TOWN OF ANGELICA

Monthly Meeting

June 14, 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:                         Elmer Kraning 

 

Call to Order/Roll Call/Verification of Meeting Notice:  Chairman Smith called the meeting to order at 7:35 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.

 

Approval of Prior Town Board Minutes:  MOTION (Powers/Gwidt/PASSED) to accept the minutes of the  Town Board of Supervisors’ meeting of May 10, 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 May 31, 2004 of  $143,303.83 at the F & M Bank in Pulaski and $131,440.58 at the Premier Bank in Pulaski.   MOTION (Gwidt/Powers/PASSED) to approve the Treasurer’s report as presented

 

Correspondence:  Correspondence reviewed was (1) a CSM for one lot on Elm Road (2) the Non-Metallic Mining Reclamation Plan done by East Central Wisconsin Regional Planning Commission for the Robert Ripley facility (3) eight land-use permits issued by Shawano County for properties in the town (4) meeting notices for committees of the Shawano County Planning and Development Department (5) notice from State of 2004 fire dues payment of $3,305.04 (6) State Lab test results stating water at the park in Krakow was safe (7) study from Waste Management in regard to recycling (8) Notice of Decision from the County PD&Z Committee regarding extension of the moratorium on construction of all wind generation turbines (9) notice from Public Service Commission regard WICOR’s request to terminate its interest in Wisconsin Gas Company and (10) notices form Wisconsin Inspection Service of Shawano regarding their services and the Forest Tax Stewardship News.

 

Reports from Town Officers:  Supervisor Gwidt gave the board a listing of park improvements paid for by the Krakow Advancement Association starting with September of 1997 through April of 2004 having a total of $8,073.45 and mentioned that the Association plans to paint the pavilion doors, floors and picnic tables in the near future.  Gwidt also informed the board that the Association is sponsoring a community picnic on Sunday, June 27, 2004 starting at noon.  Another project that the Association has almost completed is the placement of two “Welcome to Krakow” signs  on Highway 32.  Gwidt reported on potholes and culvert repair needed on Center Street and Town Line Road and informed the board that he has contacted Jacob Hashburger in regard to movement of one of his culverts to allow at least a four-foot space between the two culverts.  Gwidt relayed that Hashburger offered to do this in two ways (1) to cover the two connecting culverts with a grass area of about four feet or (2) to move the second culvert and place a grid over an approximately four-foot clean out area that would allow him to drive over that area.  It was the general consensus of the board that Hashburger should have at least a four-foot space between the two culverts and it would be okay to place a grid over that area.

 

Supervisor Powers reported that the county board had granted an extension of the moratorium on construction of wind generation turbines in the county. 

 

Chairman Smith reported he would be contacting Wittenberg Disposal to see if they would take the tires that had been picked up from the town’s ditches.  Smith also reported that he had been contacted by Scott Construction and a cracking filling company in regard to seal coating and crack filling of town roads.  The general consensus was to wait until after bids for reconstruction work are received and then determine if there are sufficient funds to go ahead with this work and also determine just how much seal coating and crack filling the town would do on the roads. Cutting of road ditches will start soon with the first cutting being two swipes with the mower.   Smith also brought the board up to date on what is happening in regard to negotiations with the Tri-County Rescue Squad and said that at this time they are waiting for a response from the Rescue Squad.  

 

Report from Planning Committee Chairman:  As the Planning Committee did not meet in the month of May, Chairman Pat Karcz did not bring a report to this meeting.

 

Public Comments:   Elmer Kraning was present and made comments in regard to the Rescue Squad situation.  Kraning also asked about trimming of trees that are overhanging Hickory Drive and removal of trees in front of the Hillside Cemetery because of road reconstruction.  Chairman Smith told Kraning to go ahead with trimming of the trees on Hickory Drive.  Smith also said that he was going to determine how many trees had to be removed and get a bid on removal of trees on Willow Road and Hillside Drive that will have to be done before those roads are reconstructed and asked Kraning to submit a bid for this work if he wished to.

 

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

 

a.      Shane Lestraud of Waste Management had planned to attend the town board meeting but he called to say he would be unable to attend.  Chairman Smith said that he had talked to Lestraud in regard to people not putting stickers on garbage and also placing stickers on garbage cans rather than on the garbage bag or a garbage item in the garbage can as instructed.  Lestraud indicated that he would tell the Waste Management drivers not to pick up garbage that was not put out as instructed and a sticker note would be left telling the resident why their garbage was not picked up. 

 

b.     Chairman Smith reported that Cindy and Steve Moesch had told him they no longer wanted to be in charge of booking, cleaning and maintenance of the town hall after June 1st.  The Moesch’s were concerned about having to make the decision as to whether or not the security deposit would be returned to people renting the hall.  There was discussion on the rate being paid for cleaning and maintenance of the hall.  MOTION (Gwidt/Powers/PASSED) to raise the rates being paid for cleaning and maintenance by two dollars, bringing the cleaning rate to $10.00 per hour and the maintenance rate to $14.00 per hour and that the security deposit be raised from $50.00 to $100.00.   Chairman Smith plans to talk to the Moesch’s and try to get them to reconsider taking care of the town hall and inform them that if they felt the hall was not left as clean as it should be they should contact him and he and one of the supervisors would look at the hall and make the determination as to whether or not the security deposit would be returned.  Denial of returning the security deposit would come from the town board and a letter would be sent telling the renter why it was not being returned.

 

c.      It was decided to delay lining up crack filling and seal coating of town roads until after the reconstruction work bids are received.

 

d.     There was discussion regarding the water accumulating near the corner of Hilbert and Main Street in Zachow The board decided to try to remedy the situation by putting a used culvert in that area to enable the water to drain better.  There was also discussion in regard to paver patching on Hilbert Street and the general consensus was to paver patch the area going in from the western portion of Hilbert Street from Main Street up to the post office and to fill the pot holes on the rest of Hilbert Street in front of the feed mill with some gravel.

 

e.      Wednesday, June 23, 2004 at 10:00 was the time set for the on-site meeting with contractors to go over construction work on Hillside Drive and Willow Road and acceptance of bids will be done at a special town board meeting to be held at 7:00 p.m. at the town hall on Tuesday, June 29, 2004.  A letter is to be sent out to the listing of contractors the town has, advertisement of bids will be in the Shawano Leader on June 17th and 18th, and a notice will be posted regarding reconstruction bidding.

 

f.        MOTION (Gwidt/Powers/PASSED) to approve the 2 Combination Class A and 6 Combination Class B Alcohol Beverage License applications as presented to the board.

 

g.     MOTION Smith/Gwidt/PASSED) to approve applications 1 through 8 for renewal of Operator’s Licenses that were presented to the board.   MOTION (Smith/Gwidt/PASSED) to approve the request from Kimberly Long for a new Operator’s License even though the fee had not been paid.  The Clerk was instructed to wait to issue that license until the $10.00 fee is paid to the town.

 

 

Specific Town Board Notice and Agenda for Upcoming Town Board Meeting:  The next town board meeting will be held on Monday, July 12, 2004.

 

Voucher Listing/Payment of Bills:  MOTION (Gwidt/Powers/PASSED) to approve vouchers No. 2295 through No.2329.  A commercial contract for Propane fuel from Badger Energy Services was reviewed.  MOTION (Powers/Gwidt/PASSED) to sign a contract with Badger Energy under Option 2 ~ “Pay as you Go” that provided for a fixed price of $1.059 per gallon for the heating season of 9/1/04 to 4/30/05.

 

Adjournment: MOTION /Gwidt/Powers/PASSED) to adjourn the meeting.  The meeting was adjourned at 10:20 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 7-12-04.

 They were             approved without correction                    approved with correction

 

ATTEST:  ______________________________________ Date _____________

                                 Town of Angelica Chairman