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October 16, 2008 Meetiing Minutes

Mercer Town Board of Supervisors – October 16th 2008 – Minutes

Chairman Jim Kichak called the meeting of the Mercer Town Board of Supervisors to order on Thursday the 16th of
October 2008 at 6:30 pm in the Haines Civic Building.

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

Motion made by Lambert, seconded by Sendra, to approve the minutes from the October 2nd 2008 board meeting, the October 6th, and the October 14th 2008 Union Contract meetings. Carried.

Open comment: Steve Swalve asked Kichak if the paving of Crystal Lake Drive West will be done in 2009 if the weather does not allow the road to be completed this season. Kichak said the road would be included in the 2009 paving projects in this event. The approaches to the driveways will be worked on soon.
Swalve also asked if there was a possibility of allowing ATVs to run on the shoulder of County Road FF to allow access to the trails from Crystal Lake Drive West. Kichak and Lambert will bring this up at the next county highway meeting.

New Business: a) Procedure to abandon alley requested by Gene Organist.
Motion made by Banaszak, seconded by Lambert, that this item be postponed due to the absence of Atty Schellgell. Carried.

b) ATV route on shoulder of County Road FF requested by John Herman.
Motion made by Lambert, seconded by Stenberg, to postpone this item until Kichak and Lambert consult with the county highway department. Carried.

Business Park Report/approval of bills.
Diane Keefe reported on the receipt of the final payment in the amount of $106,800 by the EDA of the grant monies. The Business Park account owes $57,422 to the Sanitary District for being under budget. That will leave $50,000 to repay the loan from the town account. The town will be over budget on the Business Park grant amount by $50,000. This will need to be discussed during the budget worksessions.
Motion made by Banaszak, seconded by Lambert to pay the Sanitary District $57,422. Carried.

Lambert reminded the board that Gene Taylor is interested in one of the back lots in the Business Park located adjacent to his property.

Old Business: a) Discuss/Approve garage repair.
Stenberg had received advice on steps that could be taken to repair the garage to reduce heat loss in the winter. Among the suggestions was to re-insulate portions of the ceiling and walls; repair the join between the two sections of the building; install several ceiling fans and to have the furnace inspected. Dave McNutt was present and stated that the main support structure seems sound. The concrete can be repaired. A swale could be dug for water drainage away from the building. Kichak said the structure may have problems because the garage doors are difficult to open during heavy snow loads. A structural engineer would need to be hired to examine the building. Stenberg will check on quotes for the cost of insulation, cost for wiring of ceiling fans and will call a company to examine the furnace.
Lambert informed Kichak that the board had concerns about the location of the salt shed on Fierick Road. He mentioned the cost of preparing the site, bringing in power, drilling for a well, having to truck through a residential district and the bad intersection of Beachway and US Highway 51. There was discussion as to how to delay the contracts already signed for the construction of the salt shed. The board will need a legal opinion on this.

b) Discuss possible land division requested by Jack Peterson.
Mr Peterson had called the Clerk and requested this be postponed until he had an updated survey of the property completed.
Motion made by Banaszak, seconded by Sendra, to postpone this item until Mr Peterson presents the board with a current survey of the property. Carried.

Legal: none

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

Communications: an invitation to the Town of Sherman’s open house for their new town hall to be held on October the 28th from 2:00 to 8:00 p.m.
Coleman Engineering had submitted a cost proposal for the concrete inspection and testing of the salt shed for $2,500.

Treasurer’s Report – Treasurer’s Report – Manners presented the Treasurer’s Report. The General Account has a balance of $153,357.27. Total of all funds is $1,093,883.92.
Motion made by Stenberg, seconded by Banaszak, to approve the Treasurer’s report. Carried.

Board Reports: Chair/Garage reports: Pitlik & Wick will do the paving for the park project. Feely Lake Road is paved and the shoulder work will be done next week. Weber Road is being paved and Wilson Lake Road is next on the schedule. The crew worked on the holes in Swamp Creek Road. The old mower can be sold for $3,500 and the old logging truck for $2,500. The road work on Beaver Lodge Circle will be finished soon. The crew will pick up the public benches and place them in storage. He and Stenberg discovered an area being used as a dumping site for branches and limbs behind Tip Top Resort along Fairview Road.

Supervisors: Stenberg – There is a storage pod that seems to be on the town road right-of-way on Weber Road. Someone is still parking on the area between County Road H and Horners Road.

Lambert – none.
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Banaszak – There will be a Ayres briefing session for the town board regarding the DOT portion of Highway 51 on the 24th.
There are continued complaints about the use of the Dart property to construct log cabin models. Mr Dart needs to remove his business sign at this site. She asked if Kichak has been submitting the work requests for the garage crew in writing to the garage and the clerk.

Sendra – The library board met with architect Gary Sabec last Tuesday to discuss the possible uses of the library expansion spaces. She has drafted a Telecommunications Policy and the Clerk will see that Atty Schellgell receives a copy to review.

For Consideration and Approval: a) Operators Licenses - none.
b) Cemetery Deeds: none.

Vouchers:
Payroll: #00030 Assoc. Bank $2,256.79; #00031 Assoc. Bank $2,599.17; #00032 Assoc. Bank $2,196.19; #25032 J Hammond $1,003.37; #25033 C Hertel $957.85; #25034 C Schroepfer $1,055.74; #25035 C Schroepfer $151.64; #25036 K Brunell $1,030.31; #25037 J Hahn $900.12; #25038 D Keefe $229.60; #25039 J Huffmaster $90.34; #25040 S Huffmaster $138.66; #25041 G Lawrence $598.06; #25083 WI DOR $1,068.66
Town: #25031 Registration Fee Trust $74.50; #25042 ADT Systems $133.00; #25046 Bellin Health $76.00; #25059 J Lambert $107.04; #25060 J Hammond $107.90; #25062 K Brunell $184.06; #25066 San. Dist. $70.65; #25068 P Carlson $2,924.00; #25071 Price Electric $57.79; #25074 Snow’s Market $11.55; #25076 Time Ins. $688.50; #25077 Vision Plan $89.25; #25078 Warehouse $60.16; #25081 Williams Electric $53.50; #25084 Xcel Energy $1,829.48
Office: #25050 Clermont Supply $16.70; #25057 Iron Co Miner $64.00; #25058 Iron Co Register of Deeds $180.00; #25066 San. Dist. $118.00; #25067 O Roberts $37.44; #25079 WE Energies $8.95; #25084 Xcel Energy $105.35; #25085 Xerox $74.50
Garage: #25043 AmeriPride $79.64; #25049 CarQuest $87.317; #25053 Fastenal Co. $276.57; #25054 Grainger $526.74; #25055 HSBC Solutions $129.02; #25056 Iron Co Hwy Dept $1,395.01; #25063 NAPA $507.38; #25066 San. Dist. $33.92; #25069 Pomp’s Tire $893.24; #25070 Power Plan $1,046.54; #25082 Winger Concrete $1,515.00; #25084 Xcel Energy $131.39
Fire Dept: #25052 Eagle Engraving $38.50; #25064 Mercer Lumber $330.42; #25066 San. Dist. $87.55; #25073 R Barbetti $161.46; #25084 Xcel Energy $103.83
Rescue Barn: #25084 Xcel Energy $99.17
Library: #25044 Baker & Taylor $628.18; #25045 B&T Entertainment $43.18; #25048 Cabin Life $24.95; #25051 Demco $85.85; #25061 Junior Library Guild $450.00; #25065 Mercer Library $231.37; #25072 Quill Corp. $122.50; #25075 T Schmidt $51.64; #25079 WE Energies $35.62; #25080 WI Outdoor Journal $17.97
Comm. Center: #25066 San. Dist. $66.59; #25079 WE Energies $14.51; #25084 Xcel Energy $463.81
Park: #25066 San. Dist. $122.29; #25078 Warehouse $146.57; #25084 Xcel Energy $44.74
Park Grant: #25064 Mercer Lumber $3,628.00
Vets Memorial: #25030 B Anderson $2,000; #25047 Brick & Supply Company $603.80
Cap Outlay: #25028 City of Port Washington $35,000; #250029 Cover-All of WI $22,510.00

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

Motion made by Lambert, seconded by Stenberg, to adjourn the meeting at 7:28 pm Carried.

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