TOWN OF ANGELICA
Monthly
Meeting
September 14,
2009
Town Officials Present: Chairman, Richard Smith, Supervisors Wilbert Lewis and Greg P. Van Asten,
and Clerk, Janet Powers at start of meeting. Treasurer Lisa Matuszak arrived later
on in the meeting.
Town Officials
Absent: None
Others Present: Planning Commission Chairman Richard Ferfecki, William Crouse, Bill Sylvester, Darral Otto, Susan Promprowitz, Brian Eckberg, James Mills and Elmer Kraning
Call to
Order/Roll Call/Verification of Meeting Notice:
Chairman Smith called
the meeting to order at 6:30 p.m. The
agenda was posted the afternoon of Friday, September 11, 2009; put on the town
website and also e-mailed to the Shawano Leader on September 11th.
Approval or
Modification of Agenda: MOTION (Lewis/Van Asten/PASSED) to
approve the agenda as posted.
Approval of Prior Town Board
Minutes: MOTION (Van Asten/Lewis/PASSED) to approve the minutes of the regular town board meeting of August 10,
2009, the informational meeting for Town Line Road property owners on August
26, 2009 and the special town board meeting of September 10, 2009.
[Because the Treasurer was
coming later in the meeting, the board deviated from the Agenda at this time.]
Correspondence: Correspondence
reviewed was (1) letter from Crivello-Carlson S.C. regarding third-party
plaintiff’s claims against the Town (2) State preliminary estimate of January
1, 2009 population of the town being 1,783 (3) D.O.R. 2009 County Equalization
Report (4) letter from Rural Mutual regarding option to increase specified
building limits (5) information regarding a Pharmaceutical Clean Sweep to be
held (6) Notice of Decision from PD&Z Committee regarding fee changes (7)
notice of PD&Z Committee meeting in September (8) land-use permits issued
for property in the town (9) copy of one Wis. UDC permit issued by State
Building Inspector (10) August DOA Local Government Report, and (11) OMNNI
brochure.
Reports
from Town Officers: Supervisor Lewis reported he had spoken to
Barbara McKeefry in regard to doing work on the town’s website. Supervisor Van Asten reported he had checked
the reconstruction work on Carroll Road and it looked good.
Chairman Smith reported
(1) at the N.E.W. Para-Medic Squad board meeting in August it was reported that
there was $7,138.40 in the General Fund with $2,412.46 being in the 1st
Responders Fund and $462.57 in the Junior EMT Fund; $75,014.54 in the Equipment
Fund and $4,556.45 in the Building Maintenance Fund. In the month of June there were 38 responses
with 32 transports and in the month of July there were 33 responses with 28
transports ~ Year To Date there were 254 transports which is ahead of last
year. The Squad is operating in the red
by $20,600.00 mainly because of a mistake in budgeting for employee wages (2)
the Fire Department presently has 44 members.
For the year to date there have been 62 runs compared to 55 last year
with 9 runs to the Town of Angelica. The
Pulaski Fitness Center is offering free memberships to the firemen. Steve Haskell, Shawano County Emergency
Management Coordinator, is working with the Department on a Disaster
Program. The Bonduel Fire Department now
has a jaws unit and will be working with the Pulaski Fire Department to draw up
an agreement regarding responding for jaws calls. (3) Performance Excavating who had the low
bid of $38,345.00 for stone and dirt work on Town Line Road will be starting
work the end of this week and the bridge work being done by Shawano County
should be done by Wednesday or Thursday of this week. (4)
Carroll Road reconstruction work is finished with the binder coat of
blacktop applied. The work went over bid
by approximately $35,000.00 mainly because of being required to haul in over
5,000 yards of fill for a soft spot found in the road base during
reconstruction. (5) Craig Montour plans to put the town hall holding tank in
within the next week, and (6) Smith commended Elmer Kraning on the good job he
has done in repairing pot holes on the town roads.
Chairman Smith mentioned
that County Supervisor Cliff Powers would welcome any questions in regard to
the upcoming Shawano County Referendum and the Maple Lane Nursing Home
situation.
Clerk Powers gave the
board a listing of building permits issued since the first of the year and a
copy of ledger pages pertaining to Public Works – General Expense and Public
Works – Construction for the year to date.
Report
from Town Planning Commission Chairman: Richard Ferfecki, Chairman of the Town of Angelica
Planning Commission, was present and reported (1) a request for a conditional
use permit for a pond at N2621 Maple Road has been rescheduled to the October
meeting of the Town of Angelica Planning Commission because the requester for
the permit forgot about the September 1st meeting (2) he attended
the August 27th Zoning Code Advisory Committee meeting and topics of discussion
were agricultural/forestry zoning districts, housing density standards, a new
AG-3 zone with the present A-290 being part of it and the clustering of lots. The next ZCAC meeting is scheduled for
September 24, 2009.
Public Comments: MOTION (Lewis/Van Asten/PASSED)
to open the meeting up to public comments.
Brian Eckberg commented the town did a good job in repairing road pot
holes and asked if it is planned to do any seal coating on Hillside Drive and
County C. Eckberg also had a question in
regard to the difference between assessed valuations and equalized valuations
and why results of town elections were not published in the Green Bay Press
Gazette. Elmer Kraning had questions about the trailer that is parked on the
Czarpata property on County Road C. MOTION (Van Asten/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.
The person who is interested in the Blazei property was
present and indicated no final funding/financing arrangements have been
made. A motion made at the August 10,
2009 town board meeting gave Harold Blazei a deadline of thirty days from
September 14, 2009 to repair the building and if no progress is made by that
time, the matter will be turned over to Shawano County. This will be an agenda item for the October
12, 2009 town board meeting.
b. A Notice of Circumstances Giving Rise to Claim
and Claim Pursuant to Wis. Stat. 893.80 from Irene Banaszynski of W1081 Deer
Drive was reviewed. MOTION (Lewis/Van Asten/ PASSED) to mail a copy of the Claim to
Rural Mutual Insurance Company along with a copy of the letter to property
owners and a copy of the minutes of a information meeting that was held prior
to reconstruction of Maple Road.
c. A Pipeline Easement Agreement as proposed by
Graf Creamery, Inc. was reviewed. It was
the general consensus to have the town board confer with an attorney regarding
this agreement as there is a question in regard to No. 4 of the agreement as to
just what type of restoration work should be allowed on the town road.
[The Treasurer arrived and the
board deviated from the agenda to take up the Treasurer’s Report at this time]
Approval of Treasurer’s Monthly Report:
The Treasurer’s report was presented to the
board by Treasurer Matuszak showing balances as of August 31, 2009 of
$128,618.82 at the Citizens Bank in Pulaski and $210,323.22 at the Premier Bank
in Pulaski. MOTION (Lewis/Van
Asten/PASSED) to approve the Treasurer’s report as presented.
[Returned to agenda items after
the Treasurer’s Report was approved]
d. Chairman Smith has received several complaints
regarding a compost pile in Krakow where a property owner is putting table
scrapes out without covering and causing flies and stench for the
neighbor. Shawano County Planning &
Zoning staff has said that the rules regarding compost piles are vague as to what
can and cannot go into a compost pile.
It was suggested that the town write a letter to the property owner to
see if something can be resolved to control the flies and odor and possibly
send information in regard to composting correctly.
e. William Crouse who lives on Deer Drive was
present and expressed concerns regarding safety issues with the number of
children and new homes on Deer Drive and because there are only stop signs on
the north and south side of the intersection of Deer Drive and Maple Road. Crouse requested stop signs be put up on the
east and west side of this intersection to slow down the traffic on Deer Drive
in this area. There was discussion on
what the speed limits are on town roads and that the speed limit on town roads
is 45 m.p.h. and not 55 m.p.h. Chairman
Smith suggested that 45 m.p.h. speed signs be erected in the area on Deer Drive
to see if there is an improvement in the situation and to come back to a town
board meeting in the next month or so to again discuss the issue. It was also suggested that the fact that the
speed limit on town roads is 45 m.p.h. be a news item in the next town
newsletter.
f. Chairman Smith informed the town board that he
had reappointed Barbara McKeefry to serve an additional three-year term as a member
of the Town of Angelica Planning Commission.
This term of office will be from August 11, 2009 to August 11, 2012.
g. Three applications for Operator’s Licenses were reviewed. MOTION (Lewis/Van Asten/PASSED UNANIMOUSLY) to approve the applications from Danny J. Busch, Julie Ann Smith and Chantel Burmeister 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 12, 2009. The Blazei property will be agenda item for
that meeting as well as a Pipeline Easement Agreement with Graf Creamery, Inc.
Voucher
Listing/Payment of Bills: MOTION (Lewis/Van Asten/PASSED) to approve payment of vouchers V-4702 through
V-4730.
Adjournment: MOTION (Van Asten/Lewis/PASSED) to adjourn
the meeting. The meeting was adjourned at 8:55 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 10-12-09.
ATTEST: ____________________________________________
Date _______________________
Town of Angelica Chairman