TOWN OF ANGELICA

Monthly Meeting

March 7, 2005

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: Rick Raatz of R & R Assessing Services, Harold Blazei, James Swiecichowski, Greg P. Van Asten, Wilbert Lewis, Elmer Kraning, Rose Ann and Robert Schubert, Rory Schubert, Douglas Thomas, Jerry Druckrey, Andy Van Den Elzen, Ralph Janiak, Frank Augustin, Herb Rusch, Leon Rusch, Dennis Rusch, John L. Kolkowski, Bob Blazei, Tony Przybylski, Kerry Kolodziej and Robert Czarapata

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/Gwidt/PASSED) to approve the agenda as presented.

Approval of Prior Town Board Minutes: MOTION (Powers/Gwidt/PASSED) to accept the minutes of the regular town board meeting of February 14, 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 February 28, 2005 of $128,227.19 at the F & M Bank in Pulaski, $168,661.05 at the Premier Bank in Pulaski and CD#45270840018 in the amount of $60,882.69. MOTION (Gwidt/Powers/PASSED) to approve the Treasurer’s report as presented.

Correspondence: Correspondence reviewed was (1) CSM for 3 lots on Willow Road (2) letter with check of $1,206.52 and thank you for donation of $300.00 from apportionment of dog license fees collected in the town (3) letter from Assured Inspection Services informing town that no building permits were issued by them in February (4) notice from D.N.R. regarding land in Managed Forest Law program in the town (5) copies of land-use permits issued by Shawano County for property in the town (6) notices of Shawano County committee meetings (7) two notices of orders altering school district boundaries between the Pulaski and Seymour School Districts and (8) “Notice of Investigation” from Public Service Commission regarding comments on American Transmission Company’s 10-year expansion of the transmission system.

Reports from Town Officers: Supervisor Gwidt reported he had issued one driveway/culvert permit on Elm Road. Supervisor Powers reported (1) the selection process to appoint a new Shawano County Highway Commissioner had been narrowed down to four candidates (2) Shawano County would like to sell the forty acres in the Town of Angelica that had been used for a county dump and is presently having the property appraised (3) attendance at the WTA Unit meeting at Waukechon, meeting on Highway 29 Corridor in Shawano and the American Transmission Company’s open house in Cecil, and (4) the Wind Turbine Committee is planning to bring an ordinance to the County Board for approval regarding placement of wind turbines.

Clerk Powers reported that Attorney Rottier will soon have the easements prepared for properties on Town Hall Drive and Willow Road and a meeting with those property owners is tentatively scheduled for Monday, March 28, 2005 at 7:00 p.m.

Report from Planning Committee Chairman: Chairman Smith, in the absence of a Planning Committee Chairman, reported on three issues regarding property in the town that came before the Shawano County PD&Z Committee on March 2^nd. (1) Robert Ripley obtained a five-year extension to his non-metallic mining permit. The hours of operation were changed to 6:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. Monday through Friday and 6:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon on Saturday and a condition that there be no pumping of water into the smaller pond on the property and a berm be placed on the larger pond with excess water to be pumped into that pond. (2) the conditional use request from Nutrition Service Company to place a feed mill on their present operation on Deer Drive was approved, and (3) the town’s request for county action under the Health, Junk and Environmental Hazard Ordinance in regard to Wence Komorowski’s property in Krakow is going forward.

Public Comments: There were approximately twenty people in attendance at the meeting and several raised concerns about: children being told to leave the Town of Angelica Krakow Community Park and told not to ride bicycles in the area of Lake Sandia ~ residents in the Krakow area using golf carts on the town roads ~ condition of Center Street, when bumps would be taken out and when the street would be blacktopped ~ heavy equipment from the sand pit on Green Valley Road wrecking the town roads ~ if proper sloping was done when the pond on north Green Valley Road was constructed and how the town was going to be handling complaints about vacant buildings in the town.

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

a. Rick Raatz of R & R Assessing Services was present and brought up a problem he was having in fair assessment of properties in the town. Since the town does not require a building permit when people are making improvements to their property he is unaware of when a property is improved with a resulting increase in that property’s value. Because the contract the town has with R & R Assessing for doing only maintenance work this year he does not see every property in the town. Occasionally when he is in the field checking out new buildings that building permits were obtained for he notices that improvements are being made to homes and other buildings. When he notices the improvements, he makes the changes in their records but there are probably other improvements that go unnoticed. There was discussion in regard to this and it was the general consensus of the board to make a change in the Building Permit Ordinance to include the requirement for a building permit when a property owner makes improvements in excess of $2,500.00. This will be an agenda item for the April town board meeting.

b. Supervisor Gwidt reported that he had contacted a state licensed building inspector, Peter Kruit of Assured Inspection Services and he would come out and do an inspection of property, as referred to in State Statute 66.0413, Razing Buildings, for a fee of $75.00 per building.

c. Harold Blazei was present in regard to a follow up on what he plans to do in regard to a complaint about the condition of his property at N4843 Main Street in Krakow. Blazei stated that the building there is structurally sound. Blazei said he couldn’t do much right now because of the weather and he agreed that the yard around the building needs to be cleaned up.

d. Chairman Smith informed the board that the Shawano County PD&Z Committee is going ahead in regard to the complaint about the condition of the Wence Komorowski property at W290 Angelica Street in Krakow at the county level. No further action was taken by the town board at this time in regard to that property.

James Swiecichowski, owner of property at W280 Angelica Street in Krakow, was present and told the board that his property was structurally sound and openings were secured but it did need a new roof. Swiecichowski indicated that he had a construction outfit interested in using the building for their business and he had gutted out the building last year and will be remodeling it this summer. One of the complainants, Greg P. Van Asten, agreed that Swiecichowski had made an effort to improve his property and would take him at his word on further work being planned. No action was taken by the board in regard to this property.

e. Chairman Smith informed the board that Richard Ferfecki had accepted his appointment as the Chairman of the Planning Committee to replace Pat Karcz who had recently resigned. Smith also informed the board that he wished to appoint Barbara McKeefry as a member of that committee and it was the general consensus that Chairman Smith go ahead with that appointment.

f. Chairman Smith commented on the way in which Tri-County Rescue Squad vacated the rescue squad building and damage that was done. N.E.W. Para-Medic Rescue is up and running and donations are coming in for things needed at the rescue squad building. An open house is being planned for March 19^th and 20^th.

Smith reported the following in regard to the Tri-County Fire Department: (1) there will now be auditing of fire inspections done in the town and not complying with certain requirements could affect payment of the 2% fire dues payment the town receives each year (2) the fire department is implementing a new form that is to be filled out on carbon monoxide call requests (3) the Jaws of Life will stay at the Fire Department as it has in the past and Little Suamico will be served the same way as has been done, and (4) there will be an increase in a call for Jaws of Life from $200.00 to $300.00. Supervisor Powers commented that Shawano County 911 calls for service by N.E.W. Para-Medic and Tri-County Fire Department are now going directly from the Shawano dispatch center to either the rescue squad or the fire department.

g. MOTION (Powers/Gwidt/PASSED UNANIMOUSLY) to sign an agreement with N.E.W. Para-Medic Rescue, Inc. as had been recommended by the Board of N.E.W. Para-Medic Rescue, Inc. on February 24, 2005.

h. MOTION (Gwidt/Powers/PASSED UNANIMOUSLY) to sign the updated contract with Gold Cross Ambulance Service, Inc. as had been recommended by the Board of N.E.W. Para-Medic Rescue, Inc. on February 24, 2005.

i. There was discussion in regard to the proposed siting of a new 345 kV transmission line from the Morgan Substation west to just south of Cecil/White Clay Lake. The American Transmission Company will be submitting an application to the Public Service Commission that will propose two sites for the new transmission line. At the open house held on March 3^rd in Cecil, a representative of the American Transmission Company indicated that the two sites they plan on proposing follow an existing transmission line corridor and there is a third alternate proposal that would cross the northern part of the Town of Angelica near Nichols Drive and Beech Drive.

The town board believes the least impact to residents and properties caused by the construction of a new 345 kV transmission line would be by utilizing the area where an existing transmission line presently exists. MOTION (Powers/Gwidt/PASSED UNANIMOUSLY) to approve Town of Angelica Resolution 3-7-05 which requests that the American Transmission Company, in its application to the Public Service Commission of Wisconsin, site the new 345 kV transmission line going west from the Morgan Substation to the White Clay Substation in the area of the existing transmission line in both of the proposals submitted to that Commission.

Specific Town Board Notice and Agenda for Upcoming Town Board Meeting: The next town board meeting will be held on Monday, April 11, 2005. A property owner on Beech Drive has requested permission to clean out the road ditch in front of his property and wishes to plant two rows of trees 40 feet off of the road center line. This will be put on the agenda of the April 11^th meeting.

Treasurer Matuszak gave the board a draft of a proposed ordinance relating to the granting of a nonexclusive franchise to NET LEC, LLC to install, maintain, and operate a cable television system within the territorial limits of the Town of Angelica. This will be an agenda item for the April 11^th meeting.

Voucher Listing/Payment of Bills: MOTION (Powers/Gwidt/PASSED) to approve vouchers No. 2621 through No.2660.

Adjournment: MOTION (Powers/Gwidt/PASSED) to adjourn the meeting. The meeting was adjourned at 8:40 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 4-11-05.

They were approved without correction approved with correction

ATTEST: ________________________________________________ Date _______________________

Town of Angelica Chairman