TOWN OF ANGELICA

Annual Meeting

April 10, 2007

 

 

Chairman Richard Smith called the meeting to order at 7:30 p.m. followed by the Pledge of Allegiance.  Smith verified with Clerk Janet Powers that proper noticing of the meeting had been done.

 

Copies of the minutes of last year’s meeting were presented to those present for review.  MOTION (Richard Lukasik/Wilbert Lewis/PASSED) to dispense with reading of the minutes of last year’s annual meeting.  MOTION (Cliff Powers/Jeff Zernicke/PASSED) to accept the minutes of the April  11, 2006 annual meeting as presented.

 

Copies of the annual financial report for the year ending December 31, 2006 had previously been mailed to all town property owners and copies were available at this meeting.  MOTION (Cecelia Lukasik/Noreen Smith/PASSED) to dispense with the reading of the annual financial report..  Chairman Smith asked if there were any questions in regard to the financial report. There were no questions. MOTION (Jeff Zernicke/Richard Ferfecki/PASSED) to approve the 2006 Annual Financial Report as of December 31, 2006 as presented.

 

Brian Killinger and Greg Olson representing the Pulaski Tri-County Fire Department were present and Brian Killinger gave a report on activities of the Pulaski Tri-County Fire Department, Inc. for 2006.  There was a total of 91 fire runs in 2006 with 13 runs for the Town of Angelica.  The town’s portion of the cost of operation of the department for 2006 which included operating funds, vehicle funds, fire runs and fire inspections was $22,320.59.  Grants received in 2006 amounted to $6,638.00 from the DNR to purchase equipment and $1,250.00 from Homeland Security to purchase a radio.   Killinger reported on the new two-sided 911 numbers that have been installed in the towns of Chase and Pittsfield and asked if the Town of Angelica would consider installing similar 911 numbers.  Killinger also emphasized the importance of calling both the Fire Chief and the County Sheriff’s Department when doing a controlled burn so the dispatch center is aware of this.  In 2006 the Fire Department located a used chassis for one of the tankers at a considerable saving over purchasing the chassis new and is now trying to locate another used chassis for the other tanker truck.

 

Three first responders from the N.E.W. Para-Medic Rescue Squad, Tom Sundstrom, Nancy Cormier, and Becky Kupsky-Gross were present.   Tom Sundstrom gave a report on N.E.W. activities in 2006 and Becky Kupsky-Gross showed those present what is contained in a first responder’s bag which enables the first responder to sustain basic life support.   Seven bags were purchased from fund raisers put on by rescue squad members.  Allen Canning Co. made a $16,000.00 donation in 2006 and this was used to purchase 15 new portable radios, a new repeater and radio.  Sundstrom reported that there are now 27 first responders within the five communities that make up N.E.W. with 3 first responders living in the Town of Angelica.  N.E.W. is the first rescue squad in the State of Wisconsin where the first responders can cross municipal lines to respond to rescue squad calls within the N.E.W. area and that this is working out very well.   Prior to this change, first responders could only take calls that were within the municipality they lived in.  Of the 27 first responders, 23 have received certification as EMTs.  Sundstrom reported that in 2006 there were 50 calls in the Town of Angelica with 43 of those calls being emergency calls with the average response time in the Town of Angelica being 8 minutes and 26 seconds from the time of being paged out to the door step of the call.

 

Cliff Powers, County Board Supervisor for Wards 2 and 3 in the town gave a report on activities of the county board during the past year.  Powers commented that: (1) the Maple Lane Health Care center is now Medicare certified and this should help out the financial shortfalls they have been having because of empty beds in the nursing home (2) the rising cost of providing health care and fringe benefits to county employees is an important issue and the county has to negotiate with five different unions in regard to this (3) the county should be considering the importance of wind energy in relation to the state law that mandates ten percent of electricity is to come from renewable sources by the year 2015.

 

Town Planning Committee Chairman Richard Ferfecki reported on past meetings the Committee has had and continuing work being done on the Comprehensive Plan (Smart Growth Plan).   The Planning Committee had a recent meeting where those in attendance were asked to put their recommendations on maps regarding land use/zoning for the town.  Notice of this meeting was sent out with the mailing of 766 annual reports to property owners.  Twenty people attended that meeting, made up of 9 people who were the moderators, planning committee members and town officials and 11 people from the general public.    Ferfecki reported that the Planning Committee holds meetings the third Monday of each month in regard to the Comprehensive Plan and emphasized the importance of input from town residents on this plan.  Every meeting has an open forum for input from those in attendance.  

 

Mel Raatz, of R & R Assessing Services reported that (1) there was an increase in assessed valuation of 2.7 million in new construction and nine new homes were built in the past year (2) the State’s index rate for agriculture land will be going up to $142.00 - $210.00 per acre from last year’s rate of $135.00 - $193.00.  (3) sales of vacant land of ten acres or more in 2005 averaged $3,000 per acre and in 2006 averaged $4,600.00 per acre.  (4) state law requires a revaluation of property in the town that will have to be done next year (2008) or in 2009 at the very latest. 

 

Town Chairman Richard Smith reported:  (1) spring breakup of roads has resulted in the need to do repairs on four roads, namely:  Carroll Road, Town Line Road from STH 32 to Green Valley Road, Green Valley road south of Nichols, Elm Road from Town Line Road to Nichols.  Smith proposed laying down gravel and re-milling Carroll Road with planned reconstruction work the following year, paver patching on Green Valley and doing work on the shoulder and ditches in the area where accidents have been occurring north of Middle (2) the town board will be deciding what roads will be reconstructed in 2007 at an upcoming meeting on April 17th  (3) plans are to crack seal Elm Road from Hickory to Nichols and other roads up to the budgeted amount for crack sealing (4) seal coat Elm Road from Hickory to Nichols, and (5) wanted the townspeople to consider changing the clerk’s position from an elected position to an appointed position.  This could first be put in place for the 2009-2011 term of office.

 

GENERAL DISCUSSION AND ACTION TOPICS:

 

Connie Pedersen had a complaint about Waste Management not picking up cardboard that had been put out for recycling and was told the matter would be checked out with Waste Management.  Jeff Zernicke also asked if something could be done about the pot holes in the parking area on Northwestern Avenue in Zachow.

 

A show of hands in favor of two questions was asked of those in attendance:

 

(1) should the town consider installing new two-sided 911 numbers that can be seen when driving in either direction at an approximate cost for each number installed of $30.00, which cost would be put on the tax statements as a special charge?    RESULTS:  majority – approximately 90% - were in favor of installation of two-sided 911 numbers.

 

(2) should the town board raise the tax levy and continue with the schedule of reconstructing approximately two miles of road every year or cut back on the reconstruction schedule for town roads and hold taxes at the present level?  RESULTS:  only one hand raised in favor of increasing taxes.

 

MOTION (Wilbert Lewis/Richard Ferfecki/PASSED) to adjourn the meeting.  The meeting was adjourned at 9:20 p.m.  There were 27 people in attendance.  Refreshments were served courtesy of the Town Officials.

 

 

 

 

Minutes taken by ______________________________________________  Date:_______________________

                                               Janet Powers, Town of Angelica Clerk

 

 

 

 

 

 

The foregoing minutes were presented to and approved by those present at the Town of Angelica annual meeting held on April 8, 2008.

         They were approved                without correction                                        approved with correction

                       

 

ATTEST:______________________________________________ DATE:________________________________

                         Town of Angelica Chairman