Town of Shields Annual Meeting      April 25, 2017             7pm

 Minutes

Attendance: Chairman Neale Jones, Supervisor Bob Long, Supervisor Ron Johnson, Assessor P. Joe Plasil, Fr. Anthony Good, George Schilling, John & Rosemarie Ulmer, Kathy Kassube, Betty May, Dave & Sylvia Kube, Charmaine Plasil, Jack & Irene Miller, Kevin Kaufman.

1. The Board meeting was called to order at 7:00pm by Chairman Neale Jones, the Pledge of Allegiance was recited.
2. The Annual Meeting Minutes from April 22, 2016 were read by the Chairman Jones, on a motion by Joe Plasil to accept the minutes as read, seconded by Rosemarie Ulmer. Motion Carried.
3. The 2016 Annual Report was read line by line by Supervisor Johnson. Fr. Anthony Good made a motion to accept the 2016 Annual Report and Charmaine Plasil seconded. Motion Carried.
4.  Reports;The Annual Road Side Clean Up was held on April 26, 2016 from 9-11am at the Transfer Site. Fr. Anthony gave the report of having 45-50 people sign up but actually around 80 people participated. Also a reminder to make items small enough to fit in the dumpsters some pieces of cardboard & wood are large and stick out and take up unneeded room please break them down. Thank You again for taking care of your properties and keeping the Town of Shields clean.
5. The Watertown Rural Fire Department report was given by Chairman Jones. The ending balance in the account on 12/13/16 was $37,227.84. The regular checking balance began at $4,128.22 and ended at $3,929.00. Money Market began at $14,530.45 and ended at $12,036.71, and the CD started at $18,569.17 and ended at $18,569.85. Chairman Jones then explained between the four townships, Emmet, Milford, Shields and Watertown how they keep track of the runs by Fire, EMS, MVA HAZCON reports and how each year it is broken down. He also explained how sometimes each run is classified under two runs depending upon what type of accident it is. And then gave each breakdown per township in each category.
6. The Plan Commission Report was given by Supervisor Bob Long. The Comprehensive Plan for the Plan Commission is up to date until 2026, this is an every year ten year process to review any changes within the community. This has been a quiet year for building besides the updating of the PC Book.
7. The Recycling/Transfer Site for the town of Shields has been running smoothly. As a reminder; the hours of operation are on Saturday. The dumpsters are not alwaysavailable for recycling during unscheduled hours PLEASE drop off recyclables during scheduled hours it at all possible.
8. The 2016 Road Report was given by Supervisor Ron Johnson; Chip Seal was done on Provimi Road from Rich Road (East) to the Town Line, (South) Walton Road from Provimi (South) Hwy 19, (North) Walton Road, Hwy Q (South) to Long Road, Garden Road at the tee (North) to the End, (North) Walton Road at (NW) Corner to Bridge. This year we under-spent the budget a bit so hopefully we can spend a little more next year.
9. New Business; ATV/UTV Ordinance has been put on hold by Dodge County they are looking into the State Ordinance. To date there are 4-5 Townships that have written their own Ordinance, they do have to inforce their own Ordinances. So we have just put everything on hold until more information is gathered. And we would want to have some input by the TO-Shields residents.
10. Miscellaneous; Some residents have been asking about curbside pick-up in township. The clerk gathered some information and Supervisor Johnson put together the numbers. Right now we use the Transfer Site on a weekly/yearly basis. Solid Waste Disposal (Waste Management) 2016 cost was $7,225, Site Attendant with social security 2016 was $6158 and Site Maintenance was $881 totaling to $14,369. Advanced Disposal quoted, number of residents, stops, mileage and bins; recycling & garbage plus fees was $41,534. Waste Management same requirements quoted $61,064. Needless to say unless there is a big push our tax bills to increase Fr. Anthony’s job is safe for now. If you would like to have your trash & recycles picked up on an individual basis you can call WM Jason Johnson and he will quote you as an individual. You can call the clerk for his number.
11. The Clerk has been doing some comparison salaries for the town board. It was decided to table the discussion until the Annual Meeting in April 2019.
12. Public Comment-None to report
13. Next month’s meeting date; April 24, 2018 at 7 pm at the Emmet Town Hall. called for the meeting to be adjourned at 8:35 pm and. Motion Carried Meeting Adjourned.

Submitted by Clerk-(from the recording)

Susan Johnson

Town of Shields Annual Meeting

April 24, 2018 7pm

Held at Emmet Town Hall

            Posted: April 21, 2018

Agenda

1. Call to Order & Pledge of Allegiance
2. Annual Meeting Minutes from April 25, 2017
3. 2017 Annual Report
4. Reports
   1. Road Side Clean Up, April 21, 2018
   2. Watertown Rural Fire Department report
   3. Plan Commission
   4. Recycling Transfer Site
   5. 2017 Road Report
5. New Business
   1. ATV/UTV
   2. Town Salaries Increases
6. Miscellaneous

7. Public Comment
8. Next year’s meeting date; April 23, 2019, 7 pm at the Emmet Town Hall.

Board Meeting                                   March 12, 2018                                  7pm

 Minutes

Attendance: Chairman Neale Jones, Supervisor Bob Long, Supervisor Ron Johnson, Treasurer Sue Nampel, Clerk Susan Johnson, Assessor P. Joseph Plasil.

1. The Board meeting was called to order at 7:00pm by Chairman Neale Jones, the Pledge of Allegiance was recited.
2. The Minutes were reviewed by the Town Board, on a motion by Supervisor Johnson to accept the minutes as read, seconded by Supervisor Long. Motion Carried.
3. The Treasurers Report was read by the Town Treasurer, on a motion by Supervisor Long to accept the report as read, and seconded by Supervisor Johnson. Motion Carried.
4. The monthly bills were read by Clerk Johnson, Supervisor Johnson made a motion to pay monthly bills and Supervisor Long seconded. Motion Carried.
5. Correspondences;The Public Service Commission of Wisconsin has an Application for the City of Harford Washington and Dodge Counties, Wisconsin, as an Electric Public Utility, for Authority to Adjust Electric Rates. Hearing Date February 1, 2018. Noted by the Board.
6. UW-Extension is offering classes February thru May of 2018 for Local Land Use, Planning and Zoning will be the topics. Noted by the Board.
7. Correspondence from “Scott Construction” letting the Town Board know, Don Bade is retiring on March 31, 2018 and will be working with Bob Bruha going forward. Noted by the Board.
8. The City of Watertown sent a memo to inform members of the community that on December 19, 2017, the Watertown City Council adopted an ordinance amending the City of Watertown Comprehensive Plan. You may view the Comprehensive Pan as a PDF; http://www.ci.watertown.wi.us/document .Noted by the Board.
9. The State of Wisconsin Department of Revenue sent notice beginning February 2018 going thru April 2018. Staff appraisers will be working throughout Dodge County Reviewing the sales involves viewing the land and improvements from the road, taking pictures and in some cases talking with the buyers and sellers involved in each real estate transaction. Noted by the Board.
10. Reports; Waterloo Fire Department Activity Report was not available at meeting time. The Watertown Rural Fire Department totals for 2017 were; 1-Fire, 15-EMS, 1-MVA and no HAZCON calls. In January 2018 there was 1-Fire and 1-EMS call.
11. A Dodge County Unit of WTA was held on January 17, 2018. Chairman Jones attended the meeting and heard main speaker Jeff Delmore from Delmore Consulting regarding road condition evaluations, road inventories and roadwork bid letting, culvert evaluation etc.  Chairman Jones thought the concept is good not sure if it is the right fit for the township at this time.
12. Old Business; ATV/UTV Ordinance was discussed. Supervisor Long made a motion to mail out postcards to Township residents and publish in the Watertown Daily Paper a survey of residents opinions on allowing ATV’s and UTV’s to travel on township roads. Residents will be able to send responses to clerk.townofshields@yahoo.com or by mailing response to the Clerk Town of Shields at N1662 Wood Road, Watertown, WI 53098. Responses will be listened to and read at the April 9^th monthly board meeting held at 7pm at the Emmet Town Hall.
13. New Business-None to report.
14. Miscellaneous-None to report.
15. Public Comment-None to report.
16. Next month’s meeting date; March 12, 2018 at 7 pm at the Emmet Town Hall.

Supervisor Long called for the meeting to be adjourned at 8:02pm and Supervisor Johnson seconded. Motion Carried Meeting Adjourned.

Submitted by Clerk, Susan Johnson

Board Meeting                                   January 8, 2018                                  7pm

 Minutes

Attendance: Chairman Neale Jones, Supervisor Bob Long, Supervisor Ron Johnson, Treasurer Sue Nampel, Clerk Susan Johnson, Assessor P. Joseph Plasil, Dan Gorder, Randy Soldner, Bob Krieg, Bill Blaska, Lyle Braunschweig.

1. The Board meeting was called to order at 7:00pm by Chairman Neale Jones, the Pledge of Allegiance was recited.
2. The Minutes were reviewed by the Town Board, on a motion by Supervisor Johnson to accept the minutes as read, seconded by Supervisor Long. Motion Carried.
3. The Treasurers Report was read by the Town Treasurer, on a motion by Supervisor Long to accept the report as read, and seconded by Supervisor Johnson. Motion Carried.
4. The monthly bills were read by Chairman Jones, Supervisor Johnson made a motion to pay monthly bills and Supervisor Long seconded. Motion Carried.
5. Correspondences;
6. The Dodge County Unit of WTA will hold a meeting on January 17, 2018 at 7:30 pm. Jeff Delmore from Delmore Consulting will address the group.
7. Blackstone Technologies sent a flyer of their High Performance Pavement Maintenance Products; BST-360 High Performance Patch Mix References.
8. Reports-
9. The Waterloo Fire & Rescue Department sent the Activity Report for December 2017. There were no calls to the Town of Shields.
10. Old Business;
11. Members of the Quad Country Runners ATV/UTV club came to the meeting to ask the Board if the following updated Roads could be used for the ATV/UTV club to run on in the township. The roads they are asking for involve; Hwy QQ, Garden Rd, Long Rd, Provimi Rd, Quarry Rd, Rich Rd, Walton Rd, Middle Rd, Barry Rd. So far they are not allowed to run on County Roads. No current Ordinance is in place. No action will be taken until more information is gathered, but will be put on the next month’s board agenda.
12. New Business-None to report.
13. Miscellaneous-There will be Spring Primary Election on February 20, 2018.
14. Public Comment-None to report.
15. Next month’s meeting date; February 13, 2018 at 7 pm at the Emmet Town Hall.

Chairman Jones called for the meeting to be adjourned at 8:32pm and Supervisor Johnson seconded. Motion Carried Meeting Adjourned.

Submitted by Clerk-Susan Johnson

Board Meeting                                   December 8, 2017                              7pm

 Minutes

Attendance: Chairman Neale Jones, Supervisor Bob Long, Supervisor Ron Johnson, Treasurer Sue Nampel, Clerk Susan Johnson, Assessor P. Joseph Plasil.

8. The Board meeting was called to order at 4:05pm by Chairman Neale Jones, the Pledge of Allegiance was recited.
9. The Minutes were reviewed by the Town Board, on a motion by Supervisor Long to accept the minutes as read, seconded by Supervisor Johnson. Motion Carried.
10. The Treasurers Report was read by the Town Treasurer, on a motion by Supervisor Johnson to accept the report as read, and seconded by Supervisor Long. Motion Carried.
11. The monthly bills were read by Chairman Jones, Supervisor Johnson made a motion to pay monthly bills and Supervisor Long seconded. Motion Carried.
12. Correspondences-None to report.
13. Reports-None to report.
14. Old Business-None to report.
15. New Business;
16. The Board has appointed the following for the 2018-2020 Election Seasons:

Rosemarie Ulmer-Chief Inspector, Fran Milburn-Chief Inspector, Irene Miller-Chief Inspector, Sue Nampel-Election Inspector, Carol Berner-Election Inspector, Betty May-Election Inspector, Susan Kileen-Election Inspector, Mary McFarland-Election Inspector, Charmaine Plasil-Election Inspector. Supervisor Long made a motion to accept the appointment of all of the above Chief Inspectors and Election workers, seconded by Supervisor Johnson. Motion Carried. All in favor.

11. Gerald and Jacqueline Tracy has applied to DCLR & PD for a Rezoning and Condition Use Permit Application. Approximately acres of land from A-1 Prime Agricultural Zoning District to the A-2 General Agricultural Zoning District and on the application for a Conditional Use Permit under the Land Use Code, Dodge County, WI, to allow the establishment of a Pet Crematorium on this site. The Planning Commission met on November 30, 2017 to review and discus the applications. After discussion and a question and answer session the PC made a recommendation to the Town Board on accepting the Tracy’s applications. Gerald and Jacqueline Tracy were in attendance tonight and after discussion with the board. Supervisor Johnson made a motion to accept the Tracy’s application for a rezoning permit and Supervisor Long seconded. Motion Carried. All were in favor. On the application of the Conditional Use Permit Chairman Jones made a motion to accept the application for a Conditional Use Permit and Supervisor Long seconded. Motion Carried. All were in favor.
12. Miscellaneous-None to report.
13. Public Comment-None to report.
14. Next month’s meeting date; January 8, 2018 at 7 pm at the Emmet Town Hall.

Chairman Jones called for the meeting to be adjourned at 5:03 pm and Supervisor Johnson seconded. Motion Carried Meeting Adjourned.

Submitted by Clerk

Susan Johnson

November 13, 2017               8:03 pm

 Budget Hearing & Special Town Meeting Town of Shields

Minutes

Attendance:  Chairman Neale Jones, Supervisor Bob Long, Treasurer Sue Nampel, Clerk Susan Johnson, Sandee Macht, Josh Macht, Ed T Kileen.

The Budget Hearing was called to order at 8:03 pm by Chairman Neale Jones. Discussion took place on the budget preparation. Chairman Jones read the proposed budget and  discussion took place. Ed Kileen made a motion to accept the2018 Budget as discussed, seconded by Supervisor Johnson. Motion carried. (7) In Favor.

1. The Special Town Meeting of Electors, Chairman Jones asked for a motion to adopt the 2018 tax levy of $147,173 which is a +1.6% increase from last year. Supervisor Long made a motion to accept the Town of Shields Levy, seconded by Ed Kileen. Motion Carried. (7) In Favor.

Chairman Jones made a motion to adjourn the Budget Hearing & Special Town Meeting at 8:26pm, Supervisor Johnson seconded. Motion Carried. Meeting Adjourned.

Submitted by Clerk

Susan Johnson

Board Meeting                                   November 13, 2017                           7pm

 Minutes

Attendance: Chairman Neale Jones, Supervisor Bob Long, Supervisor Ron Johnson, Treasurer Sue Nampel, Clerk Susan Johnson, Sandee Macht, Josh Macht, Ed T Kileen.

1. The Board meeting was called to order at 7:01pm by Chairman Neale Jones, the Pledge of Allegiance was recited.
2. The Minutes were read by Supervisor Johnson, on a motion by Supervisor Long to accept the minutes as read, seconded by Supervisor Johnson. Motion Carried.
3. The Treasurers Report was read by the Town Treasurer, on a motion by Supervisor Johnson to accept the report as read, and seconded by Supervisor Long. Motion Carried.
4. The monthly bills were read by Chairman Jones, Supervisor Long made a motion to pay monthly bills and Supervisor Johnson seconded. Motion Carried.
5. Correspondences;
6. The Division of Intergovernmental Relations sent notice of the final estimate of the January 1, 2017 Population for the Town of Shields at 563. Noted by the board.

5. A Public Hearing will be held on November 21, 2017, to gather public input on a proposed amendment to the “City of Watertown Comprehensive Plan.” The Comprehensive Plan sets the policy for the growth, development, and preservation of the city.
6. Rural Mutual sent information for policyholders of a new and innovative service for our workers’ compensation policyholders. Noted by the board.
7. Dodge County Highway Commission sent notice of the required bridge inspection for 2018 in the Town of Shields. The Clerk will write a letter to confirm that they again will do the Towns bridge inspection. Supervisor Long made a motion to go with DC Highway Commission to coordinate the 2018 Bridge Inspection for the Town of Shields, seconded by Supervisor Johnson. Motion Carried all in favor.

6. Reports;
7. Waterloo Fire Department sent the September and October 2017 Activity Report, no runs were reported to the Town of Shields. The Watertown Rural Fire Department reported; August 2017 with 1 EMS, September 2017 with 1 EMS and October 2017 2 EMS and 1 MVA. Noted by the board.
8. DC Highway Commission sent notice of a meeting on October 20, 2017 at the traing room of the Highway Department Vehicle Storage Building to discuss the 2018-2019 Local Road Improvement Program. Noted by the board.
9. Amendments were made to the Dodge County Future Land Use Map and the Dodge County Farmland Preservation Plan Map on October 17, 2017. To view the changes you can go to: http://www.co.dodge.wi.gov/government/departments-e-m/land-resorces-and-parks.
10. Old Business-None to report.
11. New Business;
12. The Dodge County Humane Society 2018 Animal Contract was sent, after reviewing by the board. Supervisor Johnson made a motion to go with the contract which is a lump sum of $1,100 and covers up to 5 domestic stray animals. Animals in excess of 5 will be charged $250/animal, and Supervisor Long seconded. Motion Carried all were in favor.
13. DCLR & PD sent notice for Gerald & Jaqueline Tracy on N2082 County Road K. A request to rezone approximately 40-acres of land from the A-1 Prime Agricultural Zoning District to the A-2 General Agricultural Zoning District and has submitted an application for a Conditional Use Permit under the Land Use Code to allow the establishment of a Pet Crematorium on this site. The Plan Commission will meet on November 30, 2017 at 7pm to discuss and make a recommendation to the Town Board on December 8, 2017.
14. Miscellaneous-none to report.
15. Public Comment-none to report.
16. Next month’s meeting date; December 8, 2017 at 4 pm at the Emmet Town Hall.

Chairman Jones called for the meeting to be adjourned at 8:32pm and Supervisor Johnson seconded. Motion Carried Meeting Adjourned.

Submitted by Clerk

Susan Johnson