TOWN
BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
REGULAR
MEETING
Municipal
Complex - Assembly Room
Monday,
February 25, 2002
MINUTES
Town Chair
Arden Tews called the Regular Meeting of the Town Board of Supervisors to order
at 6:00 p.m. and led the Pledge of Allegiance.
PRESENT: Arden Tews, Town Chair
Barbara Barczak, Supervisor #1
Robert Sprague, Supervisor #2 Jerry
Jurgensen, Supervisor #3
Russ Handevidt, Supervisor #4 Keith Kiesow,
Fire Chief
Jeanne Krueger, Town Clerk Carl
Sutter, Town Engineer
Patrick DeGrave, Administrator Richard
Eiberger, Assessor
Myra Piergrossi, Dir. of Finance Greg Curtis,
Town Attorney
George Dearborn, Dir. of Com.
Dev. Rod McCants,
Deputy Police Chief
Randy Gallow, Street Supt.
ALSO PRESENT:
Barb Heeter Robert Francert Joe Trudell Jane Isaac Mike Barth
Mike
Lettier Javis Briski Mike King/Post-Crescent
Resident Joe Trudell commended Adm. DeGrave
on the Post-Crescent article regarding budget cuts.
IV. DISCUSSION ITEMS
a) Process
for Appointing Members to Commissions and Committees
Discussion ensured regarding the process of advertising and
appointing members for
the town’s various commissions and committees. Supv. Handevidt felt that all town
citizens should be given a chance to participate and
contribute to these bodies of town
government. Adm.
DeGrave stated both committee and commissions would be placed
in The Bridge and notification of upcoming
vacancies. Supv. Handevidt also stated,
when appropriate, the ad should also appear in the Post-Crescent.
b) Processing
Change Orders
Adm. DeGrave will prepare a resolution regarding policy for any project change orders implementing a more orderly and informative process and following a chain of command.
c) Fiscal
Year Spending Delays
Adm. DeGrave prepared a list of budget cuts, totaling
$641,747.00, to be placed on hold
due to proposed shared revenue reductions and/or cuts being
anticipated by Gov.
McCallum. He will
prepare a resolution for the 3/11 meeting. (see attached)
V. OLD BUSINESS
VI. NEW BUSINESS
a) 020225-1: Expenditures
MOTION: Supv. Sprague, second Supv. Barczak to adopt to approve
the expenditures with the exception of (none), as submitted. Motion carried unanimously.
b) 020225-2: Opposing Governor McCallum’s Budget Repair
Bill
MOTION: Supv. Sprague, second Supv. Handevidt to adopt to
approve the resolution as submitted.
Motion carried unanimously.
MOTION: Supv. Sprague, second Supv. Jurgensen to adopt to
approve the recommendation of the Individual/Business of the Year Committee to
name MIRON CONSTRUCTION COMPANY, INC. as the 2002 recipient for business
of the year. Motion carried unanimously.
d) 020225-4: Recommendation
for Individual of the Year 2002 Recipient
MOTION: Supv. Jurgensen, second Supv. Sprague to adopt to approve
the recommendation of the Individual/Business of the Year Committee to name HAROLD
A. CLIFFORD as the 2002 recipient for the individual of the year. Motion carried unanimously.
e) 020225-5: Variance – Stapel – 1580
Lakeshore Drive
MOTION: Supv. Sprague, second Supv. Handevidt to adopt to approve
the resolution as submitted. Motion
carried unanimously.
f) 020225-6: Preliminary Plat – Shady
Springs Estates VI
MOTION: Supv. Sprague, second Supv. Handevidt to adopt to approve
the resolution as submitted. Motion
carried unanimously.
VII. ORDINANCES / POLICIES / AGREEMENTS
a) 020211-1:ORD Creating Section 9.22 Records Retention and Destruction
SECOND READING AND ADOPTION
MOTION: Supv. Sprague, second Supv. Handevidt to accept the
second reading and adoption of the ordinance as submitted. Motion carried unanimously.
b) 020225-1:ORD Amending Chapter 13.11(1) Mobile Home Parks
MOTION: Supv. Handevidt, second Supv. Sprague to accept the
first reading of the ordinance as submitted.
Motion carried unanimously.
VIII. RESIGNATIONS / APPOINTMENTS
a) 020225-1:TERM Termination of Paid-on-Call Firefighter Bahr
MOTION: Supv. Sprague, second
Supv. Barczak to adopt to approve the termination as submitted. Motion carried unanimously.
MOTION: Supv. Handevidt,
second Supv. Barczak to accept the minutes as submitted. Motion carried, with Supvs. Jurgensen and Sprague
abstaining due to absence.
X. CORRESPONDENCE
a) Fire Department – Monthly Activity
Report – January 2002
MOTION: Supv. Sprague, second Supv. Jurgensen to accept the
correspondence for filing as submitted.
Motion carried unanimously.
XI. REPORTS
a) Town Administrator Patrick DeGrave
Barbara
Barczak, Supv. #1 1) questioned the proposed rezoning of a
portion of High Plain Meadows from single to multi-family. Dir. Dearborn stated this issue has been
placed on the next Planning Commission agenda.
Robert Sprague, Supv. #2
Jerry
Jurgensen, Supv. #3 1) persuaded board members to encourage all
town of Menasha residents to vote on the April 2nd Spring Election
where the referendum for the town’s name change will appear on the ballot.
Russ Handevidt, Supv. #4
e) Town Chairman Arden Tews 1) attended the
town of Grand Chute’s open house Sunday predicting that approx. 500 guests were
present.
f) Other Town Officials
Dir.
of Comm. Dev., George Dearborn 1) stated radon kits are available in Com.
Dev. Dept. for a cost of $2.00. 2)
update on the monthly meetings he attends at Winnebago County for reviewing and
providing input for Winnebago County’s Comprehensive Plan.
3)
update on the town’s Comp. Plan and stated this information is also available
on the town’s website.
Dir.
of Finance Myra Piergrossi 1) reported that the town’s audit is still
in progress, and will have a rough draft prepared for the 3/18 board meeting.
Fire
Chief Keith Kiesow
Police
Chief William Weiss
Mike Lettier-President, Police
Commission 1) requested Crime
Stoppers logo and phone number to be placed in the Bridge.
XII. ANNOUNCEMENTS – Same as on Agenda
XIII. MOTIONS BY SUPERVISOR
XIV. ADJOURNMENT
At 6:52 p.m.,
MOTION: Supv. Sprague, second Supv. Handevidt to adjourn the Regular Meeting of
the Town Board of Supervisors. Motion
carried unanimously.
Respectfully
submitted,
Jeanne
Krueger, Certified Municipal Clerk
Town
of Menasha