04-22-26 Town Board Meeting
REGULAR TOWN BOARD MEETING, April 22, 2026
(Draft – Not official until approved.)
The regular meeting of the Town Board of the Town of St. Croix Falls was called to order by Chairman Mike Dorsey on Wednesday, April 22, 2026, at 6:03 p.m. at the Town Hall. Proper notice was given as the agenda was posted at the town hall and on the town’s website April 16, 2026. The Pledge of Allegiance was said. Present by roll call were supervisors Will Bergmann, Jeremy Hall and Brent Priebe. Supervisor Katie Appel arrived at 6:10 p.m. Also present were town clerk Janet Krueger and public works employee Steve Jacobs. Others present were Tyler Wirth, Monarch Paving; Lucas Chapman, Fahrner Asphalt Sealers and Al Deiss.
Hall/Priebe moved to approve the agenda; motion carried. Bergmann/Priebe moved to approve the minutes as printed for the March 18, 2026, town board meeting; motion carried.
No public comment was had.
Business: Chairman nominated Jeremy Appel as an alternate to the Board of Review. Priebe/Bergmann moved to adopt Resolution 25-05 appointing alternate members to the Board of Review for the Town of St. Croix Falls; motion carried on a unanimous roll-call vote, 4-0.
Resolution 26-05
A RESOLUTION APPOINTING ALTERNATE MEMBERS TO THE BOARD OF REVIEW FOR THE TOWN OF ST. CROIX FALLS
WHEREAS one of the changes to Wisconsin Statute Section 70.47 authorized the removal of Board of Review members for individual cases under specific circumstances, and
WHEREAS Section 70.47 (6m)(c) authorizes the appointment of alternate members to serve on the Board of Review when standing members are removed from individual cases, and
WHEREAS a standing member of the Board of Review may voluntarily remove himself/herself due to a possible conflict of interest or unable to serve for any other reason;
THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Town Board for the Town of St. Croix Falls, pursuant to Wisconsin Statute section 70.47 (6m)(c) and Section 70.46 (1), hereby appoints the following elector of the Town of St. Croix Falls as an alternate Board of Review member:
Alternate 1: Jeremy Appel
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that this appointment be effective immediately and run through the Monday before the third Tuesday of April 2027.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Town Board of the Town of St. Croix Falls authorizes the per diem for the alternate members attending the Board of Review be set at eight dollars ($8.00) per hour.
Hall/Priebe moved to approve the Wisconsin Towns Association dues in the amount of one thousand four hundred ninety eight dollars and thirty four cents ($1,498.34); motion carried on a unanimous roll-call vote, 4-0. Bids received to double chip seal one mile of 200th Street from Fahrner Asphalt Sealers was $65,789 using CRS #2 oil and $68,097 using CRS #2P oil. Bids received to pave one mile of 200th Street from Monarch Paving were $180,089 for warm mix and $178,530 for hot mix. Hall/Bergmann moved to accept the Fahrner bid to double chip seal one mile of 200th Street using the CRS #2P oil in the amount of sixty eight thousand, ninety seven dollars ($68,097); motion carried on a roll-call vote, 3-2 (Yeas: Bergmann, Hall and Dorsey; Nays: Appel and Priebe).
Hall/Bergmann moved to recess the town board meeting to hold the Annual Town Meeting at 6:59 p.m.; motion carried.
Hall/Bergmann moved to return to the regular board meeting at 7:29 p.m.; motion carried.
The clerk was asked to bid out mastic crack filling on the roads to be chip sealed; crack sealing the middle portion of the town and any roads to be chip sealed not in that section; and culvert replacement and ditch work on 140th Avenue between State Road 35 and 180th Street. Mr. Jacobs will replace culverts and ditch work where needed on Sunshine Street/220th Street from the newer asphalt to 160th Avenue and on 140th Avenue from 200th Street to 210th Street. Hall/Bergmann moved to apply for the Local Small Structural Improvement Program (LSSIP) grant for the Nyberg Court Bridge; motion carried. Mr. Jacobs will submit a grant application to the Local Small Structural Improvement Program (LSSIP) for repair or replacement of the Nyberg Court Bridge.
Committee, Commission and Employee Reports: Mr. Jacobs gave the highway report. Hall/Bergmann moved to adopt Resolution 26-06 amending the 2026 Town Budget; motion carried on a unanimous roll call vote, 5-0.
Resolution 26-06
A RESOLUTION TO AMEND THE 2026 BUDGET FOR THE TOWN OF ST. CROIX FALLS
WHEREAS the Town Board approved the purchase of a Crafco Spray Patcher which will exceed the amount budgeted in the Town of St. Croix Falls Equipment Outlay for 2026; and
WHEREAS the purchase of a laptop will exceed the amount budgeted in the Computer Outlay for 2026.
THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED by the Town Board of the Town of St. Croix Falls, Polk County, Wisconsin, that the sum of six thousand dollars ($6,000.00) is hereby transferred from the General Operations Fund to be designated to the Equipment Outlay account and seven hundred fifty dollars is hereby transferred from the General Operations Fund to be designated to the Computer Outlay account.
Appel/Hall moved to approve payment of vouchers #26-082 through #26-114 in the amount of $43,043.29; motion carried on a unanimous roll-call vote, 5-0. The 2026 year to date budget summaries were reviewed. Receipts for the period ending March 31, 2026, amounted to $2,196.61, cash balance on March 31, 2026, was $620,810.75. A citizen complaint was received regarding a business at 1982 US Highway 8. Supervisor Hall will talk with the property owner. The zoning logs and building permit log were reviewed. The Board requested the building inspector to close out building permits older than two years and notify the permit holder. Supervisor Appel inquired about reflective tape on mailbox supports on 160th Avenue and the accessory structure at the Corner of Peer Avenue and State Road 35 being used as a residence.
No closing public comment.
The May town board meeting will be held May 20, 2026. There being no further business, Hall/Bergmann moved to adjourn the meeting; motion carried and the meeting was adjourned at 8:40 p.m.
Minutes prepared by Town Clerk, Janet Krueger