The regular monthly meeting of the Sugar Camp Town Board was held on Monday, December 20th , 2004 at 7:30 p.m. at the Sugar Camp Town Hall.

7:15 p.m. Review Vouchers
7:30 p.m. Regular Meeting

1. Meeting called to order by the Town Chairman.

Present: Chairman Scott Holewinski
Supervisor Otto Schoeneck
Supervisor Paul Sowinski
Clerk John Bigley
Treasurer Lisa Wales
Mike Kortenhof

There were 5 visitors

2. Verification of Agenda posting and approval of Agenda. Discussion & action
The agenda was posted at the Town Hall, Sugar Camp Enterprises, Lilly Bass Road and Hwy H. between 9:00 a.m. and 11:00 a.m. on Sunday, December 18, 2004

Motion: Schoeneck / Sowinski … to approve the agenda. Carried

3. Approval of the minutes from the last regular monthly meeting and any special meetings not already approved. Discussion & action

Motion: Schoeneck / Sowinski… to accept the Regular Meeting Minutes of October 11, 2004 as read. Carried

4. Treasurer’s Report. Discussion & action

Motion: Sowinski / Schoeneck … to approve the Treasurer’s report with a December1st balance of $ 191,084.96. Carried

5. Approval of vouchers. Discussion & action

Motion: Sowinski / Schoeneck … to approve the vouchers as presented. Carried

6. Public Comments:

A. that 25 mph is too slow for Town roads, this policy needs to be reviewed.
B. that the 25 mph is just right and no changes need to be made

7. Old Business:

A. Prairie Road improvement update: status of payments and loan application. Discussion & possible action

Motion: Sowinski / Schoeneck … to pay Pitlik for Prairie Road improvement in January. Carried

B. Review Sign Ordinance. Discussion & possible action.
Tabled to January meeting.

C. Financial update by the Treasurer. Discussion & possible action.

Motion: Schoeneck /Sowinski …to transfer the Town’s backing accounts from Associated Band to M&I Bank of Rhinelander. Deposited into checking will be $100,000 and all additional funds into CD’s. The Town will close the Associated Bank account by March 1, 2005. The Town treasure should also determine if the current loan at Associated should be refinanced and report back to the Board in January. Carried.

8. New Business:

A. Clerks Items

1. Appointment of Election Board for 2005-06. Discussion & possible action.

Motion: Schoeneck / Sowinski … to appoint the following persons to the Town’s election committee; Kay Rodemeier, chief inspector, Irene Thorn, Roxanne Schneider, Cathy Peterson, and Louise Siedschlag, poll workers. Carried.

2. Treasurer: Taxes/Tax Collection. Discussion

3. Review Town accounts for end of the year adjustments. Discussion & possible action.

B. Board Members Items

1. Chairman Holewinski

a. Chairman’s report- information only
Moved the January Board meeting from the 17th to the 20th.

b. Correspondences – information only

2. Supervisor Sowinski - information only

3. Supervisor Schoeneck - information only

C. Road, Shop, Town Hall:

1. Road Work Report: information & discussion only

2. Town Hall Report: information & discussion only

9. Motion to go into closed session pursuant to SS 19.85 (1)(c) to consider employment, promotion, compensation or performance of Town Employees.

Motion: Schoeneck / Sowinski … to go into closed session. Schoeneck-aye, Sowinski-aye, Holewinski-aye. Carried.

10. Motion to return to open session and report on any decisions reached in the closed session.

No actions were taken in the closed session.

11. Motion to adjourn.

Motion: Schoeneck / Sowinski …carried

John Bigley, Sugar Camp Town Clerk