Chairman St. Thomas called the Town Board meeting of March
17, 2003 to order at approximately 7:30 p.m. with the Pledge of Allegiance.
Present: Chairman St.
Thomas, Supervisors Baade, Napgezek, Husak and Case, Attorney William Chapman,
Sergeant Wallis and Clerk/Treasurer Lemley.
Absent: Police Chief Roelandts (vacation) and Highway Superintendent
Brown
Minutes: A motion was made by Case
and seconded by Baade to approve the minutes from the March 3, 2003 board
meeting and passed unanimously.
Correspondence: None
Comments from
the Floor: Town resident Mike Fitzsimmons – N50 W34701
Wisconsin Avenue – was present to again request that the Town draft an
ordinance to ban gas motors on Florence Lake.
Atty. Chapman said that it still has not been determined if the lake is
public or private and questions whether the Town has jurisdiction over a
private lake. Any further action needs
to wait for the results of the investigations.
Old Business: None
New Business:
1.
Joe
Eberle from Ruekert Mielke was present to answer questions and present the
proposal for purchasing a chemical adding system to control odors at certain
pump stations. Supervisor Case moved and Husak seconded to approve the purchase
of equipment for a chemical feed system to control odors at the West Lake Drive
and Hwy 16 pump station from U. S. Filter.
The cost will be paid by the Utility District and is reimbursable under
the Clean Water Fund loan. Carried
unanimously.
2.
Supervisor
Case moved, Husak seconded, to authorize Hogen Electric to install the chemical
feed system described in item #1.
Carried unanimously.
3.
Supervisor
Baade moved to approve the Ordinance creating section 1.15(2A) of the General
Code of Ordinances to compensate the Plan Commission members per meeting and
reimburse mileage at amounts established by resolution by the Town Board.
Seconded by Husak. Unanimous roll call vote:
Baade-yes, Napgezek-yes, St. Thomas-yes, Husak-yes, and Case-yes.
4.
Supervisor
Husak moved to approve the resolution establishing the Plan Commission
per-meeting payment at $40.00 and the mileage reimbursement at $10.00 per
month. Seconded by Case. Carried unanimously.
5.
Supervisor
Husak moved and Case seconded to approve the 2003 Ambulance Service Contract
from the City of Oconomowoc. Passed
unanimously.
6.
Supervisor
Case moved to approve the Resolution amending the 2002 Budget of the Town of
Oconomowoc. Husak seconded and carried
unanimously by roll call vote:
Case-yes, Husak-yes, Napgezek-yes, Baade-yes, St. Thomas-yes.
7.
Supervisor
Case moved, and Husak seconded to select Welch Hanson Associates as the firm to
perform the Facility Needs Assessment for the Town of Oconomowoc. The motion carried unanimously.
8.
Supervisor
Case moved to approve the rezone request for the parcel formerly known as St.
Joan of Arc Church and School property, as requested by MJ&J Enterprises,
LLC, from the current R-3 residential and P-I institutional to B-2 Local
Business District, pursuant to and subject to the Plan Commission’s
recommendations and conditions. Husak
seconded. Carried unanimously by roll call vote: Baade-yes, Case-yes, Napgezek-yes, St. Thomas-yes, Husak-yes.
9.
Supervisor Reports and Concerns: Supervisor
Baade reported that wetland delineation is needed on the Town’s 60+ acres of
parkland. Jeff Herrmann will do a
letter requesting that SEWRPC perform this service on behalf of the Town.
10.
Chairman St. Thomas: Chairman St. Thomas reported that Road B developed a
gaping hole as a result of the recent sewer repairs, but that the Town’s
highway department repaired it.
11.
Attorney Chapman: Nothing
12.
Highway Superintendent Brown: Absent
13.
Police Sergeant Wallis: Nothing
14.
Clerk/Treasurer –Supervisor Husak moved to accept the informal proposal from a company
called Shred-It to destroy those files that are no longer necessary to
keep. Sergeant Wallis indicated that
the Police Dept. has files that it needs to get rid of also, so the two offices
will work together on scheduling.
Supervisor Case seconded. Passed unanimously. The clerk reminded the Board that the Annual Meeting is scheduled
for Tuesday - April 8th at 7:00 p.m.
15.
Vouchers and Checks – No list provided – will be approved at next
meeting.
16.
Other Business: None
17.
At
approximately 8:25 p.m., Supervisor Husak moved to adjourn into closed session
Pursuant to ss. 19.85 (1)(g) Conferring with legal counsel for the governmental
body who is rendering oral or written advice concerning strategy to be adopted
by the body with respect to litigation in which it is likely to become involved,
specifically the pending Higgins lawsuit.
Seconded by Baade, passed unanimously by roll call vote: Husak-yes; Napgezek-yes; Case-yes;
Baade-yes; St. Thomas-yes.
18.
Discussion
was held regarding the details of the lawsuit, the history and possible courses
of action. At 8:35 p.m., Husak moved
and Napgezek seconded to re-convene into open session. This passed by unanimous roll call
vote: St. Thomas-yes, Napgezek-yes,
Husak-yes, Case-yes, Baade-yes. Supervisor Husak moved, Supervisor Case
seconded to authorize Attorney Chapman to defend the pending Higgins lawsuit on
behalf of the Town. Carried unanimously
19.
At
approximately 8:36 p.m., Husak moved and Baade seconded to adjourn. Carried unanimously.
Respectfully
submitted,
Christine Lemley
Clerk/Treasurer