TOWN OF BELL BOARD MEETING

Tuesday, April 21, 2026

following the Annual Meeting

at Town of Bell Community Center

The meeting was called to order at 8:07 p.m.  Board members present were Matt Lazorik, Gordon Anderson, James Kaseno, Paul Ehlers, Ken Roman MaryBeth Tillmans and Janice Olson.

-Board Meeting Minutes – P. Ehlers made a motion to approve the March minutes.

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

Treasurer’s Report – K. Roman made a motion to approve the reports and P. Ehlers 2^nd the

motion. Unanimous decision. Approved.

Board Comments

1. Ehlers- The project for the shelter over the Liberty will start around the middle of May.

A line of credit has been setup with Menards.  M. Hipsher & P. Ehlers will be authorized

users on the account.

1. Roman-Bayfield Co. is presenting their new zoning changes proposal on April 29^th.

He and other Planning Commission members will be attending it.

Correspondence-None

Committee Reports-

Parks & Lands – A drone video was given to the Parks & Lands Committee from Dave

Mccullough.  It is a video of the break wall that shows cracks in the concrete. It will

be given to the ACOE.

Short Term Rental Committee-Seven applications have been approved.  Three are ready for

approval. Thirteen reminders have been sent out.

Sanitary District

The Sanitary District new pond project is not eligible for DNR debt forgiveness.

Public Comments

Judy Becker-The weekly Coffee Cart at the community has ended for the year.

There was a total of ten gatherings.  One hundred seventy-seven dollars was donated.

This money will be donated to town events for eco-friendly supplies.

Old Business

1. Committee and Commission appointments

Harbor Commission

Planning Commission

Parks and Lands Committee

1. Lazorik recommended to appoint Will Tillmans and Jessica Resac to the Harbor

Commission. Ritchard Dunn and Doug Becker to the Parks & Lands Committee.

Ashley Huinker and Nancy Moye to the Planning Commission. K. Roman made a

motion to appoint the recommended appointees to the Harbor Commission,

Planning Commission and Parks & Lands Committee. J. Kaseno 2^nd the motion.

Unanimous decision. Approved.

2. Sign committee update on the Welcome to Cornucopia sign, discussion and possible decision

Matt Hipsher gave a presentation on the Welcome to Cornucopia sign committee

progress. A sample of the possible sign done by Natasha Kaseno was shown.  The three

potential locations are two on Highway 13 on both sides of town and on Highway C

coming into town.

3. Flowing well/ Swenson pavilion drainage, discussion and possible decision

The Parks and Lands committee will review GIS maps with elevations to help seek a

solution to the drainage problem at the flowing well and Swenson pavilion.

New Business

1. Request to use Town land for a kayak symposium in June, discussion and decision

Greg Weiss has requested the use of town land a kayak symposium on June 26^th,

27^th and 28^th. P. Ehlers made a motion to approve the use of town land for the

kayak symposium on June 26^th, 27^th & 28^th. K. Roman 2^nd the motion. Unanimous

decision. Approved.

2. Taking payment with a QR code at the Siskiwit lake boat launch and the Siskiwit campground, discussion and possible decision
3. Anderson and P. Ehlers will meet with Whitney Olson about using the payment

app, that was used for ice cave parking, at Siskiwit Lake Campground, Siskiwit Lake

boat launch and the recycling. A presentation will be done at the next board meeting.

A special town board meeting was set for Thursday, April 23 at 7:00 to approve Short Term

Rental applications, a shore land grading permit recommendation to the county, the

recycling center contract and a transient vendor application.

At 8:29 p.m., P. Ehlers made a motion to adjourn the meeting and G. Anderson second the

motion. Unanimous decision. Motion passed.

Respectfully submitted,

MaryBeth Tillmans – Clerk