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Town board removes absent planning member, elevates Adrien Jensen and gives new owner of 2 Dogwood Road one month to address violations
Summary
At a work session the town board voted to remove a long-absent planning board member and appoint Adrien Jensen from alternate to full member; it also agreed to give the new owner of 2 Dogwood Road South roughly one month to work with the building department to address unsafe-building issues and referred a unit-count dispute at 52 Old Turnpike for further review.
The town board voted to remove a planning board member who has not attended meetings since last year and has not responded to written notice, and approved elevating Adrien Jensen from planning-board alternate to a full member with a term ending in 123126. The actions were taken by motion and second and approved during the work session.
The board also addressed an unsafe-building matter at 2 Dogwood Road South after learning the property changed hands last week. Members said the new owner contacted the building department and indicated plans to either repair the structure if the foundation is sound or demolish and rebuild if it is not. The board agreed to give the owner time to meet with building staff (Mary) and to return the item to the agenda at the September meeting—about one month—to see whether the owner has taken steps to bring the property out of violation.
A separate property dispute at 52 Old Turnpike was discussed. The owner seeks to restore the building to what he says was a four-unit configuration and presented an affidavit from a prior owner; town records and the current electric-service setup indicate only three meters. Board members said additional documentation is needed (town or county records predating the affidavit) and that the matter may belong with the building department or a zoning/appeals process rather than the town board. Ben and Tyler were asked to review the documents and advise whether the matter should be referred for appeal.
Highway Superintendent Tom reported that the department began scheduled road resurfacing last Monday and expected to finish the first section imminently before moving to the next. Tom credited administrative assistant Tiffany with securing about $2,500 in safety equipment (cones, vests and flags) through the county workers' compensation program administered by Perma: "we were able to get about $2,500 worth of safety equipment," he said.
On routine business, the board approved the 2025 abstract number 15 (motion by Matt, second by Tyler) and moved to table financial reports that had been circulated that day until the next meeting so members could review them. The board also approved minutes from the July 15 meeting.
The board reiterated that enforcement of the unsafe-building case will be revisited at the next meeting if the owner has not acted. No additional formal enforcement actions were taken at this session.
