TOWN OF OCONOMOWOC

TOWN BOARD MEETING

December 15, 2003

Chairman St. Thomas called the Town Board meeting to order at approximately 7:30 p.m.

Present: Chairman St. Thomas, Supervisors Baade, Napgezek, and Case, Highway Superintendent Brown and Clerk/Treasurer Lemley.

Absent: Supervisor Husak, Attorney Chapman, and Police Chief Roelandts.

Minutes: A motion was made by Case and seconded by Napgezek to approve the minutes from the December 1, 2003 board meeting and passed unanimously.

Correspondence: Correspondence from some concerned citizens in the Stone Bank Fire Dept. District was read into the record. A decision was made to respond to the writers and refer them to the Stone Bank Fire Dept. to answer their concerns.

Comments from the Floor: Alan Miller – W346 N5368 Elm Avenue (currently residing at 301 W. Bottsford – Milwaukee 53207) appeared to protest the penalty fines levied by the Utility District due to his property not being connected to the sewer by the deadline imposed. Mr. Miller pled his case and advised that he has not lived in the house for over one year, thinking that that would void the hook-up requirement. He has now gotten contracts for hook-up and the work is in progress, but he would like the Town’s utility district to consider forgiving the penalty assessment. Mr. Miller supplied documents and the Board said his request would be considered.

Special Order of Business: Judge Douglas Stern, from Lake Country Municipal Court, appeared to present the Board with the Court’s annual report. There has been an obvious increase in volume (about $55,000.00 in the past two years) and there has been an update in technology with additional use of computers. The court added two contracted members. These members get a two-year contract, but no voting rights. The Lake Country Municipal Court was started 15 years ago and was the first court of its kind. Now, due to its great success, it is being used as an example and copied around the state.

Old Business: None

New Business:

1. Michael Grota from Grota Appraisals attended to present options from which the Board could choose in order to perform a re-evaluation of the Town of Oconomowoc. The Board decided to authorize a “walk-around” revaluation to start as soon as possible which, when completed, should delay a full revaluation for another 10 years. Supervisor Case moved to contract with Grota Appraisals to start the revaluation as soon as possible and complete it in 2005. Seconded by Napgezek and carried unanimously.

2. Supervisor Case moved to approve the 2004 Town of Oconomowoc budget. Seconded by Napgezek and carried unanimously.

3. A motion was made by Supervisor Case to approve a contract with Welch Hanson to determine what is necessary to correct the Road O drainage problems. Seconded by Baade. Carried unanimously.

4. Chairman St. Thomas read a resolution to accept a 10-foot strip at the west edge of Lake Park Heights. Supervisor Napgezek moved to pass the resolution. Baade seconded and it carried unanimously by roll call vote (Case-yes, Baade-yes, Napgezek-yes and St. Thomas-yes).

5. Supervisor Case moved and Baade seconded to not accept one-half the charge for installing the Opticon equipment in the new stoplight. The Chairman will send a letter of explanation to the Stone Bank Fire Dept. Carried unanimously by roll call vote (Baade-yes, Napgezek-yes, St.Thomas-yes and Case-yes)..

6. Supervisor Baade moved to approve the 2004 contract for City of Oconomowoc dispatch services. Seconded by Napgezek. Carried unanimously.

7. Supervisor Case moved to approve the 2004 Fire Contract with the City of Oconomowoc. Seconded by Baade. Passed unanimously.

8. Supervisor Case moved and Baade seconded to approve the 2004 Ambulance Service contract with the City of Oconomowoc. Carried unanimously.

9. Supervisor Baade moved to approve the refund of over-payment of utility assessment to Patrick & Sari McDonald. Seconded by Napgezek. Carried unanimously.

10. After review of the four proposals for liability insurance coverage for the Town of Oconomowoc for 2004, Supervisor Case moved to award the coverage to Snyder Insurance. Seconded by Baade and carried unanimously.

11. Supervisor Case moved to accept the resolution relating to parking regulations in the Town of Oconomowoc. Seconded by Napgezek and carried unanimously.

12. Supervisor Reports and Concerns: None

13. Chairman St. Thomas: None

14. Attorney Chapman: Absent

15. Highway Superintendent Brown: None

16. Police Chief Roelandts: Absent

17. Clerk/Treasurer –Supervisor Case moved to accept the proposal from Everything Water for bottled water service to the Town Hall. Seconded by Baade and passed unanimously. Supervisor Baade moved to approve the eight new bartender’s license per attached list. Seconded by Case, carried unanimously.

18. Vouchers and Checks – Supervisor Napgezek moved to approve the vouchers and checks, totaling $159,678.47. Seconded by Baade. Carried unanimously.

19. Other Business – None

20. At approximately 9:28 pm., Supervisor Baade moved to adjourn the meeting. Seconded by Napgezek, the vote was unanimous.

Respectfully submitted,

Christine Lemley

Clerk/Treasurer