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March 4, 2010 Meeting Minutes
Mercer Town Board of Supervisors – March 4th 2010 – Minutes
Chairman Jim Kichak called the Public Hearing to order on Thursday the 4th of March 2010 at 6:10 pm in the Haines Civic Building.
Roll Call: Jim Kichak, Jeff Stenberg, Bonnie Banaszak, Toni Sendra, and Opal Roberts. Absent: Jim Lambert. There were eighteen members of the public in attendance.
This Public Hearing is to discuss whether or not the Town of Mercer should be the applicant for Grants for the Northern Highlands Regional Alternate Transportation Plan. Supervisor Sendra is the lead person for the Town on this project and explained that, in order to move forward with this plan, an applicant for the grants must be chosen. In response to a question asked by Dave Gentile she replied that the surrounding communities involved in the master plan are applying for their own grants. If the town is chosen as the applicant then resolutions of support would be needed from various governmental entities and local organizations. Grants are more likely to be awarded if the applicant is part of a regional system. There are two grants involved. One is the DOT grant and the other is the stewardship grant so there should be very little expense for the town. The DOT has hired Cedar Corp to do the preliminary work for the application.
(Supervisor Lambert arrived at 6:18 pm)
Shari Younger stated that Boulder Junction has developed their system of trails through grant projects and are networking with other towns to extend access to more trails. Bill Erdmann commented that an inter-connected bike trail would be an asset to the community. Sendra explained that the campground in Manitowish Waters has had an increase in use since the bike path was created. Andy Fowler made the statement that as gas prices increase people will look for other less expensive means of recreation. Kichak asked if the grants would require additional expense for the town in matching funds. Banaszak answered that the grants would offset each other and virtually no money would be needed from the Town. Any fees for engineering for the grant application will be donated by the Lupine Junefest.
Kichak asked if the audience had any further questions or statements. There being none he asked for a motion to adjourn.
Motion made by Sendra, seconded by Banaszak, to adjourn the Public Hearing at 6:25 pm. Carried.
Regular Town Board meeting
Chairman Kichak called the regular meeting of the Town of Mercer Board of Supervisors to order Thursday March 4th at 6:30 pm in the Haines Civic Building (Town Hall).
Roll Call: Jim Kichak, Jim Lambert, Jeff Stenberg, Bonnie Banaszak, Toni Sendra, Opal Roberts, and Christan Brandt. Absent: Atty Schellgell.
Motion made by Banaszak, seconded by Sendra, to approve the minutes from the February 18th 2010 town board meeting. Carried.
Open comment: Julie Begalle, who resides at 5159N Thompson Trail, asked the board if there would be any objection to the operation of a home business at her residence. She would like to offer sauna, and in the future, other health therapies to area residents. This would be a low traffic operation and she sees no opposition from surrounding property owners. The board had no objections to the project and explained that she would need a Conditional Use permit from the county and then a home business permit from the town.
New Business: a) Discuss/Approve Town of Mercer as Applicant for Grants for Northern Highland Regional Alternate Transportation Plan.
Motion made by Banaszak, seconded by Sendra, to approve the Town of Mercer as applicant for Grants for the Northern Highland Regional Alternate Transportation Plan. Carried.
b) Discuss/approve Beachway Drive engineering task order.
Jay Knoke, of CWE, needs an official task order from the town to perform the engineering work required for the Beachway Drive interface with the Highway 51 project.
Motion made by Banaszak, seconded by Stenberg, to approve the task order for the engineering work for Beachway Drive. Carried.
c) Discuss CSM for property located on Wilson Lake Road.
The County wanted an opinion from the board about this Certified Survey Map for this property. The board saw no problems with this parcel of land. This was advisory so no motion or action was needed.
d) Discuss /Approve Budget Amendment.
The check for the defibrillators for the First Responders was placed in the Miscellaneous Revenue account and charged to the Fire Department account. The Revenue item Misc. Revenue needs to be increased by $2933 and the Expense account Fire Dept Repair & Maintenance increased by $2933.
Motion made by Lambert, seconded by Banaszak, to approve the budget amendment as stated above. Carried.
Old Business: a) Discuss/approve amendment to Citation Enforcement Ordinance 2003-02.
(Atty Schellgell had arrived at 6:40 pm) There was more discussion as to who has the responsibility for enforcement on the Accommodations Tax and it was explained by Atty Schellgell that several of the listings of enforcement officers in other ordinances should be corrected.
Motion made by Banaszak, seconded by Sendra, to adopt the amendment to the Citation enforcement Ordinance 2003-02 to add the Rooming Houses ordinance with the enforcement by the Constables, County Sheriff’s Department Officer, Town Chairperson or Designee; and to add the Accommodations Tax Ordinance with enforcement by the Town Chairperson or Designee, i.e. a qualified accounting firm.
Lambert asked if these should be separate motions. Stenberg asked if the enforcement officers for both should be the same. Atty Schellgell agreed that the town or their designee should be the enforcement officers and that the listing for enforcement officers on other sections of this ordinance needs to be corrected. It was decided that the Citation Enforcement Ordinance should be corrected for some of the other listed ordinances.
Motion made by Lambert, seconded by Stenberg, to postpone this amendment to the Citation Enforcement Ordinance until the next regular board meeting. Carried.
Legal: none.
Officer Reports: Clerk’s Report - Roberts presented the receipts list, and vouchers.
Motion made by Lambert, seconded by Sendra, to approve the vouchers and issue the checks. Carried.
Communications: The clerk asked when the Chairman thought road weight limits will be posted. He said no later than the 15th of this month.
Dennis DeRosso, Chairman of the Iron County Board, was present to ask the board if they would consider approval of a Tourist Rooming house permit for the property by the county park at Lake of the Falls. The sale of this property by the county is contingent on the purchaser being able to rent out the building to tourists. The board said they could see no problem with this being a Tourist Rooming House.
The Clerk asked if a property owner purchased all the properties in a resort after it was condoed, does he still need a Tourist Rooming house permit? Atty Schellgell said if they have a resort permit then they would not need TRH permits.
Letter from Northwest Regional Planning Commission about the meeting to be held at the Mercer Community Center at 3:00 pm on March 17th to discuss the Iron County Zoning Revision Project.
Treasurer’s Report – Brandt presented the Treasurer’s report. The General Account has a balance of $112,400.00. Total of all funds is $1,752,894.08.
Motion made by Stenberg, seconded by Lambert, to approve the Treasurer’s report. Carried.
Board Reports: Chair/Garage reports: The garage crew is scraping the roads as the snow melts due to this warn weather. The crew will try to stay on top of the potholes. The weight limit signs are ready to be put up. They will be doing tree trimming and working on equipment. The truck that was just repaired had to have another fuel injector replaced.
Supervisors: Stenberg – he hopes to have someone here soon about purchasing a Business Park site. He asked if an apartment building can be condoed. Schellgell replied that he couldn’t think of anything at the town level that would prevent the procedure.
Lambert – none
Banaszak – She has spent the last three days phone conferencing with a number of people about the Highway 51 project. The Highway 51 project will now be spread over two years. Construction will start after Loon Day in 2011 and be finished in 2012. She had a conference call with Chidley and Knoke to discuss what work the town will be requesting in the TRM grant application. The DOT engineer said everything south of Lakeview Avenue is covered 100% so the request will be for the storm sewer along Margaret Street and for any extra engineering design required.
She will be meeting with Bill Brown to discuss funding for the Library expansion grant in the next few weeks.
Sendra – Kichak had asked about the boxes being installed on some of the light poles. These are automatic metering devices and all poles will have them eventually.
For Consideration and Approval: a) Operater’s license for Anita Gurka.
Motion made by Lambert, seconded by Sendra, to approve the Operator’s License for Anita Gurka. Carried.
Vouchers:
Payroll: #00006 Assoc. Bank $2,483.92; #00402 WI Retirement System $2,699.84; #27052 O Roberts $1,817.71; #27053 C Brandt $606.53; #27054 J Kichak $231.59; #27055 J Lambert $288.13; #27056 J Stenberg $317.55; #27057 B Banaszak $340.16; #27058 T Sendra $360.16; #27059 A Kussard $474.85; #27060 J Roberts $523.02; #27061 T Schmidt $1,810.59; #00007 Assoc. Bank $2,304.40; #27062 J Hammond $1,116.07; #27063 C Hertel $1,033.17; #27064 C Schroepfer $1,122.07; #27065 C Schroepfer $131.64; #27066 K Brunell $850.25; #27067 J Hahn $998.10; #27068 D Keefe $200.68; #27069 J Huffmaster $157.92; #27070 S Huffmaster $118.44; #27071 G Lawrence $652.93
Town: #27049 Delta Dental $170.20; #27051 WPS Health Ins $5,375.67; #27077 Command Central $4,775.00; #27078 Creditor $229.73; #27079 DWD-UI $59.47; #27080 F Schellgell $633.50; #27082 J Hammond $319.02; #27083 Marshfield Clinic $72.03; #27086 Mercer Chamber $1,250.00; #27088 Moore Medical $2,575.95; #27089 P Carlson $2,500.00; #27093 WI-DOR $155.34
Office: #27050 US Postal Service $500.00; #27075 CenturyLink $313.66; #27076 Clermont Supply $53.93; #27081 Iron Co Miner $108.00;
Garage: #27072 Aramark $57.16; #27073 AT&T Mobility $45.14; #27075 CenturyLink $117.73; #27084 NAPA $423.14; #27087 Mid-State Trucks $2,428.14; #27090 Ritchie Oil $3,385.80; #27091 Ritchie Propane $852.05; #27092 Warehouse $14.95; #27094 Waste Management $98.30
Fire Dept: #27075 CenturyLink $59.32; #27084 NAPA $192.98; #27085 BP/Amoco $124.60; #27092 Warehouse $5.99; #27094 Waste Management $95.67
Debt Service: #01003 Assoc. Bank $6,208.51; #27074 Board of Comm. $100,048.03
The next regular meeting of the Mercer Town Board of Supervisors will be held on Thursday the 18th of March 2010 at 6:30 pm in the Haines Civic Building.
Motion made by Stenberg, seconded by Lambert to go into Closed Session per WI Stats. 19.84(c) to discuss an employee pay rate at 7:00 pm. All aye. Carried.
Motion made by Lambert, seconded by Banaszak, to return to Open Session at 7:10 pm. All aye. Carried.
Motion made by Lambert, seconded by Banaszak, to give the Deputy Clerk a 25 cent raise. Carried.
Motion made by Lambert, seconded by Stenberg, to adjourn the board meeting at 7:14 pm. Carried.
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