TOWN OF ANGELICA

 

Monthly Meeting

June 6, 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:                   Herbert H. Rusch, Tony & Sally Steffen, Erik Steffen, Joe Genz and  Elmer Kraning

 

 

Call to Order/Roll Call/Verification of Meeting Notice:  Chairman Smith called the meeting to order at 6:30 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.  MOTION (Powers/Lewis/PASSED) to approve the agenda as presented with changing the name of the road in Item (d) from Town Line to Town Hall.

 

Approval of Prior Town Board Minutes:  MOTION (Lewis/Powers/PASSED) to accept the minutes of the regular town board meeting of May 9, 2005 and the minutes of the first Board of Review Meeting of May 9, 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 May 31, 2005 of  $111,668.82 at the Citizens Bank in Pulaski, $169,687.98 at the Premier Bank in Pulaski and CD#45270840018 in the amount of $60,882.69.  MOTION (Lewis/Powers/PASSED) to approve the Treasurer’s report as presented. 

 

Correspondence:  Correspondence reviewed was (1) CSM’s for two lots on Deer Drive, one lot at the end of Short Road and two lots on County Road C (2) letter from Raymond Piechota stating he did not want the job of animal control person (3) letter from Attorney Liebmann informing the town that the Krakow Sanitary District will be petitioning the town in regard to correction of the legal description of their recent annexation process (4) lab results from the State Laboratory showing safe water tests for the Krakow Park pavilion (5) bill from Pulaski Tri-County Fire Department for a fire call to Hoff Street in Krakow (6) Assured Inspection Services informed the board that three UDC building permits had been issued for property in the town (7) copies of five land-use permits issued by Shawano County in the past month for property in the town (8) notice of upcoming workshop regarding comprehensive planning law and the grant program (9) Shawano PD&Z notice of approval and presentation to the County Board of a Shawano County Wind Energy Conversion System and (10) notices of meetings by various Shawano County Committees.

 

Reports from Town Officers:  Supervisor Lewis reported that people had expressed concerns to him about a drop-off of about six inches in the shoulder on Middle Drive, vacant lots in Krakow not having the grass cut, and drainage on Willow Road.  Lewis also reported that he had issued two driveway/culvert permits for field entrances for property on Townline Road and Nichols Drive.  Supervisor Powers reported that he had put up 911 numbers on Green Valley Road and Hickory Drive and relocated one on Middle Drive and had a call in regard to possible sign damage near the bridge on Elm Road.  Powers also commented on the Wind Turbine Ordinance that is coming to the County Board and finding a replacement for the Superintendent in the Highway Department who recently moved up to being the Shawano County Highway Commissioner.  Clerk Powers reported on the issuance of three building permits in the past month.

 

Report from Planning Committee Chairman:  As the Town of Angelica Planning Committee did not have a meeting in June, there was no report from Chairman Richard Ferfecki.

     

Public Comments:  Elmer Kraning had a concern about a neighbor’s dog starting to do damage near his pheasant pens.  He was advised to call the Sheriff’s Department if this happened again.  Wilbert Lewis had questions regarding the three-acre former dump site for the town.  This will be an agenda item for a future meeting.

 

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

 

New Business:

a.       Inasmuch as Ray Piechota had decided not to take over the animal control person duties for the town it was asked if there was anyone interested in this job.  Herb Rusch was present at the meeting and said that he would take the job.  MOTION (Lewis/Powers/PASSED) to name Herb Rusch as the Animal Control Person for the Town of Angelica.  

 

b.      The Shawano County Sheriff’s Department had requested that when the list of “Delinquent Dog Owners” is filed with the Shawano County Clerk the town had verified, either by telephone or in person, that there is a dog over 5 months of age at the residence and that this be done on, or near, the time the report is filed with the County Clerk.  Chairman Smith asked the Treasurer if she would prepare a form letter that could be mailed to people who had not purchased licenses for dogs that were on the list when the annual listing of dogs is done, which letter would ask the person to reply as to whether or not they still had a dog at their address.

 

c.       There was discussion about several driveways in the town that are not adequate because of width, encroachment of trees or vegetation and weight a bridge can carry to allow emergency vehicles to get in and serve that property.  Chairman Smith informed the board that WTA’s attorney, Carol Nawrocki had been contacted and she stated that the town is required to make its best effort to provide fire and ambulance service to town residents.  Attorney Nawrocki suggested hat a letter be written to those property owners that have situations where emergency equipment cannot readily access the property, which letter would inform them that the town is not responsible nor can they provide the services because of the situation of their driveway.  The Pulaski Tri-County Fire Department Chief had suggested a width of fifteen feet for a driveway.   MOTION (Smith/Powers/PASSED) to draft a letter to be sent to the three property owners whose driveways will not allow emergency vehicles to get in and send the letter out along with a copy of the finalized revision of the driveway/culvert ordinance.  The clerk was instructed to draft such a letter for review by the board.

 

d.      Road Concerns:

(2) Hill Drive ~ Tony and Sally Steffen were present in regard to Hill Drive.  This road gives them access to  property they have recently purchased that is located at the end of Hill Drive.  Chairman Smith informed the board that the .23 mile Hill Drive is on the State’s listing of town roads and that he had viewed the road with Scott Koehnke of the D.N.R. Koehnke informed him that the D.N.R. would not allow the town to widen the road because it goes through wetlands in about the first 100 yards of the road.  Smith mentioned that there would be two alternatives, one of which would be to keep the road as it is with the addition of gravel and the other would be that the town could proceed to discontinue Hill Drive as a town road and it be given to the Steffens.  The Steffens expressed concern about having to maintain and plow Hill Drive if it would be their driveway. There was also a concern about the ability of a snow plow or emergency vehicles being able to turn around at the end of the road.  The Steffens said they would be willing to allow a turn around on their property.  There was discussion about taking down a hill on the road close to the Steffens’ property line.  Supervisor Powers stated that if the town would take down a hill on a town road at their request there would be a number of requests right behind them asking for the same thing.  It was the general consensus that Hill Drive would remain a town road and for now it would be smoothed out and gravel put in the bad spots with additional gravel and/or work on it being budgeted for next year.

 

(3) Green Valley Road ~ Joe Genz was present in regard to damage done to a culvert on Green Valley Road that serves a field owned by Tina Socha.  The town board had viewed the culvert and Chairman Smith told Genz that the town didn’t believe the County’s four-wheel drive back hoe could have caused the damage that was done in the center of the culvert.  Genz maintained that the damage was done when the county was working on cleaning out the ditches on Green Valley Road.  After discussion it was decided that the town would torch off a part of a used culvert they have to be used to cover the damaged area of the culvert and asked Genz if he would take care of covering it.  Genz replied that he had a skid steer and could take care of covering the patched area.

 

(1) Willow Road ~ Smith informed the board that he had met with Scott Koehnke of the D.N.R. to find out what could be done about the water from the creek on Willow Road eroding away the road bed.  Koehnke said the town could apply for a permit to change the direction of the creek but that a permit would have to be obtained from the D.N.R.; engineering plans with cross sections would have to be done and presented to the D.N.R. and a public informational meeting would have to take place. This would mean it would be around September 1st before the D.N.R. would issue the permit.  Koehnke suggested an alternative of building up the bank with 8” to 10” stone that would prevent the water from eroding the shoulder of the road.  It was the general consensus to go with obtaining a permit for placement of the stone to try to solve the problem.  Smith also expressed a concern about blacktopping Willow Road while the ditches are so wet.  The water is not draining away and the town has no control over ditches on private land being cleaned out.  Smith would like to get a base coat of blacktop on Willow Road as soon as the county could do the work and then wait until early fall to do the finish coat.

 

(4) There was discussion about setting dates to have a pre-bid on-site meeting for contractors regarding reconstruction work to be done on Town Hall Drive and Willow Road.  It was decided to send out letters to the contractors and advertise for bids by June 10th and to set the pre-bid on-site meeting for 10:00 a.m. on Monday, June 20th and hold a special meeting to open bids on Monday, June 27th at 7:00 p.m.   There was also discussion about deciding on what roads would be done in 2006 around the time of the town board’s September 2005 meeting and get the D.N.R. out in the fall to review the project in order that any permits needed would be obtained earlier and allow the town to let bids for reconstruction work earlier next year.

 

e.       MOTION (Lewis/Smith/PASSED) to approve the eight applications for Beverage & Cigarette Licenses, 2 Combination Class A and 6 Combination Class B,  as presented by the Clerk.

 

f.        MOTION (Smith/Powers/PASSED) to approve the application for an Operator’s License from Debra Brusewitz for the year 2004-2005.

 

g.       MOTION (Powers/Lewis/PASSED) to approve the 25 applications for Operators’ Licenses as presented by the Clerk for the year 2005-2006.

 

h.       A draft of a town ordinance regarding Driveways & Culverts was reviewed and there was discussion about item (f) Any driveway over 500 feet must provide for a turn-around at the ending of that driveway and whether it should be more specific about what kind of a turn-around is to be provided. The general consensus was that a T turn-sround should be provided that is 25’ deep and 15’ wide.   There was also discussion about having more specifications in regard to driveways, namely:  driveway width clearance and driveway height clearance.  MOTION (Lewis/Powers/PASSED) to create an Ordinance which updates Ordinance 10-13-97 with revisions to provide the following specifications:

              Road Surface Width:              25 feet at road r-o-w and first 25 feet from that point ~ then can taper to 15 feet

              Driveway Width Clearance:    20 feet

              Driveway Height Clearance:    15 feet

              Driveway over 500 feet:          provide a turn-around in the form of a T, 25 feet deep and 15 feet wide or other

                                     adequate turn-around as approved by the Town of Angelica Town Board

                                     of Supervisors.

 

Specific Town Board Notice and Agenda for Upcoming Town Board Meeting:  The next town board meeting will be held on the Monday, July 11, 2005.  Approving an updated and revised Town Ordinance regarding Driveways and Culverts and revising the Building Permit Ordinance will be agenda items.  The Clerk was instructed to write a letter to Attorney Rottier as a follow-up to the town’s March request to review the proposed ordinance changes and request a reply in time for the board to consider the revisions at its July meeting.

 

Voucher Listing/Payment of Bills:  MOTION (Lewis/Powers/PASSED) to approve vouchers No. 2760 through No.2795. 

 

Adjournment: MOTION (Lewis/Powers/PASSED) to adjourn the meeting.  The meeting was adjourned at 10:05 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 7-11-05.

 They were             approved without correction                    approved with correction

 

ATTEST:  ________________________________________________ Date _______________________

                                 Town of Angelica Chairman