TOWN BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
REGULAR MEETING
Municipal Complex - Assembly Room
MINUTES
Town Chair
PRESENT:
Jerry Jurgensen, Supervisor #3 Rod
McCants, Police Chief
Russ Handevidt, Supervisor #4 Keith
Kiesow, Fire Chief
Jeanne Krueger, Town Clerk Lee
Reibold, Town Engineer
Jeff Smith, Associate Planner Lori Jencks, Bldg. Inspector
Greg Curtis, Town Attorney Randy
Gallow, Street Supt.
George Dearborn, Com. Dev.Dir./Interim Admin. Richard Eiberger, Assessor
EXCUSED: Robert Sprague, Supervisor #2,
ALSO
PRESENT: Pat Gambsky Len Kachinsky Rollie
Ritchie
Joe Trudell Kay
Burroughs Wendy Dearborn Steve Malsavage
Robert Francart Mike
Lettier Bob Liedl
David Watters Jodi
Watters
a)
Swearing in of Police Chief McCants: Town Clerk Jeanne Krueger administered
the Oath of Office to newly appointed Chief of Police
Rod McCants. Chief McCants was
congratulated by the town board members, town staff and townspeople.
b)
Overview of the Re-accreditation Process:
Major James Carmody,
Town Chairman Tews presented Comm. Dev. Dir. George
Dearborn with a Certificate of Appreciation for obtaining his AICP. Congrats were expressed by all.
Night at the Movies Video store owner, Paul
Dahms, expressed his irritation regarding the recent letter he received stating
he was not in compliance with the town’s site plan and conditional use
ordinance. He presented several photos
taken (attached) that he felt were in more severe violation than his property.
Municipal Judge Leonard Kachinsky presented a letter
to the town board regarding his leave of absence to attend the Army
Reserve. (See attached).
IV.
DISCUSSION ITEMS
V.
OLD BUSINESS
VI.
NEW BUSINESS
a)
020812-1: Expenditures
MOTION: Supv. Jurgensen,
second Supv. Handevidt to adopt to approve the expenditures with the exception
of (none), as submitted. Motion carried
unanimously.
b) 020812-2: Street Vacation – Pages Point
MOTION: Supv. Jurgensen,
second Supv. Handevidt to adopt to approve the resolution as submitted. Motion carried unanimously.
WITHDRAWN per request of Police Chief McCants citing
bids will not be publicly opened until Aug. 15th
d) 020812-4: Out-of-State Training –
MOTION: Supv. Jurgensen, second Supv. Handevidt to
adopt to approve the resolution as submitted.
Motion carried unanimously.
e) 020812-5:
Combining Wards for the Fall Primary Election
MOTION: Supv. Jurgensen, second Supv. Handevidt to
adopt to approve the resolution as submitted.
Motion carried unanimously.
f) 020812-6:
Establish Polling Places for the Fall Primary Election
MOTION: Supv. Jurgensen, second Supv. Handevidt to
adopt to approve the resolution as submitted.
MOTION failed on a 2-2 vote with Supv. Handevidt and Chairman Tews voting
NAY and Supvs. Jurgensen & Hanson voting AYE.
After discussion, MOTION: Supv. Handevidt, second Supv.
Jurgensen to reconsider. Motion carried
unanimously.
After further discussion, MOTION: Supv. Handevidt,
second Supv. Jurgensen to approve as submitted.
Motion carried unanimously.
g) 020812-7:
Individual Amusement Licenses – Tri
MOTION: Supv. Handevidt, second Supv. Hanson to adopt
to approve the resolution as submitted.
Motion carried unanimously.
h) 020812-8:
Two-Year Bartender Licenses Issued
MOTION: Supv. Handevidt, second Supv. Hanson to adopt
to approve the resolution as submitted.
Motion carried unanimously.
i) 020812-9:
Compensation for Acting Administrator
MOTION: Supv. Jurgensen, second Chairman Tews to
adopt to approve as submitted. Motion
carried on a 3-1 vote with Supv. Handevidt voting NAY citing Dept. Heads, from
time to time, are expected to carry out extra duties
as a part of being salaried personnel.
j) 020812-10:
No Parking on
MOTION: Supv. Handevidt, second Supv. Hanson to approve
the resolution as submitted.
Res. Kay Burroughs presented a petition of residents
on
After discussion, MOTION: Supv. Handevidt, second Supv. Jurgensen to
AMEND adding “contingent upon approval by the
Now comes forward the original motion whereas the
board members voted unanimously for approval.
VII.
ORDINANCES / POLICIES / AGREEMENTS
VIII.
RESIGNATIONS / APPOINTMENTS
a) 020812-1:RES
Paid on Call Firefighter – Captain Brian Luther
MOTION: Supv. Handevidt, second Supv. Jurgensen to accept
the retirement/ resignation as submitted.
Motion carried unanimously.
b)
020812-2:RES Communications Technician - Grissman
MOTION: Supv. Jurgensen, second Supv. Handevidt to accept
the resignation as submitted. Motion
carried unanimously.
c)
020812-3:RES Paid on Call Firefighter - Polakowski
MOTION: Supv. Handevidt, second Supv. Jurgensen to accept
the resignation as submitted. Motion
carried unanimously.
d) 020812-4:APPT Paid on Call Firefighter, Station #40 -
Selwitschka
MOTION: Supv. Handevidt, second Supv. Jurgensen to accept
the appointment as submitted. Motion
carried unanimously.
e) 020812-5:APPT Paid on Call Firefighter, Station #40 -
Malsavage
MOTION: Supv. Handevidt, second Supv. Hanson to accept
the appointment as submitted. Motion
carried unanimously.
MOTION: Supv. Handevidt, second Supv. Jurgensen to
accept the minutes as submitted. Motion
carried unanimously.
X.
CORRESPONDENCE
a) Fireline
– August 2002
b) Fire
Department Monthly Activity Report – June 2002
MOTION: Supv. Handevidt, second Supv.
Jurgensen to accept the correspondence for filing as submitted. Motion carried unanimously.
XI.
REPORTS
a) Town Administrator
e) Town
Chairman Arden Tews 1) received a
complaint from a resident regarding a
2) visited Cellutissue (nee: American
Tissue) to welcome the new managers; 3)
Street Supt. Gallow and Eng. Reibold
will be reporting to the board options for the George St. drainage
problem; 4) town engineer, Lee Reibold
will be starting a study on the Pomer Way/Lakeshore Dr. cross culvert problem.
f) Other
Town Officials
Assessor Richard Eiberger 1) Presented a schedule to the town board to
attend a workshop for the 2002 Municipal Assessor’s Institute with a two-night
stay in
MOTION: Supv. Jurgensen, seconded by Chairman
Tews to approve the over-night stay and the $100.00 speaker expense. Motion carried 3-1 with Supv. Handevidt
voting NAY stating he did not feel the taxpayers should be burdened with
expenses that the Assessor’s Institute should be paying and also stated he
would not give his approval for over night stays in
Fire Chief Kiesow: 1) informed the board members of the proposed
Zimmerman survey/study regarding future expansions and/or buildings to serve
the town in the coming years as growth continues. Chief Kiesow will also obtain information
from other companies.
Street
Supt. Gallow – 1) update on the town’s overlay
program; 2) requested board approval for
the purchase of a $2,500.00 5-ton trailer in lieu of the laser level he had budgeted. Board members requested he prepare a resolution
for the 8/26 meeting.
XII.
ANNOUNCEMENTS – Meetings are subject to change. Please verify a meeting, location and time by
contacting the Municipal Office.
XIII.
MOTIONS BY SUPERVISOR
At
MOTION: Supv.
Handevidt, second Supv. Jurgensen to make disclosures, after notification to the
former town administrator, to requests 3 and 4 to Peter Maller, reporter for
the Milw. Journal Sentinel and not to make disclosures to request numbers 1 and
2 for the following reasons: 1) public interest
is out-weighed by the potential harm that may be caused to people; 2) information
requested involved past personnel records of a town employee; 3) information
requested is of a private nature and disclosure may unfairly implicate other
employees; 4) disclosure may have an adverse effect on people being willing to
accept positions in the t/Menasha; 5) disclosure of these past incidences would
serve no useful purpose as Mr. DeGrave was an at-will employee. Motion carried unanimously.
At
XIV.
ADJOURNMENT
At
Respectfully submitted,
Jeanne Krueger, Certified Municipal
Clerk
Town of