TOWN OF BELL

ANNUAL TOWN MEETING

7:00 PM Tuesday, April 21, 2026

Community Center

The meeting was called to order at 7:05 p.m. Matt Lazorik chaired the meeting.

The Pledge of Allegiance was said.

ANNUAL MEETING AGENDA

Approval of Minutes of Last Meeting Eve Erickson made a motion to approve

the minutes and J. Eid 2^nd the motion. Unanimous decision. Approved.

Annual Treasurers Report – Mark Ehlers made a motion to approve the report and

Gordon Anderson 2^nd the motion.  Unanimous decision. Approved.

Selection of Town Attorney – Jackie Eid made a motion to continue using

Spears, Carlson Coleman. James Kaseno 2^nd the motion. Unanimous

decision. Approved.

Selection of Town Assessor – Paul Ehlers made a motion to use North Wisconsin

Assessment Service and James Kaseno 2^nd the motion. Unanimous decision.

Approved.

Selection of Bank – Janice Olson made a motion to have Chippewa Valley Bank as

the town bank and Judy Becker 2^nd the motion.  Unanimous decision.

Approved.

Selection of Official Newspaper – Jackie Eid made a motion to have Ashland Daily

Press as the official newspaper and Gordon Anderson 2^nd the motion.

Unanimous decision. Approved.

Swearing in of Town Officers

James Kaseno was sworn in as Town Supervisor. Gordon Anderson was sworn

in as Town Supervisor.

Set Date for 2026 Annual Town Meeting – Tues, April 20, 2027

The next annual meeting date was set to Tues., April 20, 2027.

Town Roads Presentation – A presentation was given by Matt Hipsher on the town

roads

New Business:

1. Approve a Town land purchase of 0.92 acres from the Ledins for the airport runway

right of way, discussion and vote by the Town electors

Matt Lazorik did a presentation about the Ledin property. Greg Weiss made a

motion to approve the town purchase of .92 acres from the Ledins and Chris

Fiege 2^nd the motion.  A vote of the electors present was taken. The vote

was unanimous to approve.  Approved.

-Open Period for Questions/Comments-None

-Person of the Year/Good Citizen Award

The award was deferred to the May Town Board meeting, so that nominations

could be received

At 7:28 p.m., Mark Ehlers made a motion to adjourn the meeting and Jackie Eid 2^nd the motion.  Unanimous decision.  Approved.

Respectfully submitted,

MaryBeth Tillmans – Clerk