TOWN OF ANGELICA

 

Monthly Meeting

August 8, 2005

 

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

Town Officials Absent:     None

Others Present:                   James Lotter, Krakow Sanitary District President, Attorney Herbert C. Liebmann, Richard Ferfecki, Chairman of the Town of Angelica Planning Committee, Joel Jarock, Stuart Sorensen, Donald Staszak and Elmer Kraning

 

Call to Order/Roll Call/Verification of Meeting Notice:  Chairman Smith called the meeting to order at 6:35 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.

 

MOTION (Powers/Lewis/PASSED) to deviate from the meeting’s agenda and take up New Business Item a. at this time.

 

a.       A copy of the request made by the Krakow Sanitary District No. 1 to add territory to the Krakow Sanitary District No. 1, and to correct a description of territory added by Order of the Town Board of the Town of Angelica on December 8, 2004 had been presented to the board.  The request was submitted by Krakow Sanitary District No. 1, and was made pursuant to Section 60.785 of the Wisconsin Statutes.  Following the procedures in Section 60.71, the Town Board of the Town of Angelica scheduled a hearing on said request.  A Notice of Public Hearing was published as a Class 2 notice in the Shawano Leader, the official newspaper of the Town of Angelica, and Notice was mailed to the Department of Commerce and the Department of Natural Resources at least ten days prior to the hearing.  Notice was also provided to the Town Board Chairman of the Town of Chase.  The public hearing was conducted on August 8, 2005 at 6:15 p.m. at the Town of Angelica Town Hall.  All persons who wished to address the Board were given an opportunity to do so.  One property owner located in the Krakow Sanitary District was present at the meeting.  Attorney Liebmann and Krakow Sanitary District President Jim Lotter explained that the Oconto County Register of Deeds had discovered errors in the original description of the area to be annexed to the Krakow Sanitary District and the errors were a typographical error and an error because an exchange of property was not recorded resulting in an incorrect description being drawn up.  MOTION (Lewis/Powers/PASSED UNANIMOUSLY BY VOICE VOTE) to add territory and correct a description in the Town of Chase to the Krakow Sanitary District No. 1 as Findings had shown and to approve an Order correcting description and adding territory to the Krakow Sanitary District No. 1, both as drafted by Attorney Liebmann.  The written Findings and Order correcting description and adding territory to the Krakow Sanitary District No. 1 are being made a part of this meeting’s minutes.

 

The town board then returned to its agenda as presented.

 

Approval of Prior Town Board Minutes:  MOTION (Powers/Lewis/PASSED) to accept the minutes of the regular town board meeting of July 11, 2005, and special town board meetings of July 13, 2005 and July 28, 2005 as presented 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, 2005 of  $201,006.90 at the Citizens Bank in Pulaski, $170,494.14 at the Premier Bank in Pulaski and that CD#45270840018 in the amount of $61,659.56 was renewed for a ninety-day period at a rate of 3.65 per cent with the provision that one withdrawal could be made during this period without penalty.  MOTION (Powers/Lewis/PASSED) to approve the Treasurer’s report as presented.  MOTION (Lewis/Powers/PASSED) to delete check nos. 6839, 6232, 8234, 8429, 8529 and 8581 totaling $117.22 from the town’s disbursements by issuing a receipt for this same amount.  (These checks were issued in 2001 thru April of 2004 and were never cashed).

 

Correspondence:  Correspondence reviewed was (1) CSM for 1 lot on Elm Road (2) copies of Wetland Federal Water Quality Control Permits issued by the DNR to Joe Lilla, Jr. and the Krakow Sanitary District No. 1 (3) copy of Shawano County Floodplain Ordinance that was adopted by the Shawano County Board on July 27, 2005 (4) copies of 3 land-use permits issued by Shawano County for property in the Town of Angelica (5) notices of meetings of Shawano County PD&Z, Board of Adjustment and Land Conservation committees (6) Krakow Sanitary District July 2005 newsletter, and (7) notices from Wisconsin Towns Association and UW-Extension regarding upcoming seminars, workshops and teleconference workshops.

 

Reports from Town Officers:  Supervisor Lewis reported he had received a complaint from Joel Jarock  regarding the way his driveway was left after recent road reconstruction.  Joel Jarock also said that the driveway culvert for Jeff Jarock was changed from the 18 inch culvert that was originally installed to a 14 inch culvert.  Chairman Smith indicated that he would check into this.  Supervisor Powers reported on installation of 911 numbers during the past month.  Chairman Smith reported that he had just received permits for the road reconstruction work from the D.N.R. that he had been working on for the past two months.  Smith also stated that he would like to start on selecting roads that will be reconstructed in 2006 this fall and next year when the on-site meeting is held ask both the electric company, telephone company and gas company, if involved, to be at the on-site meeting.  Smith reported on a July 24th meeting of the N.E.W. Para-Medic Rescue board and said the 1st Responder program is  up and running and insurance has been approved.  The new Auto Pulse unit recently purchased for the rescue squad has already saved one life and up to July 14th there have been 190 rescue calls.  Clerk Powers reported on attendance at a State Elections Board meeting and upcoming required training for clerks and chief election officials.

 

Report from Planning Committee Chairman:  Town of Angelica Planning Committee Chairman Richard Ferfecki reported on approval of a CSM for Lee DuChateau and attendance at the August 3rd County PD&Z Committee meeting at which  the non-metallic mining request of Joe Lilla was approved.  The Committee had questioned the installation of a concrete wall and no pumping of water off premises, but they were included in conditions put on the permit.  Ferfecki also brought to the board’s attention a possible problem in the subdividing of a 44-acre parcel on Willow Road.

    

Public Comments:  Elmer Kraning asked about what should be done about several large tires he picked up in a town ditch on Middle Drive near Elm Road and said that some of the tires appeared to be in good condition.  Wilbert Lewis offered to check out the possibility of Pomps using the tires for retreading.  MOTION (Powers/Lewis/PASSED) to put an ad in both the Hometown Shopper and the Pulaski News asking town residents to be watchful for people dumping in town ditches and offering a reward of $200.00 if a person doing this was found and convicted.  Chairman Smith asked Kraning to take care of the branches obscuring the stop sign by the church in Zachow and also the stop sign at Beech and County F and to take care of a road sign that is down at Deer Drive and STH-32.  It was also pointed out that there is a large dead elm tree near Walter Bohm’s property that could fall onto the road and power lines during a storm.  The Clerk was instructed to draft a letter to the power company asking for removal of the tree.

 

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

 

a.       The request from the Krakow Sanitary District was addressed earlier in this meeting.

 

b.      MOTION (Powers/Lewis/PASSED) to table the agenda item regarding an up-date on the Krakow Park from the Krakow Advancement Association inasmuch as Steve Effert was not present at the meeting.

 

c.       An application from Connie L. Pedersen for a Combination Class B License and Cigarette License at Northwestern Pub in Zachow to be effective September 1, 2005 was reviewed.  The present license for Northwestern Pub held by Steve Sams has been turned back to the town with an effective date of September 1st.  MOTION (Lewis/Powers/PASSED) to grant a Combination Class B Retail License and Cigarette License to Connie L. Pedersen effective September 1, 2005.

 

d.      Applications for four operator’s licenses from Megan M. Naparalla, Meyrn R. Delano, Andy L. Van Den Elzen and Lori J. Pues were reviewed.  MOTION (Lewis/Powers/PASSED) to grant Operator’s Licenses to the four people applying.

 

e.       There was discussion regarding a complaint in regard to noise and litter problems near the grain drying operation on Hilbert Street in Zachow.  Stuart Sorensen and Donald Staszak were present and explained there had been an unusual circumstance where a dryer fan had to be running continually for two weeks because of a hot bin.  There was also a question as to whether or not the “bee’s wings” from corn can be considered to be litter.  It was the general consensus to check this out and bring the complaint up at a future meeting and invite the person who complained to attend the meeting.

 

f.        There was discussion regarding a drainage problem on Elm Road because of the blocking of a man-made ditch on private property.  The general consensus was to have this be an agenda item for the September meeting and ask property owners in that area  to come to the meeting and reach an agreement on what can be done to solve the problem.

 

Specific Town Board Notice and Agenda for Upcoming Town Board Meeting:  The next town board meeting will be held on the Monday, September 12, 2005. 

 

Voucher Listing/Payment of Bills:  MOTION (Powers/Lewis/PASSED) to approve vouchers No. 2836 through No.2863. 

 

 

 

Adjournment: MOTION (Powers/Smith/PASSED) to adjourn the meeting.  The meeting was adjourned at 8:30 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 9-12-05.

 They were             approved without correction                      approved with correction

 

ATTEST:  ________________________________________________ Date _______________________

                                 Town of Angelica Chairman