Town of Clover – Minutes

Regular Board Meeting

November 13, 2024

Minutes

Call to order: 7:00 pm

Roll Call: Present:  Steele, Madison, Smith, Gillespey, Pope, Morelli, and Mintzlaff.  Absent Felt.   Also present, Lois Palmer, Mark Filonowich, Mike Herrick, Pete Berton.

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. 

Calendar:

• Transfer Station now in winter hours—Saturdays from 9:00 am to 1:00 pm.
• Cemetery is winter ready.

Announcements: 

Reports: (Please see Reports below or distributed in the packets, or perhaps only Oral).

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

October 2

• October 9
• October 16
• October 21

Treasurer’s Report for:

• October

Expenditures: Motion by: Pope/sMadison to approve batch T-1113.

Carried unanimously.

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:
  • Treasurer’s request for Deputy for 2025—Morelli

No action taken

• Adoption of the Budget for 2025–Steele (Please see Packets)

Motion by: Pope/sMadison to approve the budget for 2025 as presented.

1 recusal.  Carried unanimously.

• Class A Special Use Permit for RV placement for more than four months at 15005 Hultman St. in R-RB zoning by Jnana Hand and Jordan Ash—Steele (Please see TPC Minutes of November 6 in Packets)

Motion by: Pope/Madison to approve the Class A Special Use Permit for RV placement with the recommendations that were given from the Town of Clover Plan Commission.

Carried unanimously.

• Discussion/Perhaps Action related to Driveway Permit issue for 90590 Bark Point Road, Gregory Wilson-Steele

No action taken

• Culture, Education and Recreation: Public Comment regarding any of the items in this section
  • Discussion/Likely Action related to: Opening and Closing Dates for the Campground Season

Motion by: Madison/sPope to open the Town of Clover campground on Thursday May 8, 2025, contingent on weather and water availability.

Carried unanimously.

Motion by: Pope/sMadison to close the Town of Clover campground on Tuesday October 14, 2025.

Carried unanimously.

• Public Works: Public Comment regarding any of the items in this section
  • Discussion/Likely Action related to: Initiating the Process for Hiring a Highway and General Maintenance Operator—Steele

Motion by: Madison/sSmith to initiate the process of hiring a Highway and General Maintenance Operator for the Town of Clover with the closing of the application process in 3 weeks from the posting date. Postings would be available on Town of Clover website, The Connection, State Website, Bottom Line, and South Shore Community Posting on Facebook.

Carried unanimously.

• Motion to move to Closed Session related to compensation issues—Steele

Motion by: Pope/sMadison to move to Closed Session.

Carried unanimously.

• Motion to move to Open Session related to compensation issues—Steele

Motion by: Pope/sMadison to move to Open Session.

Carried unanimously.

• Likely Action(s) related to compensation issues

Motion by: Madison/sSteele to approve the benefits that were discussed in the closed session.

Carried unanimously.

• Future Agenda Items:
  • Approve the transfer of funds from the Campground to the Town of Clover.
  • Discussion of campground host and campground manager.

 

Reports

            Government:

                        Caucus: Saturday January 11, 2025, at 10:45 a.m. in the Town Hall/Historic Gymnasium.

• Ambulance: Felt/Steele – no report
• Fire Department: Felt/Steele – no report
• Health and Human Services:

Cemetery:  Madison – cleaned up

Education Culture and Recreation:

Campground:  Smith/ Morelli – closed for the season

Playground: Madison – no report

Boat Parking: Pope – removed walkway, fix parking lot

Bark Bay Slough:  Pope – dock need to be pulled out

• Motion to Adjourn 8:34 p.m.

 

Minutes prepared by Deputy Clerk.

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