Board Meeting minutes of March 15, 2021
Chairman Anderson called the meeting to order at 7pm at the Stanton Town Shop, Knapp, WI.
Present: Chairman Anderson, Supervisors Karl Hackbarth and Steve Nielsen, Maintenance Kevin Finder, Clerk-Treasurer Valerie Windsor and townsperson Josh Edhlund
Motion to approve February minutes as mailed was made by K. Hackbarth, 2nd by S. Nielsen. Approved.
Treasurer’s Report: Balance on hand, Feb. 1, 2021 $11,861.38
February Receipts $479,305.32
February Disbursements $486,329.48
Book balance as of Feb. 28, 2021 $4,837.22
Motion to approve Treasurer’s Report as mailed was made by S. Nielsen, 2nd by K. Hackbarth. Approved.
Motion to approve Vouchers and Checks was made by K. Hackbarth, 2nd by B. Anderson. Approved.
Maintenance Report: Bob and Kevin wrote up the bid for 770th. Val will get this published and they will be due by our next meeting, so we can make a decision.
“Grambo Road” needs something done with the water run off, Kevin will contact Century Link to get them going on moving lines so this can be completed.
Minutes were found from January 10, 1998 concerning the dry township, it was decided at that time there would be a referendum question on a ballot. Unsure of the numbers of the votes as this is not recorded, however we do know that it was voted to be a dry township.
April 19, 2021 the board will meet at the shop at 8am for Road Inspection.
Chairman Report: Election is coming up in April.
Supervisor Reports: Karl talked with Dunn County Zoning about some building permits. The ones in question were filed and completed in a timely manner.
Some questions on Josh Edhlund’s permits, he was here to answer them.
Karl also spoke with Travis Meyer about the ATV/UTV trails, he stated the ordinance is being drafted. He is waiting on another Town’s Association meeting to see if there will be another vote taken on the hours. Red Cedar township is planning to only go with 1 hour before sunrise and 1 hour after sundown.
Karl would also like to speak with all the chairmen of Dunn County to see what their thoughts are on this.
Clerk-Treasurer Report: Received another drug test charge for Kevin, he has only had one test. I have paid $90 already, I will call them this week to see what is going on.
Also received the “up charge” on our Advanced Disposal bill again. Didn’t pay it last month and received a call from them saying it was an error, it was taken care of. I have included a note with the payment saying we will not be paying the extra.
Committee Reports: Fire/Ambulance—Fire dept seems to be going well. Fire chief made a proposal to pay $25,000 for repair on one of the trucks. This money will come from the extra from their building fund.
Ambulance board is moving along on getting the new fire chief. There have been 4 qualified applicants. Next step is to interview these 4 candidates, there will be an outside person, Scott Berkart, in and help with this process, this person has been in the EMT and fire rescue dept of Eau Claire and is now retired. The plan is to set these interviews for Tuesday, March 30th.
Building Reports: None
New Business: Monarch Paving is here to looking for approval for a special exception permit for use of the Downing Quarry for their road work on State Hwy. 170 this coming summer and fall.
Monarch explained the details of the road work. Operation hours will be 5:30am-9:00pm Monday-Saturday. They do not plan to necessarily work these long hours, they just want to cover their bases to make sure the work gets completed on time.
Motion was made in favor of granting the special exception permit by S. Nielsen, 2nd by K. Hackbarth. Approved.
Josh Edhlund is here to ask for board approval of a rezone of his property to be commercial. He would like to have an event center year round. Josh had a print out of the things he is intending to do should he get this rezone. It will be a multi use plan as he would like to have rodeos, weddings…
Bob would like to see a large scale, detailed “map” drawn up so the board can more easily see things like buildings, parking, ect.
Josh would like to get the approval from us, then from the county before he proceeds as he needs a lot of answers, but needs the approval first.
Bob suggested Josh hold an open house for the neighbors and residents, so they can see what exactly will be going on.
No action taken this evening as Bob would like to study the print out that Josh gave us and a bigger scale map before making a decision.
Josh will get that to Val to get to the board this week so they have time to review it before the next meeting.
Public Comment: Christina Mayer is here to introduce herself as she is running for Circuit Court Judge. She explained what she does and who she represents.
Roll off day is set for Saturday, May 8th.
Motion to adjourn meeting was made by S. Nielsen, 2nd by K. Hackbarth. Approved.
Meeting adjourned at 8:25pm