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, Deputy Clerk Robin Untz and Kim Cheney, Clerk

PUBLIC COMMENTS: Deputy Clerk Untz had a member of the audience draw names to determine the order of the candidates for the Chairperson’s position on the April 2019 ballot. Ballot order is Bill Burlingame and then Gary Kutz.

TREASURER’S REPORT: Kutz/Jaeckel motioned to approve and put on file the November 2018 Treasurer’s report which was previously postponed for approval. Motion Carried.

Jaeckel/Christensen motion to approve and put on file the December 2018 Treasurer’s report. Motion Carried

APPROVAL OF MINUTES: Christensen/Jaeckel motion to approve the December 12, 2018 minutes with stated corrections. Motion carried.

Renewal request for a non-metallic mining and blasting permit for the continuation, expansion, reclamation, of existing operations on Hwy M made by Hausz Bros. Inc. Kutz/Brandenburg motion to approve the mining and blasting permit for Hausz Bros. Inc. Motion carried.

Request for County Line Road culvert. No action taken, will be placed on a future agenda for discussion. A culvert has been requested to be installed to assist with the proper drainage of water on properties around County Line Road. Property owners offered to share in the costs of the project.

Manure Lines in the Right of Way of Roads. No action taken. Sample ordinance and permit will be reviewed at the February meeting to discuss further.

Sources of funding for Town road improvements. No action taken. Chairperson Burlingame summarized the different funding sources for roads are for Town: borrow, wheel tax, spend down CD’s and grants. Bruce Bierman, town resident, suggested that the town consider looking into using a financial advisor to assist in how to finance future road projects. Dan from the Town’s Public Works Department suggested getting more feedback from experts or contractors about what needs to be done on specific Town roads to help the Town Board decide how to move forward. Sup. Kutz stated that there are more grants available based on searches she has done,

Town Fee Schedule for 2019. No action taken. Sup. Kutz and Deputy Clerk Untz will continue work on the draft.

Request for contribution to the Rock River Coalition. Brandenburg/Christensen motion to approve contributing $125.00 to the Rock River Coalition. Motion carried.

Town road speed limits and signage. Jaeckel/Christensen motion to lower all Town Roads currently at 55mph to 45 mph by resolution. Motion carried. Resolution will be on the next month’s agenda. Costs associated with the change will also be reviewed.

Clerk’s Report: Date set for the highway employee reviews for January 16, starting at 5:30pm., discussion of culvert on County Line Road will be added to that agenda. The 2018 W-2’s have been reviewed by the clerk’s office, Johnson Block as well as the payroll company for accuracy and are ready for preparation. General Code is currently reviewing the 2nd draft of the ordinance book and will be getting it back to the Town in late January, early February. Board requested to have it by Feb. 6th in time for review before the February monthly Board meeting.

Brandenburg/Christensen motioned to suspend agenda item # 14 Approve Bills and move to #15 Public Comment. Motion Carried.

Public Comment: Bill Hoffman had a question about if the bills have to be read individually or if the board could do it differently. Chair Burlingame explained how it gives the entire Board a chance to review the bills and upholds the standard of transparency.

Brandenburg/Christensen motion to return to item # 14. Motion Carried.
Approve bills: Jaeckel/Brandenburg motion approve the monthly bills. Motion carried.

FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS: Fee Schedule, Speed Limits Resolution, Speed limits on Hackbarth Rd., Ordinance Book, Ordinance Enforcement, Garbage Contract Amendment, John Poeppel’s inquiry about park land, Contribution to 100 Friends of WI, Manure line ordinance/permit draft review, Road funding discussion, closed session for treasurer position

ADJOURNMENT: Jaeckel/Christensen 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: 2/13/2019