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November 6, 2006 Regular Meeting
MINUTES OF REGULAR MEETING
Town Board
Town of Janesville, Wisconsin
November 6, 2006
Posted: Thursday, November 2, 2006 at the town office, Lion's Quick
Mart, Consolidated School, Cork & Bottle West Court.
Newspaper: Emailed notice to the newsroom at the Janesville
Gazette, Tuesday October 31, 2006.
Members Present: Chairman Edward Marshall, Supervisors Robert
Mielke, David Rebout, Bruce Schneider, Gary Fox
Members Absent: None
Others Present: Town Clerk Andrea Peabody, Treasurer Gloria Brown,
Building Inspector Monte Krebs, Surveyor Steve Lathrop, Town
Attorney Dick Hemming, Constable Archie Henkelmann, (15) members of
the public.
Meeting called to order, by Chairman Marshall, at 7:55 p.m., at the
Town Hall, 1628 N. Little Court, Janesville, Wisconsin followed by the
pledge of allegiance.
1. Minutes of Previous Meeting
Moved by Fox, seconded by Mielke, that the minutes of
the regular meeting held October 2, 2006, be approved as
presented. Motion carried on voice vote.
2. Financial Report
Moved by Rebout, seconded by Fox, that the financial report,
ending
October 31, 2006, be accepted as read by Treasurer Brown.
Motion carried on voice vote.
3. Citizen Participation - None
4. Planning Committee Recommendations
a. The Planning Committee recommends to the Board tabling rezone
request for Grunzel Farms, tabling preliminary survey for Grunzel
Farms, approval of preliminary survey for Richard Fries, approval of
preliminary survey for Shirley Polzin, and recommends tabling
preliminary survey for Tom Baer.
5. Unfinished Business
A. Fireworks Ordinance
This will be a December agenda item as Attorney Hemming continues to
look into this.
B. Burning Ordinance
Moved by Marshall, seconded by Fox to approve ordinance 061106, an
amendment to two sections of the Outdoor Area Burning Ordinance
(051003.1). Motion carried on voice vote.
6. New Business
A. Building Inspector Report
1. Willowdale pit matter - Inspector Krebs reported that the
owners have been using the pit regularly for years and they do have
county and state permits for what they are doing.
2. Gensler pit matter
Inspector Krebs received a complaint that Greg Gensler is doing some
excavation and hauling of materials in the pit. He checked into it
and did not see any violations.
3. Inspector Krebs reported Michael Spoden’s property has been
cleaned up and the only vehicle that remains is now licensed.
B. Consider ordinance #061002 (revised), rezoning certain property,
Grunzel Farms LLC, 81 acres, Section 3, to create new lots - TABLED
C. Preliminary survey, Grunzel Farms LLC, 81 acres in Section 3 -
TABLED
D. Preliminary survey, Richard Fries, Section 4, combining 4 lots
into 1, N. River Rd.
Moved by Marshall, seconded by Fox to approve the preliminary survey
for Richard Fries, combining four lots into one. Motion carried on
voice vote.
E. Preliminary survey, Shirley Polzin, 24 acres, Section 18,
creating new lots
Moved by Schneider, seconded by Fox, to approve the preliminary
survey for Shirley Polzin, to create new lots. Motion carried on
voice vote. F. Final Certified Survey, Shirley Polzin, 24 acres,
Section 18, creating new lots
Moved by Mielke, seconded by Schneider to approve the final
certified survey for Shirley Polzin, 24 acres, Section 18 to create
new lots. Motion carried on voice vote.
G. Preliminary survey, Tom Baer, transfer of land between two
adjoining lots TABLED
H. Consider omitting recycling charges on commercial property
Moved by Marshall, seconded by Rebout to not include commercial
property on the recycling charge list as Waste Management does not
pick up commercial property. Motion carried 4-0 with Supervisor
Schneider abstaining.
I. Amendment to property maintenance ordinance
Moved by Mielke, seconded by Fox to change the presented ordinance,
not allowing vehicles stored on property and the relocation of them
from six months to three months. Moved by Rebout, seconded by
Schneider to approve ordinance 061106.1, amending Section 4.3 (4) of
the Town Zoning Ordinance, parking and storage of certain vehicles
with the change of the time limit, six months to three months.
Motion carried on voice vote.
J. Introduction of an ordinance establishing fire protection
charges
Moved by Rebout, seconded by Schneider to set each fire call at
$500.00 and to establish a 1% interest rate if the payment is not
received by the due date. Motion carried on voice vote. Attorney
Hemming will look into this more as more questions were raised and it
will be a December agenda item.
K. Review of the roads in Grand Videre Estates - item removed
L. Treasurer bond
Moved by Schneider, seconded by Mielke to approve a bond of $250,000
for the treasurer for tax collecting. Motion carried on voice vote.
M. License applications - Consider applications for operator
(bartender) licenses to expire June 30, 2007, for Cynthia Dilley and
Tanelle Nelson
Moved by Mielke, seconded by Fox to approve the operator licenses
for Cynthia Dilley and Tanelle Nelson, to expire June 30, 2007.
Motion carried on voice vote.
N. Consider request, from John Garvin, ATC, to utilize Town Hall on
December 13, 2006
Moved by Schneider, seconded by Rebout to allow American
Transmission Corporation (ATC), the use of the Town Hall on December
13, 2006 for a public meeting. Motion carried on voice vote.
O. Discussion regarding applicant request to revise zoning,
conditional use permit, or variance applications
Clerk Peabody explained that over the last few years applicants have
needed to revise these applications and then their request must be
republished. The Town has been paying for these being republished.
The Board agreed the applicant should possibly be paying any
additional fees. Clerk Peabody will check with other municipalities
and what they do in these situations. The issue also came up of
possibly charging for surveys.
P. Road maintenance contract for 2007
This will be a December agenda item.
Ben Coopman presented to the Board pictures of N. River Rd. and
tried to justify why there was an overrun of $10,00.00+ on the
resurfacing project. Chairman Marshall looked into it also and
measured parts of N. River Rd. and was unsure of the overrun.
Supervisor Mielke stated the Board should have been notified of this
matter, and stated that Public Works has resurfaced this road before
and should be familiar with it. Ben Coopman stated a new machine was
used that fills in the dips, so that is where the extra material was
used.
R. Reports by Town Attorney Dick Hemming
1. Grand Videre litigation-no report
2. Wyss easement matter - This matter is moving along.
3. Report on Karl & Laurie Boltz request for refund of taxes
Attorney Hemming reported that a letter was mailed to the Boltzs’
today, and there is nothing the Board can do with this matter.
4. Report on Spoden matter - see above
7. Correspondence
1. Sheriff report--September
2. Gary Keller was present and at the beginning of the meeting
introduced himself and informed everyone he is running for sheriff as
an independent.
3. Letter was presented from Town of Beloit that needs Chairman
Marshall’s signature. This will be an agenda item at the upcoming
special meeting.
4. Constable Henkelmann reported that the Humane Society will not
accept any stray or abandoned cats that are found in the Town.
8. Vouchers
Moved by Schneider, seconded Rebout, that Voucher #401 through and
including #441 be approved for payment. Motion carried on voice
vote.
9. Adjournment
Moved by Rebout, seconded by Schneider, to adjourn. Motion carried
on
voice vote.
Meeting adjourned at 10:17 p.m.
Minutes approved ( ) with ( ) without corrections,
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Andrea Peabody, Town Clerk Edward Marshall, Town
Chairman