05-07-2019 Regular Town Board Meeting

Minutes 

Tuesday, May 7, 2019

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

6:00 Workshop Town Board Officials – Road Work

Banaszak, Sotka and Mueller went to view the roads that will included in the road maintenance for 2019 road work year.

6:45 p.m. Finance Town Board Meeting to review financial reports

No Finance Meeting was held for the May 7, 2019 meeting.

And Safety Meeting

No Safety Meeting was held for the May 7, 2019 meeting.

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

Pledge of Allegiance

  1. Call to order.

      The meeting was called to order at 7:02 p.m. Present was Banaszak, Mueller, Sotka, Tarmann and members of the public.

  1. Approval of agenda.

     A motion to approve the agenda was made by Mueller, seconded by Sotka and carried.

  1. Approval of meeting minutes from April 9, 2019 Regular Town Board Meeting

     A motion to approve the minutes for the April 9, 2019 Regular Town Board Meeting was made by Sotka, seconded by Mueller and carried.

  1. Approval of Treasurer’s financial report and vouchers

     A motion to approve the Treasurer’s financial report including vouchers #22575-22637 for $29,377.72, EFT for $ 2,539.40 and deposits for April and   May for $22,850.95 by Mueller, seconded by Sotka and carried.

  1. Review  & Approval of Business Licensing (Liquor & Operators)
  2. Planning Commission Report  
  3. Approval of Volunteer Fire Department applications

      A motion to approve the volunteer fire dept applications by Mueller, seconded by Sotka and carried.

  1. Fire Dept Report

     Fire Chief Caylor gave the fire dept report including the need for a replacement fire tanker which would be a three thousand gallon used tanker with several different pricing starting at $25,000. He had the specs for a new tanker/with chassis similar to the Wagoner fire dept was about $225,000.00. The fire dept is requesting from the Board what avenue they should look into such as grants through FEMA, USDA and including borrowing to cover the costs of any replacement equipment.

  1. Public Works Report

      The Public Works report was given by Rick Olive which included maintenance to trucks and tractor. Including the install of signs, removal of snow plows and reported the number of washouts for roads and culverts. Road maintenance including shoulder repair and grading. Banaszak reported the new plow truck dump box would soon be installed on the plow truck. The next road repair would be fixing potholes that were left from the winter season

  1. Road Work 2019

    The road work report included a visual inspection of the roads. The road maintenance would include chip sealing on seven roads, dirt work on three roads and culvert replacement.

    A motion was made by Sotka to get quotes for chip sealing, seconded by Mueller for all seven roads.

    A motion was made by Mueller to get quotes for the dirt work seconded by Sotka for all three roads as specified and carried.

    A motion was made by Sotka to have Richlen do the replacement of the culvers with plastic pipes seconded by Banaszak and carried. The culvert replacement will also be partially funded with Bridge Aid for all three culverts.

    The bids should be in the Peshtigo Times for the May 15, 2019 edition for a bid request of June 1, 2019 with a finish date of July 31, 2019 for the dirt work. The chip seal bids should be in by June 1, 2019 and available for the June 4, 2019 Regular Town Board Meeting.

  1. Garbage Contract Residential

    JNS is the Town of Lake current residential garbage contractor. A new contract has not been signed since 2015 with JNS for garbage service. The current monthly cost for garbage pickup is $3,708.00 ($44,500) per year. The landfill costs run $16,000 and recycling fees is $5,810, the total of all three services is approximately $66,810 per year.

  1. Recycling contract with Town of Stephenson

    Currently the Town of Lake is paying on a monthly basis for our recycling services. The Town of Stephenson and the Town of Lake are the only ones in a contractual agreement. It was brought to the Town Boards’ attention that another township/village would like to join on a contractual basis for recycling which would possibly lower the recycling costs per month.

  1. Public Comment

     A comment was made on the possibility of having our own garbage collection sight. The cost of $1/bag for garbage and then a separate bag for recyclables. It would also have to have a person that was in charge of the facility on posted days.

  1. Correspondence

    A copy of the letter from Attorney Coggins was given to the Town Board Members concerning right of way and tree stump removal. Also a letter for dog nuisance was made available to the Town Board. A copy of the first quarter report for building permits was supplies by Nature’s Edge. Application for the new road names of Early Bird Lane and Night Owl Lane was brought to the Town Board for approval. A motion by Sotka and seconded by Mueller and carried.

  1. Adjourn     

    A motion was made by Mueller to adjourn at 8:20 p.m., seconded by Sotka and carried. The next monthly meeting will be June 4, 2019 at 7:00 p.m.