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Home My WebLink AboutAdministration Committee 01-25-1999 i I i I i ST, CROIX COUNTY NOTICE OF COMMITTEE MEETING TO: Tom Dorsey, Chairman St . Croix County Board FROM: Daryl Standafer COMMITTEE TITLE: Legislative Meeting Administration Committee DATE: Monday January 25, 1999 . TIME: 8 :30 A.M. LOCATION: County Board Room Government Center CALL TO ORDER ROLL CALL ADOPTION OF AGENDA DATE OF NEXT MEETING: Tuesday, February 2, 1999 ACTION ON PREVIOUS MINUTES UNFINISHED BUSINESS: (Including Possible Action) 1 . Meeting With Our State Legislators NEW BUSINESS: ANNOUCEMENTS & CORRESPONDENCE POSSIBLE AGENDA ITEMS FOR NEXT MEETING: ADJOURNMENT (Agenda not necessarily presented in this order) SUBMITTED BY: Daryl Standafer DATE: 1/7/99 COPIES TO: County Board Office County Clerk News Media/Notice Board Committee Members John Krizek, Tom Dorsey, Greg Timmerman and Lorin Sather *ADDITIONS/CHANGES/CORRECTIONS ----------------------------- ------------------- F Diate., 7 January 1999 To; St.Croix County Legislators From: Daryl Sundafer,Administration Committee RE: Meeting with Legislators CC-. St Croix County Supervisors Department Heads A legislativc meeting has been scheduled to discuss issues of concern to St Croix County. Your participation is invited and encouraged. We plan several brief presentations on specific topics and soTnO,general discu,4',SiotL concerning County perspectives on issues confronting the current legislative session. Please join us. Monday 25 Jan uary 1999 8:30 AM County Board Room St. Croix County Government Center 110 1 Carmichael Road Hudson,WI a4016 Coffee and rolls will be served ... ---- .. -- i I ADMINISTRATION COMMITTEE LEGISLATIVE MEETING January 25, 1999 Meeting called to order by Administration Chair Daryl Standafer. Members Present: Linda Luckey, Tom O' Connell and Daryl Standafer. Nancy Bieraugel and Gerald Peterson absent . Legislators Present: Senator Alice Clausing' s Representative, Shirley Fredrickson, Representatives Mark Pettis, Joe Plouff and Kitty Rhoades . Others Present: Supervisors Leon Berenschot, Herb Giese, Mary Louise Olson and Julie Speer. Administrative Coordinator John Krizek, Finance Director Rich Loney, Zoning Director Steve Fisher, Planning Director Dave Fodroczi, Child Support Administrator J. Lynn Holmes, Health & Human Service Director John Borup, Nursing Home Administrator Carolyn Krieger, Highway Commissioner Dan Fedderly, Parks Director Joe Grant, County Conservationist Charles Christenson and NSP Representative Paula Stope . Chair Standafer introduced the Legislators to the audience. Krizek started the meeting by highlighting some of the things he felt concerned St . Croix County and Counties in general . Wisconsin Counties partnership with the State is declining. Counties are accused of being "big spenders" , which is not true . We are seeing shrinking revenues from the State . The State needs more recommendations from the Legislators on expenditure restraint . More money is being spent on prisons then for higher education. Mandate relief is another area that needs to be looked at . Determine costs then put the money back into mandates . Rep. Rhoades said a bill is being proposed to have all referendums held on the same dates as the Spring and Fall elections . No separate dates will be set . Loney passed out data sheets explaining how St . Croix operates, and how we can maintain the mill rate we have . He stated it is possible the mill rate could drop again. Borup briefly explained how Health and Hhuman Services is handling their budgets . The background checks which the state says have to be conducted on all employees entering into the health and human service field are not state funded. Youth Aids is in need of financial funding. He also stressed the importance of using the tobacco money wisely. Krieger informed the Legislators that the -County Nursing Home has been taking care of the special people of St . Croix County for 102 years . The Nursing Home has been running on its own with very little state support . She also stressed the importance of ITP monies . Rhoades stated that Counties in Wisconsin disagree on how i I ITP monies should be spent . Rep. Plouf f referred back to the spending of tobacco money wisely. He said there have been a lot of suggestions on what to use the money f or, but f eels we need to the see the money bef ore we worry about what to use it for. Fedderly stressed the importance of the snowplow following resolution, and would appreciate all the support possible . He also stated that Wi sDot budget does not recognize the locals (counties) . St . Croix County is the only county in Wisconsin that has in house engineers who contract for the state. Christenson' s concern is the Priority Watershed Program and would like the Legislators to help out wherever possible . Grant would like the Stewardship Program revitalized. Supr. Giese said the state has to streamline operations and cut down costs . Follow Corporate America' s example . Another question he would like to see answered i s, where is Wisconsin' s taxpayers money going? A majority of other states have had substanial returns . What has happened to Wisconsin' s return? Rep. Pettis stated an increase in per diem for Legislators was turned down. This will help the budget . All of the Legislators now have lap top computers to conduct their business . It is everyones hope this will eliminate a lot of unnecessary paper work and make things run more cost effectively and efficiently. Fredrickson said that Senator Clausing' s main goal is property tax relief, especially for senior citizens . Standafer would like to see more support in the state court systems. At the County level support staff for the judges and district attorneys is locally funded. The court loads are ever increasing, thus requiring a need for more judges, which will require more staff personnel . Berenschot would like the State to keep Wisconsin' s water clean. Meeting adjourned at 10 : 15 A.M. Marilyn Antiel Recording secretary