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August 3, 2004 SPECIAL JOINT TOWN/VILLAGE BOARD MEETING 7:00 P.M.
Meeting was called to order at 7:00 p.m. with Town Board members Gary Beck, Paul Beere and Mike Weinkauf; and Village Board members Chris Denman, Jim Henning, Mark Tamblyn, Dennis Saunders, Bill Weidert, Dean Stapleton and Judy Karweik present.
Betty Novy, Clerk, and Attorney John Hotvedt were also present.
Gary Beck moved, 2nd by Judy Karweik to go into closed session as allowed by §19.85(1)(g) “conferring with legal counsel for the governmental body who is rendering oral or written advice concerning strategy to be adopted by the body with respect to litigation in which it is or is likely to become involved” for the purpose of obtaining legal counsel on the Department of Administration’s ruling on consolidation of the Village and Town of Rochester into an incorporated Village; and disposition of Racine County Court Case #02-CV-0691. Motion carried.
Dean Stapleton moved, 2nd by Jim Henning to reconvene in open session. Motion carried.
Mike Weinkauf moved, 2nd by Judy Karweik to open communication lines between abutting city, village and town governments inquiring as to interest in boundary agreements that would benefit all; with positive feedback from those municipalities to result in an advisory referendum questioning residents on further pursuit of the consolidation process. Motion carried.
Consensus of the Boards was to compile a list of questions residents have asked in regards to consolidation; and to publish those questions in a “question and answer format” for distribution to residents as prelude to holding a public forum on the issue.
Gary Beck moved, 2nd by Mike Weinkauf to adjourn to closed session as allowed by §19.85(1)(c) “Considering employment, promotion, compensation or performance evaluation data of any public employee over which the governmental body has jurisdiction or exercises responsibility” for the purpose of discussing the shared Clerk/ Clerk-Treasurer positions of the Town and Village. Motion carried.
Paul Beere moved, 2nd by Mike Weinkauf to reconvene in open session. Motion carried.
Consensus of both Boards was for the Clerk to obtain cost estimates for remodeling the municipal building to create one shared administrative office area and one shared meeting room for both Village and Town governments. In addition, annual budget requirements to fund the shared administrative office, complete with salaries and benefits, is to be calculated. Proposed costs and cost sharing methods are to be reported back to both Boards for consideration.
Jim Henning moved, 2nd by Dean Stapleton to adjourn at 8:00 p.m. Motion carried.
Respectfully submitted:
Betty J. Novy
Clerk August 9, 2004 REGULAR BOARD MEETING 7:30 p.m.
Meeting was called to order at 7:30 p.m. with Gary Beck, Paul Beere and Mike Weinkauf present.
Betty Novy, Clerk, was also present. Colleen Holder, Treasurer, and Gary Chart, Public Works Supervisor, were absent.
Mike moved, 2nd by Paul to approve minutes of the July 2, July 12 and July 21, 2004 meetings as printed. Motion carried.
Mike moved, 2nd by Paul to approve August disbursements as follows. Motion carried.
Town General Fund Disbursements
Treasurer’s Department. Colleen Holder was absent.
Public Works Department. Gary Chart was absent.
Sheriff’s Department. Deputy Prochaska reported the following statistics for July: two accidents; five speeding citations, nine traffic citations; zero parking citations and thirteen warnings were issued. Complaint statistics were as follows: twenty-eight complaints originated through calls directly to the Sheriff’s Department; Deputy Prochaska was assigned twenty-one of those, he performed follow up on fifteen complaints and originated twenty-seven on his own. Eighteen foot patrols were conducted. Deputy Prochaska indicated a decline in activity last month was due to vacation time. There were no major problems with Alpine Valley concerts. Several minor motor vehicle accidents occurred as a result of Grateful Dead concert traffic. Motorcycle accidents have been up this year since April, although no specific trend or location was noted.
Candidate for 63rd Assembly District – Robin Vos
Robin Vos addressed the Board. He reported running for Bonnie Ladwig’s 63rd State Assembly District seat. He has worked with Bonnie for at least two years and is running at Bonnie’s prompting. He noted this is only the second time in Wisconsin history that an assembly candidate has no opponent to run against. Robin reported on experience as a County Board Supervisor for ten years and service on the County’s Finance Committee. Since he has no opponent, he is trying to learn the issues before he takes office. Janine Hale, Bonnie’s staff assistant, will be staying on to serve under him. He expressed his intentions to visit the Town at least once a year and to help the Town and Village of Rochester achieve consolidation under the new statutes Bonnie helped enact. Mike expressed disappointment at the Department of Administration’s ruling that denied consolidation of the Town and Village. Robin indicated he will make helping the Town and Village achieve consolidation a priority because he feels it is a model of cooperation. Robin thanked the Board for giving him an opportunity to introduce himself.
Certified Survey Map - Creating two parcels out of one: Teut Rd Owners: George and Rose Baumeister Parcel # 014-03-19-15-001-000: 151 Acres
Mike reported on the Plan Commission’s consideration of this land division. They recommended approval. However, there was some question regarding a small triangle of land left to the west of the new lot. It was clarified a large parcel to the west of this triangle is also under Baumeister’s ownership. It was noted this land division will count against overall density calculations on any future divisions of the land. Mike moved, 2nd by Paul to approve the certified survey map creating two parcels out of one for parcel #014-03-19-15-001-000. Motion carried.
N Honey Lake Rd Reconstruction Project Update
The Clerk reported costs for this project are expected to go over budget by $165,000.00 due to extra excavation and increased quantities of crushed aggregate needed for the project. Mike expressed disappointment that pre-engineering did not expose the bad soils. The Clerk is to check into financing options.
N. River Road repair issues: John Hamric, 104 N. River Road
Two estimates were prepared by Racine County Public Works to apply an asphalt overlay to an area of poor pavement on N. River Road: one with butt joints at $3,477.94; and one without butt joints at $3,025.29. Mike moved, 2nd by Gary to repair N. River Road and to have Gary Chart make the final decision on whether to utilize butt joints for the project. Motion carried.
Buzz Hurley expressed his opinion that the Town should pay one-sixth of the project costs (for paving and shouldering) since they, as developers, had to grind up the roads they initially installed in order to apply the final surface. He reported the Town now has all new roads for Camelback Farms. Since they have not yet received a final bill from the contractor, an exact figure to request for cost sharing was not known. The paving company estimated charges of $8,950.00 to shoulder the subdivision. Correspondence from Crispell-Snyder suggested $630.00 be the cost-sharing responsibility of the Town (based on costs of gravel only). Gary Beck noted the Town already paid $8,270.00 towards asphalt installation. Gary moved, 2nd by Mike to table the item until a final bill is received. Motion carried.
Assessor Contract 2004-2005
The contract renews service of Kathy Romanak at the same rate as 2003-2004 with exception of an additional charge of $5.00 per parcel for revaluation of Forest, Swamp and Agricultural Forest parcels. Gary moved, 2nd by Paul to approve the 2004-2005 contract with Kathy Romanak for assessor services. Motion carried.
Resolution #3-2004 Designating Public Depository and Authorizing Withdrawal of Town Moneys
Gary moved, 2nd by Mike to adopt Resolution #3-2004. Motion carried.
Coordination of electrical service to Case Eagle Park Baseball Diamonds
An intention to use funds generated from open space/ park fees towards lighting the baseball diamonds was expressed by the Board. Consensus was to coordinate with Racine County Public Works to ensure electrical service extended to their proposed restroom facility at Case Eagle Park will be adequate to power lighting the fixtures. The Board would like to locate the switch for the lights in or on the restroom building. Racine County is to be contacted with these requests.
Appointment of Deputy Clerk – Sandra Swan
Sandra introduced herself to the Board and those present at the meeting. Consensus of the Board was to approve appointment of Sandra Swan as Deputy Clerk.
Application for Operator’s License – Terrie L MacNaught
The Clerk verified Terrie submitted a responsible beverage servers course completion certificate and had a clean background check. Gary moved, 2nd by Paul to approve the operator’s license for Terrie L. MacNaught at Enve’ Salon and Day Spa. Motion carried.
Public Comment:
Deputy Prochaska reported on complaints of a rubbish/ weed pile on the Jerome and Betty Doerr property. Consensus of the Board was to have the attorney issue a letter to the Doerrs’ giving them 60 days to remove the rubbish. It was noted the Doerrs’ are constructing a fence to mark their property line.
Mike moved, 2nd by Paul to adjourn at 8:30 p.m. Motion carried
Respectfully submitted:
Betty J. Novy Clerk
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