers/PASSED) to approve the job description for the town hall caretaker as drafted and also to approve an addition to the Town of Angelica ~~ Town Hall Rules & Regulations as drafted. (Clerk’s Note: The addition to the Town Hall Rules & Regulations added: “Item A. Satisfactory condition is determined to be the same condition the hall was in when the renter started to use the hall”).

b. An application for an operator’s license from Sharon R. Gretzinger was presented to the town board. MOTION (Powers/Gwidt/PASSED) to approve the application for an operator’s license as presented.

c. There was discussion about the town providing the chairman with a fax machine. MOTION (Gwidt/Powers/PASSED) to purchase a fax machine for the town chairman’s use.

Specific Town Board Notice and Agenda for Upcoming Town Board Meeting: The next town board meeting will be held on Monday, September 13, 2004. The status of the Hillside Cemetery Association will be an agenda item for that meeting.

Adjournment: MOTION /Gwidt/Powers/PASSED) to adjourn the meeting. The meeting was adjourned at 10:15 p.m.

MINUTES TAKEN BY________________________________ Date__________________

Janet Powers, Town of Angelica Clerk

The foregoing minutes were presented to and approved by the Town of Angelica Board of Supervisors on 9-13-04.

They were approved without correction approved with correction

ATTEST: ___________________________________ Date ________________

Town of Angelica Chairman