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HomeMy WebLinkAboutCty Bd Feb 18 20141 Grant County Board of Supervisors February 18, 2014 The Grant County Board of Supervisors met on Tuesday, February 18, 2014 at 10:00 a.m. in Room 264 on second floor of the Administration Building, Lancaster, WI pursuant to the adjournment of the January 21, 2014 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. Roll Call, February 18, 2014 Present Absent Excused Carol Beals X John Beinborn X Roger Guthrie X Dale Hood X Lester Jantzen X Robert Keeney X Vern Lewison X Vincent Loeffelholz X Grant Loy X Dwight Nelson X John Patcle X Gary Ranum X Robert Scallon X Patrick Schroeder X Donald Splinter X Mark Stead X Larry Wolf X The Clerk took the roll call resulting in 16 present and John Patcle asking to be excused. Therefore a quorum was present. Agenda: Vincent Loeffelholz, seconded by John Beinborn made a motion to approve the agenda. Motion carried. Minutes: Dwight Nelson, seconded by Dale Hood made a motion to approve the minutes with two corrections on page 2 and one correction in committee reports. Motion carried with changes. Presentation Law Enforcement Perception of Heroin in the County: Nate Dreckman, Grant County Sheriff gave the County Supervisors an overview of the informational meetings on Heroin that are being presented in the County by the Wisconsin Division of Criminal Investigation, Iowa-Grant Drug Task Force and Grant County Sheriff’s Department. The purpose for holding these meetings is for public awareness of the growing problems that are arising from abuse of heroin in Southwest Wisconsin. Nate stated that the Legislators are working to pass legislation that will help in this effort; they see the need to establish more clinics and treatment centers to address this issue more effectively. The biggest problem is finding adequate funding. 2 Nate encouraged all the Board Members to attend these meetings, he stated that his department will continue to hold informational meetings to help combat this growing concern. Carol Beals stated she would like an update on the effects these meetings are having in the community in a couple of months; she asked Nate to come back and address the Board at that time. Larry Wolf, Chair stated that a large amount of the grant money that is received in the Safe Coalition in the Grant County Health Department goes toward education and awareness in the schools on drug abuse issues. Larry pointed out that CAP is also affiliated with the Health Departments, Judges and Sheriff Offices; they have talked about starting a drug court and helping to form a system to help drug abuse victims get jobs to help turn their lives around. He stressed the importance for all the Board Members to attend the informational meetings being held in our area, like the one going to be held at the Platteville High School that evening. Communications: None Appointments: None Employee Recognition: None Grants: Jeff Kindrai, Health Department Director presented two grants for the board approval contingent on the approval of the Health Department Committee that will be held on February 25th. 1. Sponsored by the Wisconsin DOT the DOT Child Passenger Safety Seat Grant funding to promote injury prevention in children by purchasing and distributing free or low cost child passenger safety seats to low income families. Funding period October 1, 2013 to September 30, 2014. Amount requested would be $2,500.00. Taken from Public Health Program funds; match of $375.00 cash, $250.00 in-kind. Motion was made by Vern Lewison, seconded by Gary Ranum, to approve the request to apply for the grant from Wisconsin DOT contingent on Health Committee approval. Motion passed. 2. Sponsored by UW-Center for Agriculture Safety and Health for Rural Safety Day. Funding to promote injury prevention in children. Funding period January 1, 2014 to December 31, 2014. Amount of $500.00, no match to the county. Motion was made by Vince Loeffelholz, seconded by Roger Guthrie, to approve the request to apply for the grant from UW-Center for Agriculture Safety and Health contingent on Health Committee approval. Motion passed. Donna Haines, Orchard Manor Director asked for approval to apply for a grant from LeadingAge Wisconsin, West Bend Mutual Insurance, and EZ Way Inc. They have established The West Bend Safe Resident Assistance Endowment; a sizable contribution would be made annually from the West Bend Charitable Grant Foundation to the LeadingAge Wisconsin Research and Educational Foundation which will administer the Safe Resident Assistance Endowment. The purpose of this Endowment is to approve and subsidize 90% of the cost of safe resident assistance equipment purchased by a LeadingAge Wisconsin member nursing home and/or assisted living facility. EZ Way would discount the price of the equipment by 10%. The company realizes the Endowment’s potential to prevent and/or reduce the number of injuries at nursing homes and/or assisted living facilities via the use of mechanical lifting equipment. There would be no match to the county. 3 Motion was made by Patrick Schroeder, seconded by Don Splinter, to approve the request to apply for this grant for Orchard Manor. Motion carried. ATV Ordinance Amendment: Dave Lambert, Highway Commissioner presented the amendments to the Board. The ATV Amendments have been approved by the Town of Bloomington, Traffic Safety Committee and Highway Committee. Don Splinter, seconded by Lester Jantzen, made a motion to approve the ATV Amendments to Ordinance 65. Motion carried. (See bold print for amended changes). ORDINANCE NO. 65 AN ORDINANCE TO REPEAL AND RECREATE SECTION 268-4(a)-(j) OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF GRANT COUNTY, WISCONSIN, RELATING TO ALL-TERRAIN AND UTILITY VEHICLE ROUTES. NOW, THEREFORE, THE COUNTY BOARD OF GRANT COUNTY, WISCONSIN, DO ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS: Section I: Section 268-4(a)-(i) of the County’s Code of Ordinances is hereby repealed and recreated to read as follows: “268-4 AREAS DESIGNATED The area designated as an all-terrain vehicle/utility-terrain vehicle route shall be as follows: (a) County Highway A, from County Highway X, South and East to CTH VV, within the Village of Bagley and the Town of Bloomington; (b) County Highway C, from County Highway X, continuing northeast across US Highway 18 to Kussmaul Hollow Road, near the unincorporated Village of Millville; (c) County Trunk Highway J, from County Trunk Highway JJ, extending north to 6th Street, within the Village of Mt. Hope; (d) County Trunk Highway JJ, full length of CTH JJ from US Highway 18, through the Village of Mt. Hope and back to US Highway 18; (e) County Trunk Highway P, from CTH A, near the Village of Bagley, extending north and east to Morgan Road, within the Town of Wyalusing; (f) County Trunk Highway X, from CTH A in the Village of Bagley, extending north to Gasner Hollow Road; (g) County Trunk Highway X, from CTH P, extending easterly to and through an unincorporated Village of Wyalusing.” (h) County Highway E beginning at Pine Grove Road, extending East through the Village of Stitzer and to Sleepy Hollow Road; County Highway F beginning at County Highway E, extending North through the Village of Stitzer and to Fennimore-Liberty Road. (j) County Highway VV, from County Highway A, south to Rock School Road within the Towns of Bloomington and Glen Haven. Section II: This ordinance shall take effect upon its passage and publication or posting as required by law. Adopted and approved this 18th day of February, 2014. 4 GRANT COUNTY BY: /s/ Larry Wolf, Chairman COUNTERSIGNED: Linda Gebhard, County Clerk Date Adopted: April 16, 2013 Date Recorded: February 18, 2014 Date Published: February 26, 2014 Effective Date: February 26, 2014 ATTEST: I Linda K. Gebhard do attest that the ATV Ordinance Amendment was approved by the Grant County Board of Supervisors at a meeting held on February 18, 2014. /s/ Linda K. Gebhard, County Clerk Revision of Chapter 225—Grant County Private Onsite Wastewater Treatment Systems Ordinance. This item was postponed to be presented at a future County Board Meeting. Combination of Land & Water Conservation Committee and Planning and Zoning Committee after April Election: Lynda Schweikert, Director asked for approval to combine the committees due to the joining of Land and Water Conservation and Sanitation/Zoning departments. Both committee have discussed this issue, both sent their recommendations to the county board to approve a seven member committee, six (6) County Board Supervisors and on representative from FSA. Lester Jantzen, seconded by Roger Guthrie, made a motion to approve this recommendation for the newly formed Conservation, Zoning and Sanitation Department. Motion carried. Livestock Claims: Robert Keeney submitted the dog claims from the Lancaster Vet Clinic for January 2014 for $105.00. The claim was approved by the Ag and Extension committee. Robert Keeney, seconded by Grant Loy, made a motion to approve the claim from the Lancaster Vet Clinic for $105.00. Motion carried. Recording all County Meetings: Discussion was opened up for the issue of recording all committee meetings held in the county. Motion was made by Carol Beals, seconded by Vince Loeffelholz, to change the By-Laws to state; “all committee meetings held in facilities owned or leased by the County shall be electronically recorded” taking effect after the reorganizational County Board meeting held in April 2014.Roll Call Vote was called for. ROLL CALL VOTE DATE: February 18, 2014 QUESTION: Approval to record all committee meeting held in Grant County. YES NO EXCUSED 1. GARY RANUM X 2. GRANT LOY X 3. ROBERT SCALLON X 4. ROBERT KEENEY X 5. ROGER GUTHRIE X 6. JOHN PATCLE X 5 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 the roll call resulting in 11 yes votes, 5 no votes and 1 excused. Therefore motion carried. After more discussion regarding the issue of recording all committee minutes; a motion was made by Vince Loeffelholz, seconded by Dale Hood to request that all County Departments purchase their own digital recorders to comply with the decision made by the Board that all committee meetings will be recorded. Voice vote was taken resulting in 2 nay votes and 14 yes votes, (John Patcle was excused) therefore, motion carried. Committee Reports: Economic, John Beinborn— Updating balance in the Revolving Loan Application Program, Ron Brisbois will have two new applications to have approved. Todd Johnson will be hosting a Broadband Meeting for businesses. Next meeting will be at Country Heights in Dickeyville. Grant County Conservation, Sanitation and Zoning, Mark Stead—Approved the 2013 Wildlife damage claims, seven out of nine passed the nutrient management writing course had competed their plans and passed, one being Vince Loeffelholz. Trees are still available to purchase for pastures or woodlots. Ag and Extension/Fair, Robert Keeney—worked on events for 2014 fair. Orchard Manor, Robert Keeney—Donna Haines has announced she will be retiring May 14. Farm rent for 2014 has been calculated. Talked about upgrading the sewer system to meet phosphorus levels; discussions to continue. Law Enforcement, Robert Scallon—A jail committee will be formed, employees doing an outstanding job with all the adverse weather we have been having. River Rail Transit Commission, Robert Scallon—Feb 6th, Jefferson County joined the commission recently; they held the meeting in Jefferson County in their beautiful Courthouse. Their Courthouse is a very secure building. Hidden Valley, Grant Loy—New booklets are available. Continuus, Gary Ranum—No meeting, April is the next meeting. ADRC, Dale Hood—No meeting. 6 Health, Dwight Nelson –Next meeting will be 25th, encouraged members to attend the Heroin informational meeting in Platteville in the evening. Measles exposure had been discussed. Social Services, Carol Beals—Approved wireless connection in the 52 building and ADRC. Discussion are being held with Orchard Manor regarding cleaning of the 52 building. Zoning/Sanitation, Lester Jantzen—Next meeting will be in March 20, 2014. Veterans—No meeting. Highway, Don Splinter—gave road updates, working on the salt shed in Platteville. Public Property, Vince Loeffelholz—No meeting. Vince questioned when the bid opening for the Courthouse Project, Larry stated that will be held on March 13, 2014 at 2:00 p.m. Public Comment: Nate gave a reminder to attend the Platteville Heroin informational meeting that evening in the auditorium at the High School. Adjournment: Lester Jantzen, seconded by Dwight Nelson made a motion to adjourn the meeting pursuant to the next meeting on March 18, 2014 at 10:00 a.m. Motion carried.