TOWN OF
MINUTES OF THE
Wednesday, October 3,
2007
Collyard
called the meeting to order at 5:30PM. All Board members were present (Porter
at 5:35PM). Constable Mike O’Keefe,
Clerk Treasurer
AGENDA
1)
Discussion and possible approval by
Board to allow the Barnes Shooters to
build a trap house at the rifle range on town owned property.
2)
Closed Session. The Town Board will
go into closed session pursuant to State Statute 19.85(c) for considering
employment, promotion, compensation or performance evaluation data of any
public employee over which the governmental body has jurisdiction or exercises
responsibility. The Board will then reconvene to the regular session following
the closed session.
3)
The Board will go over budget figures
for the 2008 budget.
Collyard
wanted to move the closed session to the end to allow the Constable to talk
about his budget before the Board went into the closed session.
Collyard
said the Barnes Shooters wanted to build a trap house out of block at the rifle
range. George Martin was present to
answer any questions. Martin had copied a
drawing of the proposed trap house for the Board to review. Webb thought this item should wait for
approval until the next regular town board meeting so that it could go in the
newspapers under “items of interest” with the notice. She thought they should get public opinion
about it. Collyard thought the Board
would have no problem with approving it as long as the public agreed. Since Martin wanted to get started with the
project he was told he could get the preliminary work done before the board
meeting on the 16th, the Board would give tentative verbal approval
and formally approve it at the Board meeting on the 16th unless
there would be much disapproval by the public.
The board
then went over budget items for the Constable’s office. O’Keefe wanted approval to get a
vehicle. The budget currently has
$28,000.00 in it for the purchase of one.
They will put another $6,000.00 in for next year, making $34,000.00 for
the vehicle and outfitting it for emergency use.
Viola
Friermood went over the Parks and Recreation budget with the Board
members.
The Board
then went over items the Clerk-Treasurer had highlighted for them that needed
to still be addressed. Clerk-Treasurer
is to find out if a resolution is needed at the Town meeting to start fire
billing. Webb wanted to find out from
Tom Renz how many he anticipated would be billed each year. She thought if it was only a few it might not
be worth it. Collyard felt most people
feel their taxes should pay for fire service and they shouldn’t be billing for
calls. Clerk-Treasurer is to talk with
Tom also about checking into any available grants to help with the purchase of
a new fire truck.
The Budget
Hearing and
Motion (McGee/Porter)
to go into closed session pursuant to State Statute 19.85(c) for considering
employment, promotion, compensation or performance evaluation data of any
public employee over which the governmental body has jurisdiction or exercises
responsibility. This is to discuss the performance evaluations of the salaried
employees and possible increases for employees for the 2008 budget. Roll call vote taken: Meinke-yes, Webb-yes,
Porter-yes, McGee-yes, Collyard-yes. Motion carried. Only the Board members and Clerk-Treasurer
Brustad were present during the closed session. There were no decisions made
during the closed session and discussion was limited to the noticed closed
session topic.
Motion (Porter/Meinke)
to end the closed session and return to the open session. Motion carried.
The Board
members returned to the Open Session at 8:15PM.
Motion (Webb/Porter)to adjourn the Special Town Board Meeting of
October 3, 2007. Motion carried. The meeting adjourned at 8:16PM.
Respectfully
Submitted,
Elaine J.
Brustad,
Barnes Town
Clerk-Treasurer
October 4,
2007