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February 5, 2007 Regular Meeting
MINUTES OF REGULAR MEETING
Town Board
Town of Janesville, Wisconsin
February 5, 2007
Posted: Thursday, February 1, 2007 at the Town Office, Lion's Quick
Mart, Consolidated School, Cork & Bottle West Court.
Newspaper: Emailed notice to the newsroom at the Janesville
Gazette, Monday, January 29, 2007.
Members Present: Chairman Ed Marshall, Supervisor David Rebout,
Robert Mielke, Bruce Schneider and Gary Fox
Members Absent: None
Others Present: Clerk Andrea Peabody, Treasurer Gloria Brown,
Constable Archie Henkelmann, , Surveyor Steve Lathrop, Attorney Dick
Hemming, (11) members of the public.
Meeting called to order, by Chairman Marshall, followed by the Pledge
of Allegiance, at 7:38 PM, at the Town Hall, 1628 N. Little Court ,
Janesville, Wisconsin.
1. Minutes of Previous Meeting
Moved by Mielke, seconded by Rebout, that the minutes of the regular
meeting, held January 2, 2007, be approved. Motion carried on voice
vote.
2. Financial Report
Moved by Rebout, seconded by Mielke, that the financial report,
ending January 31, 2007, be accepted as read by Treasurer Brown.
Motion carried on voice vote.
3. Citizen Participation
1. Sheila Everhart asked if the Town could incorporate its website
into a template on Wisconsin Town Association website. Clerk Peabody
is looking into different options regarding the website and she will
research that idea as well.
4. Planning Committee Recommendations-
The Planning & Zoning Committee recommends to the board approval of
the preliminary survey and conditional use permit request for Michael
Schmidley, and denial of the preliminary survey for Alan Cooper.
This passed 4-1 with a recommendation that the landowners get their
land into compliance first.
5. Unfinished Business
A. Extensive road building and the new county road specifications
and requiring developers to abide by these
Ben Coopman, Rock County Public Works, went over the new county road
specifications and explained how beneficial they would be in the long
run. It was stated the new specifications would only be for new
development or new road work, not projects currently underway.
B. Discuss possibility of new subdivisions maintaining their roads
Different options were discussed to start bringing in money for the
Town in order to continue maintaining the Town roads. The different
options will be a March agenda item
C. Discussion regarding applicant request to revise zoning,
conditional use permit, or variance applications and consider fees
for preliminary surveys and final surveys
Attorney Holly Jensen mailed a memo to the Board regarding this and
Attorney Hemming will create an ordinance regarding this and it will
be a March agenda item.
D. Discussion regarding complaint of traffic on Hackbarth Road
Ben Coopman talked to the Board about this matter and explained it
is a controlled access highway and the county abides by state
statutes regarding these highways. A meeting is being held March 21,
2007 by the Safety Committee and this matter will be put on that
agenda.
E. Consider refunding taxes - Karl & Laurie Boltz
Attorney Holly Jensen mailed the Board a memo regarding this.
Chairman Marshall has talked to Ken Schuck at the Department of
Revenue and he has seen cases like this and he thinks there is a good
chance the Town will be able to recoup some of the money. This will
be a March agenda item to allow time for Chairman Marshall to contact
Ken Schuck again and see if it is possible to submit refund requests
one year at a time.
6. New Business
A. Ben Coopman, Rock County Public Works - see unfinished business
B. Building Inspector Report - no report
C. Consider request, from Michael Schmidley, owner, and Michael and
Mary Ann Brunhoefer, prospective buyers, for a conditional use
permit in A-1, Section 31
Moved by Schneider, seconded by Rebout to approve a conditional use
permit for Michael Schmidley, owner, with A-3 restrictions. Motion
carried on voice vote.
D. Preliminary survey, Michael Schmidley, 3 acres in Section 31
Moved by Rebout, seconded by Schneider to approve the preliminary
survey for Michael Schmidley. Motion carried on voice vote.
E. Final Certified Survey, Michael Schmidley
Moved by Schneider, seconded by Mielke to approve the final
certified survey for Michael Schmidley. Motion carried on voice
vote.
F. Preliminary survey, Alan Cooper, Section 21, transfer of land
between adjoining owners
The Board did not act on this based on the Committee recommendation
of the landowners getting their land into compliance first.
G. Reconsideration for passage of ordinance #061204, establishing
fire protection charges
Moved by Mielke, seconded by Schneider to approve ordinance #061204,
establishing fire protection charges. Motion carried on voice vote.
H. Consider audit of Town books
Moved by Schneider, seconded by Rebout to approve the bid from
Deignan & Associates for audit of the Town books, not to exceed
$3,705.00. Motion carried on voice vote.
I. Consider fire protection contract and EMS agreement with City of
Janesville
Moved by Rebout, seconded by Fox, to approve both the fire
protection contract and the EMS agreement with the City of Janesville
for 2007. Motion carried on voice vote.
J. Consider new garbage and recycling contract
Attorney Hemming brought up some concerns that he recommends are
answered before the contract is approved. This will be a March
agenda item.
K. Discussion on Richard Rosinski letter of credit
Moved by Marshall, seconded byMielke to lower the letter of credit
on file for Richard Rosinski, for Hawk’s River Valley, to $100,000.00
subject to county approval. Motion carried on voice vote.
L. Consider refunding special charges - Diehls, Everhart, Gensler,
Knipshield, Schneider
Supervisor Schneider stepped down for this item. Everhart and
Gensler requests were tabled. Moved by Mielke, seconded by Fox to
approve the special charge refund request for Diehls, Knipshield, and
Schneider. The Clerk will make sure they are not on future bills.
Motion carried on voice vote.
M. Issue regarding personal property special charges
Clerk Peabody explained the county can no longer put these charges
for garbage and recycling on personal property tax bills because of a
system change. Clerk Peabody mailed bills to personal property
owners for 2006 and 2007 garbage pick up and received several calls
regarding the bill. The Board discussed the matter and it was agreed
that they should have to pay for this service as any other Town
resident does that gets a real estate tax bill and we do have the
right to bill them.
N. Review town hall maintenance
Moved by Schneider, seconded by Mielke to approve town hall
maintenance until September, 2008 done by David Brown. Motion
carried on voice vote.
O. License applications - Consider application for operator
(bartender) license to expire June 30, 2007 for Sarah
Hendricks-McOtis
Moved by Mielke, seconded by Rebout to approve a bartender license
for Sarah Hendricks- McOtis to expire June 30, 2007. Motion carried
on voice vote.
P. Reports by Town Attorney Dick Hemming
1. Grand Videre litigation - no report
Attorney Hemming noted the Ackerman rezone will be a March agenda
item because of some issues that have come up.
7. Correspondence
A. Sheriff Report - none
B. Treasurer Brown mentioned there are 11 delinquent personal
property tax bills. The Capelle matter needs to be followed up on.
C. Clerk Peabody wanted to make sure the offer for ATC to use Town
Hall was still okay.
They will hold a meeting at the Town Hall on March 7, 2007.
D. Clerk Peabody mentioned the garbage truck cannot pick up at the
Town Park because it is not plowed. The Board agreed to not have it
picked up until the snow is melted.
8. Vouchers
Moved by Rebout, seconded by Mielke, that Vouchers #94
through and including #161 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 9:42 PM.
Minutes approved ( ) with ( ) without corrections,
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Andrea Peabody, Town Clerk Edward
Marshall, Town Chairman