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MINUTES OF REGULAR MEETING
Town Board
Town of Janesville, Wisconsin
April 2, 2007
Posted: Thursday, March 29, 2007 at the Town Office, Lion's Quick
Mart, Consolidated School, Cork & Bottle West Court Street
Newspaper: Emailed notice to the newsroom at the Janesville
Gazette, Tuesday, March 27, 2007.
Members Present: Chairman Ed Marshall, Supervisors David Rebout, Bob
Mielke, Bruce Schneider, Gary Fox
Members Absent: None
Others Present: Town Clerk Andrea Peabody, Constable Archie
Henkelmann, Attorney Holly Jenson, (12) 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 5, 2007, be approved.
Motion carried on voice vote.
2. Financial Report - none
3. Citizen Participation
1) Jay Killeen, 4192 N. Juniper Dr., asked the Board again what
could be done to combine his lots without placing a conservation
easement on his property. Chairman Marshall said he will talk to
Rock County Planning.
2) Ben Coopman, Rock County Public Works, invited the Board to the
annual meeting with them on April 30, 2007 at 1:00 pm. He also
handed out paving and seal coat bids for the Board to look over.
4. Planning Committee Recommendations - did not meet
5. Unfinished Business
A. Extensive road building and the new county road specifications
and requiring developers to abide by these. Consider referendum for
maintaining town roads.
No discussion - will be an agenda item for approval in May.
6. New Business
A. Building Inspector Report
B. Rock County Sheriff Department - no one present
C. Amending of Grand Videre Developer’s Agreement
Moved by Marshall, seconded by Fox to amend the developer’s
agreement for Grand Videre, to eliminate sidewalks and make the road
narrower. The decision to redo the roads has been made by the new
owners, BFB Investements, LLC. Motion carried on voice vote.
D. Board approval for Rock County Public Works to do Grand Videre
roads
No action as BFB Investments, LLC has contracted with Frank Bros.
for the project.
E. Amending outdoor area burning ordinance
Town Fire Marshall Bob Mielke has issued a number of permits for
outdoor area burning to people who are in the business of doing these
burns. He feels the ordinance could be amended to include that these
people should not need a town permit for area burns.
F. Bypass corridor discussion
Moved by Marshall, seconded by Fox to have Janet Kassel attend the
bypass corridor meeting in Madison on April 19, 2007. Motion carried
on voice vote.
G. Request, from Kim Hixson, to utilize the Town Hall on April 21,
2007
Moved by Schneider, seconded by Rebout to approve the request from
Kim Hixson to use the Town Hall on April 21, 2007 from 10:00 am to
11:00 am for a listening session, and not charge him a rental fee.
Motion carried on voice vote
H. Consider bids for Mount Pleasant Cemetery
Moved by Schneider, seconded by Mielke to approve the bid, from
Bret Knutson, for the mowing of Mount Pleasant Cemetery for
$120.00/mowing. Motion carried on voice vote.
I. Appointments to Planning & Zoning Committee by Town Chairman, 3
year term, 2 members, and one year term, Town Board member
Moved by Mielke, seconded by Rebout to approve the appointments of
Doug Rebout and Lon Coplien to the Planning & Zoning Committee as
made by Chairman Marshall for three year terms. Motion carried on
voice vote. Moved by Fox, 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.
J. Appointments to Board of Appeals, 3 year term, (2) members
Moved by Mielke, seconded by Schneider to approve the appointments
of Ginger Manwell and Bob Goepfert to the Board of Appeals as made by
Chairman Marshall for three year terms. Motion carried on voice
vote.
K. Reports by Town Attorney Dick Hemming
1. Grand Videre litigation-nothing new to report
7. Correspondence
A. Sheriff Report - February
B. Clerk Peabody asked the Board to let her know what date would be
best for Board of Review certification.
C. The Board was mailed a letter from Judy Grunzel requesting a
certain piece of her land be put residential in future mapping.
D. Chairman Marshall requested our attorney look into a wind farm
ordinance. A wind farm was recently put up in Magnolia.
E. Funds are available for lower income families around Rock County
for home maintenance/improvement.
F. The Rock County Plan Commission is meeting on April 20, 2007 from
8:00 am to 12:00 pm.
G. Supervisor Rebout asked where the Town went wrong in the Boltz
matter. Chairman Marshall explained it was an assessor error.
H. Richard Rosinski asked Chairman Marshall if he could do anything
with the letter of credit without going through the bank. The Board
agreed that there is not another way. Chairman Marshall will contact
him and let him know that.
8. Vouchers
Moved by Rebout, seconded by Schneider, that Voucher #193
through and including #231 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 8:50 PM
Minutes approved ( ) with ( ) without corrections,
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Andrea Peabody, Town Clerk Edward Marshall, Town
Chairman