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December 1, 2008 Regular meeting
MINUTES OF REGULAR MEETING
Town Board
Town of Janesville, Wisconsin
December 1, 2008
Posted: Tuesday, November 25, 2008 at the Town Office, Lion's Quick
Mart, Consolidated School, Cork & Bottle West Court, town website
Members Present: Chairman Edward Marshall, Supervisor David
Rebout, Bruce Schneider, Gary Fox
Members Absent: Supervisor Robert Mielke
Others Present: Town Clerk Andrea Peabody, Treasurer Peggy
Augustine, Building Inspector Monte Krebs, Constable Archie
Henkelmann, Town Attorney Richard Hemming, (6) members of the public.
Meeting called to order, by Chairman Marshall at 7:35 pm at the Town
Hall, 1628 N. Little Court, Janesville, Wisconsin. The pledge of
allegiance followed.
1. Minutes of Previous Meetings
Moved by Schneider, seconded by Rebout, that the minutes
of the regular meeting, held October 6, 2008, be approved as
presented. Motion carried on voice vote.
Moved by Rebout, seconded by Fox, that the minutes of the regular
meeting, held November 3, 2008, be approved as presented. Motion
carried on voice vote.
Moved by Rebout, seconded by Fox, that the minutes of the budget
hearing, held November 24, 2008, be approved as presented. Motion
carried on voice vote.
Moved by Schneider, seconded by Rebout, that the minutes of the
special meeting, held November 24, 2008, be approved as presented.
Motion carried on voice vote.
2. Financial Report
Moved by Fox, seconded by Schneider, that the financial report,
ending
November 30, 2008, be accepted as read by Treasurer Augustine.
Motion carried on voice vote.
3. Citizen Participation - NONE
4. Planning Committee Recommendations - did not meet
5. Unfinished Business
A. Approval of new county road specifications- no discussion
6. New Business
A. Building Inspector Report - no report
B. Consider permit charge for commercial electric service
Inspector Krebs explained that the Town currently gets very little
money from commercial permits. This will be a January agenda item.
C. Consider road maintenance contract for 2009
The Board first discussed our current bill from Public Works that is
around $230,000 for N. River Rd. Moved by Marshall, seconded by
Rebout to approve sending $100,000 to Public Works. Moved by
Marshall, seconded by Fox to approve the 2009 road maintenance
contract with Rock County Public Works. Motions carried on voice
votes.
D. Rock County Humane Society contract
Moved by Marshall, seconded by Schneider to table this item as the
contract is being reviewed by the Rock County Unit of the Wisconsin
Towns’ Association.
E. Fuel/environmental charge
This will be a January agenda item.
F. Consider approval of anticipated ATC funds for uses other than
what is permitted
Moved by Rebout, seconded by Fox to request, from the Public Service
Commission, that the funds be utilized for Town road improvements.
Clerk Peabody will write to the PSC. Motion carried on voice vote.
G. Change date of 2009 annual meeting
Moved by Schneider, seconded by Rebout to change the date of the
annual meeting from April 7 to April 14, 2009 due to the election
being on the 7th. Motion carried on voice vote.
H. Set dates of next six Town Board meetings and Town Caucus
Moved by Schneider, seconded by Rebout, to set the following dates
for the next six (6) Town Board meetings:
January 5, 2009
February 2, 2009
March 2, 2009
April 6, 2009
May 4, 2009
June 1, 2009
And it was moved by Marshall, seconded by Fox to set January 20, 2009
as the date of the Caucus. All meetings to begin at 7:30 p.m.
Motions carried on voice votes.
I. Reports by Town Attorney Dick Hemming
A. Three B’s sign matter
Attorney Hemming wrote a letter to the owners of Three B’s informing
them they had to remove their blinking arrow sign. Mel Becker
(owner) requested an extension in order to discuss this matter with
the board. Mel was present and asked why this sign is not
grandfathered in as it has been there for many, many years. There is
a box built in for it to be plugged in and there is a iron support
buried in the ground. With that, the sign is not portable. After
much discussion, moved by Fox, seconded by Rebout that the sign can
remain where it is because it is grandfathered in. Motion carried on
voice vote.
7. Correspondence
A. Sheriff Report - October report available for review.
B. Chairman Marshall read a letter from Lisa Messer thanking the
board for their action on N. Consolidated School Road.
C. Chairman Marshall read a letter from Roger Hughes thanking the
board for reducing the speed limit on W. Rockport Road.
8. Vouchers
Moved by Rebout, seconded by Fox, that Voucher #411 through and
including #435 be approved for payment. Motion carried on voice
vote.
9. Adjournment
Moved by Rebout, seconded by Fox, to adjourn. Motion carried on voice
vote.
Meeting adjourned at 8:24 PM.
Minutes approved ( ) with ( ) without corrections,
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Andrea Peabody, Town Clerk Edward Marshall, Town
Chairman