MINUTES - SEPTEMBER 10, 2019

SEPTEMBER UNAPPROVED MINUTES
                     STINNETT TOWN BOARD MEETING SEPTEMBER 10, 2019 – TOWN HALL
AGENDA WAS POSTED SEPTEMBER 6, 2019 AT THE TOWN HALL, OUTBACK BAR, AND ON THE TOWN WEBSITE BY KATIE PARKS, CLERK.
PRESENT: BILL GROAT, CHAIRMAN; GARY ELLIOTT, SUPERVISOR; DONALD PLANTE, SUPERVISOR; KATIE PARKS, CLERK.

1.  VERIFICATION OF LEGAL POSTING DONE BY THE CLERK
       ROLL CALL:  GROAT, ELLIOTT, PARKS, PLANTE, JOHNSON – ALL PRESENT
       CHAIRMAN CALLED MEETING TO ORDER AT 7:00 PM
       PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE RECITED               
  2.  APPROVAL OF AGENDA - MOTION BY GARY ELLIOTT, 2ND DONALD PLANTE, MOTION CARRIED.
  3.  TREASURER’S REPORT SUBMITTED BY SANDY JOHNSON WAS REVIEWED –WILL CHECK ON 
       INTEREST RATE  FOR CD THAT IS COMING UP FOR RENEWAL IN NOVEMBER.
  4. MINUTES FOR THE AUGUST 13, 2019 TOWN BOARD MEETING WERE APPROVED AS 
     READ.                          
  5.  HIGHWAY CONSTRUCTION AND MAINTENANCE REPORT: 
      A.  STINNETT LANDING RD WAS GRADED AS WE RECEIVED A COMPLAINT THAT IT WAS VERY
            ROUGH
      B.   TRANUS LAKE RD NEEDS SHOULDER WORK
  6.  PUBLIC INPUT – A) NEED SOME TREES &/OR BRUSH CUT ON THE CORNER OF M AND VILLAGE
       LOOP RD ACROSS FROM THE TOWN HALL – VIEW IS OBSTRUCTED TO SAFELY PULL OUT ON M. 
       B) “ELLIOTT RD” SIGN WAS STOLEN.
  7.  SPECIFIC MATTERS FOR DISCUSSION AND ACTION BY THE TOWN BOARD:
      A. APPOINTMENT OF A NEW ASSESSOR WAS DISCUSSED.  THREE APPLICANTS SUBMITTED PROPOSALS AND EACH WAS REVIEWED. THE FAVORED APPLICANT WAS CALLED ON THE PHONE AND ASKED  QUESTIONS BY THE BOARD.  AFTER ADDITIONAL DISCUSSION A MOTION WAS MADE BY DONALD PLANTE TO ACCEPT THE PROPOSAL SUBMITTED BY UP NORTH ASSESSMENTS LLC. 2ND GARY ELLIOTT.  MOTION CARRIED.   UR NEW ASSESSOR FOR THE TOWN OF STINNETT IS TODD R.  ANDERSON, OWNER/ASSESSOR 2 OF UP  NORTH ASSESSMENTS, LLC.  HE WILL BE DOING A FULL REVALUATION OF STINNETT IN 2021 AS REQUIRED BY STATE STATUTES.
      B. NORTH MEMORIAL AMBULANCE MEETING COMING UP SEPT 24 WILL BE ATTENDED BY THE  
 BOARD AS THERE WILL BE A DISCUSSION ON ALL THE TOWNSHIPS PAYING FOR A NEW FACILITY   TO HOUSE THE AMBULANCES IN SPOONER. THIS COULD INCREASE OUR AMBULANCE COST SIGNIFICANTLY. A LETTER WILL BE DRAFTED TO THE SAWYER COUNTY AMBULANCE TO SUBMIT A BID TO US FOR THEIR SERVICE.  AN UPDATE WILL BE FORTHCOMING AT NEXT MONTH’S MEETING.
     C.  ATV TRAIL ALONG HWY 63 HAS BEEN SCRATCHED.  NEW PLAN TO GO HWY M TO HWY 77 TO  CHIPPANAZIE RD IN THE MAKING.  THE TOWN OF STINNETT WILL HAVE TO ISSUE AN UPDATED  ORDINANCE TO COVER US IN CASE OF AN ACCIDENT INVOLVING AN ATV IF THE REVISED PLAN IS PASSED. WILL KEEP THE RESIDENTS UPDATED ON THIS ISSUE.
     D. COURT DECISION FOR HERBERT LOVE THAT WAS DISMISSED DUE TO NOT BEING ABLE TO LOCATE HIM WAS RESUBMITTED BY OUR TOWN CHAIRMAN, AS MR. LOVE IS A GUEST OF THE COUNTY AND CAN NOW BE SERVED.       
 8.   CORRESPONDENCE- LETTERS AND PHONE CALLS RECEIVED:
            A.  TOWNHALL -  EMERGENCY PLAN SENT TO WASHBURN COUNTY CLERK IN CASE OF
                                          AN EMERGENCY ON ELECTION DAY.
             B.  TOWN PARK – WILL BE CLOSED OCT 1, 2019.                                                                         
             C.  MEETINGS – SEPTEMBER 24, 2019 – NORTH MEMORIAL AMBULANCE 5:00 PM 
                                          SPOONER CITY HALL             
             D.  MISCELLANEOUS
  9.  BILLS FOR PAYMENT APPROVED AND CHECKS SIGNED
10.  NEXT TOWN BOARD MEETING - OCTOBER 8, 2019 AT 7:00 PM
11.  AGENDA ITEMS FOR NEXT TOWN BOARD MEETING:  AMBULANCE UPDATE, TOWN BUDGET FOR 
      2020, ETC
12.   ADJOURNMENT – MOTION BY GARY ELLIOTT, 2ND BILL GROAT. MOTION CARRIED. ADJOURNED 
                                          AT 8:53 PM
     POSTED SEPTEMBER 13, 2019 AT THE TOWN HALL, OUTBACK BAR, AND ON THE WEBSITE BY
     KATIE PARKS, CLERK.