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December 14, 2009 Regular Monthly Minutes
TOWN OF NEW DENMARK
MINUTES FROM MONTHLY MEETING
DECEMBER 14, 2009
The regular monthly meeting for the Town of New Denmark was called to order on Monday, December 14, 2009 at 7:00 p.m. by Chairman Bill Krueger. After the Pledge of Allegiance the Minutes from November’s regular monthly meeting were read and a motion was made by Sup. Rabas and seconded by Sup. Goetsch to approve the Minutes. MC
MINUTES FROM SPECIAL MEETINGS: None.
TREASURER’S REPORT: The Treasurer’s books show a balance on hand of $526,221.48 in the money market and $39,536.48 in checking for a total available balance of $565,757.96. Motion made by Sup. Goetsch and seconded by Sup. Rabas to accept report. MC
COMMENTS and CONCERNS FOR THE PUBLIC: Gary Moore of 5526 N. Town Hall Road raises concern over the legality of not plowing the driveway and clearing walkway and ramp. Per the Americans with Disability Act the Town Hall needs to be handicap accessible and should have two exits available during a meeting.
OLD BUSINESS: Ritter Resolution to be addressed at next month’s meeting. Brown County has submitted a Winter Maintenance Agreement/Contract which was approved at last month’s meeting. Chairman Krueger signs official contract for 2009/2010.
NEW BUSINESS
WORKING LANDS INITIATIVE: Presentation to be held on Tuesday, December 22, 2009 at 7:00 p.m. with a representative from Brown County. Handouts available on program for review.
APPROVE INFORMATIONAL BUILDING & CULVERT PERMITS: D. Peterson of 5640 Aspen Court – request for a single family home on parcel ND-183-7 for his son. Minutes from April 1999 and rezoning to Ag-R attached for Bd’s review. Aspen Court falls within the Residential zone of the Smart Growth Plan. Sup. Rabas requests diagram/map of home and driveway location. Tabled until next month. Corrigan Construction submits a request for a 50 x 100 ft addition to 4775 Stagecoach Road (former Holy Trinity Church) for Ginger Smith. Question as to Ginger Smith’s relationship to property. Request that letter be provided regarding relationship to property. Sup. Rabas requests a letter be sent to Marvin Kostka re: installation of culvert on Maribel Road. Permit never submitted to Town for approval. Clerk to send ltr. Sup. Goetsch makes a motion to interrupt ordinary business to address concern of Wade Berger for clarification of zoning of two parcels. He has purchased additional property which conforms to the 35 acre minimum requirement and has 500 ft of road frontage. Sup. Rabas inquires if he previously built homes on Lot 1 and Lot 2. Mr. Berger states yes. Sup. Rabas believes he has already used 70 acres of that property for those homes per the Farmland Preservation Act. Acreage for those existing homes should be counted for. Atty. Sickel would need to review information further. Not on the agenda for discussion and this issue to be added to the December 28, 2009 meeting agenda. Motion by Sup. Goetsch to bring back to regular business. Seconded by Sup. Rabas. MC
ASSESSOR’S REPORT: Unable to attend. No report.
2010 ANNUAL BUDGET and LEVY LIMIT: Levy limits for 2009 reviewed. Motion by Sup. Rabas and seconded by Sup. Goetsch to accept. MC
ANNUAL REVIEW CONTRACT with SCHENCK BUSINESS SOLUTIONS: Contract from Schenck for Annual Review and State filing. Cost estimate $3,200. Motion by Sup. Goetsch and seconded by Sup. Rabas to accept contract. MC
RESOLUTION TO APPOINT ELECTION OFFICIALS FOR 2010/2011: Resolution to Appoint Election Officials for 2010/2011 read by Clerk. Sup. Rabas questions the number of officials. All will not be scheduled for every election. Request to use minimum number of 3 if possible. Motion by Sup. Goetsch and seconded by Sup. Rabas to accept Resolution. No. 2009-11.
UPDATE ON LEGAL ACTION RE: ORDER TO RAZE ND-17-1 & ND-18-1: Mediation scheduled for 12/4/09 was postponed. Parties are requesting depositions of Clerk and Building Inspector which likely relates to the condition of the property. In regard to the Bruflat property a hearing is scheduled before Judge Kelley on December 21 for scheduling of the trial. Mischler property is scheduled for a trial before Judge Warpinski on January 14, 2010. Settlement negotiations unlikely as no provisions to improve the property have been received.
ROAD & BRIDGE REPORT: Sup. Rabas states Boehm road was measured and it is 1690 ft. The map inaccurately reflects a 20 ft difference. County submitted an estimate of $1700 to purchase additional property and prepare a final survey of right-of-way for bridge. Motion by Sup. Goetsch and seconded by Sup. Rabas to work on W. Town Hall Road project. MC. Sup. Rabas reports he will be meeting with County to discuss road conditions following the December 9th snow storm and attempt to improve service. Need to take into consideration this was the 6th worst snow storm on record. Both Sup. Goetsch and Chairman Krueger to attend meeting. Concern raised over residents pushing snow into the right-of-ways, snow should be free of roadway to prevent further problems. Sup. Rabas states he attempted to discuss Pine Grove Road with Scott but meeting never occurred. He will not deal with them on the issue and Chairman Krueger to contact Scott regard Town concerns and repaint stripe on Pine Grove.
COST ANALYSIS FOR ABANDONMENT OF TOWN ROADS/PRIVATE DRIVES: Ltr from Atty. Sickel outlining estimated cost to abandon Town Rd/private drives and proposed timeframe. Estimated legal cost is $8,475. Criteria for roads to be discontinued noted. Review of list by Board. Eastwind Drive already discontinued/not a Town road. State Road 84 and Bartel Lane is County right-of-way. Frontage E is access road to I-43 and should not be accepted or acknowledged by Town. Every road that is removed from the list would reduce the cost by $75.00. Chairman Krueger has prepared an expense list for snow plowing and gravel and that can be compared to cost of 36 driveways with culverts and ditching expense. Sup. Goetsch requests this be added to next agenda.
CORRESPONDENCE: Annexation request from Chris Wood for 2.4 acres from ND-697-2. Petition states .88 acres. Map reflects 2.4 acres. Request to clarify amount of property to be annexed as it would affect payment received from the Village. Invasive species invoice from County for 9 hours. Sup. Goetsch states he received in the mail a copy of the Petersen CSM. Sup. Rabas states it was never approved by the Town.
PAYMENT OF BILLS: Motion by Sup. Goetsch and seconded by Sup. Rabas to approve and pay bills. MC
Motion by Sup. Rabas and seconded by Sup. Goetsch to adjourn at 9:05 p.m. MC
Prepared by: Michelle Wallerius, Clerk
Approved: January 11, 2010
Archive:
July 20, 2010 Plan Commission Meeting Minutes
June 15, 2010 Plan Commission Meeting Minutes
June 14, 2010 Regular Monthly Meeting for June
May 18, 2010 Special Town Bd Meeting - Garbage/Recycling contract
May 4, 2010 Regular Monthly Meeting
April 20, 2010 Plan Commission - Zoning Code Updates
April 13, 2010 Draft - 2010 Annual Meeting Minutes
April 12, 2010 Regular Monthly Meeting
March 30, 2010 Plan Commission - Zoning Updates
March 16, 2010 Plan Commission Mtg - Peterson & Zoning Code Updates