TOWN OF OCONOMOWOC

TOWN BOARD MEETING

September 15, 2003

 

Chairman St. Thomas called the Town Board meeting to order at approximately 7:12 p.m.

Present:  Chairman St. Thomas, Supervisors Baade, Napgezek, Husak and Case, Attorney Chapman, Police Chief Roelandts, Highway Superintendent Brown and Clerk/Treasurer Lemley.

 

Minutes: A motion was made by Case and seconded by Husak to approve the minutes from the August 18, 2003 board meeting and passed unanimously.

 

Correspondence: None

Comments from the Floor:  None

Old Business:  None

 

New Business:

1.      A motion was made by Case and seconded by Husak to not accept the engineers’ recommendation to not accept either bid received for the Blackhawk Drive project and to re-bid the project in the Spring of 2004.  Carried unanimously.

2.      A motion was made by Supervisor Case to approve the conditional use for James Peterson Sons, Inc. to perform quarrying activities on the Hansen property on County Hwy. K, subject to meeting all conditions as set forth by the Plan Commission.  Seconded by Husak.  Carried unanimously.

3.      Supervisor Husak moved to confirm the contract for Lake Country Engineering to create the CSM for Holy Trinity Lutheran Church.  Seconded by Case.  Carried unanimously.

4.      Supervisor Husak moved to approve the CSM for Holy Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church subject to the satisfaction of all the recommendations of the Plan Commission.  Seconded by Case.  Carried unanimously.

5.      Supervisor Case moved to approve the resolution to call a special Town Meeting on October 6, 2003 at 7:30 p.m. to grant permission to the Town Board to purchase a parcel of land from Holy Trinity Lutheran Church, to be used for public parking.  Seconded by Husak and carried unanimously.

6.      Supervisor Case moved to approve the CSM for Alliance Bible Church to create two lots, subject to the recommendations of the Plan Commission being met.  Seconded by Husak, Carried unanimously.

7.      The Plan Commission has recommended the Town go ahead in its joint venture with the Oconomowoc Soccer Association to develop a Sports Park at the Town’s parkland on Highway 67..  Chairman St. Thomas appointed Walter Baade (chairman), Jeff Herrmann and Attorney Chapman to be the task force to negotiate a lease with the soccer association.  The soccer association feels that they will be able to negotiate for many more grant dollars and corporate donations if the lease is in place.

8.      Supervisor Husak moved to approve the waiver of road width right of way for Bayview Road for John & Cindy Amato, subject to the conditions set forth by the Plan Commission.  Seconded by Case.  Carried unanimously.

9.      Supervisor Case moved to approve the resolution to award the contract for the Mary Lane & Mary Lane Court paving project to the low bidder, Wolf Paving, Inc. in the amount of $127,633.00.  Seconded by Baade.  Carried unanimously.

10.  Supervisor Husak moved to confirm the payment of the Cable-Lite, Inc. invoice for installing outlets in the bases of street light poles during the Okauchee renovations.  Seconded by Case.  Carried unanimously.

11.  Supervisor Case moved to approve the renewal of the service agreement with HAWS effective 12/1/03, at the same rate as 2003.  Seconded by Napgezek.  Carried unanimously. 

12.  Supervisor Reports and Concerns: Supervisor Napgezek reported that over 100 people attended the OLMD Annual Meeting.  Many were angry and yelling, it was very discouraging and disappointing, the OLMD lost DNR grants and will not receive matching grants in the future.  A new chairman was elected, James Hemmerich.

13.  Chairman St. Thomas: Chairman St. Thomas reminded everyone that the Board meetings will start at 7:30 p.m. (until next June).  He also scheduled a budget workshop for 8:00 a.m. on Friday, September 26th.

14.  Attorney Chapman: None

15.  Highway Superintendent Brown:  Sought permission to negotiate with the gas company to have the gas company to pay the Town to repave the road they disturb, rather than Payne & Dolan.  Permission granted.

16.  Police Chief Roelandts:  Supervisor Case moved to approve Detective Bautz attending the “White Collar Crime” seminar 10/21 – 10/23 in Appleton and Detective Bautz and Officer Patoka attending the EnCase Analysis seminar in Appleton on 10/7 – 10/10.  Seconded by Husak.  Carried unanimously.  The Chief reported that he is still attempting to get a firm price on the cost of installing the Opticon equipment in the new traffic lights on Hwy. P and Hwy. K.  It should be less expensive to install at construction time than it would be to add it later.  Chief Roelandts also reported that, after spending about $1,000.00 on general boat maintenance, our large boat is out-of-commission due to a melted plug and damaged valve.  Repair estimates are around $1800.00, but the Chief wonders if some of this is the fault of the marine facility, or possibly due to a bad spark plug.

17.  Clerk/Treasurer –Supervisor Baade moved, Husak seconded, to approve the special event request for the “Annual Wild Bird Seed Sale” at Friends of Nature from 10/11 – 10/19.  Supervisor Husak moved, and Baade seconded, to approve the bartender’s license renewals (3) and new licenses (2) per attached list. Both motions passed unanimously.

18.  Vouchers and Checks – Supervisor Napgezek moved to approve the vouchers and checks, totaling $456,833.02, as presented.  Seconded by Baade.  Carried unanimously.

19.  Other Business – None

20. At approximately 8:05 p.m., Supervisor Husak moved to adjourn.  Seconded by Baade, it passed unanimously.

 

Respectfully submitted,

 

 

Christine Lemley

Clerk/Treasurer