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.
ATTEST: ____________________________________________
Date _______________________
Town of Angelica Chairman