Town of Germantown

Town of Germantown
Regular Meeting Minutes

June 11 ,2024

 

Present:              Supervisors Tamaya Loewe, Keith Korbein, Ken Jax, Ray Feldman, Zoning Administrator Dick Martin, Deputy Clerk/Treasurer Michaele Korbein Emergency Management Director Christopher Leopold

 

Absent:                Clerk/Treasurer Susan Ganther, Chairman Gregg Haunroth,

 

 

Call to Order –The meeting was called to order at the town hall at 5:58 p.m.

Pledge of Allegiance

Verification of Posting –Posting in regular posting locations was verified.

 

Minutes

A motion was made by Keith Korbein, seconded by Tamaya Loewe, to approve the minutes from May’s meeting.  Motion carried 4-0.

 

Bank Reconciliation

The reconciliation was read and placed on file for the audit.

 

Checks

A motion was made by Keith Korbein, seconded by Tamaya Loewe, to approve general fund checks 14192-14232 totaling $48,263.84 and EFT payments totaling $5711.14.  Motion carried 4-0.

 

Discussion and Possible approval of sanitary district expansion

A motion was made by Ray Feldman, seconded by Keith Korbein, to approve expanding the boundaries of the O’Dell’s Bay Sanitary District #1 to include the addition of parcel 290120861.3 of 1.45 acres. Motion carried 4-0.

 

Operator’s License

A motion was made by Ken Jax, seconded by Tamaya Loewe, to approve an operator’s license for:

 

The Dirty Turtle				Shipwreck			Buckhorn Store
Riley Ganther				Jeanette Williamson			Sara Muehlenkamp
Rachel Hartman				Jacqueline Barr			Christine Busleta
Mekenzie Mootz				Shannon Schroeder			Annie Friedrich
Chloe Walsh-Laehn				Nicole Raese			Brooke Lechner
Sean Fank				Rhonda Berndsen
Sean Prieve				Karlynn Kay Rihn
Alexandra Wittig							Buckhorn Grill
Kristina Nootbaar				Kozy’s Pizza			Sara Muehlenkamp
Hannah Walters				Laura Balfanz
Grayson Lenorud
Zoey Dvorak
Pine Cove				The Landing		Portofino
Dylan Ray				Paul Hill		Melinda Mootz
Jessica Heesc				Robert Kehoe		Abigaile LeBeau
Amber Rasmussen				Andrew Schaitel		Rodney Henneman
Gabriella Lobenstein				Clara Davis		Betty Wantuch
Alexis Rachas				Abigail Schaitel			Tina Lossau
Malaci Strompolis-Salama				Heather Parmenter
Isabel Earhart
Kelsey Rachas
Megan Rodenkirch
Sophie Pokela

All passed the background check.  Motion passed 4/0.

 

A motion was made by Ken Jax, seconded by Tamaya Loewe, to approve an operator’s license, conditional upon receipt of proper class certification:

Turtle			Pine Cove		Shipwreck
Emma Goyette			Cassandra Quinlans		Melissa Page
Ary Bronk -also app
Ella Plueger
Lexie Spiers
Peyton Foster -needs servers

All passed the background check.  Motion passed 4/0.

 

A motion was made by Ray Feldman, seconded by Keith Korbein, to approve an operator’s license, conditional upon passing a background check and providing the proper information:

Pine Cove -Nerissa Hedge

Motion passed 4/0.

 

 

Discussion and possible approval of Liquor, Cigarette and Soda Licenses

A motion was made by Keith Korbien, seconded by Tamaya Loewe, to approve liquor, soda/non-intoxicating beverage, and cigarette licenses for:

Class B Combo	Class A Combo	Non-Intoxicating
Kozys	Germantown Junction	Kozys
Pine Cove	The Landing	Pine Cove
Buckhorn Store		Buckhorn Store
Buckhorn Grill and Bar		Buckhorn Grill and Bar
Dirty Turtle	Tobacco	Dirty Turtle
Shipwreck	Germantown Junction	Shipwreck
Portofino	The Landing	Portofino
	Buckhorn Store	Germatown Junction
		The Landing

Motion passed 4/0.

Discussion and possible acceptance with approval of ARPA funds designations

 

A motion was made by Keith Korbein, seconded by made Tamaya Loewe, to accept the quote and designate ARPA funds for Gray Electric for LED lights in the town hall and shop for $9423.  Motion passed 3/0/1 abstain via roll call vote: Tamaya Loewe-Yes, Keith Korbien-Yes, Ken Jax-Yes, Ray Feldman-abstain.

A motion was made by Keith Korbein, seconded by Ray Feldman, to accept the quote and designate ARPA funds for carpeting in the town hall office for $2976.16. Motion passed 4/0 via roll call vote: Tamaya Loewe-Yes, Keith Korbein-Yes, Ken Jax-Yes, Ray Feldman-Yes.

 

Committee Reports:

Public Safety/Emergency Management

Medicare did evaluation inspections on both ambulance locations.

Germantown will need to file the M.O.E.’s received from MAAA, NL Fire and Necedah Fire on a yearly basis going forward to qualify for and receive aid to municipalities for some emergency services.

Total ambulance calls in May were 235; averaging 6.5 calls/day which is up from the 2.5 calls/day.

Many calls this year are very serious and affect crews; so internal processes are available to talk to and work with the crews.  

Work is being done to move toward having a second truck in Necedah by January 1 for better coverage.

Chris Leopold is doing education for a program to offer more care for injured K-9s through guidance from their medical director

 

Roads

Bids were favorable.

Sealcoat is done and look good.

Crackfill will be done in the fall.

Ditches will be mowed over the next three weeks.

 

Zoning

13 permits were issued in May.  8 were for new houses. 

There have been 28 new home permits issued this year to date.

 

Park/Town Hall

The old park bathrooms are done.

A quote from Docking Solutions was received for repair of piers damaged in one of the storms.

 

Board Reports

Tamaya Loewe                 No report

Keith Korbein                    Attended both open houses and the Culvers Share Night for the MAAA.

                                                Asked everyone to support MAAA; keep their crews in your thoughts.

Ken Jax                                 Already mentioned the pier damage.                   

Ray Feldman                    Questioned if the boat patrol was starting again.

 

Public Comment  –None.

 

Adjourn

A motion was made by Keith Korbein, seconded by Tamay Loewe, to adjourn at 6:36 p.m.  Motion

carried 4-0.

 

Respectfully Submitted,

 

Michaele Korbein

Deputy Clerk/Treasurer