TOWN OF ANGELICA

Monthly Meeting
January 9, 2012

 

Town Officials Present:    Chairman, Richard Smith, Supervisors Wilbert Lewis and Greg P. Van Asten,

      Treasurer Lisa Matuszak and Clerk, Janet Powers

Town Officials Absent:     None

Others Present:                  Planning Commission Chairman Richie Ferfecki, Elmer Kraning, James Mills, Scott & Deb Vandehei, Isaac and Joel Vandehei, and Michael Druckrey

 

Call to Order/Pledge of Allegiance/Roll Call/Verification of Meeting Notice:  Chairman Smith called the meeting to order at 6:30 p.m.  All town officials were present. Clerk’s Note:  The agenda was posted the morning of Saturday, January 7, 2012; put on the town website and also e-mailed to the Shawano Leader on January 6th.

 

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

 

Approval of Prior Town Board Minutes:  MOTION(/Lewis/Van Asten/PASSED) to approve the minutes of the regular town board meeting held on December 12, 201l.

 

Approval of Treasurer’s Monthly Report:  The Treasurer’s report was presented to the board by Treasurer Matuszak  showing   balances as  of   December 31, 2011  of   $74,931.33  at the Citizens Bank  in Pulaski  and $600,151.93 at the Premier Bank in Pulaski.   MOTION (Lewis/Van Asten/PASSED) to approve the Treasurer’s report as presented.

 

Correspondence:  Correspondence reviewed was (1) correspondence dated 12/23/11 and 1/6/11 from Hager, Dewick & Zuengler in regard to the Stark bankruptcy case (2) copy of UDC building permit for Jeremy Bohm  (3) Hillside Cemetery bank statements (4) D.O.T. notice of finalized quarterly transportation aids for 2012 (5) Preservation Press Volume 2, Issue 1 (6) the winter 2011 issue of SCEPI Economic Pulse and (7) Christmas cards from Harters Fox Valley Disposal, Accurate Appraisal, Citizens Bank and a thank you card  from the Shawano County K-9 Unit.

 

Reports from Town Officers:  Supervisor Lewis reported (1) getting phone calls regarding ice on the town roads and a complaint about condition of the road shoulder next to a mail box.

 

Supervisor Van Asten brought up a concern about more pot holes popping up on Green Valley Road.

 

Chairman Smith reported (1) the N.E.W. Rescue Squad at their December meeting reported that there was $6,062.56 in the General Fund with $2,776.33 for 1st Responders, $6,347.91 in the Equipment Fund with $28.01 being for Buildings and Maintenance and $76,748.51 in the Citizens Bank CD.  There were 52 runs in November with 38 transports and 3 runs in the Town of Angelica.  November financials were $4,950.00 in the black with a year to date of $34,136.00 to the good.  (2) at the December Tri-County Fire Department board meeting it was reported that there are 42 members with 3 being on the verge of retiring, 1 is at National Guard and 2 on leave of absence for a total of 36 active members. There are 6 new applications with 4 of these being available for daytime calls and 3 of the 6 have all the training needed.  The FEMA grant is still pending and the DNR grant was approved.  Fire inspections have been completed.  Also, chevrons have been put on the back of all the trucks and pumping tests were completed at a cost of $7,000.00 to bring them up to MABAS standards.  One truck was damaged in the big Pulaski fire.  In regard to that fire there were 16 fire chiefs there, almost all of Brown County’s units and units from Bonduel, Little Sumanico and eastern Shawano County with rescue squads from N.E.W. and Brown County.  About 1,750,000 gallons of water were pumped from the Pulaski water tower and another 1,426,000 gallons were trucked in.  They went through 85 gallons of foam and 84 air bags.  Without utilization of MABAS it is estimated it would have cost the village in the range of $110,000 to $120,000 and with MABAS the cost should be in the range of $20,000 to $22,000 with the bulk of this being fuel costs. There were no major injuries with just two people going to the hospital mainly for exhaustion.  The fire chiefs’ association has had nothing but praise regarding the way the Pulaski fire chief handled the situation, and  (3)  asked the road maintenance person to check on the stop-ahead sign on Cedar Road.

 

Clerk Powers reported on a listing of year to date building permits issued and the year to date road expenditures.

 

Report from Town Planning Commission Chairman:  Town of Angelica Planning Commission Chairman Richard Ferfecki reported the Commission has received a request from L. J. Sperberg for a three-year extension of his conditional use permit No. CU-24-01 for the Zernicke Quarry on Mile Drive and this will be an agenda item at the Commission’s February meeting.

 

Public Comments:   There were no public comments.

 

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

 

New Business:

 

a.       There was discussion regarding the omission of personal property tax billing for Performance Excavating for 2010 and 2011.  Personal property taxes were billed and paid in 2009 by Performance Excavating and in 2010 the owners of the business split that business.  As a result personal property taxes were billed to only Allans Excavating and not Performance Excavating c/o Bruce McDermid.  McDermid had submitted paperwork for his portion of the personal property but because of not changing the address, the town’s assessor did not catch the split of property.  MOTION (Lewis/Van Asten/PASSED UNANIMOUSLY) to bill Bruce McDermid of Performance Excavating for the omitted 2010 and 2011 personal property taxes with no penalty being charged.

 

b.      A request to refund the $65.00 charge on the 2011 tax bill for the Casmir Ziulkowski property which is now owned by Rose Ann Schubert was reviewed by the board.  Casmir Ziulkowski has moved from the trailer house on the property to a nursing home and the trailer is in an uninhabitable condition.  MOTION (Lewis/Smith/PASSED with Lewis & Smith voting aye and Van Asten nay) to refund the garbage charge on the property tax bill for W324 Angelica Street.    

 

Specific Town Board Notice and Agenda for Upcoming Town Board Meeting:  The next scheduled town board meeting will be on Monday, February 13, 2012 at 6:30 p.m.  Possible agenda items are the request from L.J. Sperberg for a three-year extension of his conditional use permit and a meeting with Ed and Marylea Kazik of the Hillside Cemetery Association regarding maintenance and bookkeeping for the Hillside Cemetery.  

 

Voucher Listing/Payment of Bills:  MOTION (Lewis/Van Asten/PASSED UNANIMOUSLY) to approve payment of vouchers V-5691 through V-5757.

 

Adjournment:   MOTION (Van Asten/Lewis/PASSED) to adjourn the meeting.    The meeting was adjourned at 7:25 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 2-13-2012.

 They were             approved without correction                    approved with correction

 

ATTEST:  ____________________________________________ Date _______________________

                                 Town of Angelica Chairman