TOWN OF ANGELICA

Monthly Meeting

June 9, 2008

 

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:                 Town of Angelica Planning Committee Chairman Richard Ferfecki, Patricia J. Slove, Mary Jo Mulder, Erik & Jennifer Steffen, Tony Steffen, Peter Kruit, Elmer Naumann, Donald & Carol Staszak, Jeff Zernicke, Ronald Banaszynski and Elmer Kraning

 

Call to Order/Roll Call/Verification of Meeting Notice:  Chairman Smith called the meeting to order at 6:30 p.m..  It was verified with Clerk Powers that proper posting of the meeting had been done.  The agenda was posted on the afternoon of June 6, 2008 and also faxed to the Shawano Leader on June 6th.

 

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 first meeting of the Board of Review held on May 12, 2008 and the regular town board meeting of May 12, 2008. 

 

Approval of Treasurer’s Monthly Report:  The Treasurer’s report was presented to the board by Treasurer Matuszak showing balances as of May 31, 2008 of $10,913.29 at the Citizens Bank in Pulaski and $187,132.14 at the Premier Bank in Pulaski.   MOTION (Powers/Lewis/PASSED) to approve the Treasurer’s report as presented.  

 

Correspondence:  Correspondence reviewed was (1) notices from the Wisconsin State Laboratory of Hygiene reporting water tests at the Krakow Park pavilion showed no detection of either coliform-colisure or nitrates (2) notice from DNR regarding correction in description of land and acreage for 37.440 acres of land enrolled in the MFL program (3) copies of eight Shawano County land-use permits issued for property in the Town of Angelica (4) notices of meetings of the Shawano County Board of Adjustment, Land Conservation and Planning, Development & Zoning Committee meetings and (4) the Shawano County Historical Society – Journey in Time publication.

 

Reports from Town Officers:  Supervisor Lewis reported (1) he had issued two culvert permits (2) sold used culvert pipe for junk in the amount of $250.00 and good used pipes for $480.00, and (3) received a phone call regarding the pump in the Ripley sand pit on Green Valley Road being run twenty-four hours continuously.

 

Supervisor Powers reported (1) that he had received phone calls regarding the need to sweep the streets in Lake Sandia, the condition of Pine Road and trees growing up in the ditch on Middle Road (2)  checking with the County Highway Department in regard to a possible vision problem with the pile of sand at the intersection of County Road S and County Road C and installing a sign at the intersection of County Road C and Nichols Hill where there is a vision problem to the north.

Chairman Smith reported (1) there was no N.E.W. Para-Medic Squad board meeting held in May.  Fund balances were $3,578.78 in the General Fund, $65,261.91 in the Equipment Fund and $1,867.45 in the Building and Maintenance Fund (2) the Fire Department now has 38 members with two members having retired and acquiring one new member.  There have been 34 runs to date compared with 38 last year with 3 runs being in the Town of Angelica.  Fund balances were $34,239.16 in the check book, $97,095.45 in the vehicle fund and $2,046.06 in the camera fund.  There was very good attendance at the May 18th open house at the Fire Department.  The estimated cost of a new utility building is $30,000.00 and available funds of $22,145.00 for this project at the present time.  The firemen held elections in April resulting in election of Frank Wichlacz as Fire Chief for two years, the second in command being James Styczynski and the Treasurer being Ken Wichlacz with terms ending in 2010.  (3) it is recommended that two new stops signs be erected at the intersection of Church Drive and Cedar Road which would result in there being a four-way stop at this intersection.  Elmer Kraning was asked to install two new “stop ahead” and “stop” signs on Cedar Road and put red warning flags on the “stop” signs.  (4) Smith had received estimates from the Shawano County Highway Department regarding the cost of doing paver patching in the town on Pine road, Town Hall Drive, Hilbert Street, Main Street and at the town hall.  Crack filling of roads in the town is almost completed with an estimated cost of $22,500.00.  No seal coating will be done this year but it is recommended that the town do six miles of seal coating next year.  (5) had checked on a complaint regarding the pump in the Ripley sand pit on Green Valley Road being run continuously for several days and in checking with the County Planning & Zoning Department it is determined that if the pump is being run to irrigate trees that are part of the reclamation plan Ripley is permitted to run the pump as needed.  (6) the County Highway Department is proceeding with applying for a grant in which the area owned by the DNR on Northwestern Avenue in Zachow would be repaired.  (7) the County has cleaned up the area surrounding buildings owned by Wence Komorowski on Angelica Street in Krakow and it may be necessary to do soil sampling because of toxic fuel that was stored in drums that had rusted out.  Also the trailer located on that lot will be removed. (8) asked the road maintenance man to check out potholes on Nichols Road and the west end of Main Street in Zachow, place a “dead-end” sign on Hill Drive and also check the “stop ahead” sign for the intersection of Middle Road and STH-32.

 

Clerk Powers reported that Lange Enterprises is scheduling installation work to start on the new flag-style 911 numbers for the town by July 1st and gave the board a copy of building permits issued this year to date.

 

Report from Town Planning Committee Chairman:  Town of Angelica Planning Committee Chairman Richard Ferfecki was present and reported on progress of the town’s Comprehensive Plan.  The Planning Commission had double checked the draft of the plan on May 29th and Ferfecki requested that a special meeting be set up to go over the final draft of the plan with the town board before the public hearing is scheduled.  Ferfecki also requested that the Planning Commission’s mission statement be framed and displayed in the town hall.

 

Public Comments:  MOTION (Lewis/Powers/PASSED) to open the meeting up to public comments.   Jennifer Steffen expressed a concern their family had in regard to Hill Drive having a width of  just ten feet of gravel in places and the Pulaski Schools not being willing to have a bus travel this road to the point where their driveway starts.  Steffen had a concern about the safety of their child because of not being able to see from the point where their drive enters Hill Drive to Cedar Road.  Chairman Smith informed Steffen that he would be meeting with the Pulaski School Bus Department regarding this matter.  Ron Banaczynski informed the board that the stop sign at the intersection of Beech Drive and County F is hidden by tree branches.  Patricia Slove informed the board that a sign on Northwestern Avenue is down and requested that “children at play” signs be erected in Zachow.  She was informed that two “children at play” signs had been put up at both the east and west ends of Main Street in the Zachow area.

 Elmer Nauman asked when there would be a meeting regarding the drainage in the road ditch in front of his property and was informed there would be a meeting as soon as the Chairman could get a date set for all parties to get together.  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.        Frank Gretzinger was present in regard to a concern he has regarding his business, Amoco 29 Travel Mart, being affected by the upgrading of STH-29 and closing off access of Spruce Road to STH-29.  Gretzinger had questions regarding frontage roads that would be provided from the future County Road F interchange to his location on Spruce Road and asked for the support of the board in the DOT providing relocation of his business.  The board informed him that there will be an informational meeting held at the town hall in the near future, the exact date not having been confirmed as yet, and was advised to bring his concerns to the DOT staff at that informational meeting.

 

b.       Applications for Operator’s licenses for the 2007-2008 license year from Jason L. Zimmerman, Thomas James Kros III and Jeanne R. Matz were reviewed.  MOTION (Lewis/Powers/PASSED UNANIMOUSLY) to grant Operator’s licenses to Jason L. Zimmerman, Thomas James Kros III and Jeanne R. Matz.

 

c.       (1) Applications for Combination Class A Alcohol Beverage Licenses for Amoco 29 Travel Mart (Gretzingers Inc., Agent Frank J. Gretzinger) and Northwoods Convenience Center (DJ Stark LLC, Agent Diana M. Stark) and applications for Combination Class B Alcohol Beverage Licenses for Ardella Glenzer (Jim & Della;s Midway Bar), Groucho’s II (Agent David A. Marcks), Janet L. Roeske/Mark T. Gewont )T.J.’s Marquis Supper Club), Stonefield Supper Club LLC (Agent Sheila M. Fassbender) and Patricia J. Slove (Northwestern Pub) were reviewed.  MOTION (Lewis/Powers/PASSED UNANIMOUSLY) to grant Alcohol Beverage Licenses to the seven applicants as listed.

 

(2)  MOTION (Powers/Lewis/PASSED UNANIMOUSLY) to grant Cigarette and Tobacco Products Retail Licenses to Groucho’s II Inc., Gretzingers, Inc., Northwestern Pub and Northwoods Convenience Center.

 

(3)  Applications for Operator’s Licenses for the 2008-2009 license year from Janice Robaidek, Jeanne R. Matz, Holly A. Birr Kleczka, Lori Rawe, Joel D. Stark and Mary Jo Mulder were reviewed.  MOTION (Lewis/Powers/PASSED UNANIMOUSLY) to grant Operator’s Licenses to the six applicants as presented.

 

(4) An application for an Original Combination Class B Alcohol Beverage License from Patricia J. Slove to open a new business to be located at N2643 Willow Road under the business name of Scrap Yard Bar & Grill was reviewed.  There was discussion regarding the business being up to state health codes in regard to sanitation.  MOTION (Powers/Lewis/PASSED UNANIMOUSLY) to conditionally grant the application for a Combination Class B Alcohol Beverage License to Patricia J. Slove for Scrap Yard Bar & Grill to be located at N2643 Willow Road with the provision that the property in which this business will be located is up to all the state codes within six months of today’s date before any license would be issued.  (Clerk’s Note:  there is one Combination Class B Alcohol Beverage License available for issuance under the State formula that was set up on December 1, 1997)

 

d.       There was discussion regarding a property owner on W266 Deer Drive moving in a used single wide mobile home and converting it into a chicken coop.  A letter had been written to the property owner by the Shawano County Planning and Development Department informing the owner that no permits had been obtained for this structure and it would have to be removed from the property and to a compliant location on or before June 13, 2008.  MOTION (Powers/Lewis/PASSED) to send a letter to the property owner informing her that the town board concurs with the decision of the Shawano County Planning and Development Department and will not allow the moving in of any single-unit manufactured/mobile homes for any purpose in the Town of Angelica.

 

e.        There was discussion about the situation of property located at the intersection of County Road C and County Road S where a business building owned by James Stocco has been left standing with an unfinished remodeling project for several years.   It was the general consensus to check out if this building is up to the state code for a business building and have this concern as an agenda item for the July town board meeting.

 

 

Specific Town Board Notice and Agenda for Upcoming Town Board Meeting:  The next town board meeting is scheduled for Monday, July 14, 2008.  

 

Voucher Listing/Payment of Bills:  MOTION (Lewis/Powers/PASSED) to approve payment of vouchers V-4151 through V-4182. 

 

Adjournment:  MOTION (Powers/Lewis/PASSED) to adjourn the meeting. The meeting was adjourned at 9:00 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 7-14-08.

 They were             approved without correction                    approved with correction

 

ATTEST:  ____________________________________________ Date _______________________

                                 Town of Angelica Chairman