Board Meeting minutes of September 16, 2025
Chairman Nielsen called the meeting to order at 6pm at the Stanton Town Shop, Knapp, WI.
Present: Chairman Nielsen, Supervisors Karl Hackbarth and Nick Schaff, Clerk-Treasurer Val Windsor, Maintenance Kevin Finder
Pledge of Allegiance
Motion to approve August 21, 2025 minutes as mailed was made by K. Hackbarth, 2nd by S. Nielsen. Approved.
Treasurer’s Report: Balance as of August 1, 2025 63,248.63
August Receipts 72,819.76
Less August Disbursements 74,341.80
Book balance as of August 31, 2025 61,726.59
Motion to approve Treasurer’s Report as mailed was made by N. Schaff, 2nd by S. Nielsen. Approved.
Motion to approve Vouchers and Checks was made by K. Hackbarth, 2nd by N. Schaff. Approved.
Maintenance Report: Roll off is set for October 11th.
Dunn County will be ready to have the salt/sand hauled as of October 10th. Kevin will call DKS and have them haul it for us.
Chairman Report: Thanks to Kevin for a job well done on the brush cutting on the roads.
Supervisors Report: Nick got the info on the tractor for sale in the township of Bloomer, Chippewa County. John Deere 2555, 70HP, brand new in 1991. 2 wheel drive. $12,000 which is negotiable. Between 5000-6000 miles. Open cab. Has 2 mower heads, one for grass and one for brush cutting. The board members and Kevin will set up a time to go look at it.
Some discussion on Rolling Hills Equine.
Clerk-Treasurer Report: Next month we will have a Conditional Use Request for Milestone Materials at the Downing Quarry.
Building Permits: Ryan Mallory, waiting on final. Kelly Scribner, rough in almost complete. Levi Wolf, waiting on final. Ashlin Malean, foundation complete.
Committee Reports: Fire: seal coating has not yet been done on their parking lot. Budget is approximately a $5000 increase from last year. Some discussion on line items in their budget. 2026 Assessments will remain the same as the previous year assessment. Nick will bring a few questions to the fire board about the budget. Engine 2 has been having some troubles. They had a repair man out to fix the primer, however it will need more work. Fire is asking do we spend the monies to have it fixed, could be around $100,000, it’s a yr 1992. It is the backup fire truck. Or do we look into getting something different.
Ambulance: Had a meeting on Wednesday, the 10th. Went over the chief report. It was also the preliminary budget, chief Dow is asking for a $2/hr. increase. Some discussion on various line items. Ambulance budget was not approved. Will have another meeting on Monday, the 22nd.
New Business: Data Center (Menomonie). As of now there are a lot of rumors, we, as a township, do not have a say, it will be up to the City of Menomonie. Hopefully they will come out with some facts for people to read.
Fire Budget: See above in committee reports.
Public Comment: Chairman Nielsen said his eye is not getting any better and the doctor told him he needs to stay as “stress free” as possible. He would like to have someone take his place…eventually. He will hopefully know next month how things are going to go. He asked the board to be thinking who could fill in.
The fall newsletter will include the roll off and the Code Red emergency notification system alerts.
Motion to adjourn meeting was made by S. Nielsen, 2nd by N. Schaff. Approved.
Meeting adjourned at 7:45pm