MINUTES OF THE
TOWN OF
REGULAR BOARD MEETING
Chairman
Collyard called the Regular Board Meeting to order at
Motion(Porter/McGee)
to approve the September agenda. Motion carried.
The agenda
is as follows:
NOTICE
TOWN OF
REGULAR BOARD MEETING
AGENDA
Call the Regular Board Meeting to
order at
Pledge Allegiance to the Flag
Roll Call to establish a
quorum/Verification of Public Notice/Motion to approve the September Agenda
Approve minutes of the Last Regular
Board Meeting and Motion to dispense with reading of the minutes.
Treasurer’s Report
Voucher’s Approval
Clerk Correspondence
Citizen’s Request for Action:
1)
Request from Jon LaVine to allow ATV
use on
2)
Request from Paul Becker to add
3)
Request by Leonard Benser to have
building condemned at 56335 Deer Foot Trail as it is an eyesore to the
neighborhood.
Department Head Reports:
Highway
Cemetery
Fire
and Ambulance Department
Constable
Committee and Commission Reports:
Recreation
Committee
EWM
Committee
Land Use Planning Commission
Zoning:
1)
Conditional Use application by Dan
and Sally Archambeau to place a 2nd residence on a parcel that
cannot be subdivided, at 54630 Loon Lake Road
2)
Special Use application request by
Jeff & Maureen Fullington of Deer Grove Resort LLC, and Travis Fullington
for a home based business, repair of small engines such as boat motors and
ATV’s on their property located at 3225 Deer Grove Road.
Operator Licenses: 2 Year License for Harold Oberholtzer
Liquor License Approval for Nancy
Marie Lindberg, d/b/a The
Adopt Resolution number 08-03
amending Resolution # 13, dated
Approval of Fuel bid for the 2009
heating season by Polar Gas.
Amend Policy for Health Insurance
Coverage for new regular full-time employees
Public Comment Session – 5 minute
limit for those not on the Agenda
Issues Timeline Update
All Department Heads are encouraged
to be at the Regular Board Meetings
All Department Heads and Committee
Heads are to submit a written report to the clerk
by Friday evening prior to the Board
Meeting.
The Town Board reserves
the right to solicit information from
Department heads and
Committee heads only, without opening the floor to discussion.
Any persons requiring
special needs for handicap services please contact the Clerk-Treasurer
Elaine J. Brustad Barnes Town Clerk-Treasurer
Dated this 12th
Day of September, 2008
Collyard
asked for a motion to approve the minutes of the Last Regular Board Meeting and
Motion to dispense with reading of the minutes.
Motion(Porter/McGee)
to approve the minutes of the last regular Board meeting and to dispense with
the reading of those minutes. Motion carried.
Treasurer’s Report
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Checking
Balance from last meeting |
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$87,299.49 |
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Receipts |
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$7,345.33 |
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Transfer
from Money Market Account |
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$75,000.00 |
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Check #'s
22875-23064 |
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($125,575.72) |
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August
Direct tax payment ck # 310 |
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($4,904.08) |
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Service
Charge August |
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($16.83) |
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Interest
Earned August |
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$40.93 |
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CHECKING
BALANCE |
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$39,189.12 |
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Act 102
Fund |
Opening
Balance |
|
95.48 |
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check to
close account |
($95.48) |
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ending
balance |
|
0 |
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Money Market
Gen'l Fund Balance from Last Meeting |
$385,109.04 |
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Interest
earned August |
YTD
Interest $19,372.84 |
$1,102.46 |
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Deposits |
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$292,074.92 |
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Transfer
to General Fund |
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($75,000.00) |
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Sub-Total
Money Market Gen'l Funds |
$603,286.42 |
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Highway
Dept. Sinking Fund |
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$31,072.92 |
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BES
Sinking Fund |
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|
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$52,677.05 |
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Park
Savings |
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|
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$13,673.18 |
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Ski Trail
Savings |
deposit
$364.00 |
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$1,119.61 |
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Parade-Event-Calendar
Fund |
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$1,842.60 |
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Town Hall
Maint & Repair Fund |
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$19,298.20 |
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ACT 102
Fund |
deposit $
95.48 |
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$95.48 |
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Sub-Total
Money Market sub accounts |
$119,779.04 |
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Total
all Money Market Funds |
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$723,065.46 |
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TOTAL |
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$762,254.58 |
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Motion (Meinke/McGee)
to approve the Treasurer’s report. Motion carried.
Voucher’s Approval
Motion (Porter/McGee)
to approve the voucher’s as presented. Motion carried.
Clerk Correspondence Brustad said she had only one thing to report:
Because of
the recent events with the economy, she would like the Board’s approval to
research putting the Town’s money into different accounts and the State’s
Investment Pool, to spread out the funds, rather than invest in one account at
one bank. She stated she could have the
information ready for approval at the budget meeting on the 7th of
October.
Motion(Porter/Meinke)
to go ahead and present her findings at the next budget meeting on the 7th
of October. Motion carried.
Citizen’s Request for Action:
4)
Request from Jon LaVine to allow ATV
use on
Motion(McGee/Meinke) to allow ATV use on Pease road from
Mulligan Creek to Highway 27 and to approve the amendment to the Ordinance as
such. Motion carried.
5)
Request from Paul Becker to add
Motion(Porter/McGee) to approve the amendment presented for
adding
6)
Request by Leonard Benser to have
building condemned at 56335 Deer Foot Trail as it is an eyesore to the
neighborhood.
Collyard said he knew of the place, and wasn’t sure what was
going on there. The owner was supposed
to have moved it to his current residence.
Mike Furtak spoke and said a permit would be needed to relocate the
building and it has not been applied for.
The Town does have powers of condemnation per statutes, but it is always
best to work with the owner to see what can be done. Collyard said he would check with the owner
to see when he is planning on moving the building and report back to the Board
at the next meeting.
Department Head Reports:
Highway
Brustad read
the report from
The 2009
local road certification has been completed and sent to WISDot.
The
Kohel
Equipment has delivered the Tractor/ boom brusher that was bid out last spring.
Cemetery
Cemetery
Sexton Bud Pease reported Ronald Norton; son of Charles V. Norton was interred
on August 23rd in Block 1,
Fire
and Ambulance Department
Since the
last Town board meeting the ambulance has had eight calls
7 medical 1
trauma
2 – St.
Mary’s
2 - St. Lukes
3 –
1 – Lukes 1
helicopter
The Fire
Department had no runs
Fire
Department Officers attended Zone Leader Training two weeks ago in Drummond and
Dave Schiess and I attended Structure Supervisor training all in preparation
for the upcoming Mock wildland Fire training on this Saturday September 20th. It will be a great opportunity for the Fire
Department to get some real good training and also for the Town Board to view
the incident command and the NIMS training at work. Approximately 200 Firefighters will be
present for this training. The incident
command post will be at Barnes Ranger station.
Ambulance
not much to report Brett Friermood has completed his
Meinke asked
Tom to elaborate more on the training on Saturday. Renz said the
Constable
Brustad read
the report from the Constable, who was not present. There were 3 alarms responded to, 2 personal
watercraft complaints, 4 fireworks/firearms complaints, 2 assist boaters on the
Middle Eau Claire lake, 1 deer hit on highway 27, 3 excessive noise complaints
over the Holiday weekend, 1 animal complaint on Island Lake Road, 1 welfare
check on an elderly resident.
Committee and Commission Reports:
Recreation
Committee
EWM
Committee
Ingemar
Ekstrom spoke on the progress of the program.
The Clean Boats Clean Waters program is almost finished for the
year. They will be present at the boat
landings for the musky tournament on October 4-6th. They will be using volunteers so if anyone is
interested in donating a few hours please call.
Approximately 7500 boats have been checked this year. There are some concerns for security at the
boats landings. They talked about trying
to get a pay phone at the 3 landings. So
far
Land Use Planning Commission
Dave Pease,
Commission Chairman reported the Commission met on Thursday, September 11th
to review the two zoning applications received.
On the Conditional Use application by Dan and Sally Archambeau the Commission
recommended approval with the condition they remove the old trailer being used
for storage on the property by July of 2009.
On the Special Use application request by the Fullington’s at Deer Grove
Resort the Commission recommended approval with the stipulation that there be
inside storage of all materials they are working on.
Regarding
the Zoning overlay proposal by the Property Owner’s association they have set a
tentative date to meet on Monday September 22nd with the Zoning
Administrator to discuss the proposal.
Zoning:
1)
Conditional Use application by Dan
and Sally Archambeau to place a 2nd residence on a parcel that
cannot be subdivided, at 54630 Loon Lake Road
Motion(Porter/McGee)
to approve the Conditional Use application by Dan and Sally Archambeau to place
a 2nd residence on a parcel that cannot be subdivided at 54630 Loon
Lake Road with a requirement that they remove the old trailer as recommended by
the Plan Commission by July 2009.
Dan
Archambeau said they had already started that process. Motion carried.
2)
Special Use application request by
Jeff & Maureen Fullington of Deer Grove Resort LLC, and Travis Fullington
for a home based business, repair of small engines such as boat motors and
ATV’s on their property located at 3225 Deer Grove Road.
Motion(Porter/McGee)
to approve the Special Use Application by Jeff and Maureen Fullington and
Travis Fullington for a home –based business at
Operator Licenses: 2 Year License for Harold Oberholtzer Brustad said Oberholtzer had paid the required
fee, had completed the Beverage Server’s course, and the background check had
revealed nothing related to alcohol. Mr.
Oberholtzer had stated on his application he had a felony, and per State
Statute 12504(5)(b) “No license or permit related to alcohol beverages may,
subject to ss. 111.321, 111.322 and 111.335 be issued under this chapter to any
person who has habitually been an offender or has been convicted of a felony
unless the person has been duly pardoned. “
Brustad said Mr. Oberholtzer told her he had not been pardoned. Collyard said then the Board cannot issue the
license per that statute.
Motion(Meinke/McGee)
to deny the request for a 2 year Operator License for Harold Oberholtzer per
statute 125.04(5)(b) Motion carried.
Liquor License Approval for Nancy
Marie Lindberg, d/b/a The
Brustad said
the license request had been published, a background check had revealed no
criminal history, and Lindberg had paid the required prorated fee. She had also completed the beverage server
requirement.
Motion(Porter/Meinke)
to approve the liquor license application for Nancy Marie Lindberg, d/b/a The
Adopt Resolution number 08-03
amending Resolution # 13, dated
Motion( McGee/Porter)
to adopt Resolution #08-03 amending Resolution # 13, dated
Approval of Fuel bid for the 2009
heating season by Polar Gas. The Board had requested bids from local fuel suppliers for
the 2009 heating season. Polar Gas’ bid
was the lowest, at 1.96 per gallon.
Motion(McGee/Meinke)
to approve Polar Gas’ fuel bid for the 2009 heating for 1.96/gallon. Roll call vote taken: Meinke-yes, Porter-yes,
McGee-yes, Collyard-yes. Webb-absent. Motion carried.
Amend Policy for Health Insurance
Coverage for new regular full-time employees Collyard said
the Employee Policy handbook does not address this, but in the past the Town
has always paid for family coverage as well as employee coverage in full. The board was looking into paying health
coverage for the employee only. He wished to table this until next meeting in
order to study this further.
Public Comment Session – 5 minute
limit for those not on the Agenda
Larry Bergman wanted to know the status of the
petition for paving
Collyard
said they are working on
Greg Martin was wondering about the trees that
will be cut down on
Issues Timeline Update
Town Owned land – Cemetery brushing done by the road
crew, they will burn this fall or winter
Health Insurance – Matushak will be back on the 17th
and will send renewal figures
Records Storage –Work in progress
Roads –Nothing to report
Zoning –
Motion(Meinke/McGee)
to adjourn the
Respectfully
Submitted,
Elaine J.
Brustad
Clerk-Treasurer
dated this
18th day of September, 2008