Minutes - April 15, 2025 Meeting

                                                      UNAPPROVED MINUTES
                        STINNETT TOWN BOARD MEETING APRIL 15, 2025 – TOWN HALL
AGENDA WAS POSTED APRIL 10, 2025 AT THE TOWN HALL, TRANUS LAKE RD, OUTBACK BAR, AND ON THE WEBSITE BY KATIE PARKS, CLERK.
PRESENT: BILL COCHRAN, SUPERVISOR; GARY ELLIOTT, CHAIRMAN; BRIAN TAKALA,
SUPERVISOR ON SPEAKER PHONE; KATIE PARKS, CLERK; SANDY JOHNSON, TREASURER AND TOWN RESIDENTS; JILL WASHKUHN, LINDA ASP, JANET TAKALA, LOREN ELLIOTT, AND JED KEENAN.
1.  VERIFICATION OF LEGAL POSTING DONE BY THE CLERK
      ROLL CALL:  ELLIOTT, COCHRAN, TAKALA, PARKS, JOHNSON
      CHAIRMAN CALLED MEETING TO ORDER AT 7:09 PM
      PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE WAS RECITED. 
2.  APPROVAL OF AGENDA - MOTION BY BILL COCHRAN, 2ND BRIAN TAKALA,   
     MOTION CARRIED.
3.  TREASURER’S REPORT SUBMITTED BY SANDY JOHNSON – MOTION TO APPROVE
     GARY ELLIOTT, 2ND BILL COCHRAN.  MOTION CARRIED.
4.  APPROVAL OF THE MARCH 11, 2025 TOWN BOARD MEETING MINUTES – MOTION 
     TO APPROVE BY BRIAN TAKALA, 2ND BILL COCHRAN.  MOTION CARRIED.  
5.  HIGHWAY CONSTRUCTION AND MAINTENANCE REPORT – ROAD BANS ARE
     COMING OFF ON THURSDAY 4/17 AT NOON.  NOTE TO ALL - GARY ASKED JOSH AT
      STATEWIDE TO DO A LITTLE  ADDITIONAL PLOWING WHERE THE COUNTY ROAD
      PLOWS PLUGGED UP SOME OF OUR RESIDENTS'  DRIVEWAYS. HE WAS OKAY
       WITH THAT.  THANKS, JOSH.   
6.  PUBLIC INPUT
7.  SPECIFIC MATTERS FOR DISCUSSION AND ACTION BY THE TOWN BOARD:
      A.  APRIL 1ST ELECTION – HAD 100 VOTERS BUT 2 BALLOTS WERE
       UNACCOUNTED FOR, HELD THE MACHINE RESPONSIBLE FOR IT, AS WE HAD
       SOME ISSUES WITH IT. WILL CHECK TO SEE ABOUT USING ONLY PAPER           
       BALLOTS FROM NOW ON.  ALL NEW OFFICIALS HAVE SIGNED THEIR OATH
        FORM EXCEPT FOR THE NEW CLERK WHICH WILL DO TONITE.          
      B.  NEW AMENDMENT FOR AMBULANCE CONTRACT WAS RECEIVED WITH AN
       INVITE TO THE JULY MEETING AT SPOONER FIRE HALL ON JULY 16TH AT 5:00
       PM TO DISCUSS. IT IS ONLY TO MAKE OUR SERVICE CONTRACT A TWO-YEAR
       DOCUMENT INSTEAD OF 1-YEAR. THE DOCUMENT WAS SIGNED BY OUR NEW
        CHAIRMAN, BILL COCHRAN AND WITNESSED BY THE CLERK, KATIE PARKS.  
        SENDING BACK TO NORTH MEMORIAL.
      C.  CLEAN-UP DAY TENTATIVELY SET FOR MAY 17TH – MORE TO FOLLOW.
      D.  ROAD REVIEW DATE SET FOR MAY 4TH. THE CHAIRMAN AND SUPERVISORS
       WILL MEET AT THE HALL AT 8:30 AM,  ANYONE WANTING TO PARTICIPATE CAN
        FOLLOW IN THEIR OWN VEHICLES. MOTION TO APPROVE BY BILL COCHRAN,
        2ND BRIAN TAKALA, MOTION CARRIED.
      E.   JILL WASHKUHN WAS APPOINTED TOWN CLERK BY THE NEW TOWN
       CHAIRMAN, BILL COCHRAN, 2ND BY BRIAN TAKALA, SUPERVISOR,  ALL IN
       FAVOR.  KATIE PARKS  NOTARIZED THE NEW CLERK’S OATH OF OFFICE.   
 8.  CORRESPONDENCE - LETTERS AND PHONE CALLS RECEIVED:
       A. TOWNHALL – CALL TO AQUARIUS TO SERVICE THE KINETICO SYSTEM, WAS
       DONE AND AN ELECTRICAL INSPECTION WAS COMPLETED – WAS GOOD.
       CHAIRMAN BILL FIXED THE LEAK IN THE MENS ROOM AND INSTALLED A NEW
       FAUCET IN THE  KITCHEN AS THERE WERE LEAKS IN BOTH.  OUR HOLDING TANK
       WAS OVERFILLED DUE TO THIS, CAUSING THE ALARM TO GO OFF. THE TANK
       WAS PUMPED AND THE ALARM IS NOW WORKING  AS IT SHOULD.
        B.  TOWN PARK – TWO NEW RESERVATIONS; BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION ON APRIL
             27TH AND A GRADUATION PARTY MAY 25TH
         C.  MEETING DATES – APRIL 23RD WTA UNIT MEETING SHELL LAKE AT 7:00PM
                MAY 21ST WTA SPRING WORKSHOP CABLE FOR NEW OFFICIALS. 
         D.  MISCELLANEOUS
  9.  PAYMENT VOUCHERS - APPROVED AND CHECKS SIGNED.
 10.  DATE & TIME OF NEXT MEETING – MAY 13, 2025 AT 7:00 PM FOR THE TOWN 
       BOARD MEETING.
 11.  AGENDA ITEMS FOR NEXT MEETING –1) CLEAN-UP DAY UPDATES 2) ROAD 
        REVIEW  3) NEW OFFICIALS  
 12.  ADJOURNMENT – MOTION BY BRIAN TAKALA TO ADJOURN AT 8:05 PM, 2ND
        BILL  COCHRAN. MOTION CARRIED.