TOWN OF ANGELICA

Monthly Meeting

April 10, 2006

 

 

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

Town Officials Absent:          None

Others Present:                         Planning Committee Chairman Richard Ferfecki, Tom Maroszek, Kerry Kolodziej, Dean Schaal, Larry Sperberg, Ronald Krajewski, Jacqueline Suehring, Judy Schroeder, Krakow Sanitary District President James Lotter, Elmer Kraning, Ralph Styczynski, Craig Freeman and Erik Leonhardt

 

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.  The agenda was posted on the morning of April 8, 2006 and also faxed to the Shawano Leader.

 

Approval or  Modification of Agenda:   MOTION (Lewis/Powers/PASSED) to approve the agenda as posted.

 

Approval of Prior Town Board Minutes:  James Lotter of the Krakow Sanitary District was present and requested a change in the minutes of the March 13, 2006 town board meeting.  MOTION (Lewis/Powers/PASSED) to accept the minutes of the regular town board meeting of March 13, 2006 with the following changes to Item “e” , Page 512, of those minutes.  A sentence “No formal documentation could be found supporting any kind of agreement between the Town of Angelica and the Krakow Sanitary District” be inserted after sentence four of Item “e” and the words “The Clerk” replace the words “It was” at the start of the last sentence in Item “e”.

 

Approval of Treasurer’s Monthly Report:  The Treasurer’s report was presented to the board by Treasurer Matuszak showing balances as of March 31, 2006 of  $50,374.37 at the Citizens Bank in Pulaski and $206,447.73 at the Premier Bank in Pulaski.  MOTION (Lewis/Powers/PASSED) to approve the Treasurer’s report as presented.

 

Correspondence:  Correspondence reviewed was (1) a CSM for 1 lot on Nichols Drive (2) letter from Jenny Oxley asking for a donation towards her tuition as a participating member of the People to People Student Ambassador Program to Australia (3) copies of four land-use permits issued by Shawano County for a single-family dwelling on Cuba Drive, two storage buildings on Cuba Drive and STH-32 and an on-premise sign on STH-32 (4) notices of meetings of the Shawano County PD&Z Committee and (5) brochure from Vierbicher Associates regarding TIF financing and upcoming grant application deadlines.

 

Reports from Town Officers:  Supervisor Lewis reported on a request for a culvert permit and picking up tires in the ditch on Middle Drive.  Supervisor Powers reported on (1) getting stuck in mud on a driveway on Birch Road when installing a 911 number (2) receiving a request from people in Krakow regarding maintenance of two portions of land at the intersection of Main Street and STH-32 and Center Street.  The two areas are under state jurisdiction. (3) question on West Town Road ditch drainage after work was done on the ditch (4) condition of Elm road from Nichols Drive north to Town Line Road and (5) Roger Mathison of the Shawano County Planning & Development Department retiring on June 2, 2006.

Chairman Smith reported that (1) there were 33 runs by the N.E.W. Para-Medic Rescue in the past month with two of them being in the Town of Angelica.  The latest financial report showed that they are now in the black.  Eighty percent of the calls had the need for a paramedic and the average call by N.E.W. now is $690.00 compared to the average of Tri-County Rescue two years ago of $760.00 with the possible additional charge of a paramedic intercept.  On March 31st all the equipment being housed by Tri-County Rescue was removed and inventoried to come up with a cost figure of what was recovered.  The newer squad was sent to Gold Cross Ambulance to be checked over before a decision is made to keep it or put it up for sale.  The second squad is still housed in the Town of Little Suamico and the chairman will not release it until back rent is paid.  Mediation papers regarding the lawsuit between the towns and village and Tri-County Rescue have been signed. (2) Tri-County Fire Department had 18 runs in the month of March with none being in the Town of Angelica and the fire department has the need for a new water truck as the present one is twenty years old.  (3) he had been in contact with the D.N.R. regarding road reconstruction work planned for Beech Drive and was informed by the D.N.R. that if the road reconstruction is over one mile of road a consulting firm or engineer has to be hired to oversee the work (4) he had received four requests for ditching work (5) he had gone over the roads in the town with a crack sealing firm representative and had an estimate in the amount of $9,800.00 to do crack sealing of roads this year on Nichols Drive, Green Valley Road, Spruce Drive and Cedar Road and an additional $5,000.00 of either crack filling or seal coating in the Lake Sandia subdivision and (6) while checking the roads for crack filling it was noticed that the trucks going to Nutrition Service are using Green Valley Road and Deer Drive and are causing damage to those roads.  He recommended that the town board consider putting permanent weight limits on these two roads and require the loaded trucks to use STH-160 and STH-32.  Clerk Powers reported on receiving reimbursement from the State for the recent accident requiring fire department assistance on STH-29 and Spruce Road and attendance at a meeting at the Shawano County Court House regarding the new required voting machines for the handicapped voters that will have to be in place by the upcoming September election.

 

Report  from Town Planning Committee Chairman:  Chairman Richard Ferfecki was present and stated he would make comments at the time agenda items that pertained to the Planning Committee came up.

 

Public Comments:  MOTION (Powers/Lewis/PASSED) to open the meeting for public comments.  Elmer Kraning asked if he should pick up the tires that are in the ditches on Town Line Road between Green Valley Road and STH-32 and what portion of Town Line Road is maintained by the Town of Angelica and what is the responsibility of the Town of Green Valley.  MOTION (Lewis/Powers/PASSED) to close the public comment portion of the board meeting.

 

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

 

Old Business:

 

a.       Jacqueline Suehring of Premier Bank gave the board a presentation of services they could offer to the town.  Treasurer Matuszak will bring some comparisons to the May meeting between what we presently have and what Premier could offer.

 

b.      Ron Krajewski was present and informed the board he is working on an easement from the Kowalkowski’s to cover the existing 24.5-foot lane he has been using to gain access to his property.  Chairman Smith indicated that he had checked on this with the Shawano County Planning & Development Department and this is something that will have to be worked out between the two parties.

 

New Business:

 

c.       Request Z-1-06 for a zone change from A-290 to C-S on approximately 1.1 acres of an existing 20-acre parcel and a conditional-use permit for the purpose of constructing and operating an office/shop, storage of service equipment on-site and conducting business on Elm Road across from N4762 Elm Road by Performance Excavating was recommended for approval by the Town of Angelica Planning Committee with conditions.  Tom Maroszek was present and showed the board plans for a 60’ x 80’ building of 4,000 sq. ft. to 5,000 sq. ft. which would be used as an office/shop for their business.  Maroszek stated that the building would be back approximately 375 feet from Elm Road.  Planning Chairman Richard Ferfecki reported that they had not received any complaints in regard to the non-metallic mining that has been done at this location since they obtained a conditional use permit in 2001.  MOTION (Lewis/Powers/PASSED unanimously) to recommend to the Shawano County PD&Z Committee that a zone change and conditional use permit be granted to Performance Excavating on approximately 1.1 acres of an existing 20 acre parcel for the purpose of constructing and operating an office/shop, storage of service equipment on-site and conducting business on Elm Road across from N4762 Elm Road with the following conditions:  (1) A specific site plan is done (2) the office facing east and south needs to be one-quarter brick (3) trees must be planted to block view of pit as per diagram (4) dumpsters must be contained (5) 911 address must be obtained (6) Sanitary permit/well permit must be obtained (7) a land-use permit must be obtained and (8) fuel storage tanks to be installed per OSHA and State of Wisconsin requirements.

 

d.      Request Z-2-06 for a zone change and conditional use permit by Kerry Kolodziej to establish a paint ball park/recreational area including associated buildings and the sale of paint ball accessories at W722 Nichols Drive was recommended for approval by the Town of Angelica Planning Committee with conditions.  Kerry Kolodziej and Dean Schaal were present and informed the board of what would be involved regarding their plans to have a paint ball park.  Kolodziej also requested that they be allowed to use a trailer to store the guns and accessories rather than erect a building for storage.  MOTION (Smith/Lewis/PASSED unanimously) to recommend to the Shawano County PD&Z Committee that a zone change and conditional use permit be granted to Kerry Kolodziej to establish a paint ball park/recreational area and the sale of paint ball accessories at W722 Nichols Drive with the conditions recommended by the Town of Angelica Planning Committee with the exception that the condition “no trailer allowed for storage; must be pole building” be changed to read “a licensed mobile trailer would be allowed to be used as a storage facility while the park is open for business”.  The following conditions are recommended:  (1) liability insurance policy be on file with the Town Clerk that is sufficient for this recreational operation (2) the conditional use permit is good for two years; needs to be renewed after that (3) a legal description of the property where the paintball park/parking lot will be located is required (4) a specific diagram/plan of paintball park/parking lot be submitted (5) must provide portable sanitary facilities for both men and women (6) court cannot be visible from the road (7) hours of operation to be from 7:00 a.m. to dusk (8) must have container(s) to collect refuse (9) a buffer on the northwest corner of the property must be provided to protect cattle owned by the neighbor (10) a licensed mobile trailer will be allowed to be used as a storage facility while the park is open for business (11) the driveway is graveled all the way to the parking lot so emergency vehicles can get in (12) a business permit is obtained if required and (13) the permit is for a paint ball park only.

 

e.       The Town of Angelica Planning Committee recommended approval of a request by L. J. Sperberg Construction, Inc. for renewal of conditional-use permit CU-24-01, a non-metallic mining permit on 6.87 acres of the Manton Zernicke property located in the SE1/4 of the NW1/4 and SW1/4 of the NE1/4 of Section 20, for three years.   MOTION (Powers/Lewis/PASSED unanimously) to recommend to the Shawano County PD&Z Committee that a three-year extension be granted to conditional-use permit CU-24-01 with the conditions recommended by the Town of Angelica Planning Committee which are as follows:  (1) Reclamation of the site to be accomplished in accordance with provisions and requirements of Wisconsin Administrative Code NR 135 effective 6/1/01, East Central Planning Commission and Shawano County (2) a silt screen shall be placed and maintained throughout the quarry operation in such a manner so as to prevent run-off into the Pensaukee River/wetlands located north of the site (3) no hauling of materials out of the pit is permitted during the period of March 1st to May 1st of any year (4) operation of the quarry to be conducted in such a manner so as to avoid any nuisance effect to adjacent property (5) this approval will expire in 3 years (6/6/09) at which time the applicant may request a three-year extension and (6) the Committee may, at any time, amend or add conditions to this permit approval to ensure compliance with all applicable legal requirements.

 

f.        Six bids were received both for cutting grass at the town hall and at the park in Krakow.  There was discussion regarding whether or not past performance in cutting should be taken into consideration, if both cutting jobs should be given to the low bidder and, in the case of the town hall grass cutting, if the person cutting it would clean up the lawn at no charge before the first cutting is done.  MOTION (Powers~no second~) to hire Erik Leonhardt to cut the grass at both the town hall and park.  MOTION (Lewis~no second~) to hire Craig Schwartz to cut the grass at both the town hall and park.  It was decided to have Supervisor Lewis check with Craig Schwartz to see if he would clean up the lawn at no charge before the first cutting is done and deciding who the town will hire to do the grass cutting at the hall and park will be decided on at another meeting.

 

g.       The Schedule for Appointment of Agent by a Corporation with the appointment of Sheila M. Fassbender as the agent for the corporation applying for a beverage license at the supper club they are buying; namely Bob’s Country Club, was reviewed.  MOTION (Powers/Lewis/PASSED unanimously) to approve Sheila M. Fassbender as Agent for the corporation taking over Bob’s Country Club.

 

h.       The Original Alcohol Beverage License Application and Application for Cigarette and Tobacco Products Retail License submitted by Sheila M. and John W. Fassbender to operate at Bob’s Country Club, N2807 County Road C was reviewed.  MOTION (Powers/Lewis/PASSED unanimously) to approve the applications by the Fassbenders for a Alcohol Beverage License and a Cigarette License.

 

i.         The applications for Operator’s Licenses from Kersten Detrie and Leah J. Severinsen were reviewed.  MOTION (Lewis/Smith/PASSED unanimously) to approve issuing Operator’s Licenses to Kersten Detrie and Leah J. Severinsen.

 

j.        There was discussion regarding rental of the town hall to snowmobile clubs.  In the past the rental charged the snowmobile clubs was $25.00 which was half of the regular rental fee of $50.00.  When this rate was decided on it was stipulated that the snowmobile clubs could rent the town hall for $25.00 provided the club has more than fifty percent of its membership made up of Town of Angelica Residents.  In January of 2006 Elmer Kraning obtained from the Tri-County Snowmobile Club Treasurer a membership list showing that there were 87 members, of which 32 were Town of Angelica residents and the other 55 members were non-residents of the town.  MOTION (Powers/Lewis/PASSED unanimously) that in the future the rental charge to snowmobile clubs will be at the regular rate of $50.00 per rental time.

 

k.  Mel Raatz of R & R Assessing had submitted several days on which they could hold Open Book and Board of Review for the town.  It was decided to set Monday, May 15, 2006 as the date on which Open Book and the first session of Board of Review would be held.

 

Specific Town Board Notice and Agenda for Upcoming Town Board Meeting:  The next town board meeting will be held on the Monday, May 8, 2006.   Agenda items at this time for the May meeting are review of the offer of services made by Premier Bank and a drainage problem on the Roger Perret property on Elm Road.  A special meeting of the town board was set for Thursday, April 13, 2006 at 1:30 p.m. to go over bid specs for the addition and remodeling of the town hall.

 

Voucher Listing/Payment of Bills: MOTION (Lewis/Powers/PASSED) to approve payment of vouchers V-3122 through V-3167.

 

Adjournment:  MOTION (Lewis/Powers/PASSED) to adjourn the meeting. The meeting was adjourned at 10:25 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 5-8-06.

 They were             approved without correction                    approved with correction

 

ATTEST:  ________________________________________________ Date _______________________

                                 Town of Angelica Chairman