Town of Menominee sets annual meeting for April 21 in Keshena

A $715,973.90 starting cash position, a fire department serving more than 4,500 people and a required review of 2025 spending will be in focus when the Town of Menominee holds its annual meeting Tuesday, April 21, at 4:30 p.m. in the Menominee County Boardroom at W3269 Courthouse Lane in Keshena.

The agenda is short but consequential. After roll call, silent meditation, the Pledge of Allegiance and approval of the April 15, 2025 annual meeting minutes, the finance manager will deliver a financial report, leaders will review 2025 town accomplishments, and residents can bring any other business legally before the meeting. The board will also set the date for the 2027 annual meeting, which makes this session the town’s next formal checkpoint for public accountability.

The packet’s 2025 financial statement gives residents a concrete number to test against the report: the town began 2025 with $335,973.90 in general checking and savings and $380,000 in CDs and other accounts, for total balances on hand of $715,973.90. That figure is likely to be a key point for residents who want to know how much cushion the town kept while paying for routine operations and service obligations.

Fire protection will also sit close to the center of the discussion. The Town of Menominee Volunteer Fire Department covers the Menominee County/Reservation area, a 360-square-mile region with more than 4,500 residents, from stations in Keshena and Neopit. The department reported 219 calls in 2021, including 164 in Keshena and 55 in Neopit, and later received a $453,854.55 FEMA regional grant with the Shawano Area Fire Department to replace air packs. For a town that relies on those stations for emergency response, equipment funding and staffing are not abstract issues.

The annual meeting also follows the board’s Sept. 16, 2025 adoption of Resolution No. 2025-01, which formally adopted the Shawano-Menominee Counties Hazard Mitigation Plan. The resolution says an adopted all-hazards mitigation plan is required for future grant funding for mitigation projects, linking town planning directly to outside dollars and to efforts to reduce harm to people and property.

Last year’s annual meeting showed how the process works. After the organizational meeting, the town approved the April 23, 2024 minutes, heard an accomplishments report from Administrative Coordinator Catherine Walter and a financial report from Finance Director Kourtney Erickson, then adjourned at 6:06 p.m. Misty Wayka is listed as clerk, and the town and county pages also point residents to annual reports and budget-in-brief materials as they prepare for Tuesday’s meeting.