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December 4, 2006 Regular Meeting
MINUTES OF REGULAR MEETING
Town Board
Town of Janesville, Wisconsin
December 4, 2006
Posted: Thursday, November 30, 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,
Wednesday, November 29, 2006.
Members Present: Chairman Edward Marshall, Supervisor David
Rebout, Robert Mielke, Bruce Schneider, Gary Fox
Members Absent: None
Others Present: Town Clerk Andrea Peabody, Treasurer Gloria Brown,
Building Inspector Monte Krebs, Constable Archie Henkelmann, Town
Attorney Richard Hemming, Surveyor Steve Lathrop, (14) members of the
public.
Meeting called to order, by Chairman Marshall at 7:34 pm at the Town
Hall, 1628 N. Little Court, Janesville, Wisconsin. The pledge of
allegiance followed.
1. Minutes of Previous Meetings
Moved by Rebout, seconded by Fox, that the minutes of
the regular meeting, held November 6, 2006, be approved as presented.
Motion carried on voice vote.
Moved by Schneider, seconded by Mielke, that the minutes of the
special meeting, held October 12, 2006, be approved as presented.
Motion carried on voice vote.
Moved by Fox, seconded by Schneider that the minutes of the public
hearing, held November 10, 2006, be approved as presented. Motion
carried on voice vote.
Moved by Rebout, seconded by Fox that the minutes of the special
meeting, held November 10, 2006, be approved as presented. Motion
carried on voice vote.
2. Financial Report
Moved by Mielke, seconded by Fox, that the financial report,
ending
November 30, 2006, be accepted as read by Treasurer Brown.
Motion carried on voice vote.
3. Citizen Participation
1) Adam Briggs, 4535 N. River Rd., showed the Board pictures of his
driveway approach that is now a foot deep after the county
blacktopped N. River Rd. The county has not come back to fill this
in, and he is concerned about the drop off. Chairman Marshall told
him the county will be shouldering this and he will make sure it is
taken care of.
2) Kenneth Kent, 3812 N. Hackbarth Road, recently purchased this
property and is concerned about the traffic on this part of Hackbarth
Road. He noted there are no speed limit signs and cars drive very
fast on this small stretch of road. This will be a January agenda
item.
4. Planning Committee Recommendations
The committee recommends to the board tabling the rezone request for
Grunzel Farms, tabling the preliminary survey for Grunzel Farms,
denying request from Lockhart Builders for the rezone, denying the
preliminary survey for Lockhart Builders, approval of preliminary
survey for Shirley Polzin, and approval of preliminary survey for Tom
Baer.
5. Unfinished Business
A. Fireworks ordinance and/or fireworks permits
Attorney Hemming informed the Board the state statutes thoroughly
cover fireworks so the Town does not need an ordinance; therefore,
only a fireworks permit would be necessary. He recommended the Town
be listed as an additional insured and the amount must be $1,000,000
on the person’s certificate of insurance. The chairman would sign
these. This will be a January agenda item to approve additional
person (s) to sign these.
B. Ordinance establishing fire protection charges
Attorney Hemming presented this ordinance to the Board. Moved by
Marshall, seconded by Fox to approve the fire protection charges
ordinance #061204. Motion carried on voice vote.
6. New Business
A. Building Inspector Report
Inspector Krebs received a complaint about junk piles on David
Enfinger’s property on N. River Rd. While inspecting the property he
noticed two small buildings have been erected, violating Town
ordinances. He informed Mr. Enfinger they must be taken down.
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. Consider ordinance #060605.1 (revised), rezoning certain
property, Lockhart Builders
Moved by Marshall, seconded by Mielke to deny the rezone request
from Lockhart Builders based on Planning & Zoning Committee
recommendation. Motion carried on voice vote.
E. Preliminary survey, Lockhart Builders, 30 acres, Section 3
Moved by Marshall, seconded by Mielke to deny the preliminary survey
for Lockhart Builders based on Planning & Zoning Committee
recommendation. Motion carried on voice vote.
F. Preliminary survey, Shirley Polzin, transfer of land between
adjoining owners
Moved by Rebout, seconded by Schneider, that the preliminary survey
for Shirley Polzin, transfer of land between adjoining owners, be
approved. Motion carried on voice vote.
G. Preliminary survey, Tom Baer, transfer of land between 2
adjoining lots
Moved by Schneider, seconded by Mielke to approve the preliminary
survey for Tom Baer, transfer of land between 2 adjoining lots.
Motion carried on voice vote.
H. Final Certified Survey, Tom Baer
Moved by Rebout, seconded by Fox to approve the final certified
survey for Tom Baer. Motion carried on voice vote.
I. Final Certified Survey, Richard Fries, Section 4, combining 4
lots into 1 on N. River Rd.
Moved by Mielke, seconded by Schneider to approve the final
certified survey for Richard Fries, combining 4 lots into 1 on N.
River Rd. Motion carried on voice vote.
J. License applications--Consider operator (bartender) license, to
expire June 30, 2007, for Branden Fillion, Christa Foster, Diane
Johnson, and Rachel Pachowicz
Moved by Mielke, seconded by Fox to approve the applications from
Branden Fillion, Christa Foster, Diane Johnson, and Rachel Pachowicz
for an operator (bartender) license expiring June 30, 2007. Motion
carried on voice vote.
K. Consider request, from Gloria Brown, to rent Town Hall on
December 16, 2006
Moved by Marshall, seconded by Schneider, to approve the request,
from Gloria Brown, to rent the Town Hall on December 16, 2006.
Motion carried on voice vote.
L. Discussion regarding applicant request to revise zoning,
conditional use permit, or variance applications and consider fees
for preliminary and final surveys
This will be a January agenda item.
M. Road maintenance contract for 2007
Moved by Rebout, seconded by Fox, to approve the contract with Rock
County Public Works for road maintenance for 2007. Motion carried on
voice vote.
N. Agreement with Rock County for N. River Rd.
Chairman Marshall received a letter from Ben Coopman, Rock County
Public Works, offering to deduct $5,000.00 from the overrun on the
blacktopping for N. River Rd. Moved by Marshall, seconded by Rebout
to have Chairman Marshall sign the agreement with Rock County Public
Works deducting $5,000.00 from the overrun of $10,000.00+ on the
blacktopping for N. River Rd. Motion carried on voice vote.
O. Extensive road building and the new county road specifications
Chairman Marshall noted that the Town needs to figure out how these
new roads will be paid for in the future due to these new
specifications. He mentioned a referendum might be considered,
and/or new subdivisions paying for their roads. This will be a
January agenda item.
P. Discuss possibility of new subdivisions maintaining their roads,
and discuss possibility of road maintenance being a special charge on
tax bills
Attorney Hemming will look into this matter and it will be a January
agenda item.
Q. Complaint regarding Consolidated School Road and Stark Road -
damage from farm equipment
Supervisor Rebout received a complaint regarding this and it was
noted the damage is around Russell Road, not Stark Road. A culvert
has collapsed and there is standing water that is not draining and
stumps have been pushed into the ground. Chairman Marshall will have
the county look at the culvert.
R. Complaint on culvert that fills up with debris and drains across
N. River Rd.
A complaint was made to the clerk regarding this. Chairman Marshall
will look into it.
S. Set dates of next (6) Town Board meetings and Town Caucus
Moved by Marshall, seconded by Rebout, to set the following dates
for the next six (6) Town Board meetings:
January 2, 2007
February 5, 2007
March 5, 2007
April 2, 2007
May 7, 2007
June 4, 2007
and moved by Marshall, seconded by Fox to set Tuesday, January 16,
2007 the Town Caucus. All meetings to start at 7:30 p.m. Motion
carried on voice vote.
T. Appoint Election Inspectors for 2007
Moved by Mielke, seconded by Fox to approve the list of Election
Inspectors submitted by Clerk Peabody for 2007. Motion carried on
voice vote.
U. Consider refunding special charges on tax bills, James Grafft
This will be a January agenda item.
V. Reports by Town Attorney Dick Hemming
1. Grand Videre litigation - nothing to report
2. Wyss easement matter
The matter is settled. Cheryl Weisz’s driveway has been relocated.
3. Report on Karl & Laurie Boltz request for refund of taxes
This matter has been researched further and the Town may refund
taxes if they wish. Clerk Peabody will check with the assessor to
confirm the figures Laurie Boltz submitted. Chairman Marshall wants
the Board to have verification that the land was being farmed before
a refund is considered.
4. Report on Letter of Credit for BFB Investments
There is some concern that this letter of credit has remained the
same over the years (previous name on letter of credit was Grand
Videre Enterprises) and the road work will now be much more. This is
an issue that can be brought up when the letter of credit is due to
expire.
7. Correspondence
a. Sheriff Report - October report available for review.
b. The meeting for Chapter 2 for the Town’s comprehensive plan needs
to be changed. Mary Robb cannot be here on December 12, 2006 and
would like the meeting changed to December 19, 2006. The Board was
okay with the date, so Clerk Peabody will contact Mary Robb about the
change.
c. Meeting with DNR & FEMA on December 6, 2006 at City Hall.
8. Vouchers
Moved by Schneider, seconded by Rebout, that Voucher #442 through
and including #471 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 9:23 PM.
Minutes approved ( ) with ( ) without corrections,
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Andrea Peabody, Town Clerk Edward Marshall,
Town Chairman