MINUTES OF THE
PUBLIC HEARING
OF
Chairman
Collyard called the Public Hearing to order at
Motion( D Peet/G
Martin) to close the Public Hearing.
Motion carried.
MINUTES OF THE SPECIAL
TOWN MEETING
OF
Collyard
called the Special Town Meeting to order at
Brustad then
read the first Resolution to be presented. Webb explained these next two
resolutions were already in the budget that was presented.
RESOLUTION #R08-05
BE IT HEREBY
RESOLVED by the qualified electors of the Town of
Signed:
Elaine Brustad
Motion by: Elaine
Brustad
Seconded by:
Lu Peet
After a
secret ballot was conducted, Resolution R08-05 passed with the following votes:
Yes: 12
No: 1
The next
resolution was read:
RESOLUTION #R08-06
BE IT HEREBY
RESOLVED by the qualified electors of the Town of
Signed:
Elaine Brustad
Motion by: Elaine
Brustad
Seconded by:
Donna Porter
This
resolution passed with the following votes counted:
Yes: 13
No: 0
RESOLUTION #R08-07
BE IT HEREBY
RESOLVED by the qualified electors of the Town of Barnes here assembled in
Special Town Meeting this 18th day of November 2008 that the sum of $360,320.00
be levied to the Highway Fund for Operating Expenses for the year 2009.
Signed:
Elaine Brustad
Motion by: Jack
Meinke
Seconded by:
Dick Collyard
Brustad
explained this amount is the part of the levy going to the Highway Department
after applying all revenues and expenses pertaining to the Highway
department. The resolution passed with
the following count: (note one other person arrived after the vote from the
last resolution)
Yes: 14 No: 0
RESOLUTION #R08-08
BE IT HEREBY
RESOLVED by the qualified electors of the Town of Barnes here assembled in
Special Town Meeting this 18th day of November 2008 that the sum of $137,573.00
be levied to the General Fund for Operating Expenses for the year 2009.
Brustad said
this was the portion needed for the rest of the budget.
Signed:
Elaine Brustad
Motion by: Carol
Pease
Seconded by:
Marcia Wellnitz
Two other
people arrived and voted on this Resolution.
The Resolution passed by the following vote:
Yes: 16 No: 0
Collyard
asked for any other Resolutions from the floor. There being none, Collyard asked for a motion to adjourn the
Special Town Meeting. Motion
(Dean Peet/Marcia Wellnitz) to adjourn the
MINUTES OF THE
OF
Chairman
Collyard called the Regular Town Board Meeting to order at
roll call to
establish a quorum. All board members
were present. Clerk verified the agenda
was posted as per statutes. Collyard
then asked for a motion to approve the agenda.
Motion (Porter/Meinke)
to approve the November 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 November Agenda
Approve minutes of the Last Regular
Board Meeting and Motion to dispense with reading of the minutes.
Approval of the 2009 Budget
Treasurer’s Report
Adoption
of Resolution # 08-04 for town’s obligation over the Treasurer’s Bond amount.
Voucher’s Approval
Clerk Correspondence
Citizen’s Request for Action:
Petition
to pay health and life insurance for Mike Collins while out on medical leave
Town Hall Maintenance Updates
Presentation by the Mason’s of a
donation to the Barnes Ambulance Department
Department Head Reports:
Highway
Meeting with Waste Management
regarding the Transfer Site
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
Sharon Hough to place a residence in a F-1 Forestry Zoning District on
2)
Class A Special Use Permit request by
Rick and Sarah Markham at
3)
Discussion and possible action on the
Property Owners Request for a zoning overlay
Operator Licenses: 1 Year License for Patrice Cheselski
2 Year License for Greg Roman
Discussion of Records Retention
Ordinance and Schedule
Approval 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 14th Day of
November, 2008
Collyard
then 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/Meinke)
to approve the minutes of the last regular town board meeting and motion to
dispense with the reading of the agenda. Motion carried.
Approval of the 2009 Budget
Motion (Webb/Meinke)
to approve the 2009 budget as presented.
Roll call vote taken, all voted yes. Motion carried.
Treasurer’s Report
|
Checking
Balance from last meeting |
|
$72,395.10 |
|||
|
Receipts |
|
|
|
|
$80,036.38 |
|
Check #'s
23154-23241 |
|
|
($57,059.98) |
||
|
October
Direct tax payment ck # 313 |
|
($3,864.06) |
|||
|
Service
Charge October |
|
|
($17.19) |
||
|
Interest
Earned October |
|
|
$50.12 |
||
|
|
CHECKING
BALANCE |
|
|
$91,540.37 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Money
Market Gen'l Fund Balance from Last Meeting |
$484,503.57 |
||||
|
Interest
earned October |
YTD
Interest $21668.39 |
$1,078.40 |
|||
|
Transfer
from Sinking Funds |
|
|
$24,000.00 |
||
|
|
Sub-Total
Money Market Gen'l Funds |
$509,581.97 |
|||
|
Highway
Dept. Sinking Fund |
|
|
$1,072.92 |
||
|
BES
Sinking Fund |
Transfer
to MM Genl $24,000.00 |
$28,677.05 |
|||
|
Park
Savings |
|
|
|
$14,261.21 |
|
|
Ski Trail
Savings |
|
|
|
$1,119.61 |
|
|
Parade-Event-Calendar
Fund |
|
|
$1,842.60 |
||
|
Town Hall
Maint & Repair Fund |
|
|
$19,298.20 |
||
|
ACT 102
Fund |
|
|
|
$3,957.39 |
|
|
|
Sub-Total
Money Market sub accounts |
$70,228.98 |
|||
|
Total
all Money Market Funds |
|
|
$579,810.95 |
||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
TOTAL |
|
$671,351.32 |
||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Motion (Meinke/Porter)
to approve the Treasurer’s report as read.
Meinke wanted to point out the year
to date interest earned, which has been substantial. It is $21,668.39. Motion carried.
Adoption
of Resolution # 08-04 for town’s obligation over the Treasurer’s Bond amount.
Brustad read
the resolution which the
RESOLUTION R-08-04
WHEREAS, the Town of Barnes Treasurer is
required by statute to furnish a bond to the County Treasurer in a sum of
double the amount of state and county taxes apportioned to her town,
conditioned for the faithful performance of the duties of her office and that
she will account for and pay over according to law all state and county taxes
which shall come into her hands, and
WHEREAS, the Town of Barnes is given the
power under Section 70.67(2) of the Wisconsin Statutes, to obligate the town in
case the Town Treasurer shall fail to pay all state and county taxes required
by law to be paid by the Town Treasurer to the County Treasurer,
__________________________ _________________________
Dick
Collyard, Chairman Jack
Meinke, Supervisor
__________________________ _________________________
Christine
Webb, Supervisor Donna
Porter, Supervisor
__________________________
Mitch McGee,
Supervisor
CERTIFICATE
THIS IS TO CERTIFY THAT the foregoing is a true and correct
copy of a resolution duly and legally adopted by the Town Board at its Regular
Town Board Meeting held on
_________________________________
Elaine J.
Brustad, Clerk-Treasurer
Motion (Webb/McGee)
to approve the Resolution #08-04 for the Town’s obligation over the Treasurer’s
bond amount. Roll call vote: All voted
yes. Motion carried.
Voucher’s Approval
Motion (Porter/McGee)
to approve the vouchers. Motion carried.
Clerk Correspondence
Brustad
thanked all who helped out at the Election, with a special thanks to Dick
Collier, who volunteered as a Special Registration Deputy. She wanted to also thank those who helped out
when the power went out, there were many who came and offered their flashlights
and candles and because of them the election continued uninterrupted. There
were 589 who voted at the election, we had 51 new registrations, giving us
currently 723 registered voters. This is
about 20 more than the current census amount!
She received
1 Notice to Cut on property owned by Richard and Ruth Thorson, the NW1/4, NW1/4
of Section 31, T44N, R9W.
The town
received a check from the Property Owners Association in the amount of $610.00
for donations to the Eurasian Water Milfoil Project.
She received
a letter from Joel Hayward giving his notice of resignation as the Janitor
effective
Brustad read
a letter from Waste Management about a new program they have for recycling of the
fluorescent bulbs. You can order vapor-lok
containers online at WMLampTracker.com
or call
McGee asked
if we could order containers and have a supply at the Transfer Site. Brustad said she would call to find out.
We received
a Certificate of Airport Site Approval from the DOT for the Barnes Emergency
Heliport.
She also
asked the Board if they had anything for her to include on the newsletter that
will go out with the taxes. She was
going to add something about the fluorescent bulb recycling program.
Citizen’s Request for Action:
Petition
to pay health and life insurance for Mike Collins while out on medical leave
Collyard
said they had prepared a statement regarding this: “It would not be prudent to
talk about a particular Town employee so will explain the Town of
The Town
of
If an
employee gets injured on the job the Town covers it under a workers
compensation insurance plan. If an
employee has a personal injury or illness not related to a job injury the Town
provides a Medical Leave plan in which the employee pays his or her own health
insurance premiums and the Town keeps the job open for the individual to return
when the problem is corrected or until the person goes on some sort of
disability. The Town provides a Health
Savings Plan to all full time employees in which the Town pays directly to an
insurance savings plan for each employee.
The direct payment made for a person with a family insurance plan is
$2,500.00 per year and for a person with single insurance plan is $1,250.00 per
year. Under this Health Savings Plan the
employer contributes the amount of money at the beginning of each year and this
money can be used by the employee for health related issues. This money may be carried over from year to
year and when the employee leaves the money goes with them. This policy has been in effect since 2005.
This Employee Handbook was adopted so that all of the Town employees would be
treated equally without prejudice.
Collyard asked for a motion to open the floor in case anyone wanted to
discuss this further. Motion
(Meinke/Webb) to open the floor for discussion.
Motion carried.
There was no
discussion from the audience. Motion
(Webb/Porter) to close the floor discussion.
Motion carried.
Town Hall Maintenance Updates Collyard said this past week they
called out Arch Heating to check the water heater. They found the vent was broken in the ceiling
and could have been very dangerous if left that way. Arch replaced the water heater and vented the
new one properly. Colllyard said they
thought it might be wise to get a building inspector to check the town hall and
offices out to make sure there was nothing else that might be unsafe. He said Elaine had the name of a building
inspector she could call to get estimates on the cost of the inspection. She will do that and present that to the
Board at the next meeting.
Presentation by the Mason’s of a
donation to the Barnes Ambulance Department
Jack Meinke
said Harold Swanson of Brule and King Loomis of the local Mason’s Lodge were
here along with himself o present the Ambulance Department with a donation of $500.00
towards a duel-head radio. Pictures were
taken of the presentation which will be forwarded on to the
Department Head Reports:
Highway
The right of
way clearing on
The winter
snowplowing equipment has been installed and prepped for the upcoming season.
Last week
the Town docks were removed from the lakes and also the stay poles were
installed on the Middle and Upper channels.
The northern
quarter mile of the
8 Seasons
Greetings flags were hung on the utility poles in the Town Hall area.
Meeting with Waste Management
regarding the Transfer Site
Collyard
said he and Mitch McGee had met up in
Cemetery
Brustad read
the Cemetery report sent by the Cemetery Sexton, Bud Pease: We had a committee meeting on October 30th. They discussed old grave sites, a new
committee member was introduced, Linda Clark. They also discussed getting shrubs for the
planters in the spring and are looking into putting up a new fence like the one
that used be to be there, only will be the plastic type.
Fire
and Ambulance Department
Since the
last Town board meeting the ambulance has had three calls
2 - Gold cross intercept one was from ATV
accident and Helicopter could not fly
1 –
Transport to
The Fire
Department had two runs
1 – ATV
accident and 1 assist the ambulance with lifting help
Not much
going on this time of the year. Fire
Department is planning an LP training for the spring put on by the WI
Propane Education and Research Council this will be a two night training and
with a propane tank moving into Town and another on the outskirts it would be
very helpful training.
Constable
2 ) Alarms
from sheriff..(.indoor motion sensors.), ( 1 ) deer hit on hwy 27,( 4 )
trespass complaints. ( hunters crossing or parking on private land off lower
Committee and Commission Reports:
Recreation
Committee
Donna
reported the flags were received and Jerry put them up this week , they will call Ken Wilk to see
if he’d like to do the skating rink this year.
Trees for the park will be put in this spring.
EWM
Committee
Ingemar
Ekstrom reported the totals have been sent in to the
BADC Collyard asked for any
updates on the Industrial Park. Both clients are in, the large tank will be
coming shortly on the Superior Fuel lot.
Land Use Planning Commission
Dave Pease
reported the Commission met the previous Thursday. Regarding the Special Use permit request from
Sharon Hough the Plan Commission recommended approval of the request.
Regarding
the Special Use permit from
On the
Property Owners request for a zoning overlay the Plan Commission recommended
passing the request on to the Zoning Department of the County. They felt the request had merit, but could
possibly have some legal problems and felt the County should have their legal
department review the request.
Zoning:
4)
Class A Special Use Permit Request by
Sharon Hough to place a residence in a F-1 Forestry Zoning District on
Motion(Porter/Meinke)
to approve the Special Use request to place a residence in an F-1 Forestry
district as it meets county zoning and land use plan recommendations. Motion carried.
5)
Class A Special Use Permit request by
Rick and Sarah Markham at
Motion(McGee/Meinke)
to approve the Special Use Permit request for a two year period only to be
consistent with what they have approved in the past. Motion carried.
6)
Discussion and possible action on the
Property Owners Request for a zoning overlay
Motion(Porter/McGee)
to pass the Property Owners request on to Zoning without a recommendation
because of legal issues we are not familiar with. Zoning to address the request
with their legal department. Motion
carried.
Operator Licenses: 1 Year License for Patrice Cheselski
Brustad said
the applicant had paid the required fee.
She indicated she had a current license with the Town of
Motion(McGee/Webb)
to approve the request for a 1 year license but not to release the license to
her until a Beverage Server Certificate is received and on file. Motion carried.
2 Year License for Greg Roman
Brustad said
the required fee has been paid, a background check revealed no criminal history
and a Beverage Server certificate was received at time of application.
Motion(Webb/Porter)
to approve the request for two year
Operator’s license for Greg Roman.
Motion carried.
Discussion of Records Retention
Ordinance and Schedule
Brustad had
copied the Ordinance and Schedule for the Board to review and give her
input. The adoption of the Ordinance
will be put on the next agenda.
Approval of amendment to Liquor
License Ordinance to allow off-sale liquor with a “Class B” License.
This
amendment was approved by the Town’s attorney, John Carlson, along with the
Records Retention Ordinance and Schedule. This was discussed at the last
meeting with a direction by the Board to put on tonight’s agenda for approval.
Motion( Webb/Meinke))
to approve the amendment for Chapter 20-4(f).
Motion carried. The amendment is
as follows:
TOWN OF
ORDINANCE NUMBER:
CHAPTER 20, Sec 20-4 (f)
The town
board of the Town of Barnes, Bayfield County, Wisconsin, by this resolution,
adopted on proper notice with a quorum and by a roll call vote of a majority of
the town board present and voting resolves and orders as follows: Chapter
Twenty, Section 4 of the Town of Barnes ordinances shall be amended to read: (f) Off-premises sales of liquor allowed
with a “Class B” Liquor License. A
“Class B” Liquor license authorizes the retail sale of liquor by the drink for
consumption on the licensed premises and in the original sealed container for
off-premises consumption, limited to 4 liters or less. The town clerk shall properly post or publish
this resolution as required under s. 60.80,
_________________________________ ________________________________
Richard
Collyard -Town Chairman Christine
M. Webb-Town Supervisor
_________________________________ _________________________________
Mitch McGee
-Town Supervisor
Jack Meinke-Town Supervisor
_________________________________
Donna Porter
-Town Supervisor
Adopted:
Published:
__________________ Posted:
Attest:________________________________________ Dated:
Elaine
J. Brustad-Town Clerk-Treasurer
Public Comment Session – 5 minute
limit for those not on the Agenda
Dave Pease wanted
to make sure the Cemetery fence would be treated wood. It wasn’t before.
Marcia
Wellnitz asked about the signs saying “Welcome to Barnes” and with the dates of
1905-2005. Could we remove the date of
2005, it sounds as if the Town wasn’t around as of 2005. Collyard asked BAHA to take a look at it and
see if we could remove the dates or put something like “established 1905”
Janine Watts
said to remove both dates and leave the “Welcome to Barnes” part only. She also wanted to thank the Board and also
the Town employees for their service.
Issues Timeline Update
in the Town’s plan to select cut that
area next and he had been talking with Dan Cobb about this.
Motion (Meinke/Webb) to select cut the 81 acres
at
the Town’s Plan. Motion carried. He will have the work done in the winter while the
ground is frozen.
Motion( McGee/Webb) to open the floor
for discussion. Motion carried. Ingemar Ekstrom wanted to
make
sure this wasn’t the area where the ski trail is. The ski trail is a big asset for the Town and
he would
hate to see that ruined if it was
cut. He wanted to see the map where the
cutting will be done. Meinke
showed him the area on his map. Motion(Porter/Webb) to close the floor to
discussion. Motion
carried.
Records Storage: Brustad said that will be done at the
next meeting
Roads: Collyard explained the Smart Road
Litigation going on and how the Town’s attorney was filing a
frivolous lawsuit counterclaim against the plaintiff.
Motion (Webb/Porter) to adjourn the
carried. The meeting was adjourned at
Respectfully Submitted,
Elaine J. Brustad,
Clerk-Treasurer
dated this 26th day of
November, 2008