TOWN OF ANGELICA

Monthly Meeting

March 12, 2007

 

 

Town Officials Present:  Chairman, Richard Smith, Supervisors Clifford Powers and Wilbert Lewis,

 Treasurer Lisa Mauszak (present at 8:15 p.m.) and Clerk, Janet Powers

Town Officials Absent:  None

Others Present:               Planning Committee Chairman Richard Ferfecki, Steve Effert, Elmer Naumann,

Jeff O’Harrow, Greg Van Asten, Elmer Kraning and Ronald Banaszynski

 

Call to Order/Roll Call/Verification of Meeting Notice:  Chairman Smith called the meeting to order at 6:30 p.m.    Roll call showed all officials were present with the exception of Treasurer Matuszak who arrived later in the meeting.  It was verified with Clerk Powers that proper posting of the meeting had been done.  The agenda was posted on the afternoon of March 9, 2007 and also faxed to the Shawano Leader on March 9th.

 

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

 

Approval of Prior Town Board Minutes:  MOTION (Lewis/Powers/PASSED) to approve the minutes of the regular town board meeting of February 12, 2007.  

 

Approval of Treasurer’s Monthly Report:  The Treasurer’s report was presented to the board by Treasurer Matuszak showing balances as of February 28, 2007 of  $6,192.37 at the Citizens Bank in Pulaski and $260,534.28 at the Premier Bank in Pulaski.  MOTION (Lewis/Powers/PASSED) to approve the Treasurer’s report as presented.   Treasurer Matuszak is going to check out if the town can hold back issuance of Beverage Licenses if personal property taxes are delinquent for the business.

 

Correspondence:  Correspondence reviewed was (1) CSMs for 1 lot on Town Hall Drive and 2 lots on Deer Drive (2) letter from Shawano County Corporate Counsel to Wence Komorowski (3) letter from GroundFX  that they will no longer be doing grass cutting work (4) notices of meetings of Shawano County PD&Z, Land Conservation and Board of Adjustment (5) copy of one land-use permit issued for property in the town (6) notice of community information meeting conducted by We-Energies in Bonduel on March 28th (7) listing of property in the town that are in the MFL program and Findings of Fact Order by the DNR for property being placed in the MFL program (8) brochures from OMNI regarding planning and from UW Extension regarding WisLine Teleconferencing in 2007.

 

Reports from Town Officers:  Supervisor Lewis reported he had not issued any driveway/culvert permits in the past month and that he had picked up tires in the road ditches on Deer Drive and Maple Road.  Supervisor Powers reported he has a 911 number to put up for Performance Excavating and on several issues before the County Board in regard to the Maple Lane Nursing Home and the Crawford Center.  Chairman Smith reported on items that came before the February Tri-County Fire Department board meeting:  (1) there was ongoing discussion by the board in regard to apportionment of operating expenses to the municipalities being served by the fire department (2) the board is reviewing the policy of having gifts given to members or family members of the fire department for birthdays, retirements, funerals, etc. and these funds being taken from the operating fund

(3) the building of a shed to house the firemen’s gear and an antique fire engine and (4) asking the towns of Angelica and Maple Grove to install new 911 numbers that are visible from both sides.  It was recommended that this item be brought up at the town’s annual meeting in April.  Chairman Smith also reported on a request to move logs out of property on Nichols Drive when the weight limits are on.  Smith recommended that it be done in the early morning.  It is anticipated temperatures will be going down in the next few days and Smith will be checking when the logs are being moved.

 

Clerk Powers reported on: (1) the ballots for the April 3rd Spring Primary (2)  status of the website host being changed over from Shawano County to EZWebTech in Shawano.  Terry Brooks of EZWeb Tech suggested that by changing the website address from townofangelicawi.gov to either .org or .com the town could save approximately one hundred dollars per year.  The clerk was instructed to have the website address changed to townofangelicawi.com. (3) a phone call from a hearing aid firm requesting to rent the town hall.  It was the general consensus that there be no deviation from the town’s policy of renting to town residents only.

 

Report  from Town Planning Committee Chairman:  Town of Angelica Planning Committee Chairman Richard Ferfecki was present and reported (1) the Planning Committee has prepared a mission statement for the Comprehensive Plan (2) there will be a meeting on Monday, March 19th where the transportation element of the Comprehensive Plan and land-use maps for the town will be discussed (3) the Planning Committee had a recommendation that a letter regarding the “right to farm” be give to building permit applicants similar to what is being done in the Town of Pittsfield (4) the D.O.T. will be coming to the Planning Committee’s next meeting and they want to discuss speed limits, passing restrictions and vision problems because of tree growth in the road r.o.w. on STH-32 in the Krakow area.

 

Public Comments:  MOTION (Lewis/Powers/PASSED) to open the meeting up to public comments.  Elmer Naumann had a concern about water problems he is having and asked for removal of the present culvert across Beech and it being placed across Cedar Road instead.  Chairman Smith will get in touch with McKeefrey to look at this problem.  Steve Effert recommended having a “no passing” zone on STH-32 in the Krakow area. Elmer Kraning reported that some weight limit signs are missing and asked about removal of the cedar trees in the road r.o.w. in front of the Joe Lilla property on Green Valley Road.  MOTION (Powers/Lewis/PASSED) to close the public comment portion of the meeting.

 

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

 

New Business:

 

a.       Steve Effert of the Krakow Advancement Association was present and informed the board that they wished to pilot a Summer Kids Activity Program that would take place two to three days a week at the Krakow Community Park during the summer months.  It would be headed up by a college student who is majoring in that field.  Effert gave the board a copy of the mission statement for the Krakow Park Program.  Effert reported that the Advancement Association has been having funds raisers and has money earmarked for a General Fund, a Safety Fund and a Park Fund.  The Advancement Association would be paying the young people in charge of the program and they had a question in regard to insurance.  The town will check with Rural Insurance to check out what coverage the town presently had in regard to the Krakow Park.  Effert also requested that the town provide in their next budget some funds for the park in addition to the regular maintenance and utility expenses.

 

b.      The clerk read a March 1st letter from Shawano County Corporate Counsel to Wence Komorowski in which Komorowski was given until March 16, 2007 to comply with the Shawano County Health, Junk and Environmental Hazard Ordinance No. 13-97.  Chairman Smith reported that he and Andy Popp of the Shawano County Planning & Zoning Department had viewed the property recently and the County was going to proceed on the complaint sent to them by the town. 

 

MOTION (Powers/Lewis/PASSED) to have the property at the intersection of County Road C and County Road S be an agenda item for the April meeting unless the property owner has contacted the Town of Angelica Planning Committee to be on their next meeting for a variance request.  A preliminary consultation has already been done at the county level.

 

c.       MOTION (Powers/Lewis/PASSED) to approve the application of Bobbi Jo A. Paholke for an Operator’s License.

 

d.      There was discussion in regard to rebidding for the town hall addition and renovation inasmuch as material prices have gone down recently and Scott Nordin had indicated he would  modify the bidding documents, answer contractor questions and attend the bid opening at no charge to the town if the town wished to rebid the project..   MOTION (Lewis/Powers/PASSED) to proceed with rebidding the addition for the town hall.    

 

 

Specific Town Board Notice and Agenda for Upcoming Town Board Meeting:  Property in violation of the County Health, Junk & Environmental Hazard Ordinance and review of a town Pond Ordinance will be on the agenda of the next town board meeting which will be held on Monday, April 9, 2007.  The Town of Angelica Annual Meeting will be held on Tuesday, April 10, 2007 starting at 7:30 p.m.

 

Voucher Listing/Payment of Bills:     MOTION (Lewis/Powers/PASSED) to approve payment of vouchers V-3581 through V-3621.

 

Adjournment:  MOTION (Lewis/Powers/PASSED) to adjourn the meeting. The meeting was adjourned at 8:45 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 4-9-07.

 They were             approved without correction                    approved with correction

 

ATTEST:  ____________________________________________ Date _______________________

                                 Town of Angelica Chairman