The regular monthly meeting of the Town of Concord Board was called to order by Chairman Ted Mueller at 7:00 p.m. Roll call was taken, with Chairman Ted Mueller and Supervisor Kim Herro present. Supervisor Kim Miller was absent. Also present were Treasurer Jim Zastrow and Deputy Clerk Ethan Neumann. Clerk Brian Neumann recorded the minutes.
Deputy Clerk Ethan Neumann confirmed compliance with the Open Meeting Law. The agenda was approved on a motion by Supervisor Kim Herro, seconded by Chairman Ted Mueller. Reports were provided verbally by County Supervisor Mark Groose, and Chairman Mueller gave a highway update in the absence of the highway foreman. The minutes of the previous meeting were read by Deputy Clerk Ethan Neumann and approved on a motion by Supervisor Herro, seconded by Chairman Mueller. The Treasurer’s report was presented and approved, and payment of bills was authorized on motions by Chairman Mueller and seconded by Supervisor Herro. No zoning meeting was held in December.
Under old business, the Board discussed properties in violation of Town Ordinance 9.09, reviewed formal language for the Western Lakes Fire Contract, and addressed a boathouse claim against the Town.
Under new business, Chairman Mueller presented the following resolution to finance the purchase of a highway truck through the Board of Commissioners of Public Lands (BCPL). The resolution was read in full as follows:
By the provisions of Sec. 24.66 of the Wisconsin Statutes, all municipalities may borrow money for such purposes in the manner prescribed, and
By the provisions of Chapter 24 of the Wisconsin Statutes, the Board of Commissioners of Public Lands of Wisconsin is authorized to make loans from the State Trust Funds to municipalities for such purposes. (Municipality as defined by Sec. 24.60(2) of the Wisconsin Statutes means a town, village, city, county, public inland lake protection and rehabilitation district, town sanitary district created under Sec. 60.71 or 60.72, metropolitan sewerage district created under Sec. 200.05 or 200.23, joint sewerage system created under Sec. 281.43(4), school district or technical college district.)
THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the Town of Concord, in the County(ies) of Jefferson, Wisconsin, borrow from the Trust Funds of the State of Wisconsin the sum of Ninety Three Thousand Eight Hundred Twenty Nine And 50/100 Dollars ($93,829.50) for the purpose of financing the purchase of highway truck and for no other purpose.
The loan is to be payable within 5 years from the 15th day of March preceding the date the loan is made. The loan will be repaid in annual installments with interest at the rate of 5.00 percent per annum from the date of making the loan to the 15th day of March next and thereafter annually as provided by law.
RESOLVED FURTHER, that there shall be raised and there is levied upon all taxable property, within the Town of Concord, in the County(ies) of Jefferson, Wisconsin, a direct annual tax for the purpose of paying interest and principal on the loan as they become due.
RESOLVED FURTHER, that no money obtained by the Town of Concord by such loan from the state be applied or paid out for any purpose except financing the purchase of highway truck without the consent of the Board of Commissioners of Public Lands.
RESOLVED FURTHER, that in case the Board of Commissioners of Public Lands of Wisconsin agrees to make the loan, that the chairman and clerk of the Town of Concord, in the County(ies) of Jefferson, Wisconsin, are authorized and empowered, in the name of the Town to execute and deliver to the Commission, certificates of indebtedness, in such form as required by the Commission, for any sum of money that may be loaned to the Town pursuant to this resolution. The chairman and clerk of the Town will perform all necessary actions to fully carry out the provisions of Chapter 24 Wisconsin Statutes, and these resolutions.
RESOLVED FURTHER, that this preamble and these resolutions and the aye and no vote by which they were adopted, be recorded, and that the clerk of this Town forward this certified record, along with the application for the loan, to the Board of Commissioners of Public Lands of Wisconsin.”**
Supervisor Kim Herro moved adoption of the foregoing preamble and resolutions. The question being upon the adoption of the foregoing preamble and resolutions, a vote was taken by ayes and noes, which resulted as follows: Chairman Ted Mueller voted Yes; Supervisor Kim Herro voted Yes; Supervisor Kim Miller was absent. A majority of the Town Board having voted in favor, the resolution was declared adopted.
The meeting was adjourned on a motion by Chairman Mueller, seconded by Supervisor Herro. The next regular board meeting will be held on February 9, 2026, and the Spring Primary is scheduled for February 17, 2026.
Recorded by: Brian Neumann, Town Clerk