TOWN BOARD OF SUPERVISORS REGULAR
MEETING
Municipal Complex - Assembly Room -
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.
Elected Members Present:
Scott Sauer, Supv. #2 Jerry Jurgensen, Supv. #3 Russ Handevidt, Supv. #4
Jeanne Krueger, Clerk
Also Present: James Archambo, Admin. Lee Reibold, Town Engr.
Rod McCants, Police
Chief George Dearborn, Com. Dev.
Dir. Richard Eiberger, Assessor Randy Gallow, Street Supt. Keith Kiesow, Fire Chief Susan
Phillips, Dep. Chief/Fire Marshal Greg Curtis, Town Atty. Mike Kading, Park Dir.
Mike Lettier, Pres. Police Comm.
Becky Konizer Eden Foord Katherine Foord Parker Foord
4) DISCUSSION
ITEMS
5) OLD
BUSINESS
6) NEW BUSINESS
a) 030922-1:
Variance – Eden Foord – S.W. Corner of W. Palisades and
MOTION: Handevidt/Sauer
to adopt to approve as submitted. Motion
carried.
b) 030922-2:
Certified Survey Map – Great Northern Corporation – 395 Stroebe Road
MOTION: Handevidt/Jurgensen
to adopt to approve as submitted. Motion
carried.
MOTION: Handevidt/Sauer
to adopt to approve the expenditures with the exception of (none), as submitted. Motion carried.
MOTION: Handevidt/Jurgensen to adopt to approve as submitted.
Motion carried.
e) 030922-5: Street Acceptance – Shady
Springs VI
MOTION: Handevidt/Jurgensen
to adopt to approve as submitted. Motion
carried.
f) 030922-6: To Approve an Engagement
Letter with Virchow Krause and Company for
Insurance Broker Services
MOTION: Handevidt/Sauer
to adopt to approve as submitted. Motion
carried.
7) ORDINANCES
/ POLICIES / AGREEMENTS
a) 030922-1:ORD Amend Town of
License FIRST READING, SECOND READING AND ADOPTION
MOTION: Handevidt/Jurgensen to
accept the FIRST READING only. Motion carried.
8) PERSONNEL
a) 030922-1:RESIGN
Paid-on-Call Firefighter Bryan Odeman
MOTION: Handevidt/Hanson to adopt as
submitted, with deep regrets. Motion carried.
MOTION: Handevidt/Hanson to approve
the minutes as submitted. After discussion, MOTION: Handevidt/Hanson to withdraw
their motions. MOTION: Handevidt/Hanson to REFER the minutes to the
next
10) CORRESPONDENCE
11) REPORTS
a) Town Administrator James Archambo: questioned the address change for
Club West stating the address was well-known for many
years on Shady Lane. Dir. Dearborn
stated the request came from the Club West staff to change to
Barbara Hanson,
Supv. #1: attended the Fire Department open house held last
Saturday and praised the organizers for a wonderful showing.
Jerry Jurgensen,
Supv. #3: expressed concern regarding the footpath on
Annex Lane now that the property has been purchased.
Russ Handevidt,
Supv. #4: 1) concerned with the overtime report from the
Finance Dept. explaining the need for overtime due to the large amount of time
dedicated to learning the newly implemented HTE software. He felt the town board was not properly
informed of this excessive overtime; 2)
asked if a clearer font could be used for the monthly bills list; 3) irritated about the budget workshop dates
stating he was not asked if the dates were compatible with his schedule as the
other town board members were asked. He
stated he is unable to make the Tuesday meetings and expressed disappointment
in the lack of obtaining input from the other board members when putting this
schedule together as it could have avoided the non-attendance issue; 4) attended the Hazardous Material meeting; 5) questioned the legality of a boat being
parked on the far end of Northern Rd. in the town’s right-of-way.
e) Town Chairman Arden Tews: 1) also attended the Fire
Department open house, and felt the staff did an outstanding job; 2) questioned the status of the ditch on Manitowoc
Rd. St. Supt.
Gallow stated there
were no easements available. Town Engr.
Lee Reibold is looking into surveying, preliminary studies and costs involved. Chair Tews, in the interim, wants the
property owner to be notified of the status; 3) inquired as to the status of the Green
Valley ditch. Adm. Archambo stated he
had not heard from the t/Neenah officials thus far.
f) Other Town Officials
Comm. Dev. Dir,
George Dearborn:
Informed Becky Konizer, manager
of the Dublin Trail multi-family complex that her request for advertising signs
in the town’s right-of-way were not allowed regardless that developer Jim
Fletcher told her and her staff that it was okay.
Fire Chief Keith
Kiesow: 1) thanked everyone who attended the open
house, and gave special thanks to Admin. Asst. Sue Englebert and Dep. Fire Chief Susan Phillips and the
firefighters involved; 2) a house-burn
is scheduled on Shangra-La this Sat. morning at approx. 8-9 o’clock.
Assessor Richard
Eiberger: 1) expressed disappointment in the
Post-Crescent for not running an article regarding town’s revaluation project; 2)
stated Accurate Appraisal will begin their town-wide assessment next week
starting on the west side; 3) spoke with
Mark Weber regarding borderline manufacturing.
Street Supt. Randy Gallow: update on American Drive
Dep. Fire Chief Susan Phillips: thanked everyone for their
attendance on Saturday.
Park/Rec. Director Mike Kading: 1) update on the Moseng property
purchase; 2) stated the 2003 Fall Recreation
programs will be starting soon.
12) MOTIONS BY SUPERVISORS
13) ADJOURNMENT
At 7:00 p.m., MOTION: Sauer/Hanson
to adjourn the Regular Meeting of the Town Board of Supervisors. Motion carried unanimously.
Respectfully submitted,
Jeanne Krueger, Certified
Municipal Clerk
TOWN OF MENASHA