The Town Board meeting was called to order by Chairperson Burlingame at 7:00 pm The clerk verified that the proper postings had been made.

Members of the Town Board present: Chairperson Bill Burlingame, Supervisors Jim Brandenburg, Walt Christensen, Stacy Kutz, George Jaeckel, Treasurer Donna Miller, and Deputy Clerk Robin Untz.

PUBLIC COMMENTS: none
TREASURER’S REPORT: Kutz/Jaeckel motion to put the Treasurer’s Report on file. Motion Carried.

APPROVAL OF MINUTES: Brandenburg/ Christensen motion to approve the August 8, 2018 minutes with a few typos noted Motion carried.

Discuss/Action of reviewing Town Roads for 2019 road work projects: No Action. Noted that for Crack filling the following roads will be considered for work in order of priority; McIntire Rd., Grogan Rd., and Groeler Rd. For Seal Coating and Crack filling the priority list is; Hoard Rd., Garver Rd., Bramblebush Rd., and Oak Clay Rd. For Road Work the priority list is Twinkling Star Rd., Hoge Rd. (wedging) and Star School Rd.

Brandenburg/Jaeckel motion to move agenda item #10 up to #7. Motion Carried.

Discuss/Action of new road use agreement with Enbridge Jaeckel/Brandenburg motion to extend the road use agreement with Enbridge to include McMillan and Tri County Road. Motion carried. Tony Derrick of Enbridge will forward the signed copies of the agreement, the fee of $250 and a list of equipment

Kutz/Christensen motioned to return to agenda item #7. Motion Carried.

Discuss/Action of sources of revenue for Town Road Projects No action taken. Board members shared various ideas of how to generate additional funds both long term and short term for road maintenance and construction. Ideas included vacating road lengths if possible, borrow money (research what the rates would be), assess a wheel tax on personal vehicles (an exact number of personal vehicles will be obtained from the DOT). It was suggested that next month Julie Butz a town resident who has knowledge about wheel tax to speak with the Board about the program.

Discuss/Action of codified ordinance book status update: No action. Chairperson Burlingame reported that the draft of the codified ordinance book will arrive the 2nd week of October, seven drafts will be provided, public hearing dates will need to be set up for review of the book by the public and a resolution adopted with the goal of the new book to be implemented January 1, 2018.

Discuss/Action of use of Brush Truck for special events. No action. Chairperson Burlingame had communicated with the Chief about the use of the truck during special events. There was a question about if the Towns’ names who own the truck should be added to the sides of the truck in addition the City of Fort Atkinson. Concerns about the wear of the truck when it is used for these events in particular the tires due to their high cost.

Discussion of proposed Fire Contract with the City of Fort Atkinson Fire Dept No action. Meeting to be set up with the other Towns who are part of the contract.

Discuss/Action of proposed contract with Grota Appraisals Kutz/Jaeckel approve the 2019-2021 contract with Grota Appraisals for assessment services. Motion carried. Review of re-assessment service will be done at the Budget workshop.

Clerk’s Report: none
DISCUSS/ACTION TO APPROVE BILLS: Jaeckel/Brandenburg motion to approve the monthly bills. Motion carried.

PUBLIC COMMENT: Philip Kienbaum of the Cold Spring Riders requested to be on the October agenda for the Town to consider allowing the use of ATV’s on Cold Spring Road. Chairperson Burlingame requested a meeting to be set up between himself, Mr. Kienbaum of the ATV group, a resident who has not signed the petition agreeing to the proposal, and the Town Clerk before the next month’s meeting.

Chairperson Burlingame reported that the Lake District has a new Chairperson, Steve Proud, and that the new Chairperson is working on resolving some issues with the Powerhouse and slide gates, including opening them further to elevate some of the flooding up river.

Supervisor Kutz reported that she attended the Farm Bureau’s discussion about eminent domain, the “blight” argument used to gather land in Mount Pleasant for Foxconn, solar, wind and hemp farms were also discussed.

Supervisor Kutz reported that at the Jefferson County’s WTA Unit meeting the County presented their “Strategic Plan”

Supervisor Brandenburg attended the Boat Patrol meeting and reported that the patrol boat has been put away for the season.

Next Month’s meetings set: October 3, 5pm preliminary budget workshop between clerk and Chairperson and Sup. Kutz. October 17th Regular Town Board meeting at 7pm (date of monthly meeting bumped back one week). October 24th Board meeting and Final Draft of Budget presented at 7pm. November 14 at 6pm Special Electors meeting and Public Hearing for Codified Ordinance book, followed by the regular Town Board meeting at 7pm

FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS: Wheel Tax discussion, ATV use on Cold Spring Road, Closed session for employee review, Consolidation agreement for Recycling for the Town of Sumner. November regular board meeting- Resolution to adopt the codified ordinance book.

Closed session. The Town Board will consider a motion to convene into closed session pursuant to the provisions of section 19.83 (1) of the Wisconsin State Statutes for the purpose of employee considerations and employee compensations and employee review. Brandenburg/Christensen motioned to convene into closed session. Motion carried.

Jaeckel/Kutz motion to re-convene into open session. Motion carried.

Jaeckel/Christensen motion to increase employee Dan Butz hourly wage by $1.70 effective Sept 10, 2018. Motion Carried.

ADJOURNMENT: Brandenburg/Kutz motion to adjourn. Motion carried.
These minutes are unapproved. Any corrections made thereto will be noted in the proceedings of the next meeting in which they are approved.

Robin Untz
Deputy Clerk
Approved: ________, 2018