The regular monthly meeting of the Town of Concord was called to order by Bill Ingersoll Chairman with Erick Frommgen, Lloyd Zastrow, Jim Zastrow and Brian Neumann present.  Bill led the assembly in the Pledge of Allegiance.

Brian Neumann, Clerk, certified that the meeting had been properly posted. There was a motion by Lloyd Zastrow and seconded by Erick Frommgen to accept the agenda as presented.          Affirmative: BI, LZ, EF                 Opposed: None        Motion Carried

Brian Neumann read the minutes from the November board meetings. There was a motion by Lloyd Zastrow and seconded by Erick Frommgen to accept the minutes as read.    Affirmative: BI, LZ, EF     Opposed: None        Motion Carried

After a lengthy discussion there was a motion made by Bill Ingersoll and seconded by Lloyd Zastrow to not accept the zoning request by Bret Achtenhagen of Bret Achtenhagen’s Seasonal Services to rezone 82 acres of A-1 Land to A-2 along with a conditional use permit to operate his nursery business, a retail nursery business as well as entrepreneurial sites. The motion was made as Bill and Lloyd did not feel it followed the Town of Concord’s Long-Range Plan.  Affirmative: BI, LZ                 Opposed: EF           Motion Carried

Chief Bowen of the Western Lakes Fire Department presented his written report.

Jim Zastrow stated from his written report that there is a balance of $600.23 in the General Fund, $108,069.74 in the Money Market Account and $6,453.08 in the Equipment Fund CD.  There was a motion by Erick Frommgen and seconded by Bill Ingersoll to accept the Treasurer’s report as read.      Affirmative: BI, LZ, EF        Opposed: None     Motion Carried

There was a motion by Erick Frommgen and seconded by Lloyd Zastrow to pay the bills as presented.                       Affirmative: BI, LZ, EF          Opposed: None         Motion Carried

Brian Neumann presented the budget report on the Town’s expenses and revenue.

There was an update given on the Town Ordinance 9.09 complaints update. Bill and the board agreed that it should schedule a meeting with County to discuss how to proceed with their help.

There was a motion by Bill Ingersoll and seconded by Lloyd Zastrow to accept the one year fire and EMS contract from the Town of Ixonia.     Affirmative: BI, LZ, EF              Opposed: None         Motion Carried

There was a motion by Bill Ingersoll and seconded by Lloyd Zastrow to allow an exception to Ordinance 12.06.19.E to allow Asset Development to pick-up garbage weekly versus twice a week on a trial basis until the May 2021 Town Board Meeting.     Affirmative: BI, LZ, EF        Opposed: None         Motion Carried

Bill Ingersoll and the board wanted to publicly thank Asset Development for their continued effort in their improvement plan for the mobile home park.

There was a motion by Lloyd Zastrow and seconded by Bill Ingersoll to share the expense with the Concord Historical Society in the purchase of parking stops for the parking lot.    Affirmative: BI, LZ, EF      Opposed: None      Motion Carried

Bill Ingersoll appointed Kim Miller to a 3-year term to replace Laura Callison who has left our community to the Park and Planning Commission.

The board announced that the annual book closing meeting for December 28th at 6 PM. It was also noted that 2021 is an election year for the Town Board. People interested in running can see the clerk, Brian Neumann.

With no further business, a motion to adjourn was made by Bill Ingersoll seconded by Lloyd Zastrow.                 Affirmative: BI, LZ, EF          Opposed: None        Motion Carried

Respectfully submitted, Brian Neumann, Clerk