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HomeMy WebLinkAboutCty Bd April 17 20121 Grant County Board of Supervisors April 17, 2012 The Grant County Board of Supervisors met on Tuesday, April 17, 2012 at 9:05 a.m. in Room 264 of the Administration Building, Second Floor in Lancaster, WI pursuant to the adjournment of the March 20, 2012 meeting. Oath of office recited by all recently elected Grant County Board of Supervisor Members. Chair John Patcle called the meeting to order and the Pledge of Allegiance was recited. Verification of compliance with the open meeting law was a notice in the Herald Independent stating the date, time and place of the County Board Meeting and posted in two public posting locations and the county website verified by Linda K. Gebhard, County Clerk. INSERT #1: ROLL CALL, April 17, 2012 Present Absent Excused 1. Roger Guthrie X 2. Carol Beals X 3. John Beinborn X 4. Ivan Farness X 5. Lester Jantzen X 6. Robert Keeney X 7. Vern Lewison X 8. Vincent Loeffelholz X 9. Grant Loy X 10. Dwight Nelson X 11. John Patcle X 12. Dale Hood X 13. Robert Scallon X 14. Patrick Schroeder X 15. Donald Splinter X 16. Mark Stead X 17. Larry Wolf X The Clerk took the roll call resulting in 17 present, 0 excused. Therefore a quorum was present. Ivan Farness, seconded by Vince Loeffelholz, made a motion to approve the agenda. Motion carried. Robert Keeney, seconded by Dwight Nelson made a motion to approve the minutes of March 20, 2012 with the following corrections. (1.) To add the motion made by Lester Jantzen, seconded by Robert Scallon to approve the Memoriam for Harvey Wells. Motion carried. (2.) In the Committee Reports to change the wording in the Fair Report to reflect “the Fair of 2012 instead of 2013”. Motion approved. 2 Election of County Board Officers: Nominations opened: Robert Keeney nominated John Patcle Lester Jantzen nominated Larry Wolf John Beinborn motioned to close the nominations, seconded by Carol Beals. Motion carried. Results: John Patcle received 8 Larry Wolf received 9 Larry Wolf received majority votes to be placed as County Board Chair. Nominations were opened for First-Vice Chair: John Patcle nominated Robert Keeney Vern Lewison nominated Robert Scallon Carol Beals nominated John Beinborn Robert Scallon nominated John Patcle---John Patcle withdrew his name Motion to close nominations made by Ivan Farness, seconded by Lester Jantzen. Motion carried. Results: Robert Keeney 7 Robert Scallon 3 John Beinborn 7 Second Vote: Robert Keeney 7 John Beinborn 10 John Beinborn received majority votes to be placed as First-Vice Chair. Nominations were opened for Second-Vice Chair; John Patcle nominated Mark Stead, Pat Schroeder nominated Robert Keeney, Vince Loeffelholz nominated John Patcle---John Patcle declined. John Beinborn motioned to close the nominations, seconded by Lester Jantzen. Motion carried. Results: Mark Stead 11 Robert Keeney 6 Mark Stead received majority votes to be placed as Second-Vice Chair. Communications-None Appointments-None Employee Recognition-None 3 Public Hearing: Motion made by Lester Jantzen, seconded by Vincent Loeffelholz to convene to public hearing. Ron Brisbois, Economic Development Director made the presentation. The purpose of the hearing was to provide the citizens of Grant County an explanation of the Community Development Block Grant for Economic Development (CDBG-ED) program, program goals and the application process along with a discussion of the economic development needs of Grant County and to provide an update on the EMS-USA project in Cuba City. The County also wanted to receive citizen input on the project and the $300,000 in CDBG-ED funds that were loaned to EMS-USA Insulated Doors. The funds were utilized by EMS-USA to expand their manufacturing operations and create jobs. Activities will benefit low and moderate income individuals through the creation and/or retention of jobs. The citizens of Grant County were urged to attend and participate in the meeting. The Public Hearing Notice was posted in the County designated paper, The Herald Independent, for two postings prior to the County Board of Supervisor Meeting. Questions fielded from county board. Ivan Farness motioned to return to open session, seconded by Don Splinter. Motion carried. Grants: Jeff Kindrai requested approval to apply for grant money from the Lancaster Community Fund to support the “Plunge” event in 2012. The Plunge is a day long event to help curb underage drinking involving many community partners. Funding period will be July 1, 2012 to July 13, 2013 for $2,000, no match by County. Motion by Robert Scallon, seconded by Ivan Farness. Motion carried. Keith Govier requesting approval to apply for grant money with the Wisconsin Department of Transportation for multi-county traffic enforcement on the Highway 151 corridor. The grant would be for $5400.00 – no match to the county. Lester Jantzen, seconded by Mark Stead made a motion to approve the application for this grant for Law Enforcement. Motion carried. 52 Building update: Repair coming along, target date for completion is May 1, 2012. Election of Committee Members: Administrative Committee: Seven members to this committee, current Chair, 1st Vice-Chair, 2nd Vice- Chair and immediate past Board Chair; need three at large members. Position #1 Nominations opened: John Patcle nominated Robert Keeney John Beinborn nominated Lester Jantzen Vern Lewison nominated Robert Scallon Dwight Nelson nominated Patrick Schroeder Carol Beals nominated Vincent Loeffelholz Lester Jantzen nominated Dwight Nelson John Patcle motioned to close the nominations, seconded by Grant Loy. Motion carried. Results: Robert Keeney 4 Lester Jantzen 4 Robert Scallon 2 Patrick Schroeder 2 Vincent Loeffelholz 4 4 Dwight Nelson 1 Second Round of Voting: Robert Keeney, Lester Jantzen, Vincent Loeffelholz Results: Robert Keeney 8 Lester Jantzen 5 Vincent Loeffelholz 4 Third Round of Voting: Robert Keeney, Lester Jantzen Results: Robert Keeney 7 Lester Jantzen 10 Lester Jantzen will fill the first vacant seat on the Administrative Committee. Position #2 Nominations opened: Lester Jantzen nominated Vincent Loeffelholz Robert Keeney nominated Patrick Schroeder Vern Lewison nominated Robert Scallon Mark Stead nominated Ivan Farness Patrick Schroeder nominated Robert Keeney Patrick Schroeder motioned to closed nomination, second by Roger Guthrie. Motion carried. Results: Vincent Loeffelholz 5 Patrick Schroeder 0 Robert Scallon 4 Ivan Farness 3 Robert Keeney 5 Second round of voting: Vincent Loeffelholz, Robert Keeney Results: Vincent Loeffelholz 9 Robert Keeney 8 Vincent Loeffelholz will fill the second position vacant on the Administrative Committee. Position #3 Nominations opened: Grant Loy nominated Ivan Farness Dwight Nelson nominated Robert Keeney Lester Jantzen nominated Robert Scallon 5 Patrick Schroeder motioned to close the nominations, seconded by John Patcle. Motion carried Results: Ivan Farness 2 Robert Keeney 6 Robert Scallon 9 Robert Scallon will fill the third position vacant on the Administrative Committee. Social Services Committee: Three position to be replaced on this committee currently held by Ivan Farness, Mark Stead and Larry Wolf. Position #1 Nominations opened: Mark Stead nominated Ivan Farness Grant Loy nominated Dale Hood Lester Jantzen nominated Carol Beals Dwight Nelson nominated Mark Stead John Patcle motioned to close nominations, second by John Beinborn. Motion carried. Results: Ivan Farness 4 Dale Hood 1 Carol Beals 7 Mark Stead 5 Second round voting, Mark Stead withdrew his name and cast a unanimous vote for Carol Beals, seconded by John Patcle. Motion carried. Carol Beals will fill first vacant position on Social Services Committee. Position #2 Nominations opened: Mark Stead nominated Ivan Farness Dwight Nelson nominated Dale Hood Carol Beals nominated Mark Stead John Patcle motioned to close nominations, second by Robert Keeney. Motion carried. Results: Ivan Farness 3 Dale Hood 4 Mark Stead 10 Majority vote, Mark Stead will fill the second vacant position on the Social Services Committee. 6 Position #3 Nominations opened: John Beinborn nominated Dale Hood Mark Stead nominated Ivan Farness John Patcle motioned to close nominations, second by Lester Jantzen. Motion carried. Results: Dale Hood 10 Ivan Farness 7 Dale Hood will fill the third vacant position on the Social Services Committee. Board recessed for 5 minutes. Highway Committee: Five positions to be filled on Highway Committee. Position #1 Nominations opened: Robert Scallon nominated Vern Lewison John Patcle nominated Patrick Schroeder Lester Jantzen nominated Grant Loy Carol Beals nominated Donald Splinter Vincent Loeffelholz motioned to close nominations, second by John Patcle. Motion carried. Results: Vern Lewison 4 Patrick Schroeder 6 Grant Loy 1 Donald Splinter 6 Second Round voting: Donald Splinter 9 Patrick Schroeder 8 Donald Splinter will fill the first vacant position on the Highway Committee. Position #2 Nominations opened: Lester Jantzen nominated Grant Loy Robert Keeney nominated Patrick Schroeder Robert Scallon nominated Vern Lewison Patrick Schroeder nominated John Patcle 7 Mark Stead motioned to close the nominations, second by John Beinborn. Motion carried. Results: Patrick Schroeder 8 Vern Lewison 9 Vern Lewison will fill the second vacant position on the Highway Committee. Position #3 Nominations opened: Lester Jantzen nominated Grant Loy John Patcle nominated Patrick Schroeder Vincent Loeffelholz nominated Mark Stead John Patcle motioned to close the nominations, second by Robert Scallon. Motion carried. Results: Grant Loy 6 Patrick Schroeder 6 Mark Stead 5 Round 2 for position #3 Grant Loy 9 Patrick Schroeder 8 Grant Loy will fill the third vacant position on the Highway Committee. Position #4 John Patcle nominated Mark Stead John Patcle was nominated but declined; Patrick Schroeder was nominated but declined. Robert Keeney motioned to cast a unanimous vote for Mark Stead, second by John Patcle. Motion carried. Position #5 Nominations opened: John Patcle nominated Patrick Schroeder --- declined Vern Lewison nominated Robert Scallon Patrick Schroeder nominated John Patcle Mark Stead nominated Dwight Nelson Vincent Loeffelholz motioned to closed nominations, second by John Beinborn. Motion carried. Results: Robert Scallon 3 John Patcle 8 8 Dwight Nelson 6 Second round results: John Patcle 13 Dwight Nelson 4 John Patcle will fill the fifth vacant position on the Highway Committee. Agriculture & Extension/Education Fair Committee: Six position need to be filled on this committee. Position #1 Nominations opened: Robert Scallon nominated Roger Guthrie Lester Jantzen nominated Robert Keeney John Patcle made a motion to close the nominations, second by Ivan Farness. Motion carried. Results: Roger Guthrie 6 Robert Keeney 11 Robert Keeney will fill the first vacant position of the Ag & Extension/Education Fair committee. Position #2 Nominations opened: John Patcle nominated Roger Guthrie John Patcle was nominated but declined Dwight Nelson nominated Dale Hood-declined John Patcle motioned to cast a unanimous ballot for Roger Guthrie, second by Ivan Farness; motion carried. Roger Guthrie will fill the second vacant position on the Ag & Extension/Education Fair Committee. Position #3 Nominations opened: Robert Scallon nominated Grant Loy Vern Lewison motioned to cast a unanimous ballot for Grant Loy, second by John Patcle; motion carried. Grant Loy will fill the third vacant position of the Ag & Extension/Education Fair committee. Position #4 Nominations opened: Patrick Schroeder nominated John Patcle 9 Mark Stead motioned to cast a unanimous ballot for John Patcle, second by Robert Scallon; motion carried. John Patcle will fill the fourth vacant position of the Ag & Extension/Education Fair committee. Position #5 Nominations opened: Robert Keeney nominated Patrick Schroeder-declined Grant Loy nominated Vincent Loeffelholz Lester Jantzen motioned to cast a unanimous ballot for Vincent Loeffelholz, second by John Patcle; motion carried. Vincent Loeffelholz will fill the fifth vacant position of the Ag & Extension/Education Fair committee. Position #6 Nominations opened: Vern Lewison nominated Donald Splinter-declined Donald Splinter nominated Dale Hood-declined John Patcle nominated Mark Stead-declined Patrick Schroeder nominated John Beinborn-declined Patrick Schroeder nominated Dwight Nelson Grant Loy nominated Carol Beals-declined Vern Lewison motioned to cast a unanimous ballot for Dwight Nelson, second by Mark Stead; motion carried. Dwight Nelson will fill the sixth vacant position of the Ag & Extension/Education Fair committee. Committee reports: Patrick Schroeder indicated to the County Board he is submitting his resignation from the board at the conclusion of the meeting due to health reasons. Donald Splinter-Highway asked Dave Lambert to fill the County Board in on road issues. County K, north of highway 18 is currently closed, bridge & culvert replacement look to reopen mid September. Public Comments: Mark Stead wanted the board as a whole to thank John Patcle and Robert Keeney for the four years as Chair and 1st Vice Chair with a round of applause. Larry Wolf informed the Board that Hans Kostrau, former County Board member had passed away Friday, April 13th. Larry suggested a card be brought to the next County Board Meeting for the Board Members to sign. Adjournment: John Patcle motioned to adjourn at 11:00 a.m. until April 23, 2012 at 6:00 p.m.; second by Lester Jantzen.