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HomeMy WebLinkAboutCtyBd June 19 20121 Grant County Board of Supervisors June 19, 2012 The Grant County Board of Supervisors met on Tuesday, June 19, 2012 at 6:00 p.m. in Room 264 of the Administration Building, Second Floor in Lancaster, WI pursuant to the adjournment of the May 15, 2012 meeting. Chair Larry Wolf 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, June 19, 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 16 present, 1 excused. Therefore a quorum was present. Agenda: Vern Lewison, seconded by Vince Loeffelholz, made a motion to approve the agenda. Motion carried. Minutes: Grant Loy, seconded by John Beinborn made a motion to approve the minutes of May 15, 2012 with John Patcle asking to strike his name from the adjournment line item. Larry Wolf, Chair announced the date and time of the June meeting instead of John Patcle. Motion carried. Communication: None Zoning Amendments: Dwight Nelson, seconded by Lester Jantzen, made a motion to dispense of the reading of the Zoning Amendments. Motion carried. 2 Terry Loeffelholz, Sanitation Director presented the Zoning Amendment #469 for Todd and Kathryn Loeffelholz, Potosi Township. Township approved, Planning and Zoning Committee approved to change from exclusive Ag to A2. Roger Guthrie, seconded by Lester Jantzen, made a motion to approve the Zoning Amendment change. Motion carried. 469th AMENDMENT TO THE GRANT COUNTY ZONING ORDINANCE May 17, 2012 Loeffelholz, Todd & Kathryn WHEREAS, a petition for map amendment was filed and a public hearing was held by the Grant County Planning and Zoning Committee, meeting the requirements of Chapter 59.69. WHEREAS, a proof of publication and giving notice to Potosi Township Clerk of such hearing is attached to this document. WHEREAS, the Planning and Zoning Committee now recommends to the Board of Supervisors of Grant County the adoption of this map amendment. THEREFORE, the Grant County Board of Supervisors does ordain as follows. That the Zoning District Map for the Township of Potosi will be amended to include the following described land as Agriculture A-2. A parcel of land located in the Southwest Quarter (SW ¼) of Northeast Quarter (NE ¼) and part of Southeast Quarter (SE ¼) of Northeast Quarter (NE ¼) South of the Hwy in Section 5 T2N R3W of Potosi Township, as being described; Commencing at the East Quarter (E ¼) corner of said Section 5; Thence North 89º 25’ 06” W 1437.76 along the East West line of said Sec 5; Thence North 00º 16’ 37” E 538.17’ to the point of beginning; Thence North 64º 45’ 32” E 340.19’; Thence North 77º 34’ 09” E 203.82’; Thence South 64º 53’ 37” E 280.34’; Thence South 00º 10’ 44” E 681.33’ to the point of beginning. This parcels containing 24.73 acre more or less, and being subject to any and all easements of recorded and/or usage. The undersigned hereby certify that the foregoing map amendment to the Grant County Zoning Ordinance was adopted on the 19th day of June 2012. /s/ Larry Wolf, County Board Chair /s/ Linda K. Gebhard, County Clerk ATTEST: 3 I, Linda Gebhard, Grant County Clerk, do certify that Zoning Amendment 469 was adopted by the Grant County Board of Supervisors at a meeting held on June 19, 2012. /s/ Linda Gebhard, County Clerk Zoning Amendment #471 for James and Nancy Wiederholt, Paris Township was presented to correct an error that was made on the Paris Township Comprehensive Plan, it is exclusive ag. Township approved, Planning and Zoning Committee approved. Lester Jantzen, seconded by Vince Loeffelholz made a motion to approve Zoning Amendment #471. Motion carried. 471th AMENDMENT TO THE GRANT COUNTY ZONING ORDINANCE Wiederholt, James & Nancy WHEREAS, a petition for map amendment was filed and a public hearing was held by the Grant County Planning and Zoning Committee, meeting the requirements of Chapter 59.69. WHEREAS, a proof of publication and giving notice to Paris Township Clerk of such hearing is attached to this document. WHEREAS, the Planning and Zoning Committee now recommends to the Board of Supervisors of Grant County the adoption of this map amendment. THEREFORE, the Grant County Board of Supervisors does ordain as follows. That the Zoning District Map for the Township of Paris will be amended to include the following described land as Excusive Agriculture. A parcel of land located in Section 25 T2N R2W in the Northwest Quarter (NW ¼) of the Southwest Quarter (SW ¼ ) excluding North & West side to the point of beginning. This parcel of land containing 16.51 acres more or less, and being subject to any and all easements of recorded and/or usage. The undersigned hereby certify that the foregoing map amendment to the Grant County Zoning Ordinance was adopted on the 19th day of June 2012. /s/ Larry Wolf, County Board Chair /s/ Linda K. Gebhard, County Clerk ATTEST: I, Linda Gebhard, Grant County Clerk, do certify that Zoning Amendment 471 was adopted by the Grant County Board of Supervisors at a meeting held on June 19, 2012. /s/ Linda Gebhard, County Clerk Appointments: Larry Wolf, Chair appointed Dwight Nelson to serve on the Unified Community Services Committee. Dwight has resigned from the Ag and Extension/Fair Committee. Mark Stead, seconded by Robert Keeney made a motion to approve this appointment. Motion carried. Employee Recognition: None Southwest WI Library System, Fay Stone: Fay Stone was unable to attend the meeting, will present at the July meeting. 4 Southwest Technical College: Duane Ford, Ph.D. gave a presentation about the Southwest Technical College in Fennimore, WI. Southwest Technical College accommodates 12,000 students per year. Their goal is to prepare the students to “go to work and have fun”. The school strives to meet the needs of the employer’s to provide them with the employees they need. The average age that the Technical College serves is age 31. Duane informed the Board of the types of classes their school provides and the area they cover. Grants: Ted Bay, Extension Office Manager brought before the Grant County Board a Farm Safety Grant through the University of Wisconsin Center For Ag Safety And Health. The Grant was in the amount of $4300 for safety vests, a cordless field loudspeaker system and for a manure gas analyzer. These items will be components of the safety program for the 2012 North American Manure Expo taking place August 22 at Prairie du Sac, Wisconsin. No match is required. Mark Stead, seconded by Robert Scallon, made a motion to approve the application of this grant. Motion carried. Steve Braun, Emergency Government brought a grant request through the Assistance to Firefighters Grant Program for an upgrade project to the county's public safety radio system. The grant would be a $315,000 project; the county's match would be 10% ($31,500). The project will upgrade the radio system so that rather than being broadcast on just one tower, all radio transmissions will be broadcast over all five towers simultaneously. Patrick Schroeder, seconded by John Patcle made a motion to approve the request for this grant. Motion carried. Gayle Mason, ADRC Director presented the SHIP/MIPPA grant. The grant provides additional funding to help seniors with assistance in applying for Medicare Part D, Medicaid or other public benefits. ADRC would receive $5875 to be spent before April 2013. This year as in past years we will hire an LTE to help seniors enroll in Medicare Part D and other programs. The grant is based on data submitted to Department of Health Services. There is no match required. Carol Beals, seconded by Grant Loy made a motion to approve the grant application for ADRC. Motion carried. 2011-2012 WPPA Union Contract Update –Joyce Roling, Personnel Director. Joyce gave an update of the WPPA Union Contract from the Sheriff Department. No action needed. WIPFI Wage Comparability Study: The County would like to hire WIPFI to conduct a limited wage comparability study to establish a base compensation program for Grant County. WIPFI has extensive experience in designing private sector and not-for-profit compensation programs. After much discussion, Robert Keeney, seconded by Robert Scallon, made a motion that Grant County will enter into an agreement with WIPFI to conduct a comparability study regarding the wage schedules. The signing of the contract will be contingent on the approval of Grant County Corporation Counsel, Todd Infield. Roll Call vote was called for. QUESTION: WIPFI conduct wage study. YES NO ABSENT 1. IVAN FARNESS X 2. GRANT LOY X 3. ROBERT SCALLON X 4. ROBERT KEENEY X 5 5. ROGER GUTHRIE X 6. JOHN PATCLE X 7. VERN LEWISON X 8. PATRICK SCHROEDER X 9. LARRY WOLF X 10. MARK STEAD X 11. DALE HOOD X 12. DWIGHT NELSON X 13. CAROL BEALS X 14. LESTER JANTZEN X 15. JOHN BEINBORN X 16. DONALD SPLINTER X 17. VINCENT LOEFFELHOLZ X County Clerk took a roll call vote resulting in 13 yes, 3 no and 1 absent. Therefore motion passed. Division of Housing Consortium: Larry Wolf, Chair had attended the organizational meeting in Richland Center regarding the consolidation of the DOH. Larry stated that the City of LaCrosse will probably be the lead in this consortium for this district for all financials and functions. Each County will have one person who will represent their county. All operating costs will be the same as 2011 for now until this consortium can get off the ground. The final decisions will have to be in place by July 31, 2012. The Board will bring this back in the July meeting to further discuss and take action on this matter. Email for County Supervisors: Public Property/Technology Committee recommended that this issue be brought before the Board. The cost would be $40.00 per board member to assign an email to each member. Total cost would be $748.00. Discussion took place; Corporation Counsel stated that there would have to be strict guidelines put into place if the board wanted to go forward with this. Carol Beals, seconded by John Beinborn, made a motion to have Jeff Anderson, Information Technology Director, set up 16 email addresses for all County Board Members. Roll call vote was called. QUESTION: Emails for all County Board Members. YES NO ABSENT 1. IVAN FARNESS X 2. GRANT LOY X 3. ROBERT SCALLON X 4. ROBERT KEENEY X 5. ROGER GUTHRIE X 6. JOHN PATCLE X 7. VERN LEWISON X 8. PATRICK SCHROEDER X 9. LARRY WOLF X 10. MARK STEAD X 11. DALE HOOD X 12. DWIGHT NELSON X 6 13. CAROL BEALS X 14. LESTER JANTZEN X 15. JOHN BEINBORN X 16. DONALD SPLINTER X 17. VINCENT LOEFFELHOLZ X County Clerk took a roll call vote resulting in 7 yes, 9 no and 1 absent. Therefore motion failed. Carol Beals, seconded by John Beinborn, made a motion to have Jeff Anderson, Information Technology Director, set up email addresses for only the County Board Members who requested one. Roll call vote was called. QUESTION: Emails for only the County Board Members who wants one. YES NO ABSENT 1. IVAN FARNESS X 2. GRANT LOY X 3. ROBERT SCALLON X 4. ROBERT KEENEY X 5. ROGER GUTHRIE X 6. JOHN PATCLE X 7. VERN LEWISON X 8. PATRICK SCHROEDER X 9. LARRY WOLF X 10. MARK STEAD X 11. DALE HOOD X 12. DWIGHT NELSON X 13. CAROL BEALS X 14. LESTER JANTZEN X 15. JOHN BEINBORN X 16. DONALD SPLINTER X 17. VINCENT LOEFFELHOLZ X County Clerk took a roll call vote resulting in 9 yes, 7 no and 1 absent. Therefore motion passed. Election for Ag & Extension/Fair Committee: Carol Beals stated that the committee had previously wanted to reduce the size of the Ag and Extension/Fair Committee. Being Dwight Nelson would like to resign his post on that committee this would be a perfect time to implement this. Todd Infield stated that in order for the board to do this, the issue would have to be sent back to the committee and then brought before the full board in July. The time is running out as the Grant County fair is coming up in August and the committee and the board felt this issue needed to be dealt with at this time. Carol Beals, seconded by Vince Loeffelholz made a motion to send this matter back to the Ag and Extension/Fair Committee. Roll call vote was called. QUESTION: Send the election of officers back to the Ag and Extension/Fair committee to reduce size of committee. 7 YES NO ABSENT 1. IVAN FARNESS X 2. GRANT LOY X 3. ROBERT SCALLON X 4. ROBERT KEENEY X 5. ROGER GUTHRIE X 6. JOHN PATCLE X 7. VERN LEWISON X 8. PATRICK SCHROEDER X 9. LARRY WOLF X 10. MARK STEAD X 11. DALE HOOD X 12. DWIGHT NELSON X 13. CAROL BEALS X 14. LESTER JANTZEN X 15. JOHN BEINBORN X 16. DONALD SPLINTER X 17. VINCENT LOEFFELHOLZ X County Clerk took a roll call vote resulting in 5 yes, 11 no and 1 absent. Therefore motion failed Dwight Nelson nominated Patrick Schroeder to serve on the Ag and Extension/Fair Board. Grant Loy made a motion, seconded by John Patcle, to close nomination and take a vote of the full county board. Paper vote was taken resulting in 11 yes votes and 5 no votes for Patrick Schroeder to take the position on the Ag and Extension/Fair committee that was made vacant by Dwight Nelson resigning his post on the committee. Therefore Patrick Schroeder will serve on the committee. Livestock Claims: John Patcle presented the Dog Claim from Lancaster Veterinary Clinic for $953.40. Claim was approved by the Extension Committee and recommended for approval by the Board of Supervisors. John Patcle, seconded by Roger Guthrie, made a motion to approve the payment of $953.40 to the Lancaster Vet Clinic. Motion carried. Committee Reports: Economic Development, John Beinborn—will be touring the Chemical Plant in Kieler, WI. Executive Committee, Robert Keeney – Nancy Scott, Finance Director will be conducting Springbrook trainings at the Highway on their software package. Fair/Extension, John Patcle, asked that all County Board Members help to distribute advertisement materials in their areas. The 2012 Fair is moving forward. Highway, John Patcle gave the road construction update for Grant County. Orchard Manor, Robert Keeney Orchard Manor Air Conditioning system is working. One Maintenance person will be leaving. 8 Public Property/Technology—elected officers, Jon Angeli gave an update on some upgrades through a grant that the Lancaster Historical Society will be doing in the Courthouse. Veteran, Lester Jantzen—Deputy Secretary has resigned. Tim Murphy is seeing many more Health Applications for vets. Zoning—Working on Zoning Amendments. Social Services – Carol Beals, Fred Naatz, Director, updated new board committee members on agency. Health, Dwight Nelson, election of officers. Law Enforcement/Railroad, Robert Scallon—negotiations, working on getting better gas mileage. Moral seems to be very low in Department. Parks Committee—Boat Landing Tour. Hidden Valley, Election of Officers, need help in magazine distributions. Public Comment: Tim Murphy, Veterans Director invited all the County Board Members to the Platteville 4th of July Veterans Program Ceremony. Patrick Schroeder thanked all the members who had voted for him to serve on the Ag and Extension/Fair committee. Adjournment: Vern Lewsion, seconded by Dwight Nelson, made a motion to adjourn the meeting pursuant to the next meeting on July 17, 2012 at 6:00 p.m. Motion carried.