TOWN OF ANGELICA

Monthly Meeting

April 13, 2009

 

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

     Treasurer Lisa Matuszak and Clerk, Janet Powers

Town Officials Absent:    None

Others Present:                 Planning Commission Chairman Richie Ferfecki & Member Barbara McKeefry, Greg Van Asten,  Jim Mills, Tracy Stafford, Krakow Sanitary District President Dan Cota, Secretary Kevin Barry & Treasurer Bud Brzezinski, Harold Dryja, 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 April 11, 2008 and also faxed to the Shawano Leader on April 11th.

 

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

 

Approval of Prior Town Board Minutes:  MOTION (Powers/Lewis/PASSED) to approve the minutes of the regular town board meeting of March 9, 2009. 

 

Approval of Treasurer’s Monthly Report:  The Treasurer’s report was presented to the board by Treasurer Matuszak showing balances as of March 31, 2009 of $17,692.88 at the Citizens Bank in Pulaski and $263,851.50 at the Premier Bank in Pulaski.   MOTION (Lewis/Powers/PASSED) to approve the Treasurer’s report as presented.   There discussion about checks not clearing the bank for payment.

 

Correspondence:  Correspondence reviewed was (1) letter from DNR stating the sanitary survey of the Angelica park did not find anything that required correcting (2) DNR notice of the town’s recycling grant for 2009 (3) DNR notice regarding change of ownership in land enrolled in the Managed Forest Law program (4) letter from Waste Management regarding proposed garbage tax increases (5) CD of Oconto County’s Comprehensive Plan (6) two Shawano County land-use permits issued in the past month for property in the town (7) notices of meetings for Shawano County Board of Adjustment and Land Conservation and Planning, Development & Zoning Committee meetings and (8) copy of bank statement for the Angelica Hillside Cemetery Association (9) brochure from Complete Services Bonduel, LLC regarding services they had to offer (10) brochure regarding Local Government Law Seminars scheduled for 2009 (11) DOA February Local Government Report, and (12) invitation to a Free Historic Planning Presentation and showing of the Stone Barn in the Town of Chase.

 

Reports from Town Officers:  Supervisor Lewis reported (1) he had issued a 15” x35’ culvert permit for an entrance on Middle Drive in September of 2006 and the party is now going to install that culvert and will have to put end pans on that culvert because of the change in the Culvert Ordinance.  (2) Tom Nowak approached him about cleaning out his ditch on the east side of Willow Road and said he would pay for the ditching.  Chairman Smith said that he should be contacted before any work on the ditch is started. (3) Ken Winter reported a drainage problem on his property on Center Street.

 

Supervisor Powers congratulated Greg Van Asten and Wilbert Lewis on their being the newly elected town board supervisors and reported on the Maple Lane health facility and deficits that have been occurring in the past two years.    

 

Chairman Smith reported (1) N.E.W. Para-Medic Squad had 38 runs in March with 8 being no transports and 1 being charged for services rendered.   At the end of March the Squad has a shortfall of $5,555.00.  There were balances of $7,233.91 in the general fund with $2,512.46 of this being for the 1st Responders and $462.57 for the Junior EMTs.  The equipment fund is $75,079.69 with $4,867.45 of this being for buildings and maintenance.  The MABAS Agreement was on their agenda for review (2) the Fire Department now has 43 members with two more being in training and a number of applications on file.  For the year there have been 14 runs with 4 being in the Town of Angelica.  There was discussion about changing the boundry for jaws runs between the Bonduel and Pulaski fire departments. (3) Smith asked Elmer Kraning to check pot holes on Green Valley, Angelica Street, Town Line Road, Cedar Road and Nichols Drive. (4) the firm from Michigan should be coming in the next week to pick up the tires that are stored at the town hall and (5) Smith asked Greg Van Asten and Wilbert Lewis to help separate the steel posts from the 911 numbers that are presently in the storage building.

 

Clerk Powers reported on (1) a 2009 Polling Place Accessibility survey that is to be completed on election day for the Government Accountability Board (2) copy of a letter from the Shawano County Planning & Zoning Department to Kerry Kolodziej informing him that his non-metallic mining permit expired on June 4, 2008 and he needs to come to the town and the county for approval of a three-year extension to that permit.

 

Report from Town Planning Committee Chairman:  Town of Angelica Planning Committee Chairman Richard Ferfecki reported that an agenda item for their May meeting will be to review the town’s ordinances and a three-year extension for the conditional use permit for non-metallic mining on the Kerry Kolodziej property.

 

Public Comments:  MOTION (Powers/Lewis/PASSED) to open the meeting up to public comments.   Ronald Banaszynski reported that a stop-ahead sign on Elm road is gone and a sign on the right side of the bridge is in the river.  Barbara McKeefry reported she had received a comment regarding the noise and echoing in the town hall on election day.  MOTION (Lewis/Powers/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.        Request No. CU-1-09 from Dave Ahlswede for a conditional use permit to operate a deer processing and sausage making business out of an existing storage building on the Gerald & Ann Ahlswede’s property located at W154 Center Street in Krakow was reviewed.  Dave Ahlswede did not come to this meeting.  Richie Ferfecki, Chairman of the Town of Angelica Planning Commission, was present.  Minutes of the April 4, 2009 Planning Commission Meeting were read and Ferfecki stated the main reasons for recommending denial of this request was that it was not the right place for the proposed operation and it didn’t fit in the town’s Comprehensive Plan.  Because of this the Planning Commission recommended denial of this request.  Ferfecki also expressed a concern about the amount of traffic coming and going from this business in a residential area.  Dan Cota, Kevin Barry and Bud Brzezinski of the Krakow Sanitary District were also present.  Dan Cota, President of the Sanitary District, informed the board that no contact had been made by Ahlswede with anyone from the Sanitary District.  Cota gave the board a letter dated April 2, 2009 regarding the requirements and fees that were required to hook up to the Sanitary District.  Cota also mentioned that if this business was allowed in Krakow there could be potential problems with the amount of grease put into the system and a grease trap would probably have to be installed because of the effluent limits imposed by the DNR.   Cota also stated that having the unattached building on the Gerald Ahlswede property hooked up to the house would not be allowed under the Sanitary District’s ordinance and the Sanitary District has the authority to enter this property to determine if there is a hookup from the detached building to the house and require that any such drain be capped and inspected by the District.   MOTION (Lewis/Smith/PASSED UNANIMOUSLY) to recommend to the Shawano County Planning, Development and Zoning Committee that Request No.  CU-1-09 be denied.

 

b.       Harold Blazei did not appear at this meeting as requested in a certified letter sent to him on April 2, 2009.  It was the general consensus to send a letter to the Shawano County Planning & Development Department informing the Department of action taken by the town board and asking for recommendations on how to proceed regarding complaints about the Blazei property.

 

c.       There was discussion regarding the MABAS (Mutual Aid Box Alarm System) agreement proposed for the N.E.W. Rescue Squad which would be similar to the MABAS agreement that has been approved for the Pulaski Tri-County Fire Department.  MOTION (Lewis/Smith/PASSED) to authorize the Town Chairman to sign and the Clerk to attest to the proposed MABAS agreement which will be coming to the towns that are members of the N.E.W. Rescue Squad.

 

d.      Chairman Smith informed the board of equipment needs for the Pulaski Tri-County Fire Department which included the purchase of a ladder truck because the present ladder truck the department has does not have a long enough ladder to reach buildings in the area.  The Department is looking at a used ladder truck with a 85-foot platform.   Another need for the Fire Department would be a storage area to store department equipment and the antique fire truck that no longer could be stored in the building when the new ladder truck would be stored there.  It was proposed to add a 32’ x 36’ addition to the fire department building.  Also, the old ladder truck would be repaired then be sold.   There is money in the Equipment Fund to purchase the used ladder truck and it was proposed to borrow to pay for the other needs.  Payments would be using money in the Equipment Fund with a payoff period of three years.

 

e.       Chairman Smith reported that he had met with Jeff Herling of Scott Construction and they had gone over the needs for seal locating and crack filling of town roads.  Smith’s recommendation was that 1.74 miles of Church Road from Cedar Road to County Road F be seal coated and if the budget would allow additional seal coating of Elm Road from Middle Drive to Hickory Drive be done.  The general consensus was to do seal coating as proposed by Chairman Smith.  Smith also reported that he will be meeting with the DNR and the Shawano County Engineer regarding the reconstruction of Carroll Road and he will be setting up a date for an on-site meeting with contractors and date to accept bids.  There was also discussion regarding the base on Carroll Road next to the O’Harrow property.

 

Specific Town Board Notice and Agenda for Upcoming Town Board Meeting:  The next town board meeting is scheduled for Monday, May 11, 2009.

 

Voucher Listing/Payment of Bills:  MOTION (Lewis/Powers/PASSED) to approve payment of vouchers V-4538 to V-4589. 

 

Chairman Smith also thanked Cliff Powers for his twelve years of service as a Town Board Supervisor.

 

Adjournment:  MOTION (Lewis/Powers/PASSED) to adjourn the meeting. The meeting was adjourned at 8:50 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 5-11-09.

 They were             approved without correction                    approved with correction

 

ATTEST:  ____________________________________________ Date _______________________

                                 Town of Angelica Chairman