TOWN OF ANGELICA

Monthly Meeting

September 15, 2008

 

Town Officials Present:   Chairman, Richard Smith, Supervisor Wilbert Lewis,

     Treasurer Lisa Mauszak and Clerk, Janet Powers

Town Officials Absent:    Supervisor Cliff Powers (excused absence)

Others Present:                 Richard Ferfecki, Town Planning Commission Chairman, Bill Crouse, Bill Sylvester, Susan Trudeau, Nancy Cormier, 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 September 12, 2008 by Chairman Richard Smith and also faxed to the Shawano Leader on September 12th by Clerk Powers.

 

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

 

Approval of Prior Town Board Minutes:  MOTION (Smith/Lewis/PASSED) to approve the minutes of the regular town board meeting of August 11, 2008 and special town board meeting of September 5, 2008. 

 

Approval of Treasurer’s Monthly Report:  The Treasurer’s report was presented to the board by Treasurer Matuszak showing balances as of August 31, 2008 of $135,731.08 at the Citizens Bank in Pulaski and $41,891.36 at the Premier Bank in Pulaski.   MOTION (Lewis/Smith/PASSED) to approve the Treasurer’s report as presented.  

 

Correspondence:  Correspondence reviewed was (1) notice from DNR informing the town the 2008 Recycling Grant will be $10,626.89 (2) notice of approval from Wis. Dept. of Commerce of HVAC System for the Jared Dauk Warehouse (3) copy of incident report from Shawano County Sheriff Department regarding Northwestern Pub in Zachow (4) notice of land taken out of Farmland Preservation in the town (5) notices from  Oconto County and East Central Wisconsin Regional Planning Commission regarding their comprehensive plans (6) notices of meetings for Shawano County Board of Adjustment and Land Conservation and Planning, Development & Zoning Committee meetings and (7) inquiries from Shawano Leader regarding a planned town rummage sale date and from Crispell-Snyder regarding interest in their preparing an application for a Community Development Block Grant for housing.

 

Reports from Town Officers:  Supervisor Lewis reported that the Wasielewskis had contacted him and were interested in the town having a contract with them to cut the town ditches with a machine they were proposing to purchase.  Lewis also suggested putting up an intersection sign approximately 13 to 14 feet from the Przybylski property line just before the intersection of Elm Road and Hickory Road.

 

 

Chairman Smith reported (1) N.E.W. Para-Medic Squad had 43 runs in the past month with 13 being no transports and having 1 run for the Town of Angelica.  At the end of July the Squad is $17,597.88 ahead of budget in receipts and there were balances of $4,872.37 in the general fund, $65,576.59 in the equipment fund and $1,867.45 in the building fund. (2) the Fire Department now has 37 firemen and 3 older firemen have come back to help out.  Year to date runs at the end of July total 46 compared to 61 for last year with 5 runs being in the Town of Angelica.  The department has qualified for a $17,995.00 matching grant from the DNR.  One planned purchase is for a new seat for Engine No. 1 that will seat more people.  (3) the County grant for the one bridge on Town line Road could be carried over until next year and there are grants for the other two bridges for next year with plans to reconstruct Town Line Road next year.  (4) a new commissioner of the Krakow Sanitary District will have to be named  to replace Jim Lotter by the end of this year and (5) Chairman Smith instructed the sign maintenance person to go through the town and check all the “stop ahead” signs to see that they are in place and upright and also to check the brush near the “stop” sign at the intersection of Town Line Road and STH-32.

 

Clerk Powers reported on inquiries regarding the new assessments from property owners and requests for Board of Review Objection forms.  The clerk also reported on building permits issued year to date and gave the board a copy of the ledger sheet pertaining to road expenses to date.

 

Report from Town Planning Committee Chairman:  Town of Angelica Planning Committee Chairman Richard Ferfecki brought the board up to date on items in the Town’s Comprehensive Plan that should be done in order to implement the recommendations that were made in that plan. 

 

Public Comments:  MOTION (Smith/Lewis/PASSED) to open the meeting up to public comments.  Bill Sylvester had a question in regard to the removal of a culvert he had purchased and installed in 1999 for N2849 Maple Road when that road was being reconstructed and not having been reimbursed for that culvert.  Nancy Cormier had comments regarding the recent revaluation done by Accurate Appraisal as to land values land not using recent sales of properties in determining values.  Sue Trudeau and Bill Crouse also questioned the way the revaluation was done and differences in determining square footage of homes.  Richard Ferfecki commented on the revaluation being off on square footage for homes.  MOTION (Lewis/Smith/PASSED) to close the Public Comments portion of the meeting.

 

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

 

New Business: 

 

a.       A draft of Ordinance No. 9-15-08, an Ordinance to Change the Position of Town Clerk from being elected to being appointed by the Town Board was reviewed.   MOTION (Lewis/Smith/PASSED) to approve Ordinance 9-15-08 which changes the position of town clerk from being elected to being appointed by the Town of Angelica Board of Supervisors.

 

b.      Resolution No. 9-15-08, a Mutual Aid Box Alarm System Agreement (MABAS) which allows the Pulaski Tri-County Fire Department to participate in the MABAS in accordance with its terms was reviewed.  Approving this Resolution would provide coverage for the various fire departments in Brown County when going out on fire calls and would be coordinated by Bown County  MOTION (Lewis/Smith/PASSED) to approve Resolution No. 9-15-08 as presented to the board. 

 

c.       Two applications for Operator’s Licenses from Sheryl A. Bruskiewicz and Stephanie S. Farvour were reviewed.  MOTION (Lewis/Smith/PASSED) to approve the applications of Sheryl A. Bruskiewicz and Stephanie S. Farvour  for Town of Angelica Operator’s Licenses.

 

Specific Town Board Notice and Agenda for Upcoming Town Board Meeting:  The next town board meeting is scheduled for Monday, October 13, 2008.   Appointment of a new commissioner for the Krakow Sanitary District will be an agenda item for that meeting.

 

Voucher Listing/Payment of Bills:  MOTION (Lewis/Smith/PASSED) to approve payment of vouchers V-4245 to V-4291. 

 

Adjournment:  MOTION (Smith/Lewis/PASSED) to adjourn the meeting. The meeting was adjourned at 8:35 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 10-13-08.

 They were             approved without correction                    approved with correction

 

ATTEST:  ____________________________________________ Date _______________________

                                 Town of Angelica Chairman