December 5, 2017Regular Board Meeting

Minutes

Tuesday, December 5, 2017

Town of Lake Hall, W6202 Loomis Road, Porterfield, WI 54159

6:30 p.m. Finance Town Board Meeting to review financial reports

And Safety Meeting

Present Banaszak, Mueller, and Tarmann, Absent Sotka adjourn finance meeting at 6:40 pm. by Mueller, seconded by Banaszak and carried.

7:00 p.m. Regular Town Board Meeting Agenda

Pledge of Allegiance

  1. Call to order. Banaszak called the meeting to order at 7:00 p.m. Present Banaszak, Mueller, Tarmann, and absent was Sotka.
  1. Approval of agenda. A motion to approve the agenda was made by Mueller, seconded by Banaszak and carried.
  1. Approval of meeting minutes. A motion to approve the minutes from November 7, 2017      Regular Town Board Meeting, Special Town Board Meeting Insurances November 13, 2017, Public Budget Hearing November 14, 2017, Special Meeting of the Electors Levy and 2018 highway expenses, Special Town Board Meeting Adoption of 2018 Budget Adoption was made by Mueller, seconded by Banaszak and carried
  1. Approval of Treasurer’s financial report. A motion to approve the Treasurer’s was made by Mueller, seconded by Banaszak and carried
  1. Public Comment

Miles Kressel returned his copy of the manual for the planning commission. He also stated that he would like to help the Town work toward a resolve of the number of abandoned building in the municipality, Miles said he would volunteer to contact person’s owning the dilapidated buildings, and would like to help with the process for the town. The Planning Commission and the Town Board will get together to confront the issue with abandoned buildings. Banaszak will arrange a meeting in January, 2018. Ken Marcusen would like the town to salt Noquebay Road where there are shaded areas.

Trista Hobbs from U.P Engineering thanked the Town Board for the opportunity to do business with the Town of Lake, and the Town Board in turn thanked her all her work from start to finish of the Public Works Building project completed in 2017.

  1. Planning Commission Report. Nothing to report for the Board
  2. Review & approval of Land Surveys. No surveys to approve.
  3. Review & Approval of Business Licensing (Liquor & Operators) No licenses requested were presented.
  4. Approval of the list of Election Officials for 2018 & 2019. A list of 16 residents of the Town of Lake for election officials was presented and read at the meeting. (See attached list). A motion was made to approve the list of names as read by Banaszak, seconded by Mueller and carried.
  1. Title 9 Public Utilities - Chapter #1 Broadband Resolution

A motion to approve the first reading of the Broadband Forward! Ordinance for Title 9 - Chapter I, seconded by Mueller and carried. The second reading will be at the January, 2018 regular Town Board Meeting.

  1. Fire Dept. Report. No report for the Fire Dept.
  2. Public Works Road Report Rick Olive gave the road report with road maintenance, work on plow trucks, removal of garbage in the ditches, installation of fire signs, grading and patching of several roads, and cutting of downed trees. Repairs for the #2 snow plow truck is being done at Franks Truck Repair.
  3. Correspondence. Banaszak presented a meeting notice for the Recycling Coalition on Dec. 11, 2017 at the Stephenson Town Hall.
  4. Adjourn. A motion to adjourn at 8:01pm was made by Mueller, seconded by Banaszak and      carried.