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EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
February 13, 2019
The Executive Committee of the Grant County Board of Supervisors met on Wednesday,
February 13, 2019 at 8:30 a.m. in room 266 of the Administration Building, Lancaster, WI.
The meeting was called to order by Vice-Chair Mark Stead. Other members present were Carol
Beals, Robert Keeney, Gary Ranum, Donald Splinter and Mark Stead. Mike Lieurance asked to
be excused. Therefore a quorum was present. John Patcle arrived during the meeting. Also in
attendance were Carrie Eastlick, Shane Drinkwater, Joyce Roling, Nancy Scott, Carol Schwartz,
Jack Johnson, Amy Olson, Carrie Kerstiens, Ken McAndrew, Jeff Kindrai, and Nate Dreckman.
Notice of the meeting was sent to the media and the amended agenda was posted in the
Administration Building, Courthouse, and on the Grant County website.
Motion by Donald Splinter, seconded by Gary Ranum, to approve the amended agenda as
posted. Motion carried without negative vote.
Motion by Mark Stead, seconded by Robert Keeney, to approve the minutes of the January 10,
2019 meeting as corrected. Motion carried without negative vote.
Finance
Motion by Mark Stead, seconded by Robert Keeney, to accept the January Treasurer’s Report.
Motion carried without negative vote.
Remediation of the Ellenboro Store property has been completed. The consensus of the
committee is to advertise it as is, without additional backfilling, with sealed bids to be accepted.
Motion by Donald Splinter, seconded by Robert Keeney, to move forward with the refunding
plan for the Orchard Manor bonds. Motion carried without negative vote.
Motion by Gary Ranum, seconded by John Patcle, to recommend adoption of the Resolution
Providing for the Sale of Approximately $2,175,000 General Obligation Refunding Bonds.
Motion carried without negative vote.
Carrie Kerstiens presented the Child Support Administrator’s Quarterly Report.
Motion by Carol Beals, seconded by Mark Stead, to recommend approval of the Resolution in
Support of Increased Child Support Funding. Motion carried without negative vote.
Pursuant to the committee consensus, the Finance Director will prepare a resolution for the list of
non-lapsing funds presented, excluding the loan closet, after the final amounts are determined.
The net funds lapsed from the fair carryovers and 2018 fair budget will be applied to the loan
from the general fund for the swine barn construction.
Motion by Gary Ranum, seconded by Mark Stead, to recommend amending the Grant
Application Policy to allow the Veterans Service Officer to apply for the annual state grant
without County Board approval. Motion carried without negative vote.
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Motion by Robert Keeney, seconded by John Patcle, to accept the January vouchers. Motion
carried without negative vote.
Motion by Mark Stead, seconded by John Patcle, to accept the January Revenue/Expenditure
Report. Motion carried without negative vote.
Motion by John Patcle, seconded by Donald Splinter, to accept the Finance Director’s report.
Motion carried without negative vote.
Technology
Department update 02/13/2019
Purchase of POE switch (2930F) for Administration Building 2nd floor.
The motion was made to recommend for approval by Donald Splinter seconded by John
Patcle. Motion carried without negative vote.
System Downtimes
AD Building had a VMWare downtime on Saturday (02/09/2019). VMware system locked
up and was rebooted.
County systems review
a. IT is standing up an electronic fax system for the county. Basic send and receive
functions are working. IT is now working on windows integration and deployment for the
health department.
b. The 3rd and 2nd floor court rooms are now equipped and running with new Polycom
systems.
Network review
a. IT has fused and completed the fiber optic runs from the MDF to 2nd and 1st floor IDFs.
b. IT has finished training with Carbon Black. We are now on our own to train the system.
New building
a. On 1/21/2019 IT started mounting switches and prepping IT areas for startup
b. On 2/4/2019 CCCP installed access points
c. On 2/4/2019 CCCP powered up the network switches for CSB
d. Starting on 2/4/2019
i. IT has started to stand up the network for the CSB site.
ii. Fiber optics to Orchard Manor will be turned on.
e. On 2/11/2019 IT started server install.
f. IT is reviewing WAN optimization software for the new building.
g. Reviewing the 911 configuration for the new building.
h. TDS will install DIA and phone service on 3/4/2019
The motion was made to accept the IT Director’s report by John Patcle, seconded by Gary
Ranum. Motion carried without negative vote.
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Employee Relations
Staffing Update: Current staffing numbers as of February 02, 2019 are as follows:
Full time Benefit 299
Regular Part time Benefit 75
Part time 75
Limited term and seasonal 72
TOTAL 521
The committee reviewed the Promoted or Transferred Employee Policy as it would pertain to
upcoming middle management placements and the intent of the 5% above the base pay of those
they supervise rule. The Personnel Director was asked to meet with the Sheriff, the Health
Officer, and the Orchard Manor Administrator to bring a recommendation to the committee
clarification changes, if any, in March.
Joyce Roling gave the Personnel Director’s report. Don Splinter, seconded by Gary Ranum,
moved to approve the Personnel Director’s report. Motion carried without negative vote.
John Patcle, seconded by Don Splinter, moved to go into closed session per state statute 19.85(1)
(c) considering employment, promotion, compensation or performance evaluation data of any
public employee over which the governmental body has jurisdiction or exercises responsibility as
it relates to the performance evaluation of the Finance Director.
Don Splinter, seconded by Gary Ranum, moved to return to open session. Motion carried
without negative vote.
Mark Stead, seconded by Donald Splinter, moved to adjourn to Thursday, March 14, 2019 at
2:00 p.m. Motion carried without negative vote.