Regular Town Board Meeting
Town of Pembine
February 10, 2026
The regular town board monthly meeting was called to order by Chairman Bole at 6:03 pm on February 10, 2026. Chairman Bole, Supervisor Willis, Clerk/Treasurer Allen and 5 citizen were present. Supervisor Reabe was absent. The Pledge of Allegiance was recited.
Revision and Adoption of Agenda
Motion was made by Chairman Bole and 2nd by Supervisor Willis to accept Agenda as written; motion carried.
Meeting Minutes
Review of the minutes from the January 13, 2026 regular Town Board meeting. Motion made to accept minutes as printed – Supervisor Willis; 2nd: Chairman Bole; Motion carried.
Review of the minutes from the January 22, 2026 special Town Board meeting. Motion made to accept minutes as printed – Supervisor Willis; 2nd: Chairman Bole; Motion carried.
Treasurer’s Report
The treasurer’s report was read with the board approving checks 34278 through 34314. Total of $75,260.10. EFT total of $7,282.38. For a total spent of $82,542.48. Motion made to accept the Treasurer’s Report – Chairman Bole; 2nd by Supervisor Willis; Motion carried.
Highway Report
Chairman Bole reported that the ARIP grant application for Cemetery/Horseshoe Rd was submitted and we should hopefully hear whether we got the grant by the end of March. He reported that he filed the grant for Short Cut Rd and hopefully we will hear back on this one by end of March as well. The TRIP grant will be used for Aspen Ln and Venstra will be reconstructed and repaved using normal funds. He stated that the State released a 90/10 grant for small structures. We will add this to the agenda for next month, to decide if we want to apply for that grant. We have warmer temps this week so we are hoping to see some blacktop on the roads.
Town Hall Report
The town hall was used 4 times in January.
Parks Report
Parks are cleaned and shut down. Chairman Bole stated that the Interior Committee asked if we could get a better person to clean the bathrooms or a better schedule of cleaning the bathrooms. They also asked about possibly getting a timed lock system for the bathrooms.
Building Permit Administrator (Bob Grandaw)
Clerk Allen reported there 3 permits issued in January. These were all land use.
Plan Commission Update
Patrick Mueller of the Plan Commission stated that they discussed the new proposed building and grants for this. Terie Clark had given an update on the proposed new town building and she is waiting for a call back from Baylake. They discussed grants for getting a generator for the new building so that it may be used as a warming center. Also was discussed, what rules would need to be in place for a warming center. Chairman Bole stated that he will need a standard operating procedure for a warming center from the plan commission. They also discussed the 20-year plan. There was a question on whether we could update the existing plan. Patrick was to call Baylake to see if we could edit the existing plan. The commission is still activity recruiting new members so that when their term runs out they can have new members available to take their place on the commission. The commission also asked the town board for update on the website development. They suggested the board talk to the developers of either the Town of Dunbar or Town of Beecher sites.
Interior Committee
Chairman Bole stated the Interior Committee is currently working on getting prices for flowers and where to place them and a watering schedule. They plan to paint out at Lindquist Lake this year. Chairman Bole stated that we will need master plans for Lindquist Lake, Legion Park and the new Sauld St property. Drawing up plans for bathrooms at Lindquist Lake and pavilions at both parks. The Interior Committee is also in need of new members.
Garbage/Appeals
Nothing to report.
OLD BUSINESS
NEW BUSINESS
Website
Chairman Bole stated that he had not gotten in touch with the website designer that handles Town of Beecher’s website; however he had heard from the Town of Dunbar’s website designer and they had let him know that starting in April of 2027 all social media (Facebook) and websites must be ADA compliant. North Country Website Design said they could help us with that. Chairman Bole will contact North Computer Service to get an idea of cost from them as well.
Lake Ln Resolution
Chairman Bole stated that when we passed the resolution to vacate Lake Ln and sent it down state, they did not like some of the wording that implied intent only. We have to now sign a final Resolution to vacate Lake Ln without that wording. A motion was made to adopt and sign the Resolution to Vacate Lake Ln, motion made by Chairman Bole, 2nd by Supervisor Willis; motion passed.
Citizen Input
1. Doug Uelmen asked about Horseshoe Rd, he stated it sounds like we set up a lot of dominos with the grant applications for roads. If the ARIP Grant doesn’t go through, then we have to go back to our original plan to double chip seal Horseshoe Rd, correct? Chairman Bole stated that is correct. There was a brief discussion regarding the ARIP grant.
The next regular town board meeting is scheduled for Tuesday, March 10, 2026 at 6:00pm, at the town hall. Bills were audited and paid, there being no further business a motion was made by Chairman Bole, seconded by Supervisor Willis to adjourn at 6:56 pm, Motion carried.
Suzanne Allen, Clerk/Treasurer