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MINUTES OF REGULAR MEETING
Town Board
Town of Janesville, Wisconsin
April 7, 2008
Posted: Thursday, April 3, 2008 at the Town Office, Lion's Quick
Mart, Consolidated School, Cork & Bottle West Court Street,
www.townofjanesville.org
Newspaper: Emailed notice to the newsroom at the Janesville
Gazette, Thursday, April 3, 2008.
Members Present: Chairman Ed Marshall, Supervisors David Rebout, Bob
Mielke, Bruce Schneider, Gary Fox
Members Absent: None
Others Present: Town Clerk Andrea Peabody, Treasurer Peggy
Augustine, Constable Archie Henkelmann, Building Inspector Monte
Krebs, (7) members of the public.
Meeting called to order, by Chairman Marshall, followed by the Pledge
of Allegiance, at 7:30 p.m., at the Town Office, 1628 N. Little
Court, Janesville, Wisconsin.
1. Minutes of Previous Meetings
Moved by Schneider, seconded by Mielke, that the
minutes of the regular meeting, held March 3, 2008, be approved.
Motion carried on voice vote.
Moved by Fox, seconded by Mielke that the minutes of the special
meeting held March 24, 2008 be approved as presented. Motion carried
on voice vote.
2. Financial Report
Moved by Mielke, seconded by Rebout, that the financial report,
ending February 29, 2008, be accepted as read by Treasurer Augustine.
Motion carried on voice vote.
3. Citizen Participation - NONE
4. Planning Committee Recommendations
The Planning & Zoning Committee recommends to the Board approval of
all three zoning ordinance amendments but questioning why A-1 and A-3
zoning districts are not included, approval of the preliminary survey
for Brad & Toni Anderson with suggestion of squaring off the lot to
eliminate the flag lot, approval of the rezone for the Andersons with
suggestion of well on the SF-RR lot and septic and driveway on the A-3
lot.
5. Unfinished Business
A. Extensive road building and the new county road specifications -
May agenda
B. Rockport Road
Supervisor Mielke will be in that area soon and will check if speed
limit signs have been put up yet.
6. New Business
A. Building Inspector Report - nothing to report. Chairman Marshall
would like the Board informed of anything being buried that Monte may
be contacted about by Austin Road for the recent annexations.
B. Consider request, from Brad & Toni Anderson for a change in zoning
from A-1 to A-3 and SF-RR
Moved by Schneider, seconded by Fox to approve ordinance #08047,
rezoning certain property for Brad & Toni Anderson from A-1 to A-3 and
SF-RR and direct the Town Clerk to change the official Town Zoning
Map and the official Town Development Plan to reflect the change. A
separate well and septic system should be in place for each lot. A
driveway permit should be obtained for the A-3 lot. Motion carried
on voice vote.
C. Preliminary survey, Brad & Toni Anderson
Moved by Marshall, seconded by Mielke to approve the preliminary
survey for Brad & Toni Anderson with the flag lot being squared off
and the Board seeing the final certified survey. Motion carried on
voice vote.
D. Zoning ordinance amendments that will effect the use of all
property zoned A-2 in the Town of Janesville by permitting park model
recreational vehicles on such zoned properties subject to certain
conditions
Moved by Marshall, seconded by Rebout to approve ordinance #08047,
amending the Town of Janesville zoning ordinance Section 4.3 (14).
After further discussion, it was moved by Marshall, seconded by Fox to
amend the ordinance number to 08047.1. Motion carried on voice vote.
Moved by Fox, seconded by Schneider to have ordinance #08047.2 be
amended to include its own well in addition to its own septic system.
This will be a May agenda item. Moved by Mielke, seconded by Fox to
approve ordinance #08047.3, amending the Town of Janesville zoning
ordinance Section 14.2. Motion carried on voice vote.
E. Subdivision ordinance
This will be published as
a public hearing for an upcoming meeting.
F. Consider purchase of Driscoll property
The Driscoll’s will sell their land to the Town if interested.
Supervisor Fox asked if the neighbors knew of this because some of
them may be interested in the land. He will talk to his neighbors.
This will be a May agenda item.
G. Discuss Cinto fire call/bill
John Cinto was present to express his concern about his $500.00 bill
for a fire call to his residence. He explained they were there for a
short time and he feels $500.00 is unreasonable. Moved by Marshall,
seconded by Rebout to table this matter in order for the Board to
discuss this with Attorney Hemming. This will be a May agenda item.
Motion carried on voice vote.
H. Consider operator licenses for James Meyer, Cara Rheinschmidt,
Amy Cleasby, and Tina Rebman to expire June 30, 2008
Moved by Schneider, seconded by Rebout to approve the operator
licenses for James Meyer, Cara Rheinschmidt, Amy Cleasby, and Tina
Rebman all to expire June 30, 2008. Motion carried on voice vote.
I. Consider donation to Clean Sweep
Moved by Schneider, seconded by Fox to approve a donation of
$500.00 for Clean Sweep, being held September 5-6, 2008. Motion
carried on voice vote.
J. Set Board of Review date
Moved by Rebout, seconded by Schneider to set June 2, 2008 at 7:25
pm as the first Board of Review date. Motion carried on voice vote.
K. Consider permit to exempt road restriction - Bergendal Septic
Moved by Rebout, seconded by Mielke to approve the permit to exempt
road restrictions for Bergendal Septic. Motion carried on voice
vote.
L. Appointments to Planning & Zoning Committee by Town Chairman, 3
year term, 3 members, and one year term, Town Board member
Moved by Schneider, seconded by Mielke to approve the appointments
of Cal Janisch, Janet Kassel, and Julia Donahue to the Planning &
Zoning Committee as made by Chairman Marshall for three year terms.
Julia will replace Linda Fewell as secretary of Planning & Zoning
Committee. Motion carried on voice vote. Moved by Mielke, seconded
by Rebout to approve the appointment of Bruce Schneider to the
chairman of Planning & Zoning Committee for a one year term. Motion
carried 4-0 with Supervisor Schneider stepping out for that vote.
M. Dale Willing check - possibly void
Moved by Rebout, seconded by Fox to void the check for Dale Willing
for approximately $200.00 from over a year ago. Motion carried on
voice vote.
N. Appleridge Drive matter
Richard Mulry was present to inform the Board that Rock County
essentially plowed a third lane on his street. Ben Coopman has looked
at it and informed Richard it will be seeded in the spring. Richard
would like a more permanent fix. A solution can be reached when the
ground gets softer.
O. Bids for Mount Pleasant Cemetery
Moved by Schneider, seconded by Fox to accept the bid from Bret
Knutson for the mowing of Mount Pleasant Cemetery for $120.00/mowing.
Motion carried on voice vote.
P. Building
permit fee changes
This will be a May agenda item in order for the Board to have time to
review Inspector Krebs suggestions for permit fee changes.
Q. Reports by Town Attorney Dick Hemming
1. David Enfinger matter
Chairman Marshall reported that everything that was outlined in the
letter to the Enfingers has either been removed or put away.
7. Correspondence
1. Sheriff Report - January and February
2. Meeting with Public Works on April 29, 2008 at 9:30 am.
3. Supervisor Mielke asked about the bridge on County Road H that is
going to be repaired soon and where the detour will run. Chairman
Marshall will check with Hal Meyer.
8. Vouchers
Moved by Schneider, seconded by Rebout, that Voucher #131
through and including #174 be approved for payment. Motion carried on
voice vote.
9. Adjournment
Moved by Rebout, seconded by Mielke, to adjourn. Motion
carried on voice vote.
Meeting adjourned at 9:00 PM
Minutes approved ( ) with ( ) without corrections,
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Andrea Peabody, Town Clerk Edward Marshall, Town
Chairman