Town of Clover – Minutes

Regular Board Meeting

January 8, 2025

Minutes

Call to order: 7:00 pm

Roll Call: Present:  Steele, Smith, Gillespey, Pope, Madison, Felt, Mintzlaff. Absent Morelli. Also present, Lois Palmer, Bill Bailey, Dana Churness and Mark Filonowich.

Pledge of Allegiance:

NOTE: The Regular Town of Clover Meeting will be adjourned at or about 8:00 pm.  The Chair may reorder the agenda to accommodate the time limit.

Motion by: Pope/sFelt to adjust the agenda.  Carried unanimous.  

Calendar:

• Caucus, Saturday, January 11, 2025 @ 10:45am in the Town Hall/Historic Gymnasium
• Transfer Station now in winter hours–Saturdays from 9:00am to 1:00pm

Announcements: 

Reports: (Please see Reports below or distributed in the packets, or perhaps only Oral including an Update on the US DOE ECED Grant-B. Bailey).

Presented time line for project.

Review Minutes for additions, deletions &/or corrections: (see packets)

• December 11
• December 16

Treasurer’s Report for:

• December

Expenditures:

• T-0108 Motion by: byPope/sFelt to approve batch T-0108. Carried unanimous.

General Public Comment:

BUSINESS: (NOTE: Public Comments specific to any Main Heading, i.e. Government, Public Works etc. of the agenda will be taken prior to that agenda section, these will be limited to 3 minutes per speaker.  Following this, the discussion will be limited to Elected Officials (unless an Elected Official requests specific information from a member of the Public)

• Government: Public Comment regarding any of the items in this section

Discussion/Likely Action related to:

• Attendees by the Town’s elected officials at the 2025 District Meeting,, 2025 – Lakewoods Resort & Lodge, Cable—Steele (see Packets for Program)
• Bark Bay Slough Signage Draft Approval—D. Churness

• Discussion, Possible Action(s) related to any of the following form the IT Ad Hoc Committee—E. Felt
  • Internet terms of use for Gym, Firehall, Ambulance, Campground
  • Website: report about website alternatives to what is being done currently
  • Surveillance cameras status
  • Dash Cam evaluation-information to order
• Public Safety: Public Comment regarding any of the items in this section
  • Discussion/Likely Action related to:
    • Disposition of:
      • SSAA 6^th Wheeler—Steele

List on auction site for sale

• SSAA Trailer for 6^th Wheeler—Steele

Donate to Cornucopia Fire Department.

By Consensus.

• Public Works:
  • Discussion/Perhaps Action re:
    • Hultman Property—Steele
      • Road Easement Issues
    • Education, Culture and Recreation
      • Discussion, Likely Action re:
        • Campground Host(s) Position Description—Smith/I. Morelli (please see packets)

Motion by: Pope/sSteele to approve job description of campground host with the removal of the second bullet point under Salary/Schedules.

Carried unanimous.

• Campground Manager Position Description—Smith/I. Morelli (please see packets)

Motion by: Pope/sMadison to offer the Campground Manager position to lone candidate pending interview and the approval of background check.

Carried unanimous.

• Fitness Equipment—Steele

Discussion regarding this issue.

• Motion to adjourn to Closed Session for Highway and General maintenance worker Personnel

Motion by: Pope/sFelt to adjourn into closed session.

Roll call: Steele, Smith, Madison, Felt, Pope, Gillespey and Mintzlaff.

• Motion to reconvene to Open Session for Personnel Decisions

Motion by: Pope/sSteele to move into open session.

Roll call: Steele, Smith, Madison, Felt, Pope, Gillespey and Mintzlaff.

Motion by: Steele/sFelt to offer Highway and General maintenance position to Justin Viken with putting Sawyer Schierman on an eligibility list.

Roll Vote: Four yes 1 abstained

• Future Agenda Items:

Reports

            TPC: No meeting held

Ambulance:  Felt/Steele – 6 calls

• Fire Department: Felt/Steele – 1 call. Tires were replaced on both trucks.
• Health and Human Services:

Cemetery:  Madison – no report

            Education Culture and Recreation:

Campground:  Smith – new computer requested for Campground Manager.

Playground: Madison – no report

Boat Parking: Pope – no report

Bark Bay Slough:  Pope – no report

• Motion to Adjourn 8:48 p.m.

Minutes are prepared by the Deputy Clerk.

Minutes are unofficial until approval by the Town of Clover Board.