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MINUTES OF REGULAR MEETING
Town Board
Town of Janesville, Wisconsin
March 6, 2006
Posted: Thursday, March 2, 2006 at the Town Office, Lion's Quick
Mart, Consolidated School, Cork & Bottle West Court.
Newspaper: Faxed notice to the newsroom at the Janesville
Gazette, Thursday March 2, 2006.
Members Present: Chairman Ed Marshall, Supervisor David Rebout,
Robert Mielke, Bruce Schneider, Steve Thurner.
Members Absent: none
Others Present: Town Clerk Andrea Peabody, Building Inspector Monte
Krebs, Town Attorney Richard Hemming, Constable Archie Henkelmann,
Surveyor Steve Lathrop, and (15) members of the public.
Meeting called to order by Chairman Marshall, followed by the Pledge
of Allegiance, at 7:30 PM, at the Town Hall, 1628 N. Little Ct.,
Janesville, Wisconsin.
1. Minutes of Previous Meeting
Moved by Schneider, seconded by Thurner, that the minutes of the
regular meeting, held February 6, 2006, be approved. Motion
carried on voice vote.
2. Financial Report
Moved by Mielke, seconded by Rebout, that the financial report,
ending February 28, 2006, be accepted as read by Chairman Marshall.
Motion carried on voice vote.
3. Citizen Participation
1) Ed & Julie Cash questioned the zoning of their property on W.
State Rd. 11. They thought it was B-1, but Rock County Planning
shows the parcel is A-1. The address map shows the house number on
the border of A-1 and B-1 zoning. This will be an April agenda
item.
2) Judge James Welker introduced himself and answered questions. He
is the incumbent in April’s election.
4. Planning Committee Recommendations--did not meet
5. Unfinished Business
A. Discussion regarding water runoff from Hanover Sod Farm
Ed Cash was present and explained what they did and thought there
should not be any change from before regarding water run off.
B. Gehrig’s conditional use permit
A hunter safety class will be held at Ray & Audrey Gehrig’s property
on Saturday, March 11 from 9:30 am to 1:00 pm. The board will be
present to observe, and everyone is welcome to attend.
6. New Business
a. Building Inspector Report-nothing to report
Supervisor Rebout asked who was to check into kennel on Burdick
Road. Constable Henkelmann contacted resident and told her to
contact Clerk Peabody for a conditional use permit. The clerk has
not been contacted. Constable Henkelmann handed board a letter
regarding a problem with too many dogs at a residence on W. Brown
Deer Lane. He will keep an eye on it.
b. Final certified survey, Nehls, Rollingwood 10th addition
Moved by Schneider, seconded by Rebout to approve final certified
survey for Rollingwood 10th addition. Motion carried on voice vote.
c. Consider application for operator (bartender) license,
from Joan Bohlman, to expire June 30, 2006
Moved by Thurner, seconded by Schneider, to approve the application
from Joan Bohlman for a Bartender License, expiring June 30, 2006.
Motion carried on voice vote.
d. Consider giving authority to town chairman regarding holding tank
agreements
Moved by Mielke, seconded by Thurner to grant chairman authority to
sign holding tank agreements, and still present them to the board.
Motion carried on voice vote.
e. Discuss final blacktop lift for Grand Videre Estates
Moved by Marshall, seconded by Rebout to delay final blacktop lift
for one year for Grand Videre Estates and have letter of credit
extended one year. Motion carried on voice vote.
f. WTA district meeting
The meeting held closest is Saturday, March 11, which is the date of
observing the hunter safety class at the Gehrig property. Chairman
Marshall and Supervisor Mielke will go to the meeting on April 1,
2006.
g. Consider donation to Rock County Land Conservation
Moved by Mielke, seconded by Schneider to not donate money to Rock
County Land Conservation as the budget will not allow for it. Motion
carried on voice vote.
h. Voided check #13265 for $26.00, Christine Newcomb
Moved by Marshall, seconded by Thurner to have Treasurer Brown void
check #13265 for $26.00 for Christine Newcomb. Motion carried on
voice vote.
i. Consider purchasing a new flag
Moved by Mielke, seconded by Schneider to purchase a new flag from
Lonnie Coplien for outside. Motion carried on voice vote.
j. Request to copy rocks at park on Oakwood Park Drive
Moved by Thurner, seconded by Schneider to deny request from man who
would like to copy rocks at park on Oakwood Park Drive. There were
concerns with dogs or kids being around them during molding, and
concerns that they may not be in original state after the molding.
Motion carried on voice vote.
k. Sanitary sewer being installed by City for new residential
development by Red Cedar Drive
Information purposes only
l. Extension of N. Granite Dr. to Britt Rd. (Busfield)
The town was notified of this by Rock County Planning. Surveyor
Lathrop stated rough sketches have been drawn and he stated a rezone
request and preliminary survey might be submitted for April.
m. Consider bids for Mount Pleasant Cemetery
Moved by Marshall, seconded by Thurner to accept the bid from Wendy
Aide for mowing Mount Pleasant Cemetery and initial clean up at rates
the same as 2005. Motion carried on voice vote.
n. Reports by Town Attorney Dick Hemming
1. Grand Videre litigation--nothing new
2. Wyss litigation and discuss Wyss variance matter, including
ingress and egress
The variance hearing that was set for February 27, 2006 was
postponed. This has been going on for over two years, and the
property owner cannot be landlocked. Discussion followed that
included raising Britt Road and exiting subdivision onto that road,
going through the Bratzke property to exit onto Fenrick Road, or
remove protruding hillside on the Weisz property. Moved by
Marshall, seconded by Mielke to have Attorney Hemming begin
condemnation proceeding on the Weisz property to remove protruding
hillside. Motion carried 4-1 with Supervisor Thurner opposed.
7. Correspondence
a. Sheriff report-January report available for review.
b. A letter from Phil Blaskowski regarding his retirement from the
county and his plans of starting own business.
8. Vouchers
Moved by Schneider, seconded by Rebout, that Vouchers #142 through
and including #175 be approved for payment. Motion carried on voice
vote.
9. Adjournment
Moved by Mielke, seconded by Schneider, to adjourn. Motion carried
on
voice vote.
Meeting adjourned at 9:16 PM.
Minutes approved ( ) with ( ) without corrections,
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Andrea Peabody, Clerk Edward
Marshall, Town Chairman