MINUTES OF THE
TOWN OF
REGULAR BOARD MEETING
Chairman
Collyard called the Regular Board Meeting to order at
Motion (Meinke/McGee)
to approve the October 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 October 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
Approval for RAV’N to
set up a display case in the Town Hall to showcase local artists.
Approval of the Town of
Approval to diversify
funds to Local Govt Investment Pool and other local banks
Citizen’s Request for Action:
1)
Request by Mike Brustad and Jeff
Weimert to extend the ATV trail from
ATV Club also wants the
ATV Ordinance amended to include
2) Request by Harold Oberholtzer for an appeal
of decision by the Board to deny his application for an
Operator’s license.
Department Head Reports:
Highway
Cemetery
Fire
and Ambulance Department
Constable
Committee and Commission Reports:
Recreation
Committee
EWM
Committee
Land Use Planning Commission
Zoning:
1)
Class A Special Use Permit Request by
Dean and Tamara Renneke to continue to use their property as a short-term
vacation rental at 5440 Lyndale Bay Road
2)
Class A Special Use Permit request by
Profit Sharing Plan-Quality Tape to use their property as a short term rental
unit at
Operator Licenses: 2 Year License for Marjorie Lemke
Discussion of amendment to Liquor
License Ordinance to allow off-sale liquor with a “Class B” License.
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 16th
Day of October, 2008
Motion (Porter/Meinke) to approve the minutes of the last regular board
meeting and to dispense with the reading of the minutes. Motion carried.
Treasurer’s Report
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Checking
Balance from last meeting |
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$39,189.12 |
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Receipts |
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$9,135.22 |
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Transfer
from Money Market Account |
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$150,000.00 |
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Check #'s
23065-23153 |
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($121,467.81) |
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September
Direct tax payment ck # 310 |
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($4,465.06) |
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Service
Charge September |
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($18.29) |
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Interest
Earned September |
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$21.92 |
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CHECKING
BALANCE |
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$72,395.10 |
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Money
Market Gen'l Fund Balance from Last Meeting |
$603,286.42 |
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Interest
earned September |
YTD
Interest $20,589.99 |
$1,217.15 |
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Transfer
from Sinking Funds |
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$30,000.00 |
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Transfer
to General Fund |
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($150,000.00) |
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Sub-Total
Money Market Gen'l Funds |
$484,503.57 |
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Highway
Dept. Sinking Fund |
Trans to
MM Gen'l $30,000.00 |
$1,072.92 |
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BES
Sinking Fund |
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$52,677.05 |
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Park
Savings |
deposit
$588.03 |
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$14,261.21 |
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Ski Trail
Savings |
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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
$3,861.91 |
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$3,957.39 |
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Sub-Total
Money Market sub accounts |
$94,228.98 |
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Total
all Money Market Funds |
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$578,732.55 |
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TOTAL |
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$651,127.65 |
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Motion(Webb/Porter) to approve the Treasurer’s report as read. Motion carried.
Voucher’s Approval
Motion (Porter/McGee)
to approve he vouchers. Motion carried.
Clerk Correspondence
Clerk-Treasurer
Brustad had received 7 Notices to cut, 2 on property owned by Wausau Paper
Company on Section 22, T45N, R9W and S30, T45, R9W, 5 on property owned by Plum
Creek in S6, 30, and 34 of T43, R9, S 7 and 34 of T43, R9W, and S15, T44, R9W .
Brustad
wanted to remind everyone of the Presidential Election on November 4th. The polling place will be open from
Jon Harkness
of the Property Owners Association will conduct a workshop called “Septic
Science” on Thursday, November 6th at
A letter was
received from Steve Coffin of the
A letter was
received from the friends of the
Brustad said
Diane Aichele is working with
Approval for RAV’N to
set up a display case in the Town Hall to showcase local artists.
RAV’N, which stands for Rural Arts Voice North, is a
non-profit organization comprised of artists in this area that have banded
together in an effort to showcase their talents locally. They are requesting to place a glass display
case in the town hall to display local talent.
The case is approximately 4’x6’x2’.
This display case would provide an opportunity for the public to see the
kind of talent we have in the Barnes area.
We have many published authors, glass artists, jewelry makers,
photographers, weaver and spinners and so on.
Motion(Porter/Webb) to allow
Approval of the Town of
Brustad said
the State was recommending all municipalities adopted an Election Contingency
Plan. This would set a policy in case
the poliing place would have to move for any reason. Webb said this is good especially in light of
what happened last year with the gas running out. We almost had to evacuate then.
Motion(Meinke/Porter)to approve the TOB Election Contingency
Plan as presented. Motion carried.
Approval to diversify
funds to Local Govt Investment Pool and other local banks
Brustad
recommended placing part of the bank balance into the Local Government
Investment Pool, as it gave the best interest rates. Then part could also be put into another
local bank, such as Johnson Bank or one of the other
Citizen’s Request for Action:
2)
Request by Mike Brustad and Jeff
Weimert to extend the ATV trail from
ATV Club also wants the
ATV Ordinance amended to include
Dave Pederson from the ATV club was present to approve the
request. The stretch of
Motion (Meinke/McGee) to correct and add the sections of
Pickerel Lake Road and Connors Road that were omitted from the Ordinance and
Motion (Meinke/McGee) to approve the ordinance amendment adding Pickerel Lake
Road from the Boat landing east to the existing route from Connors Road east to
Birch Lake Road. Motions carried.
3)
Request by Harold Oberholtzer for an
appeal of decision by the Board to deny his application for an
Operator’s license.
Collyard explained per the State Statutes the Board cannot
give a license to anyone convicted of a felony.
He read a letter from the Town’s attorney, John Carlson: “This letter is in follow-up to our phone
conversation regarding the possible request for appeal of the town’s denial of
the issuance of a liquor license. The
town should add this issue to the agenda and address it in open session. The town does not have a choice in denying
this license. The applicant stated he
was convicted of a felony. The statute
says that convicted felons cannot be issued a llicense regardless of the nature
of the offence or when it occurred. It
is also irrelevant that this individual had a license in the past. Since becoming aware of the conviction, the
town cannot issue a license. I would
suggest that the applicant see if he can have the felony conviction modified to
something other than a felony or have it dismissed. He needs to find a way to have it removed
from his record and then he needs to provide proof to the town that it has been
removed.”
Motion (Porter/McGee) to open the floor to discussion. Motion carried. Mr. Oberholtzer
stated the conviction was a long time ago and he was trying to get someone to
look up the record. He will try to get
it changed. Motion (Porter/McGee) to close the floor for discussion. Motion carried.
Department Head Reports:
Highway
The wing
wall repair project at the South Shore Locks’ bridge has been completed.
Landscaping and erosion control have also been completed. The graveled portion
will be allowed to settle and will be overlayed with
blacktop in 09. Also while the wingwall repair was
being done, Bayfield County, who is responsible for maintenance on the lock and
dam, replaced the rotted north door on the locks’ with a new one.
The Quonset
hut has been cleaned, and filled with sand and salt for the upcoming winter
season. Again this winter season, the doors will be left open for non
commercial use of the sand and salt.
Two of the
three needed easements for the
Two other
projects completed in the past month were the removal of stumps off the
Cemetery
Brustad
read the Cemetery report: There has been no activity since the last Board
meeting.
Fire
and Ambulance Department
Since the
last Town board meeting the ambulance has had eight calls
1 – St.
Mary’s
1 - Gold Cross
intercept
4 –
1 – no transport
2 – with
Fire Department on false alarm and power pole fire
The Fire
Department had no runs
1 – Power
pole on Fire
1 – traffic crash scene safety and clean up
1 – False
alarm
1 –
Explosion mutual aid from
Mock Fire
occurred and went well. Margret Bossow has been licensed
as
Constable
( 3 )
Alarms, from sheriff...........( 3 ) Firearms / fireworks, complaints. ( homeowners shooting on own property.)............(
1 ) deer hit on hwy 27............( 4 ) ATV complaints. (
issued warnings ).........( 4 ) trespass complaints. (
hunters on private property, vehicle's parked on private property,
hunters following wounded deer.)...........( 1 ) check
welfare of overdue hunter.( contacted by family , found safe.)...........total
hours 58..........total miles 570...
Committee and Commission Reports:
Recreation
Committee
Donna Porter
reported the committee met on the previous Wednesday. They will be ordering two crab apple trees to
be planted in the spring. They also had
ordered 8 flags for the Christmas holiday to be put up at the Hall and down the
road on the utility poles.
EWM
Committee
Brustad
read the report from the Committee: The Eurasian Water Milfoil Committee is in
the final stage of presenting their grants for reimbursement. The committee met with Pamela Toshner of the
Collyard
also asked Gene Ratzel to comment on the happenings
at the Industrial Park. Ratzel said two new clients are coming in to the park. Superior Fuel will be on lot A, closest to
the highway, and the Barnstormer’s Snowmobile Club will be in lot B, directly
behind Superior Fuel. Now that there are
viable candidates in the park the Barnes Area Development Corp hoped to
possible get some help from the County on the infrastructure.
Land Use Planning Commission
Dave Pease
reported the Plan Commission met last Thursday to review the two Special Use
Permit applications on tonight’s agenda.
The Commission recommended approval of both, with a recommendation to
the Board to note on the form the Renneke’s need to
comply also with the recommendations Zoning gave to relocate their fire pit and
establish a no mow zone between the cabin and the lake.
Zoning:
3)
Class A Special Use Permit Request by
Dean and Tamara Renneke to continue to use their
property as a short-term vacation rental at 5440 Lyndale
Bay Road
Motion( Porter/McGee) to approve the Special Use Request by
Dean and Tamara Renneke to continue to use their
property at 5440 Lyndale for a short term vacation
rental and to comply with the notations from the Zoning Department that they
need to move the fire pit from the buffer zone andestablish
a no mow zone between the lake and the cabin.
Motion carried.
4)
Class A
Special Use Permit request by Profit Sharing Plan-Quality Tape to use their
property as a short term rental unit at 50795 Peninsula Rd.
Motion(McGee/Webb) to approve the Special
Use Permit request by Profit Sharing Plan-Quality Tape to use their property as
a short term rental unit at
Operator Licenses: 2 Year License for Marjorie Lemke
Brustad
said the applicant had attended the Beverage Server’s course and had her
certificate, a background check revealed no criminal history and she had paid
the required fee.
Motion(McGee/Porter) to approve the 2 year Operator license for Marjorie
Lemke. Motion carried.
Discussion of amendment to Liquor
License Ordinance to allow off-sale liquor with a “Class B” License.
Brustad
said she and Tom Renz were discussing the hours one
of the local bars could sell liquor off-sale when they discovered in the
statutes that off-sale liquor sales were not allowed with a “Class B” liquor
license unless the Town adopted an ordinance stating that. The “Class B” liquor license only allows
sales on the premises of liquor and
not sales by the bottle to be consumed off
the premises. If the Board wanted they
could also make the bar owners have a “Class A” liquor license to sell off
sale, but that would cost them another $400.00 per year. Since most of the bars probably sell liquor
in the bottles off-sale it would mean quite a few would need to get a “Class A”
license also. There are even a few bars
with liquor stores which at the present is illegal. She suggested just amending the liquor
ordinance would be the best route to go so it wouldn’t be so costly for the
bars in town to continue operating as they have done for years. The Town’s attorney was not available to get
the amendment done for tonight’s meeting but she would have it ready for the
next meeting if that was what the Board wanted to do. They agreed it would be best to amend the
ordinance to allow off-sale of liquor by the bottle and it will be put on next
month’s agenda for adoption of the amendment.
Public Comment Session – 5 minute
limit for those not on the Agenda
Butch Kofal with the Conservation Club wanted to ask the Board if
they could build an elevated platform at the archery range. It would be funded 100% by the Conservation
Club. They currently maintain tha archery range as well as the rifle range. Collyard said the
Board will have a Special Meeting on October 28th at
Kofal also
mentioned the problem with the Upper Lake Boat landing. The Conservation Club doesn’t have much funds for that project but would be willing to provide
assistance to fix it if possible.
Issues Timeline Update
Town Owned
Land-work in progress
Health
Insurance- take off, has been resolved
Records
Storage – will have ordinance ready for review at next meeting
Zoning-
Brustad to check with Mike Furtak on
Motion(Porter/Webb to adjourn the meeting.
Motion carried. The meeting
adjourned at
Respectfully
Submitted
Elaine J. Brustad
Clerk-Treasurer
dated this
29th day of October, 2008