Citizens attending Town Council Meeting listen to discussion about the conditional agreement with Piecewicz. InkFreeNews photo by Brianna Pitts.

By Brianna Pitts
InkFreeNews

SILVER LAKE — The town of Silver Lake accepted a conditional settlement agreement with Piecewicz for habitually violating town ordinance codes on an unoccupied residence at its Wednesday, June 14 meeting.

Town Attorney Austin Rovenstine quoted the agreement documents saying, “there were over $18,000 worth of code violations and over $2,000 in liens attributed to the residence.” The liens were primarily from the town mowing the lawn of the property, however it was unclear the specific reasoning for code violations. The council had become resigned to never seeing the total amount paid off, if any. After a discussion on whether or not they should take this case to trial, the council, ultimately, decided to accept the agreement. 

A probationary decision was made on the remote time clock agreement, to approve it for the time being, unless it is abused. This was not a unanimous agreement with council member, Jean Weller, abstaining from the vote. Weller claimed she did not see the purpose of a remote time clock versus coming to the station to clock in.

Town Marshal Jason McGlennen spoke of the new deputy who had officially started and had been doing well with training.

Joey McNeal, utilities superintendent, submitted the list of quotes from different tree services to the council for consideration. The council made a motion to move forward with Phillip’s Tree Service to remove several trees in town, due to its affordability.

Fire Chief John Conley issued a reminder of their upcoming golf outing, with more information available on their Facebook page. He also updated the council on the search for a firetruck and how it is still ongoing after losing out to another offer.

The council also approved:

• Ordinance 06-01-23 Salary Ordinance Amendment-Seasonal Laborer
• Ordinance 06-02-23 Salary Ordinance Amendment-Chris Apprenticeship
• Claim docket for $215,447.64 and Kendall Electric $7,472.96