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June 9, 2008 Town Board Meeting Minutes
TOWN OF UTICA TOWN BOARD MEETING MINUTES June 9, 2008 1. CALL TO ORDER. The June 9, 2008 meeting was called to order by Chairman Nelson Hinz at 7:30 p.m. at the Utica Town Hall. Nelson Hinz, Chairman; Kathy Paschke, Supervisor #1; Frederick Marohn Supervisor #2, Betty Messerschmidt Treasurer and Jack Clarke Clerk were present. 18 Citizens were in the audience. 2. APPROVAL OF MINUTES. The minutes of the May 12, 2008 meeting were reviewed. Supervisor Marohn made a motion, seconded by Supervisor Paschke, to accept the minutes of the April 14, 2008 minutes. Carried. 3. TREASURER’S REPORT. Treasurer Messerschmidt read the Treasurer’s report. Receipts were $23,602.00. Disbursements were $ 33,514.09. The check book balance is $ 79,747.33. Supervisor Marohn made a motion, seconded by Supervisor Paschke, to accept the Treasurer’s Report. Carried. 4. ADOPT AGENDA. Chairman Hinz read the Agenda for the meeting. 5. PUBLIC FORUM. Chairman Hinz paused the meeting so that all could take a moment of silence to remember Mr. Lawrence Bradley, long time supporter of the Town of Utica and founding member of the fire department. Mr. Bradley passed away May 16, 2008. Shirley Gallert, Plan Commission Secretary, asked about posting Plan Commission materials on the Web Site, and asked what decision the Board had made about working with Steve Sorenson to develop a spreadsheet to record conditional use and variances. Terrance Slover stated that he was told that near the driveway of the Jeff Hunter residence, water may have undermined Banville road. 6. VEOLIA ENVIRONMENTAL CONTRACT. David Tellock, from Veolia Environmental, shared a proposal where they would provide a 65 gallon refuse container to all of the 526 residences that they presently pick up refuse at in the Town. He also proposed an increase in per resident cost to $ 14.10 plus a fuel surcharge based on the EIA website posted weekly for highway diesel pricing. (See attached) The board asked Mr. Tellock to prepare a contract and develop materials to educate our residents of the changes in refuse pickup. If the Board accepts the contract, this process would begin in January 2009. Supervisor Marohn made a motion to accept the proposal, seconded by Chairman Hinz. Carried. 7. COMPLIANCE ASSURANCE PLAN FOR RECYCLING Supervisor Paschke made a motion to adopt the Compliance Assurance Plan for Recycling, seconded by Supervisor Marohn. Carried. 7. NEW BASEBALL DIAMOND Rick Wehrmann spoke on behalf of Jason Houle and Brett Wehrmann. Mr. Wehrmann shared that there was not room to put a diamond in where they had wanted it. The Board asked that the committee bring back to a future meeting the proposed costs of a diamond to assist the board in determining if they wanted to approach Howard Christian about leasing or purchasing land so that a diamond could be constructed. 8. NEW FIRE TRUCK, LOAN REQUIREMENTS. No Action at this time. 9. APPROVE LIQUOR LICENSES. Chairman Hinz made a motion to approve the liquor licenses, seconded by Supervisor Paschke Carried. (See attached) 10. WATER TESTING DATES. Supervisor Marohn made a motion to set the following costs and dates, seconded by Supervisor Paschke. Carried. Costs will be $15.00 for arsenic, $15.00 for bacteria and $4.00 for radon. The date and time that residents may pick up test kits is July19, 2008 from 11:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. The date and time that residents may return test kits is July22, 2008 from 4:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. The date and time that residents can attend a session to receive information about their water and radon results is August 26, at 7:00 p.m. 11. WINNEBAGO COUNTY ZONING REQUEST FOR RESOLUTION REVIEW. Supervisor Paschke made a motion to suggest to the County that they approve the resolution, seconded by Supervisor Marohn. Carried. 12. REPORTS. 1. Board of Appeals. No meeting has taken place since the last Town Board meeting. Ron Meier has been appointed to replace Lawrence Bradley on the Board of Appeals. 2. Fire Department. Chief Hunter passed around pictures of the new Pumper. 3. Plan Commission. Act on Zoning Recommendations - Chairman Hinz made a motion to approve the zoning change on the Gerald and Thomas Konrad property from A2 to RRR, seconded by Supervisor Paschke. Voice vote: Chairman Hinz and Supervisor Paschke for, Supervisor Marohn against. Carried. David Sweet has been appointed to Plan Commission as an alternate. 4. Educational Opportunities. None. 13. CORRESPONDENCE We received a letter from Chief Franz, from the City of Oshkosh Fire Department, with a report on ambulance calls to the town. Included was an invoice of $369.00 for the Town of Utica’s share of ambulance costs. 14. PAYMENT OF BILLS Chairman Hinz Supervisor made a motion, seconded by Supervisor Marohn to pay the bills. Carried. 15. ADJOURNMENT Supervisor Paschke made a motion, seconded by Supervisor Marohn to adjourn. Carried. Jack Clarke, Clerk ____________________________________ Nelson Hinz, Chairman ____________________________________ Kathy Paschke, Supervisor #1 ____________________________________ Frederick Marohn, Supervisor #2 ____________________________________ Betty Messerschmidt, Treasurer ___________________________________Jack Clarke, Clerk