September 1, 2020 Regular Town Board Meeting

Minutes

Tuesday, September 1, 2020

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

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

  1. Call to order.

The meeting was called to order at 7:00 p.m. by Chairman Banaszak.

  1. Pledge of Allegiance
  2. Roll Call.

Banaszak _P_ Mueller_P__ Sotka_P__ Tarmann_P___

  1. Approval of agenda.

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

  1. Approval of meeting minutes from August 4, 2020 Planning Commission Meeting & Regular Town Board Meeting August 17, 2020 Special Town Board Meeting and Board of Review Meeting

A motion to approve the minutes from August 4, 2020 Planning Commission Meeting & Regular Town Board Meeting August 17, 2020 Special Town Board Meeting and Board of Review Meeting was made by Sotka, seconded by Mueller and carried.

  1. Approval of Treasurer’s financial report and vouchers

A motion to approve the Financial Report for Vouchers #23450-23488 for $75,227.27, Deposits for $23,5689.40, EFTs for $2,122.41 and transfers from the LGIP to F&M Bank $50,000.00 was made by Banaszak, seconded by Mueller and carried.

  1. Deputy Clerk wages

A comparison of wages from several townships and villages was brought to the Board for information.to set the wage for the Deputy Clerk. A motion to approve $14.00 for the new Deputy Clerk wages was made by Banaszak, seconded by Sotka and carried

  1. Approve Election Officials

There was a list of 9 Election Officials to be approved for the November 3, 2020 through December 31, 2021. The list of names was: A motion to approve the list of Election Officials was made by Sotka, seconded by Mueller and carried.

  1. Review & Approval of Business Licensing (Liquor & Operators)

There were no licenses for approval.

  1. Planning Commission Report  

There was nothing to report from the Planning Commission.

  1. Approve Certified Survey maps

No CSMs were presented for approval.

  1. Approve Ordinance update for Operator Licenses and Liquors Licenses for Community Code Service

The update for Operator Licenses and Liquor Licenses was reviewed by the Town’s attorney and they were recommended to be forward to Attorney Harvey to be included in the updated Ordinance Manual that will be approved at a later date. A motion was made by Sotka, seconded by Mueller to forward the alerts to add to the Ordinance Manual for future approval.

  1. Authorization to borrow for the cost of the Fire Truck through the Board of Commissioners

It was brought to the Town Board to contact the Board of Commissioners to request information to borrow money for the purchase of the replacement Tanker Truck for the Fire Department. A motion was made by Sotka to use $30,000 from the Fire Dept and borrow $30,000 from the BCPL for the purchase of the Tanker Truck for the Fire Department.

  1. Set date for Budget Workshop in October

A motion to have the budget workshop for October 13, 2020 at 6:30 pm was made by Mueller, seconded Sotka and carried.

  1. 2020 Road Work Update
         Banaszak reported on the 2020 road work. The only road work to finish was chip sealing and shouldering. The Town did the replacement of the culvert of Buttercup Road along with breaker on the shoulder. The Town rented equipment from Scott Banaszak to remove the culvert. A suggestion was made to pay $1,000 for use of the loader, roller, truck and trailer.
  2. Fire Dept Report

Ray Ruska, Firefighter reported that there was a car fire for the month of August. It has been pretty quiet for August. There was some training and more to be done.

  1. Public Works Report

Banaszak gave the report for the month of August for Public Works. It included mowing, graveling, staking out road for road work, grading roads, cutting brush, ditching, replacing culverts, sweeping and any other necessary work to be done.

  1. Public Comment

No public comment.

  1. Correspondence

A DNR memo on the PFAS was handed out to the Board. A suggestion to add an ordinance to be added to the updated ordinance manual against the use of industrial and human waste for spreading on agriculture land. Banaszak said he would contact Att. Harvey, and Att. Coggins concerning the ordinance creation. Banaszak presented information on a voting drop box to the Board.

  1. Adjourn

A motion to adjourn the meeting at 8:00 p.m. by Mueller, seconded by Sotka and carried.