TOWN OF ANGELICA

Monthly Meeting

January 9, 2006

 

 

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:                   Planning Committee Chairman Richard Ferfecki, Elmer Kraning, and Joel & Diana Stark

 

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.

 

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

 

Approval of Prior Town Board Minutes:  MOTION (Powers/Lewis/PASSED) to accept the minutes of the regular town board meeting of December 12, 2005 as presented to the 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 December 31, 2005 of  $370.29 at the Citizens Bank in Pulaski and $678,592.48 at the Premier Bank in Pulaski.  MOTION (Lewis/Powers/PASSED) to approve the Treasurer’s report as presented. 

 

Correspondence:  Correspondence reviewed was (1) letter from Shawano Department of Public Works giving the 2006 landfill and recycling fees (2) letter from Shawano County Planning & Zoning Department listing 2006 Public Hearing dates for the PD&Z Committee and Board of Adjustment (3) copy of November bank statement for Angelica Hillside Cemetery Association (4) 2 conditional approvals from the Wisconsin Department of Commerce for building construction being done by Graf Creamery and Nutrition Services (5) notice from Public Service Commission of Wisconsin that the Environmental Impact Statement is now available in regard to an application of American Transmission Co. and (6) notices of meetings of the Shawano County PD&Z Committee.

 

Reports from Town Officers:  Supervisor Lewis reported that the website needed updating in regard to town driveway/culvert permitting and disposing of the old culvert pipes that are laying in back of the town hall.  Supervisor Powers reported that there is a meeting scheduled for January 17th at the Shawano County Highway Department shop by the D.O.T. regarding State Highway 29 in addition to the one scheduled for the Angelica Town Hall on January 10th and on county issues in regard to the operation of the County Park on Shawano Lake and the dispute between the City of Shawano and the Shawano County Board on 911 dispatching.  Chairman Smith reported on complaint calls he had received in regard to (1) junk cars and removal of wood from private property in Krakow (2) a burning silo on Elm Road (3) burning of non-allowable items in Zachow (4) the large number of semi-trucks traveling on Green Valley Road from STH-160 to Deer Drive and possibly checking out if permanent road limits could be put on Green Valley Road.  Smith also reported that he had met with Andy Popp of Shawano County Planning and Zoning Department and Nick Domer of the Army Corps of Engineers in regard to the Pashke pond being located in wetlands and a concern about another small pond on Green Valley Road being dug without a permit and being located approximately forty feet from the property lot line.  Clerk Powers reported on attendance at a meeting conducted at the Shawano County Court House by State Elections Board personnel regarding new election forms that will be required and voter registration requirements that went into effect on January 1, 2006.

Report from Planning Committee Chairman:  Town of Angelica Planning Committee Chairman Richard Ferfecki reported on questions that were raised in regard to an upcoming CSM for approval on property located near the Pensaukee River.

 

Public Comments:  MOTION (Lewis/Smith/PASSED) to open the meeting for public comments.  Richard Ferfecki commented on three cars with “for sale” signs on them being parked on Angelica Street in Krakow.  MOTION (Powers/Lewis/PASSED) to close the Public Comments portion of the meeting.

 

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

 

Old Business:

 

a.       Joel and Diana Stark were present in regard to the petition that was presented to the board on July 20, 2005 for discontinuance of a portion of Tony Street in Krakow.  Debbie Holewinski was not present.  Supervisor Powers indicated that both abutting property owners should be present at this meeting and asked the Starks if they would be agreeable to delaying action on this petition another month and the Starks indicated they could and would like to see Ms. Holewinski at that meeting.  The clerk reported that she had received signed and notarized affidavits from both Debbie Holewinski and Joel and Diana Stark indicating that they agreed to 28 feet by 200 feet of the discontinued area to be added to the property parcel owned by Debbie Holewinski and 38 feet by 200 feet of the area to be added to the property parcel owned by Joel and Diana Stark.  Chairman Smith asked the Starks if they would like the matter acted on at this meeting and Joel Stark said they would like to have it resolved at this meeting if possible.  MOTION (Lewis/Smith/PASSED by a oral vote of 2 ayes and 1 nay) to approve Resolution 1-9-06 for discontinuance of a portion of platted but unimproved roadway described as that portion of Tony Street lying immediately to the west of Lots 1, 2, and 3 of Certified Survey Map recorded in Volume 1, Page 135, Shawano County Records, Land Parcel No. 004-60250-0580 and east of Lot 1, Block 3 of J.J. Brzerzinski 1st Addition, Land Parcel No. 004-60050-0190 and the discontinued portion be divided by twenty-eight feet by two hundred feet being added to property parcel No. 004-60050-0190 and thirty-eight fee by two hundred feet being added to property parcel No. 004-60260-0580, which properties are presently owned by Debbie Holewinski and Joel and Diana Stark respectively.

 

New Business:

 

b.      Chairman Smith reported that he had received several requests for refunding of the special garbage collection charge of $50.00 that appeared on the 2005 tax statements because no-one was living in the home or the home owner has obtained their own dumpster for disposal of their garbage.  It was noted that the town is required by state statute to provide some provision for collection of recyclables and if those recyclables were going to another collection business rather than Waste Management the town did not get credit for those recyclables when the per-capita tonnage of recyclables is calculated on the annual application for a recycling grant and also that every home, whether occupied or not, is counted in on the house count for the pickup/hauler when their proposals were given to the town.  MOTION (Powers/Lewis/PASSED unanimously) that there be no refunding of the $50.00 special garbage collection charge.

 

c.       The application of Monica K. Wagner for an Operator’s License was reviewed.  MOTION (Powers/Lewis/PASSED) to grant an Operator’s License to Monica K. Wagner.

 

d.      The Clerk reviewed with the board the survey that had been completed in April of 2004 and furnished to the State Elections Board in regard to Polling Place Accessibility.  Corrections in impediments indicated in that survey will have to be corrected before the town will receive funding to purchase the required automated voting machine in 2006.  Placing a handicap parking sign and marking a designated handicap parking space on the blacktop adjacent to the handicap entrance will correct one of the areas that was indicated was not in compliance on the survey and installing a door bell next to the door of the handicap entrance will correct the other area that was not in compliance.  Elmer Kraning was instructed to obtain a handicap parking sign.

 

e.       There was discussion on the present policy of renting the town hall to snowmobile clubs which allows them to rent the hall at half of the rental fee of $50.00 if the club has more than fifty percent of its membership made up of Town of Angelica residents.  Elmer Kraning indicated he had been in contact with the snowmobile club’s treasurer and received a membership listing from him.  That listing of  87 members showed that 32 were Town of Angelica residents and the other 55 members were non-residents of the town.  It was the general consensus to table this matter until after this snow mobiling season and take it up at the April of 2006 town board meeting.

 

f.        Chairman Smith asked the supervisors what roads they would like to see reconstructed in 2006.  Supervisor Lewis said that he has received a lot of complaints regarding Green Valley Road and he would like to see work done on that road.  Supervisor Powers said he thought the worst road in the town was Cedar Road from Main Street north to Beech Drive and Beech Drive to County F and would like to see work done in that area.  Chairman Smith indicated that Beech Drive is a heavily traveled road and would like to reconstruct it from County C west to County F.  It was the general consensus of the board that reconstruction work for 2006 would be done on Beech Drive from County C to County F and Chairman Smith will start contacting the D.N.R. and the power and telephone companies.  Also, there will be an informational meeting for residents on that road to be held in April.

 

Specific Town Board Notice and Agenda for Upcoming Town Board Meeting:  The next town board meeting will be held on the Monday, February 13, 2006.  

 

Voucher Listing/Payment of Bills: MOTION (Lewis/Powers/PASSED) to approved payment of vouchers Nos. 2986 through 3036.

 

Adjournment:  MOTION (Ppowers/Lewis/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 2-13-06.

 They were             approved without correction                    approved with correction

 

ATTEST:  ________________________________________________ Date _______________________

                                 Town of Angelica Chairman