TOWN OF ANGELICA

Monthly Meeting

May 10, 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: Richard Ferfecki, Ed Kazik, Wence Komorowski, Douglas Thomas, Elmer Kraning, Wilbert Lewis, John Carroll, Albert Reinke, Jr., Ronald and Sandy Krajewski

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.

Approval of Prior Town Board Minutes: MOTION (Gwidt/Powers/PASSED) to accept the minutes of the Town Board of Supervisors’ meeting of April 12, 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 April 30, 2004 of $151,957.15 at the F & M Bank in Pulaski and $131,299.57 at the Premier Bank in Pulaski. MOTION (Powers/Gwidt/PASSED) to approve the Treasurer’s report as presented

Correspondence: Correspondence reviewed was (1) Profit and Loss Budget vs. Actual information received from the Tri-County Rescue Squad (2) notice from Wisconsin Department of Commerce advising that non-enforcing municipalities have to again issue the Wisconsin Administrative Permit for new dwellings the remainder of this year. (3) information fro9m the D.O.T. regarding Small HES Projects Program grants (4) notice of school board membership from the Pulaski Community School District (5) copies of land-use permits issued the past month by the Shawano County Planning and Zoning Department and notices of meetings of county committees relating to planning and zoning issues (6) notice from County PD&Z Committee regarding proposed text amendment to Ordinance No. 102 and notice from the Planning & Development Department regarding new assessment items to watch for at upcoming Board of Reviews (7) a non-metallic mining reclamation plan submitted of East Central Wisconsin Regional Planning Commission for L.J. Sperberg Construction’s gravel pit and (8) communication from American Transmission Company, Wisconsin Towns Association, Pulaski Historical Society and OMNI regarding upcoming open houses, WTA asking for membership in its association and general information provided by the historical society and OMNI.

Reports from Town Officers: Supervisor Gwidt reported that he had issued three driveway/culvert permits in the past month. Gwidt also reported that he had done a check of road signs and there are fifteen stop ahead signs that have not been installed and two narrow bridge signs that need to be installed. A listing of these signs was given to Elmer Kraning who is in charge of maintenance of road signs. Supervisor Powers reported on a meeting that was held on May 5, 2004 at the town hall that brought together personnel from the 911 dispatch center in Shawano with representatives from the towns of Angelica, Lessor and Maple Grove and members of the Pulaski Tri-County Fire Department and Tri-County Rescue Squad. Powers reported that the meeting was successful and steps are being taken to enable the fire department and rescue squad to receive calls direct from the Shawano dispatch center rather than going through the Brown County dispatch center and then to the fire department or rescue squad.

Treasurer Lisa Matuszak brought to the board’s attention the fact that when she cross checked the listing of dogs that Wilbert Lewis had prepared with licenses she has issued that there are over 80 residents in the town that have not obtained dog licenses for their dogs. Matuszak is required to send an annual listing of unlicensed dogs to the County District Attorney’s office and there is a fine of over one hundred dollars for having an unlicensed dog. After discussion it was the general consensus that Matuszak should send a letter to those dog owners who have not obtained a license and notify them about the fine they could receive and ask that they respond to her by June 1^st, either by obtaining a license or notifying her if they no longer have a dog. It was also suggested that when Lewis does the annual listing of dogs that a telephone number be shown for the owners of dogs.

Chairman Smith gave an update on what is progressing with road work: (1) the reconstruction road work has been okayed by Gary Knapton of the Army Corps of Engineers and Smith is waiting to hear from Scott Koehnke in regard to what is needed from the DNR and is hoping to hear from him this week (2) the County Highway Department should be starting to do paver patching to fix the spring breakup on roads in the town very soon. Our town is first in line for doing this work (3) Smith had a concern about the drop off in the purchase of garbage stickers so far this year. The sales at Krakow Express are about the same as last year but last years the Amoco 29 Travel Mart sold approximately 1,000 stickers the first six months of the year and since they have been closed this year it doesn’t appear that nearly that amount of stickers are being sold on this end of the town. It was suggested that a representative from Waste Management be invited to next month’s meeting to discuss the manner in which garbage is being picked up by their personnel.

Report from Planning Committee Chairman: Chairman Pat Karcz reported that he is presently working on a request to obtain a driveway off of the cul de sac at the end of Cherry Road to provide access to several lots near an existing pond on Tom Nowak’s land. This land is in the A-G General Agriculture zone. Karcz is working with the county Planning & Development Department on this.

Public Comments: John Carroll had a concern about the rental that is charged for using the pavilion in the town park in Krakow. The present rental fee is $40.00 and Carroll suggested perhaps this could be reduced to $25.00 in order to promote more rentals of the pavilion. This will be put on the agenda for next month’s meeting. Albert Reinke had a question about the bad spot of spring breakup on Hickory Drive and Elmer Kraning reported that he had placed some blacktop in that area after a call came in from the county sheriff’s department about it. Wilbert Lewis and Elmer Kraning reported that they had removed 104 tires and 5 gas tanks from the town road ditches in the past month and had a question as to how they will be disposed of. Chairman Smith reported that he will be in contact with Wittenberg Disposal to see if something can be arranged for them to pick up and dispose of the tires and also check into possibly having a day in June where residents could bring tires in for disposal. Ronald Krajewski raised a concern about the rental fees for the town hall and the park in that the fees are not covering the cost of maintaining the hall and the park.

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

a. Richard Ferfecki, owner/developer of the Dream Land Heights Subdivision was present and was asked if he was in agreement with the proposed agreement between him and the Town of Angelica in regard to construction and paving of roads in the subdivision and street lighting in the subdivision. MOTION (Gwidt/Powers/PASSED by unanimous oral vote) to enter into an agreement with Richard Ferfecki in regard to road construction and street lighting in the Dream Land Heights Subdivision. This agreement is to be made a part of this meeting’s minutes.

b. Wence Komorowski, owner of property at W290 Angelica Street, was asked to be present at this meeting to try to resolve an alleged violation of the Shawano County Health, Junk & Environmental Hazard Ordinance. John Carroll, President of the Krakow Advancement Association, was present and stated that there were two vans, a semi-trailer and numerous items that could be junk or salvage equipment laying around on the lot and residents in Krakow were concerned about children possibly getting hurt and the appearance of the property. Carroll also stated that there is a hole in the roof of the building. Wence Komorowski replyed that this property is zoned M-G, General Manufacturing, and because of that he can have these items stored on his property. Komorowski said that the items are mainly conveyors and equipment for the installation of pumping stations for oxygen and also stated that because the property is zoned General Manufacturing he could store junk there. Komorowski stated that he has plans to put up a five-foot to six-foot cyclone fence on the front of the lot and a four-foot plastic fence on the side. The condition of this property will be an agenda item for next month’s town board meeting.

c. Douglas Thomas, owner of property at W4839 Main Street in Krakow, was asked to be present at this meeting to try to resolve an alleged violation of the Shawano County Health, Junk & Environmental Hazard Ordinance. John Carroll, President of the Krakow Advancement Association, was present and stated that there are two pickup trucks and one car on the south side of the lot, four trailers and two cars on the north side and one truck in the back along with numerous small pieces of equipment and residents of Krakow are concerned about health and property value issues that these conditions contribute to. Douglas Thomas responded that he will remove the trucks on the south side of the lot, the vehicles on the north side are running and can be licensed, the one truck in the back will be removed and he should have only one vehicle that isn’t licensed on the property. Thomas stated that he uses the three trailers for storage of lumber and he would not be removing them. Thomas also asked the town board to call him if there are any further concerns.

d. Ed Kazik, who along with his wife are taking care of the Hillside Cemetery, was present and there was discussion as to how Hillside Drive in front of the cemetery would be reconstructed. Supervisor Powers had taken some measurements of the area and stated that the road blacktop in front of the cemetery is 18 feet in width and that there is a distance of 14 feet from the edge of the blacktop to the present cemetery fence. Paving of the reconstructed road would result in a 20 foot paved traveled area, leaving a distance of 13 feet from the edge of the blacktop to the present fence. Kazik stated the Cemetery Association would place a curb in the same place where the fence presently is located and felt that the 13 feet from the edge of the blacktop to the curb would give adequate space to park cars. Kazik stated that five or six larger trees at the fence line would have to be cut and asked who would be doing that and also if a culvert is needed for the driveway to the east. Chairman Smith replied that removal of the trees would be part of the reconstruction work but the town would appreciate it if Kazik could remove the smaller trees and if a culvert is needed for the driveway, the town provides for new culverts when roads are reconstructed. Other suggestions made by the board were to have “entrance” and “exit” signs put in place to inform people they could drive through the cemetery on the half-circle drive, have the blacktop go two feet into the entrance and exit area, and have a white line placed along side the parking area ten feet from the center of the road in order to keep cars off of the traveled area of the road.

e. An application for an Operator’s License from Ann M. McCarrell was reviewed. MOTION (Powers/Gwidt/PASSED) to issue an Operator’s License to Ann McCarrell.

f. It was agreed by the town board to inspect the areas of Hillside Drive and Willow Road where reconstruction is being planned on Wednesday morning, May 12,2004, starting at 9:00 a.m. There was discussion as to when the mowing of road ditches should be done. The general consensus was to do the first mowing of ditches sometime in June depending on the growth of vegetation and to do two swipes for the first mowing. The second mowing would be done the second or third week of August and just one swipe would be done. Chairman Smith indicated that he would contact the County Highway Department to do this work. Smith also indicated that he would contact the County Highway Department to clean the ditch area on Deer Drive in front of Irene Banaszynski’s property as their equipment is rubber tired and should not cause any damage to the road.

g. Cost sharing on road ditches was discussed. Smith stated that this year there are four requests for cost sharing in ditching, namely for work on Nichols Drive, Deer Drive and Willow Road. The general consensus was to hold off on doing any cost-sharing ditch work until the town is finished with repairing the roads after the spring breakup and the town knows what funds might be available to do this work.

h. There was discussion as to whether or not the town should be asking for a security deposit when renting out the town hall. It was pointed out that people renting the park pavilion are asked to submit a security deposit and it is the practice in neighboring towns to ask for a security deposit when renting the town halls. It was suggested that when a party rents the town hall they fill out a self-addressed, stamped envelope for the hall custodian to use when refunding the security deposit. MOTION (Powers/Gwidt/PASSED) that persons renting the town hall make out two checks in the amount of $50.00 each, one for rental and one for the security deposit, along with a self-addressed envelope. The check for the security deposit would be returned if the hall is left in satisfactory condition after its use.

i. The subject of renovation and addition to the town hall was tabled until a future meeting. Treasurer Matuszak asked if she should go ahead with the purchase of the second $30,000.00 certificate of deposit that was budgeted this year. The general consensus was to wait to see what the town’s financial situation is after road breakup and reconstruction is taken care of.

j. A date of Monday, June 21, 2004, was set for open book and Board of Review. R & R Assessing will handle the open book to start at 5:00 p.m. going to 7:00 p.m. and the Board of Review will be held from 7:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.

Specific Town Board Notice and Agenda for Upcoming Town Board Meeting: The next town board meeting will be held on Monday, June 14, 2004 and the items mentioned to be placed on next month’s agenda in these minutes will be placed on the agenda.

Voucher Listing/Payment of Bills: MOTION (Gwidt/Powers/PASSED) to approve vouchers No. 2271 through No.2294.

Adjournment: MOTION (Powers/Gwidt/PASSED) to adjourn the meeting. The meeting was adjourned at 10:00 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 6-14-04.

They were approved without correction approved with correction

ATTEST: ___________________________________ Date _____________

Town of Angelica Chairman