MONTHLY TOWN BOARD MINUTES
2020 JANUARY 14
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Town of Barksdale Board Meeting

Barksdale Town Hall
29025 East Ondossagon Rd.
Ashland, WI 54806

Date: 7:00 p.m. Tuesday, January 14, 2020

Present: Dennis Pocernich, John Nyara; Chris Bretting, Lynn Divine; Susan Sanders

Absent: None

Other’s Present: David Lucius; Jayson Nohl; Local Representatives from John Deere (Eric) and Caterpillar (Mike)

Members of the Public Present: Tom Sanders; Mike Mlynarek

Call To Order: The meeting was called to order by Chairman Pocernich at 7:00 p.m.

Verification of Posting and Publishing: Divine confirmed it was posted and sent for publication.

Approval of Previous Month’s Minutes: Bretting made a motion to dispense with reading the December 10, 2019, Minutes, seconded by Nyara. Motion carried.

OLD BUSINESS

Comprehensive Plan Update: Nohl stated that there is nothing new to report. The next quarterly meeting is scheduled for March 9th at 6:00 p.m.

Grant Updates: Nothing new to report.

Snowplowing: It was decided that no more plowing will be done for the Opatik residence. The crew plowed that residence twice and has not received payment for it. This item will be removed from the agenda until autumn of 2020. Curt Malmberg would like his driveway coming off of US Highway 13 to be done in the future. He will need to do some clearing on it before that can be done. A letter will be written to him to inform him of this requirement. No specific time was decided for sending the letter.

NEW BUSINESS:

Public Input: Jayson Nohl requested the Mission Spring Road be widened at the top for safety reasons. The Board agreed to do so.

Mike Mlynarek mentioned that there is more Beaver activity going on. It is on the Dusenbury property. He and Ethan Rossing snowshoed around the creek and found quite a large lodge. Ethan is a trapper for the forest service and will be available to assist us with any trapping needs.

Bids to Replace the Grader: Proposals were received from both Caterpillar and John Deere. This item will be placed on the February Agenda. The Board will study these proposals and revisit the item at that time.

Ondossagon School Property: Nothing new to report.

Road Foreman’s Report: Lucius indicated that things are going well.

Clerk’s Report: Nothing new to report. Quarterly and annual reports are being worked on.

Chairman’s Report: Nothing new to report.

Treasurer’s Report: A copy of the Treasurer’s Report is attached.

Next Meeting: The next meeting will be held on February 11th, at 7:00 p.m.

Monthly Bills: Bretting made a motion to accept and approve the monthly bills as presented, seconded by Pocernich. Motion carried.

Adjournment: There being no further business to conduct, the meeting adjourned at 8:30 p.m.

Respectfully submitted,
Lynn M. Divine, Clerk