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April 17, 2008 Mercer Town Board of Supervisors

Mercer Town Board of Supervisors – April 17th 2008 – Minutes

Chairman Jim Kichak called the meeting of the Mercer Town Board of Supervisors to order on Thursday the 17th of
April 2008 at 6:30 pm in the Haines Civic Building.

Oath of office was given to Toni Sendra and Jim Lambert.

Kichak designated to Lambert the positions he held during his previous term. Sendra is appointed to be Weed Commissioner, Street Light Supervisor, Cemetery Supervisor (with Bonnie Banaszak), and liaison to the Library Board.

Roll Call: Jim Kichak, Jim Lambert, Jeff Stenberg, Bonnie Banaszak, Toni Sendra, Christan Manners, and Opal Roberts. Absent: Atty Schellgell.

Motion made by Banaszak, seconded by Lambert, to approve the minutes from the April 3rd 2008 and April 8th board meeting minutes with the correction in the April 3rd minutes in the paragraph on the Mercer Centennial changing “50 feet” to “15 feet’. Carried.

Open comment: none.

New Business: a) Business Park covenants amendment.
The Planning Commission recommended the Business Park Policies and Covenants section 5.2 be amended to delete the words “of plans” and be replaced with “of the sale of property.”
Motion made by Stenberg, seconded by Lambert, to approve the amendment to the Business Park Policies and Covenants section 5.2, deleting the words “of plans” and replace with “of the sale of property.” Carried.

b) Appoint Sanitary District Board member.
Due to a discrepancy brought to the attention of the Planning Commission by Jeanne Dehnicke, Banaszak asked that this matter be tabled until there is further research into Plan Commission terms of office.
Motion made by Banaszak, seconded by Stenberg, to table this until the next board meeting. Carried.

c) Security system for library.
Stenberg asked that this be tabled in order for all the board members to have a chance to look over the ADT proposal.
Motion made by Stenberg, seconded by Banaszak, to table this matter until the next board meeting. Carried.

Business Park report/approval of bills. Dianne Keefe stated the audit had to be rescheduled to May 22nd. She had received a list of the materials needed by the auditing firm on Tuesday, for this Thursdays audit date, and had to tell them that this was not enough time to assemble everything on the list. She reworked the figures on the amount owed to the Sanitary District. She estimates the final payment from EDA will be $104,000 and the Business Park owes the town $100,000. Stenberg asked if she had heard anything about pulling the plugs on the lines to the lift station. The company said it would go over the operation of the lift station with Graser two months ago and this hasn’t happened as of today.

Old Business: a) Country Lane as ATV route.
The party who requested that Country Lane be an ATV route is a seasonal resident. Lambert suggested a letter be sent to the Claypools asking them to run their ATVs at a slow speed to eliminate the creation of as much dust as possible. Kichak said the road crew will salt that road to help with the dust problem.
Motion made by Banaszak, seconded by Lambert, to send a letter to the Claypools about their ATV use on country Lane. Carried.

Legal: none.

Officer Reports: Clerk’s Report - Roberts presented the receipts list and vouchers, and the budget report.
Motion made by Lambert, seconded by Sendra, to approve the vouchers and issue the checks. Carried.

Communications: Ranger Fitzgerald dropped off the information required to obtain the permit to burn the brush in Hadley Pit. This will be scheduled for April 30th. Hadley Pit can’t be opened until the road firms up.
Ernest Dear gave the town a quote from Huffcutt Concrete for $2,332.40 for the boat ramps for the Echo Lake landing. The town had set aside $2,000 in the budget for this. The board agreed that the town would be able cover the additional cost.
A letter of appreciation from Gary Theisen thanking them for their recent actions concerning the Guy White rezone and subdivision approval.
A letter from Senator Herb Kohl congratulating the town on our centennial but did not say he would attend any of our celebrations.

Treasurer’s Report – Manners presented the Treasurer’s Report.
The General Account has a balance of $228,104.45. Total of all funds is $1,358,204.73.
Motion made by Lambert, seconded by Sendra, to approve the Treasurer’s report. Carried.

Board Reports: Chair Report – none.

Garage Report: The road crew has been cleaning up the town streets. The plows have been removed from the trucks. The crew will be working on removing the downed trees along the roads. The bids for asphalt will be sent out earlier than usual to try to lock down a price before it increases further due to the rapidly rising cost of oil. He has received an estimate of $15,000 per mile for Chip Seal. The town board had taken a tour of the Presque Isle garage yesterday morning. Both Lambert and Kichak do not think the state will allow the town to buy salt from them, as we need it, so we will definitely need our own salt shed. Lambert suggested Kichak get quotes on building a salt shed. Stenberg asked if the town would have to upgrade the road from the proposed location of the salt shed on Fierick Road. Kichak said the road sections to US 51 will need an overlay to bring it up to 3”. The intersection of Beachway and US 51 needs to be changed because the angle of the road at present makes it difficult to see traffic coming from the south.

Supervisors: Lambert – the junk piles on the Guy White property had been brought up to the Zoning board and the preliminary plat was approved, but the final plat would not be approved unless the debris was removed by June 1st.

Stenberg – asked if the town have a policy for the garbage trucks on the town roads during the weight limit season. Kichak said he has an agreement with Waste Management that their trucks can only be on the roads during early morning. The other companies serving our area need to be contacted about the weight limit restrictions.
Stenberg suggested that during the budget process the town set aside funds to be used for the maintenance of public buildings. Usually the funds are allocated for specific projects. The set aside would enable any maintenance needed during the year, not specific projects.

Banaszak – she asked if she and Sendra could have help when they have to do probes in the cemetery. Last year the ground was like concrete and the probing of sites was extremely difficult. Kichak said one of the road crew could help when needed.

Sendra – she asked what had been decided about the electronics collection. Kichak said this was a separate grant and not connected to the County Recycling. The town will need to haul the materials up to Hurley before 2:00 pm on the 26th. Flyers are being handed out and an ad advertising the collection for Mercer residents was placed in the Miner.

For Consideration and Approval: a) Liquor/Operators Licenses: none.

b) Cemetery Deeds: none.

Vouchers:
Payroll: #00012 Assoc. Bank $2,480.72; #24358 J Hammond $1,000.69; #24359 C Hertel $1,060.38; #24360 C Schroepfer $1,247.70; #24361 C Schroepfer $151.64; #24362 K Brunell $1,141.90; #24363 J Hahn $980.49; #24364 D Keefe $250.13; #24365 J Huffmaster $144.97; #24366 S Huffmaster $79.84; #24367 G Lawrence $593.93; #24402 WI-DOR $1,137.38
Town: #24357 Time Ins. $731.61; #24373 DWD-UI $60.17; #24374 F Schellgell $1,904.90; #24376 Iron Co Treasurer $8,633.21; #24377 K Brunell $110.20; #24382 San. Dist. $102.05; #24382 San. Dist. $363.09; #24383 Mercer School $9,798.41; #24386 Nicolet $2,207.21; #24392 Price Electric $80.52; #24394 Snows Market $17.47; #24398 Time Ins. $731.61; #24400 Vision Plan $98.50; #24403 WTA $600.00; #24404 Xcel Energy $1,776.06
Office: #24375 Iron Co Miner $277.61; #24382 San. Dist. $41.77; #24401 WE Energies $168.85; #24404 Xcel Energy $110.36
Garage: #24368 Ameri Pride $110.99; #24369 Bellin Health $38.00; #24370 Bruce Equipment $20.67; #24371 CarQuest $759.78; #24378 Lawson Products $174.86; #24376 Legacy Dist. $144.75; #24380 NAPA $282.76; #24382 San. Dist. $33.92; #24384 Mid State Truck $107.85; #24385 Monroe Truck $13.18; #24388 Northern Welding $175.44; #24390 Pomp’s Tire $421.50; #24391 Power Plan $66.50; #24396 South Shore Machining $157.13; #24399 Tomahawk Truck $159.55; #24404 Xcel Energy $327.58; #24405 Zarnoth Bruch $897.60
Fire Dept: #24372 Donner’s Bay $120.80; #24380 NAPA $255.84; #24381 Mercer BP $155.92; #24382 San. Dist. $76.66; #24387 North End Heavy Duty $2,461.66; #24389 Pomasl $285.56; #24393 R Barbetti $185.84; #24395 S Donovan $80.80; #24401 WE Energies $925.76; #24404 Xcel Energy $154.35
Rescue Barn: #24404 Xcel Energy $380.54
Library: #24349 Baker & Taylor $1,215.98; #24350 B&T Entertainment $284.90; #24351 D Hohner $116.40; #24352 Demco $65.96; #24353 Knowledge Industries $164.89; #24354 Mercer Library $61.06; #24355 NWLS $659.33; #24356 Penworthy $187.36; #24368 AmeriPride $30.07; #24401 WE Energies $259.91
Comm. Center: #24382 San. Dist. $55.70; #24401 WE Energies $330.37; #24404 Xcel Energy $480.00
Park: #24382 San. Dist $67.84; $24397 T Thompson $3,000; #24404 Xcel Energy $8.24
Vets Memorial: #24383 Mercer School $400.00

The next regular meeting of the Mercer Town Board of Supervisors will be held on Thursday, the 1st of May 2008 at 6:30 pm in the Haines Civic Building.

Motion made by Lambert, seconded by Stenberg, to adjourn the meeting at 7:10 pm. Carried.


Approved _____________________, 2008
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Town Clerk

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