REGULAR TOWN BOARD MEETING, September 16, 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, September 16, 2026, at 6:04 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 September 10, 2026.  The Pledge of Allegiance was said.  Present by roll call were supervisors Katie Appel, Will Bergmann, Jeremy Hall and Brent Priebe.  Also present were town clerk Janet Krueger, public works employee Steve Jacobs and legal counsel Adam Jarchow.

Hall/Bergmann moved to approve the agenda; motion carried.  Hall/Priebe moved to approve the minutes as printed for the August 19, 2026, town board meeting; motion carried.

No public comment was had.

Business:  Contracts were reviewed for 210^th Street ditch work.  Appel/Bergmann moved to accept Nick’s Trucking & Excavating contract for ditch work along 210^th Street in the amount of sixteen thousand, six hundred, sixty dollars ($16,660.00); motion carried on a unanimous roll-call vote, 5-0.  Appel/Hall moved to approve additional ditch work on 210^th Street south of the Gandy Dancer trail to Fairgrounds Road going east at a reasonable amount; motion carried on a unanimous roll-call vote, 5-0.  Resolution 26-20 was presented for additional operator/bartender licenses.  Hall/Bergmann moved to adopt Resolution 26-20 approving additional operator/bartender licenses; motion carried on a unanimous roll-call vote, 5-0.

Resolution 26-20

A RESOLUTION APPROVING OPERATOR’S LICENSES FOR THE YEAR ENDING JUNE 30, 2027

WHEREAS the individuals listed below have made application to the Town Clerk requesting an operator’s licenses pursuant to Sections 125.32(2) and 125.68(2) of the Wisconsin Statutes for the year ending June 30, 2027, and

WHEREAS the applications appear to be complete and the required fee has been paid;

THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Town Board of the Town of St. Croix Falls does approve and grant operator’s licenses to:

Hagen, Jessica Jean  2471 Beede Lake Trail, St. Croix Falls, WI  54024  2027-53

Lindblom, Evelyn Jo  509 Spring Street, Somerset, WI  54025  2027-54

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Town Clerk be authorized to issue the licenses as the case may be.

 

Discussion was had on additional road work.  Mr. Jacobs will remove the field access on the west side of 208^th Street near the intersection with 140^th Avenue, clean the ditch so water drains south; and install a culvert provided by the property owner in the field access further to the south.

Committee, Commission and Employee Reports: Mr. Jacobs gave the highway report.  The clerk’s report was presented.  Hall/Appel moved to approve payment of vouchers #26-223 through #26-246 in the amount of $31,101.15; motion carried on a unanimous roll-call vote, 5-0.  The 2026 year to date budget summaries were reviewed.  Receipts for the period ending August 31, 2026, amounted to $318,346.88, cash balance on August 31, 2026, was $622,849.74.  The building permit log and zoning logs were reviewed.  Supervisor Bergmann and Supervisor Priebe cleared a tree on 140^th Avenue while Mr. Jacobs was on vacation.  Chairman Dorsey informed the Board that some of the sheeting on the north side of the building was damaged due to water from the gutter.  Legal counsel stated the county shoreland ordinance passed with the zoning district exemption for town’s with zoning or no zoning.

No closing public comment.

The October town board meeting will be held October 21, 2026.  There being no further business, Hall/Bergmann moved to adjourn the meeting; motion carried and the meeting was adjourned at 6:59 p.m.

 

Minutes prepared by Town Clerk Janet Krueger.