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January 10, 2012 Monthly Meeting
Town of Germantown JANUARY Monthly Meeting January 10, 2012 Members Present: Chairman Jax, Supervisors Boyle, Collis, Simonson, Specht Meeting called to order at 7 p.m. Pledge of Allegiance Mrs. Uphoff verified proper posting. Chairman Jax reserves the right to follow the agenda in any order Minutes were read. Motion made by Mr. Collis to approve the minutes. Second Mr. Simonson. Motion carried. Mr. Collis reported that he reviewed the reconciliation reports and made a motion to approve the reconciliation reports. Second Mrs. Boyle. Motion carried. Mr. Collis made a motion to approve the Buckhorn Acres monthly report. Second by Mrs. Boyle. Mr. Simonson abstained from the vote. Motion carried. Treasurer’s report was read by Mr. Gillespie. Balance on hand December 1, 2011 $ 244,175.06 Income $1,025,591.59 Disbursements $ 57,819.52 Bal. on hand December 30,.2011 $1,211,947.13 Balances in Accounts December 30, 2011 as per bank statements Checking: $ 38,172.80 Money Market: $ 14,908.68 Impact Fees $ 85,702.83 LGIP $ 683.26 Business $ 1,072,479.56 Total $ 1,211,947.13 Principal Balance of new Truck/Tractor/Mower $ 109,275.12 Motion to approve the Financial report was mad by Mrs. Boyle. Second Chairman Jax. Motion carried. Health Insurance- Mr. Gillespie reported State changes to the requirement for employee pay on health insurance. Had been based on lowest available and now based on an average. The State set a minimum guideline of which three employees would not have to pay anything. The Board set this up with the employees paying 10 percent. The employees are asking the Board to follow the State guidelines unless that is zero at which point the employee will pay the ten percent. Motion was made to go with the proposal as outlined was made by Mr. Specht. Second Mr. Collis. Motion carried. Parks - Mrs. Boyle reported that the new sign was [icked up, will be back to back. Hall Cleaners- We have a bid for cleaning the hall monthly of $143.50. This company was recommended by Finishing Touch. Motion to accept the bid was made by Mr. Specht. Second Mr. Simonson. Motion carried. Public Safety-. Cobbs reported that the Public Safety Committee net on ATV’s Jan. 8th. They recommend to the Board to open all the Town roads to ATVs for people with a valid drivers license. Discussed complaints- verifiable. The Board should review on a monthly bases and roads or sections there of should be closed if they are problem areas with verifiable complaints. Once a road is closed it is done. Mr. Specht discussed verifiable. It will be a Board decision and they will be in control of if it is verifiable or not. Reviewed monthly and will be a trial period. Discussion with audience of monitoring the routes and what is verifiable. Mrs. Boyle- seems more than fair as some areas here are very congested. Mr. Bruce- will be easier to enforce if the roads are open. Mr. Specht and Mr. Bean discussed possibility of getting connector routes with the County. Discuss procedure of closing road to ATVs. Mr. Specht made a motion to have Town roads as ATV routes, complaints will go to the Town Board and reviewed monthly, ATV clubs will be notifies of complaints. Second Mr. Collis. Motion carried. Mr. Thompson questioned the types of complaints that would close the routes, State Statutes, unruly conduct. Mr. Cobbs reported that the Town has received a 6x6 Solarus Range for EMS use in trail rescues from the Sheriff’s department. It will be able to get to where the ambulance can’t. Picture of a slide in unit was presented to the Board. Would like to order this week. Mr. Specht commented that it was the same unit used at football stadiums. Mr. Cobbs has also applied for grants for chipping. It is doubled this year as we have had a very good response and there are more areas to cover. We will get $5000. this year to match funds with. The Safety committee is looking at enhanced fire protection. A Public Safety building with three bays is a possibility. Grants are not going to happen as we have very little debt. The Bank of Mauston would loan the money at 1% interest tied to prime. Mr. Thompson reported that grants are available $5000. for radio for EOC. Mr. Collis discussed rescues on the lake, someone to send with the paramedics. We received the ATV from the Sheriff and they are also looking at getting a boat for rescue. Will be meeting with the state. Roads nothing to report. Zoning Mr. Bruce the Zoning Administrator reported no permits. Received information from Mr. Curran for changes to Ordinance 22 Section 3.09 MVP Mixed Use. Public hearing was held. Motion to approve the changes was made by Mr. Specht. Second Mr. Simonson. Motion carried. Vouchers Mrs. Boyle made a motion to approve vouchers 15623 thru 15705 Electronic Fund Transfer 2012-01, 02 and 03 Check 1094 from the business account to transder 1,080,000. Second by Chairman Jax. Motion carried. Public comments-none. Motion to adjourn was made by Mr. Specht. Second Mr. Collis. Motion carried. Respectfully submitted, Marion L. Uphoff