Town of Germantown

Town of Germantown

Regular Meeting Minutes

November 11, 2025

 

Present:             Chairman Gregg Haunroth, Supervisors Tamaya Loewe, Keith Korbein, Ken Jax, Ray Feldman, Public Works Director Craig Cox, Emergency Management Director Christopher Leopold, Clerk/Treasurer Susan Ganther, Deputy Clerk/Treasurer Michaele Korbein

Absent:              None

 

Call to Order

The meeting was called to order at the town hall at 6:00 p.m.

 

Posting

Posting was verified by Susan Ganther.

 

Minutes

A motion was made by Tamaya Loewe, seconded by Keith Korbein, to approve the minutes from October’s meetings.  Motion carried 5-0.

 

Bank Reconciliation

The reconciliation was read aloud and placed on file for the auditor.

 

Checks

A motion was made by Keith Korbein, seconded by Tamaya Loewe, to approve general fund checks and eft’s 14947-15020 totaling $102,299.94, and municipal court check 2021 totaling $770.00.  Motion carried 5-0.

 

Operator’s License

None

 

May’s Point Speed Limit Reduction

A review of driveway spacing will be conducted.  If that does not provide results that allow for a speed adjustment a traffic study will be conducted.

 

Hall Rentals

Damage was done to the walls during a rental due to the use of tacks.  A quote will be requested to see what the cost of patching a touch up work.  The future of renting to this party will be discussed after the quote is received.

 

Emergency Management

A draft of an abbreviated Emergency Operations Plan was provided to the board for review and comment.

 

Roads

Mowing and brushing being done.

The town will change to Lenorud for grinding in the brush dump.  This will be a savings of $275 per hour.  During grinding the brush dump will be closed.  Extended closure during the winter was discussed.

Work will be done to extend sand pit access. 

Paving in Sand Point was done at a less-than-optimal time causing the road to be unsatisfactory.  At this time the town will not accept that area as a town road. 

 

Zoning/Permits

11 permits were issued in October.  All were for new homes.

 

Parks

No Report

 

Board Reports

Gregg Haunroth –         The Town is working with Carl Johnson (present) on ordinance violations at his property. 

A complaint about chickens in the Park Place subdivision has been addressed and the property will be monitored for continued compliance.

There was a complaint from a title company about building permits not being posted on building sites.  This will be addressed.

 

Ray Feldman has retired from the County Board.  Gregg Haunroth will complete his term. 

 

On November 20^th the Wisconsin Towns Association meeting will be held at the town hall.

 

Ray Feldman –               Any extended closure of the brush dump over the winter should consider when things like ice storms cause damage and tree limbs would need to be disposed of.

 

Public Comment

Question – What happened with the offer of free a/c units?  Answer:  They were not in a condition to make that a wise decision to move forward with.

 

Question – Whatever became of having the County charge an additional $.50 per campsite rental at the county park to offset the town’s cost to provide fire and ambulance services since the county does not pay taxes?  Answer – The county refused this in the past.  It may have to be revisited. 

 

Question – Were previously discussed fire service area maps received?  Answer – New Lisbon provided their map and it was added to their fire contract.  Christopher Leopold will provide a service map for the entire county.

 

Adjournment

The meeting was adjourned at 6:42 p.m.

Respectfully submitted,

 

 Susan Ganther

Clerk/Treasurer