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April 21, 2010 Annual Meeting
TOWN OF MILTON
ANNUAL MEETING
April 21, 2010
Chairperson Platteter called the meeting to order at the Milton Town Hall at 7:00 p.m. with 13 residents and one guest present. Two people arrived midway through the meeting.
Meeting Format: Bob Platteter described the meeting format.
Elector’s Input on Agenda Items: None.
Approval of Minutes: Clerk Engel read the minutes of the April 15, 2009 Annual Town Meeting. John Losinski moved to approve the minutes; Kenneth Haeuser seconded the motion. By a show of hands, the motion carried unanimously (13-0).
Financial Report: The 2009 Financial Report was distributed prior to the meeting. Kenneth Haeuser made a motion to add the year-end balance for each account onto the annual report; Rich Bagniewski seconded the motion. By a show of hands, the motion carried unanimously (15-0). Clerk Engel will also post a monthly listing of bills on the website along with the existing Financial Report. We received a large bill from Jul’s Johns last year because they failed to bill us for quite some time. This was discussed at a board meeting and they were sent a letter warning them that bills needed to be submitted within 30 days or they would not be paid.
2009 Year in Review:
• Garbage update: The Town moved to a per bag price for garbage. The arrangement seems to be working well. The Town of Cross is no longer using and sharing in the costs of the Town of Milton dumpster as they have elected to take their garbage to Fountain City
• Road Report and Trip Grant: Crackfilling was done on several roads last year and those roads were designated by the Board. Dale Schmidtknecht asks that Willow Lane be crackfilled next time. The Town was awarded approximately $19,000 in TRIP grant funds for Waumandee Creek Road. Depending upon the availability of funds, we either do part or all of the roadwork this year. Lover’s Lane has been closed for good and is now owned by Bob Cisewski. He will be purchasing gates for the roadway and the Town will be installing them.
• Election Update: Clerk Engel reported that we had only one election this year and that the election went well. We are now in compliance with voter accessibility requirements.
• Prairie Moon: Locks were changed on the Prairie Moon.
• Review of Town Ordinances: The Board has finished reviewing, repealing and amending the town ordinances, which are posted on the website.
• Racetrack Update: Bob Timm reported on his plans for the racetrack. He knows that there were concerns about extra practices last year. While he needs to allow some practices, they create extra work for him and extra expense for the drivers so he would like to keep practices to a minimum. Sometimes he has very little notice of practices, but his wife knows Penny Schmidtknecht so, when he has enough notice, he asks his wife to notify Penny. He can and will also contact the Board. Becky Holzer asks that he end his practices by nine on weeknights during the school year so that the schoolchildren can get to bed. He notes that practices are supposed to run from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. Right now, the racetrack is busy working on fixing some of the building code violations that they inherited. They have a permit to build a new kitchen/restaurant area with a bar and deck with handicap accessibility. This will need to be built within the next 18 months per the permit. This would be open only during races. As far as events go, he plans on having a Thursday/Friday event over the July 4th holiday, a huge three-day event (Thursday, Friday, Saturday) on the weekend after Labor Day and a final event in October. If anyone has concerns, they should call him. His cell phone number is posted on his internet website at www.MississippiThunder.com.
• Town Hall Maintenance: During the past year, the old furnace has been removed and replaced by a ceiling mounted unit. We also have a new threshold ramp, doorbell, handicap sign and motion light—all of which helped us comply with voter accessibility requirements.
Discussion of License Fees: The Town is already charging the maximum allowed fees for liquor licenses. At the April Town Meeting, the Board will discuss criminal background check fees. No advisory motions were made or passed.
Discussion of Election Worker Compensation: The Town pays election officials $9/hour plus $5/mileage. The Chief Inspector gets an extra $10 per shift work. Kenneth Haeuser felt that the Town should hold the line on these salaries because of the economy and as long as we have workers willing to work for that amount. No advisory motions were made or passed.
Next Annual Meeting Date: Eugene Bagniewski, Jr. moved that the next annual meeting date be set for the third Wednesday of April at 7:00 p.m., prior to the regular Board meeting. Paul Duellman seconded the motion. The motion passed unanimously (15-0).
Other: Kenneth Haueser wanted a report on the amount of money spent by other townships on road maintenance costs, as there are people that complain about the amount spent and he felt it was important for people to know what a good deal the Town is getting. Bob Platteter reported that he had checked out the actual costs for various townships from January of 2009 through September of 2009. The results were as follows: Town of Milton ($25-26,000); Town of Buffalo (just under $50,000); Waumandee (over $100,000); and Town of Cross ($40,000-$50,000). Paul Duellman notes that his bills include the cost of sand and salt. He also notes that the amount of miles for each of these townships is comparable.
Adjournment: A motion to adjourn was made by Kenny Haeuser and seconded by Dale Schmidknecht. The motion passed unanimously (15-0).
Meeting adjourned 7:50 p.m.
Submitted by Kalene Engel, Town Clerk
Archive:
January 18, 2012 Town Board Meeting
December 21, 2011 Town Board Meeting
November 16, 2011 Town Board Meeting
November 16, 2011 Budget Meeting and Special Town Meeting RE: Tax Levy
October 19, 2011 Town Board Meeting
September 21, 2011 Town Board Meeting
August 17, 2011 Town Board Meeting
July 20, 2011 Town Board Meeting
June 15, 2011 Town Board Meeting
May 18, 2011 Town Board Meeting