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June 2, 2009 Minutes of Town Board Meeting of May 14, 2009
TOWN OF SCHLESWIG
Regular Monthly Town Board Meeting
May 14, 2009
MINUTES
Meeting called to order by Chairman Salzman at 7:00 P.M. at the Schleswig Town Hall. Notice of the meeting had been published in the Tri-County Record of May 7, 2009 and posted at the designated sites on May 10, 2009. Present for the meeting were Chairman Salzman, Supervisor Glomski, Supervisor Meyer, Clerk Gramling, Treasurer Vondrachek, and Road Superintendent Bruckner.
Motion Glomski/Meyer to accept the agenda as presented; motion carried.
Motion Salzman/Glomski to approve the minutes of the Regular Town Board Meeting of April 9, 2009 as presented; motion carried (with Meyer abstaining). Motion Glomski/Meyer to approve the minutes of the Special Board Meeting of April 30, 2009 as presented by Supervisor Meyer; motion carried. Motion Glomski/Meyer to approve the minutes of the Special Board Meeting of April 25, 2009 as presented by Chairman Salzman; motion carried
Treasurer’s report: Checkbook balance $33,902.48; savings CD $19,752.27; mobile home account $1,855.30; tax account $223,542.64; capital outlay account $104,511.32.53; equipment account $111,141.36. Receipts since previous meeting were $16,682.87 which included the recycling efficiency grant of $1,156.35, half of which has to be paid to the county. The Treasurer reported that she is exploring the possibility of earning a better rate of interest. Motion Glomski/Meyer to approve the Treasurer’s report; motion carried.
Clerk’s report: Motion Glomski/Meyer to approve payment of checks #9373 through 9418 which total $33,001.91. Motion carried. Motion Salzman/Glomski to approve Operators’ Licenses 57 through 61 for Raymond Brickner, Dennis Videtic and Nicole Robertson (Cedars) and John Groh and William Adelmann (Final Lap). Motion carried.
Constable’s report: None
Visitors’ input: Jerry Voechting expressed concern about the slow-no-wake regulation imposed by Cedar Lake Sanitary District. Response from Richard Jens: The regulation is to prevent shoreline erosion. They have the authority to impose the regulation, per DNR. They’re installing another culvert to help alleviate the problem. Municipal Judge Robert Boerger: He recently attended a 3-day judge orientation. Local municipal courts are handling more cases and are self-funded.
Building permits presented by Supervisor Glomski:
Mark Prahl – renew permit
Don Meyer – roof on 3 small wind break buildings
Tim Endries – new home
Ross & Katherine Ristow – remodel living room
Don Helf – 12x14 garden shed
Mark & Amy Runge – renew permit
Arlene Yunger – rebuild deck
Loren Wille – 10x18 utility shed
Dave Amel – raze cottage
Brian Murphy – new garage
Motion Meyer/Salzman/ to approve the building permit report as presented; motion carried.
OLD & NEW BUSINESS:
A. Lake Sanitary District ordinances - Motion Glomski/Salzman to approve Ordinance #2009 -01, An Ordinance for Slow, No Wake Operation of Water Craft to Control Weed Distribution; motion carried. Motion Meyer/Glomski to approve Ordinance #2009 -02, An Ordinance for Slow, No Wake Operation of Water Craft During High Water Period; motion carried. The clerk was instructed to publish both ordinances as required by law.
B. Traffic enforcement ordinance – Motion Glomski/Meyer to approve Ordinance #2009-03, An Ordinance Adopting State Traffic Regulations; motion carried. The ordinance allows the town constables to enforce traffic regulations. The clerk was instructed to publish the ordinance, as required by law.
C. Insurance policy review – Insurance coverage on town-owned vehicles is at “agreed value”, i.e., whatever value the town chooses to place on the vehicles. The agreed value is the amount the insurance company pays if a vehicle is “totaled”, not a depreciated value. This is true only for towns and villages. The town’s insurance is currently a $500 deductible; the premium would decrease if it went to $1000 deductible. Agent Randy Pingel will provide a quote based on doubling the agreed value of each vehicle but increasing the deductible to $2500. To be discussed at June meeting.
D. Cedar’s Bar liquor license – Motion Salzman/Glomski to approve a Class B Beer/Liquor license for Cedars Choice LLC, d/b/a The Cedars Resort, Raymond Brickner, agent. Motion carried. The license will expire on June 30 and will have to be renewed at that time. Fees were prorated.
E. Plan Commission appointments – Motion Salzman/Glomski to replace Art Heberlein with Ethel Heberlein as member of the Plan Commission, and to replace Joe Meyer with Melvin Waack as chairman of the Plan Commission. Motion carried.
F. A) Jacque variance request – Motion Glomski/Salzman to approve the variance request from Robert Jacque to construct a house at 10408 Paradise Lane, to be 50’ from Wilke Lake which is 15’ further from the lake than the existing structure. The Plan Commission approved the request. Motion carried.
B) Hummer variance request – Motion Glomski/Meyer to approve the variance request from Steve Hummer, 14035 Cedar Terrace, to construct a deck at 56’ from Cedar Lake and retaining walls at 34’ from the lake. The Plan Commission approved the request. Motion carried.
C) Propson request – The board agreed with the Plan Commission’s determination that a variance is not required for Peter Propson, 10323 Steinthal Rd, to sell his existing buildings with 12 to 15 acres of land and keep the remaining 50+ acres. Neither parcel will have 450’ of road frontage, nor does the existing parcel.
G. Motion Salzman/Glomski to not rent a boom mower at a cost of about $3,600 for 2009 and instead cut just what can be reached with the town’s own mower. Perhaps the boom mower will be rented every other year.
H. Motion Salzman/Glomski to approve Resolution 2009-01 Addendum to Mutual Aid Box Alarm System Agreement, at the request of the Kiel Fire Department and the State of Wisconsin. This formalizes the current unwritten agreement. Motion carried.
I. Recycling center charges – Motion Meyer/Salzman that the recycling center should charge residents the full cost of disposal of electronic items they drop off. The current charge is below cost. The cost should not be so high as to encourage residents to dispose of electronic items illegally. Motion carried on a vote of two for, one against.
J. Millpond land sale - Joe Meyer was appointed to replace Paul Schwoerer as the town’s representative on the Rockville Millpond District. The District is selling the property adjacent to the Rockville Dam, retaining a 10’ portage but not keeping any property with access to the dam. The purchaser has verbally agreed to allow access to the dam at any time.
K. 2009 road work – The City of Kiel is to rebuild Rockville Rd from the new roundabout to the bridge, and has asked the town to contribute to the cost. The City of Kiel’s share of the cost of completing the unfinished work on Mueller Rd and Cemetery Rd. is $19,322. The city proposes not doing anything more to Cemetery Rd at present because of future plans, but it’s so bad right now that the snow can’t be removed. Estimated total cost of 2009 road work is $135,256, which includes the work on Glen Flora and Cedar Terrace which should be repaid with special assessments. This is more than was budgeted but there is a surplus of $63,000 left from the 2008 budget. Crack filling has already been done at a cost of $9,500.
L. Emergency address signs – Motion Meyer/Glomski to order the address signs from Lange. A quote was received from Sherwin Industries for a higher total cost per sign. Motion carried.
M. Junk/Dilapidated buildings issues - Complaints have been received regarding the appearance of a barn on Rockville Rd. Chairman Salzman will try to get some action on the property; the last resort is a raze or repair order through circuit court.
N. Budget woes – Chairman Salzman is proposing salary cuts to augment the road budget.
O. Need to order bags for the recycling center.
INFORMATION ITEMS/MISCELLANEOUS REPORTS:
A. It appears the town will be receiving a $7,500 grant from the state to study a hydroelectric plant at the Millhome Dam.
B. Chairman Salzman would like to explore the possibility of constructing a park and ride lot at the intersection on 32/57 and Cemetery Rd.
C. Next meeting: need to add Wilke Lake to the parking ordinance.
Motion Salzman/Meyer to adjourn; motion carried. Meeting adjourned at 8:55 PM.
Jo Ellen Gramling, Clerk
June 1, 2009
Archive:
May 10, 2012 Regular Board Meeting
May 10, 2012 Regular Board Meeting
May 10, 2012 Regular Board Meeting-Ammended
May 8, 2012 Minutes of Special Board Meeting
April 30, 2012 Minutes of Special Board Meeting
April 30, 2012 Additional Minutes of Special Board Meeting
April 12, 2012 Regular Board Meeting
April 12, 2012 Regular Board Meeting (Ammended)
April 10, 2012 Minutes of Annual Meeting AMMENDED
April 10, 2012 Minutes of Annual Meeting