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June 7, 2012 Regular Town Board Meeting
Town of Dodgeville
Town Board Meeting Minutes
June 7th, 2012
6:00 p.m.
1) Call to order. Town Chairman, Curt Peterson called the meeting to order at 6:02 p.m.
Town Supervisors in attendance were: David Gollon, Charlie Price and David Blume. Also in attendance were Clerk/Treasurer Sara Olson, Bo Rochon, Rod Matthews, Greg Jewell, Marcia Peterson, Jeff Haylock, Lea Dolan-Stroncek and Gregory Stroncek.
2) Approval of Public Notice/Agenda. Supervisor, David Blume made a motion to approve the public notice and agenda seconded by Supervisor, Charlie Price. Motion carried.
David Gollon made a motion to suspend the agenda and move to Item #7. David Blume seconded the motion. Motion carried.
3) Discussion & possible action re: Plan Commission Recommendations. The Town Board reviewed and discussed the Plan Commission petitions in detail due to there wasn’t a quorum present at the Plan Commission meeting on May 29th, 2012. The Stroncek’s stated that they will only sell their own products that are produced (produce) or raised (animals) on the farm at the roadside stand. Marsha Peterson stated that her intent is to split off the buildings from the remainder of her land using her one time split. David Blume made a motion to approve the conditional use permit for a roadside stand on a 30.82 acre parcel zoned A-1 in the NW ¼ of the NW ¼ of S30-T7N-R4E located at 5077/5079 County Road Z and is currently owned by Gregory Stroncek & Lea Dolan Stroncek. David Gollon seconded the motion. Motion carried. David Gollon made a motion to approve the rezoning application located in part of the SW ¼ of the NE ¼ , the SE ¼ of the NW ¼ , and part of the NW ¼ of the SE ¼ of S33-T7N-R3E to rezone 40.00 acres more or less from A-1 Ag to two AR-1 Ag Residential lots that will be 5 acres and 35 acres respectively and is owned by Marsha Peterson. David Blume seconded the motion. Motion carried.
David Blume made a motion to suspend the agenda and move to Item #12. David Gollon seconded the motion. Motion carried.
4) Town Roads/Equipment Report. Clerk/Treasurer Sara Olson presented the board with samples of pea gravel and limestone chips that could be used for sealcoating of Town roads. The Town of Dodgeville received a quote of $16.15 (delivered) for pea gravel and a quote of $9.90 (delivered) for lime chips. Charlie Price made a motion to purchase 400 tons of lime chips from Rule Construction as stated in the quote. David Blume seconded the motion. Motion carried. The Town Board indicated that they would use the other 120 tons of pea gravel that is in storage to obtain the total of 520 tons needed to complete the roads. After a lengthy discussion the board didn’t know if the products could be mixed therefore Charlie Price made a motion to amend the existing motion to authorize the Town Chairman to order either 400 tons or 520 tons of lime chips from Rule Construction depending on if the stored material could be mixed. David Blume seconded the motion. Motion carried. Clerk/Treasurer Sara Olson had indicated that there is excessive grease buildup at the lift station behind Sam & Maddies that is in need of cleaning to prevent the floats from getting stuck. The Town Board had requested the Clerk/Treasurer obtain some information from Sam & Maddies to try to resolve the grease issue do to it is an ongoing issue. The Town Board indicated that the City will clean the lift station and it will be billed to Sam & Maddies due to there are no other businesses that flow to that lift station that would be producing grease.
5) Discussion & possible action re: 2012 TRIP-D Roh/Walters Road Project. Greg Jewell from Jewell associates engineers and the Town Board discussed the initial processes for the Roh/Walters Road Project with the Town of Dodgeville. Engineer Greg Jewell was going to put together an advertisement for bids as well as bid documents for bidders. David Gollon left after this discussion.
6) Appointment of Plan Commission Member. No action was taken.
7) Approval of Meeting Minutes from May 1st, 2012. David Blume made a motion to approve the minutes from May 1st, 2012. Curt Peterson seconded the motion. Motion carried. Charlie Price abstained from the motion due to he wasn’t in attendance.
8) Discussion & possible action re: Donation for fireworks for Farmer’s Appreciation Days. Curt Peterson made a motion to donate $500.00 towards the fireworks only for Farmer’s Appreciation Days. Charlie Price seconded the motion. Motion carried 2-1. David Blume was opposed due to the employees didn’t receive raises in 2012 and they should be taken care of first.
David Gollon returned.
9) Discussion & possible action re: Installation of fence on road right-of-way on Norwegian Hollow Road. Rod Matthews and Bo Rochon explained the reasoning that the fence was installed in the current location and apologized for their error. They have requested that the Town of Dodgeville allow them to leave the fence in its current location due to tree line and the lay of the land. The Town Board and the individuals discussed liability and potential issues in detail. Curt Peterson, Town Chairman recommended moving the majority of the fence behind the tree line and by the creak bringing it to about 15 feet off the right-of-way with a completion date by November 1st, 2012. David Gollon made a motion to have the land owner move the fence behind the tree line and by the creek moving the fence line so it is about 15 feet off the right-of-way with a completion date of November 1st, 2012. David Blume seconded the motion. Motion carried.
10) Approval of Treasurer’s Report for General, Sanitary District #1, 2, and Tax Collection Account. David Gollon made a motion to approve the Town of Dodgeville May 2012 Treasurer’s Report as submitted stating the following fund balances:
General Checking $ 49,292.19
Farmer’s Savings $ 51,526.46
M&I Tax Account $ 163,485.95
Local Government Investment Pool $ 6,957.05
M&I CD’s $ 101,115.46
Township Funds: $ 372,377.11
Charlie Price seconded the motion. Motion carried.
David Gollon made a motion to approve Sanitary Districts #1 and 2 Treasurer’s Report as submitted stating the following fund balances:
Sanitary District #1 $13,551.50
Sanitary District #2 $ 7,641.47
Charlie Price seconded the motion. Motion carried
11) Bills to be approved. Charlie Price made a motion to approve all the June vouchers as submitted totaling $24,269.11. David Gollon seconded the motion. Motion carried.
12) Discussion & possible action re: Paving of Chimney Rock Turn-Around. Clerk/Treasurer Sara Olson indicated that we hadn’t received the estimate. No action taken.
13) Clerk/Treasurer Report. Clerk/Treasurer Sara Olson indicated that she had contacted Johnson Block & Company in regards to the costs of adopting a fund balance policy as requested by the Town Board. Johnson Bock & Company indicated that additional costs in the amount of $100 to $200 would be added to the contract amount each year until the existing contract expires and then it would be included in the contract price. Johnson Block & Company indicated that there is a cost associated with adopting the policy however it is good financial practice.
14) Public Comment. None
15) Adjournment. David Gollon made a motion to adjourn the meeting at 8:10 p.m. David Blume seconded the motion. Motion carried.
Respectfully Submitted,
Sara J. Olson, Clerk-Treasurer
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