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HomeMy WebLinkAboutCounty Board 06-20-06 NOTICE OF MEETING AND AGENDA ST. CROIX COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS TUESDAY, JUNE 20, 2006 — 7:OOP.M. St. Croix County Government Center - 1101 Carmichael Road, Hudson, Wisconsin CALL TO ORDER INVOCATION: Pastor Brian Ferguson, Mt. Zion Lutheran Church, Hudson, Wisconsin PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG ROLL CALL ADMINISTRATIVE COORDINATOR REPORT REVIEW OF AGENDA CONSENT AGENDA (Unless separation of an item is requested, all will be adopted in one motion.) 1. Minutes of Previous Session —May 16, 2006 2. Date of Next Meeting August 15, 2006 - 9:00 A.M. 3. Rezonings Basel Farms (Town of St. Joseph) Ag to Ag /Residential; Kerry Licht (Town of Pleasant Valley) Ag to Ag /Residential; Mathy Construction (Town of Stanton) Ag to Ag -II 4. Mileage and Per Diem APPOINTMENTS: Council on Aging — Art Feyereisen and Judith Harrison Fair Board — Supr. Ruetz replacing Supr. Peavey OLD AND NEW BUSINESS 1. Resolution Approving Farmland Preservation Program Applications a. Daryl and Lurene Bahnsen — Town of Pleasant Valley b. Sheldon and Ruth Simonson — Town of Forest 2. *Resolution Authorizing Application for Grant Funds to Replace Boat Landing at Pine Lake County Park 3. *New positions — Planning and Zoning Department 4. Resolution Approving Amendment to Town of Hudson Zoning Ordinance 5. Ordinance Amendments to the St. Croix County Land Use Regulations Chapter 17 6. Presentation by Kim Chapman, Ph.D., Principal Ecologist, Applied Ecological Services, Inc. — Applying Conservation Design Land Division Standards in St. Croix County, Rolling Hills Subdivision, Town of Hammond 7. Final Approval of State Trust Fund Loan 8. 2007 Budget Review COMMITTEE AND DEPARTMENT REPORTS: Health and Human Services; Ba ss Take R eha slit, is Distr- �+ COUNTY CLERK'S REPORT OF CORRESPONDENCE AND REZONING REQUESTS ANNOUNCEMENTS: Attendance request for WCA Annual Conference (LaCrosse) - September 17 -19, 2006 ADJOURN (Items may be taken in different order) * Changes or Additions after the Preliminary Agenda* * Late Changes and Additions 2/11/2011 1:47 PM PROCEEDINGS OF THE ST.CROIX COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS Regular Meeting June 20, 2006 Invocation given by Pastor Brian Ferguson of Mt. Zion Lutheran Church in Hudson, Wisconsin. Pledge of Allegiance was recited. Meeting called to order by Chair Malick at 7:00 p.m. Roll call: 30 present; absent and excused: Supr. Jordan Administrative Coordinator Report: Administrative Coordinator Chuck Whiting reported the 2007 budget instructions will be distributed to Department Heads on Friday. Whiting indicated there are issues with the Wisconsin DOT on the New Richmond property and discussions will be held later this year. The Negotiations Committee will be meeting soon to begin discussions on the Law Enforcement union contract. Scott Guinter has been selected as the Classification/Compensation Specialist and will start June 26, 2006. Consent Agenda: Motion by Supr. Struemke, 2 by Supr. Mortensen to adopt the consent agenda approving the minutes of the May 16, 2006 County Board Session; setting the next County Board meeting for August 15, 2006; approving rezonings for Basel Farms, Town of St. Joseph, Ag to Ag/Residential (Ordinance 4727(2006)); Kerry Licht, Town of Pleasant Valley, Ag to Ag/Residential (Ordinance 4728(2006); Mathy Construction, Town of Stanton, Ag to Ag -11 (Ordinance 4729(2006)); and approving County Board Mileage and Per Diem for May 2006 in the amount of $7,684.69. Carried unanimously. Appointments: Chair Malick announced the appointments of Art Feyereisen and Judith Harrison to the Council on Aging and Supr. Ruetz replacing Supr. Peavey on the Fair Board. OLD AND NEW BUSINESS 1. Resolution #30(2006) Approving Farmland Preservation Program Applications. Motion by Supr. Raymond, 2nd by Supr. Burri to approve. This resolution approves the applications of Daryl and Lurene Bahnsen and Sheldon and Ruth Simonson for inclusion in the farmland preservation program. Supr. Raymond indicated the Land and Water Conservation Committee unanimously adopted this resolution. Carried unanimously. 2. Resolution #31(2006) Authorizing Application for Grant Funds to Replace Boat Landing at Pine Lake County Park. Motion by Supr. Raymond, 2n by Supr. Peavey to approve. The resolution authorizes Bob Heise to submit an application for a grant from the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources under the Recreational Boating Facilities Program to replace and improve the boat landing at Pine Lake County Park. Supr. Raymond stated the landing is deteriorating. Supr. Raymond confirmed if the grant application is not approved, the county will not spend the money. Carried unanimously. 3. New Positions — Planning and Zoning Department. Whiting explained two positions were changed last year and approved by the Planning & Zoning Committee and the Personnel Committee, but were not sent to the County Board for approval. The new positions were approved by the Finance Committee on June 8, 2006. The positions are the Land Information Manager, formerly the GIS /Coordinator and Senior Planner, formerly Planner. Both positions are held by the same people and no change in wages has occurred in 2006. Whiting further explained, with the vacancy existing in the Paralegal /Office Manager position in the Planning and Zoning Department, the Planning and Zoning Committee and Finance Committee approved changes to the job description by including supervisory responsibilities over three administrative secretary positions. The positions will be reviewed as overall Springsted valuating and he will review any kind of budget impacted for 2007. Motion by Supr. Krueger, 2n by Supr. Wentz to approve the position descriptions. Whiting added this will allow the Planning and Zoning Department to move ahead with filling the Office Manager position and eliminate the GIS /Coordinator and Planner positions from the chart of positions. Carried unanimously. Supr. Speer requested a concern from the Public Protection Committee be brought before the County Board. Supr. Speer stated the Public Protection Committee heard concerns about the need for a "go to" person for personnel issues and highlighted confusion in Human Resource positions noted under the Administrative Coordinator and Corporation Counsel in the County Directory. Chair Malick stated he is referring this concern to the Finance Committee and pursuant to the rules 2/11/2011 1:47 PM and bylaws, the Finance Committee report no later then two meetings from now. Chair Malick added currently the "go to" person is Whiting and if there are issues to be addressed, to start with Whiting. 4. Resolution #32(2006) Approving Amendment to Town of Hudson Zoning Ordinance. Motion by Supr. Habhegger, 2nd by Supr. Bum to approve. The resolution approves the Town of Hudson's May 9, 2006 adopted amendment to its Zoning Ordinance, as follows: "Amendment to 105- 1OG(3)(1) Ag /Residential portion of the Zoning Ordinance to allow: (deleting the last period and adding a ) also nursery which includes landscape supply business whose property has frontage on a state or county highway." Carried unanimously. 5. Ordinance #730(2006) Amendments to the St. Croix County Code of Ordinances Land Use and Development Chapter 17 Zoning: Sections 17.09, 17.12(5), 17.13(3), 17.155(6), 17.29(2), 17.70(2) and 17.70(3). Motion by Supr. Habhegger, 2nd by Supr. Ruetz to approve. Dave Fodroczi stated at the March County Board meeting this package of amendments were tabled to June. Fodroczi stated there have been further discussions with Corporation Counsel and the new Planning and Zoning Committee regarding the proposed amendments. Five items from the March package are being brought forward today and the other items will continue to be reviewed. Supr. Luckey questioned section 17.13(3)(a) regarding defining principal structure and expressed concerns regarding striking the language on how to measure height. Chair Malick stated concerns regarding timing the order of the construction process on a vacant lot. Motion by Supr. Luckey, 2nd by Supr. Raymond to amend the resolution to leave the wording as is in section 17.13(3)(a) for the time being to allow Planning and Zoning staff and committee to revisit the language for this item. Carried. Supr. Speer questioned the section regarding slope disturbance limitations as found in general zoning to the shoreland section. She stated in March this was tabled and a request was made for additional public hearings. She said the public hearing held in March at the Baldwin Ag- Center had a large turnout and not everyone attending was able to fit into the conference room. Supr. Raymond asked if the changes require another public hearing. Fodroczi stated all items were presented at the public hearing in March and they received no negative comments or changes in March. There were no additional public hearings needed. Supr. Awsumb proposed that road set backs of 50 feet, rather than 150 feet, should be allowed. Supr. Habhegger stated he was at the March public hearing and confirmed there was a full house, but not a packed room where people were left out of the room. Chair Malick called for a vote on the motion with the amendment. Motion carried. 6. Presentation by Kim Chapman, Ph.D., Principal Ecologist, Applied Ecological Services, Inc. — Applying Conservation Design Land Division Standards in St. Croix County, Rolling Hills Subdivision, Town of Hammond. Director of Planning and Zoning Dave Fodroczi introduced Dr. Kim Chapman and briefly summarized the project. Dr. Chapman highlighted the proposed conservation design for the Rolling Hills Subdivision in the Town of Hammond. The proposed parcels would be one -half acre lots, grouped to leave 65% of the 140 acres in permanent open space. Dr. Chapman highlighted the natural features of the subdivision. 7. Final Approval of State Trust Fund Loan. Resolution 433(2006). Motion by Supr. Krueger, 2nd by Supr. Wentz to approve borrowing from the Trust Funds of the State of Wisconsin the sum of $663,274,00 for the purpose of purchasing a jail water control system, cellular E911, fire radio repeaters, and emergency communication radio consoles and for no other purpose. Supr. Krueger stated the amount decreased from last month by approximately $54,000 because there will be no charge for centerline mapping. The loan period is for five years with the ability to pay it off early. Finance Director Michelle Pietrick confirmed the existing indebtedness of St. Croix County in the amount of $15,000,000 includes the refinancing of the Government Center, Huber Addition, lawsuit settlement and prior year service at the State Retirement System. Annual payments are estimated to be $198,000 per year. Roll call vote: Yes — 29; No — 1 (Supr. Struemke). Carried. 8. 2007 Budget Review. Supr. Krueger highlighted potential 2007 budget increases and stated the levy increase cannot exceed the increase in new construction valuation. A six percent levy increase would increase the levy by $1,335,741. The mill rate has dropped four straight years and will likely drop again. Supr. Krueger stated three settled collective bargaining agreements have wages set for 2007 at two percent increase with an additional one percent increase July 1, 2007. No questions. 2/11/2011 1:47 PM Annual Committee and Department Reports: Health and Human Services: Health and Human Services Director Fred Johnson presented the Health and Human Services 2005 annual report. Johnson highlighted Nursing Home trends, services provided in the Family and Children's program, Public Health program, Mental Health /AODA, Long Term Support and Economic Support. Unaudited Health and Human Services Revenues for 2005 were 27,107,071 and unaudited expenditures were $26,709,569. 2005 Nursing Home revenues were $5,627,433 and expenditures were $5,546,704. Johnson stressed the services do meet human service needs and his report is a quick overview addressing human needs in St. Croix County. Questions and discussion regarding mandated programs. Applause. Bass Lake Rehabilitation District: No report. County Clerk's Report of Correspondence and Rezoning Requests: County Clerk Campbell read new applications submitted but not scheduled for hearings for John and Georgine Schottler, Town of St. Joseph, Ag to Ag /Residential and Ken Graf, Town of Baldwin, Ag to Ag- Residential. Campbell requested Supervisors let her know tonight if they wish to order a County Board Supervisor group photo and stated the deadline for reduced rate registration fee for the WCA conference is August 1S Those wishing to attend should contact County Clerk Campbell. Announcements: None. Adjourn. Chair Malick adjourned the meeting at 9:00 p.m. Clarence W. Malick, Chair, St. Croix County Board of Supervisors Cindy Campbell, County Clerk Copies of resolutions and ordinances may be obtained at the St. Croix County Clerk's office. 2/11/2011 1:47 PM