HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutes December 2, 2010HIGHWAY COMMITTEE MEETING
December 2, 2010
The regular monthly meeting of the Grant County Highway Committee was held on
Thursday, December 2, 2010 at the Highway Office in Lancaster, Wisconsin. Chairman
Marg"8ret Ruf called the meeting to order at 9:00 A.M..
Members present besides the Chairman were Donald Splinter, Mark Stead, Vern
Lewison, Pat Schroeder, and Highway Commissioner David Lambert. Also present was
County Board Chairman John Patcle, County Board Supervisor Robert Keeney, and Jon
Knautz.
Pat Schroeder, seconded by Vern Lewison, moved that the meeting is in compliance
with the open meetings law. Motion carried.
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Donald Splinter, seconded by John Patcle, moved to approve the agenda as printed.
Motion carried.
Donald Splinter, seconded by Vern Lewison, moved to approve the minutes of the
November 4, 2010 meeting as printed. Motion carried.
Mark Stead, seconded by Vern Lewison, moved to pay Vouchers #1087 thru #1222.
Motion carried.
Pat Schroeder, seconded by Mark Stead, moved to enter into closed session
per Wisconsin State Statutes 19.85 (1)(c) to discuss Supervisor Position and
Compensation. A roll call vote was taken with Splinter, Schroeder, Lewison,
Stead, and Ruf all voting yes. Motion carried.
John Patcle, seconded by Mark Stead, moved to come out of closed session and
return to open session. Motion carried.
Vern Lewison, seconded by John Patcle, moved to rescind their motion from
the November 4, 2010 meeting offering the County Patrol Supervisor Position to
Candidate one and if they refuse the position to offer the position to Candidate
two. Motion carried.
Pat Schroeder, seconded by Margaret Ruf, moved to allow the Highway Commissioner
to advertise for the County Highway Patrol Supervisor Position with an E classification
for pay purposes and with an E-4 minimum. Motion carried.
Pat Schroeder, seconded by Margaret Ruf, moved to send to the Executive
Committee for approval, to pay all the earned vacation and discretionary time
owed the two Highway Patrol Superintendents in excess of current policy as a
one time catch up in the amount of $6,196.05 for the County Highway Patrol
Superintendent and $7,020.75 for the State Highway Patrol Superintendent.
Motion carried.
For the first ten months of 2010 Grant County was $16,205.21 in the red for
the maintenance work that we provided on the State System. Total State requisitions
for the first ten months of 2010 were $1,456,173.09.
Mark Stead, seconded by Donald Splinter, moved to sign the 2011 State
Highway Routine Maintenance Areement with the WisDOT. Motion carried.
Pat Schroeder, seconded by Donald Splinter, moved to sign both addendums
to the 2011 State RMA. Motion carried.
The State and County Salt sheds are all full. Work on Highland "Q" is done
for the season and will continue in the spring. Sealing the foundation at the
Court House required 1250 lbs. of liquid rubber. Brushing, chipping, and shoulder
maintenance will continue between winter events.
The parking issue in Mt. Hope was again discussed. No parking between signs
will be placed on the north driveway of the Rienenapp property in Village of Mt.
Hope.
Jeannie Morgan joined the Committee
and recommended to go with the low bid.
moved to go with the low bid from Finney
and loader. Motion carried.
and reviewed the tractor/loader bids
Pat Schroeder, seconded by Vern Lewi son,
Implement and purchase one new tractor
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Travis Kramer joined the Committee for the Engineering Report. He discussed
a drainage issue on CTH "E". There is not enough drop in elevation available to
install a 36 inch pipe under the private driveway. The ditch line was cleaned out
and the County will wait and see how it works out.
Travis reviewed with the Committee a jurisdictional transfer of the new
portion of CTH "D" - Chestnut Street to the City of Platteville.
Mark Stead, seconded by Donald Splinter, moved to approve the Resolution to
Transfer Jurisdictional Authority for a Portion of CTH "D" from Grant County to
the City of Platteville and recommend to the full County Board for approval.
Motion carried.
Don Greenwood from Jewell Associates Engineers joined the Committee and
presented the Highway Commissioner with a framed and matted picture of the
Spring Valley Road Bridge in the Town of Mt. Ida. Jewell was involved with
the Engineering work on the bridge. He handed out a packet of information
to each Committee member profiling his Company and thanked Grant County for
its past consideration.
Tom Boguszewski from AEcom also came before the Committee. AEcom - formerly
EarthTech, has done business with the County in the past and is interested in
getting back into Grant County.
Mark Stead, seconded by Vern Lewison, moved to adjourn at 11:20 A.M..
Motion carried.
Respectfully submitted,
Mark A. Stead, Secretary