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HomeMy WebLinkAboutCounty Board 09-15-05 NOTICE OF MEETING AND AGENDA ST. CROIX COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS Thursday — September 15, 2005 -- 9:00 a.m. St. Croix County Government Center - 1101 Carmichael Road, Hudson, Wisconsin CALL TO ORDER: Chairman Clarence Malick INVOCATION: Pastor Dean Simpson, Cross Lutheran Church, Roberts, Wisconsin PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG ROLL CALL REVIEW OF AGENDA CONSENT AGENDA (Unless a supervisor requests separation of an item, all will be adopted in one motion.) 1. Minutes ofPrevious Session August 16, 2005 2. Date of Next Meeting— Tuesday, November], 2005 9: 00 a.m. 3. Mileage and Per Diem PRESENTATIONS: * *Donations from the St. Croix County Council of the American Legion Youth Program — Supr. Grant APPOINTMENTS: Meth Advisory Committee — Tom Caflisch ADMINISTRATIVE COORDINATOR REPORT OLD AND NEW BUSINESS 1. *Ordinance Creating Chapter 86 Restrictions on Sale or Gift of Cigarette and Tobacco Products to Minors 2. New Position requests for Jail Nurse and Law Enforcement Clerk 3. Resolution Against Requiring Local Fire, Law Enforcement, Public Works and EMS Agencies to Buy APCO 25 Digital Radios 4. Resolution Designating the National Incident Management System (NIMS) as the Basis for All Incident Management in St. Croix County, Wisconsin 5. *Status of County Owned Property Inventory 6. Plan for a Plan for Hudson Land 7. Budget Status Report 8. Rezonings a. Geraldine Meyers to rezone approximately 160 + /- acres of land from Agriculture to Ag/Residential, Town of St. Joseph b. Susan SyflEa Wahl to rezone appr-&Eifnately 39 =k/ aer-es of land f+afn Agr-ietiltur-e to , c. Bruce and Joseph Achterhof to rezone approximately 3 +/- acres of land from Agriculture to Ag/Residential, Town of Baldwin d. Gillen Lime Quarry and Trucking, Inc. to rezone approximately 20 +/- acres of land from Agriculture to Ag/Residential, Town of Erin Prairie 9. *Approval of the Floodplain Overlay District and Associated Amendments to Chapter 17 10. *Intergovernmental Advisory Committee Recommendation re: Local Wildlife Over - Population, Particularly Whitetail Deer ANNUAL COMMITTEE AND DEPARTMENT REPORTS: Clerk of Court, Judicial Circuit Court Judges, Family Court Commissioner, Register in Probate COUNTY CLERK'S REPORT OF CORRESPONDENCE AND REZONING REQUESTS ANNOUNCEMENTS: ADJOURNMENT (Items may be taken in different order) 2/11/2011 3 : 0 3 PM * Changes or Additions after the Preliminary Agenda* * Late Changes and Additions Official - approved 1111105 PROCEEDINGS OF THE ST.CROIX COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS Regular Meeting September 15, 2005 Invocation given by Pastor Dean Simpson of Cross Lutheran Church in Roberts, Wisconsin. Pledge of Allegiance was recited. Meeting called to order by Chair Malick at 9:00 a.m. Roll call: 27 present. Absent and excused: Supr. Mortensen, Supr. Ruetz, Supr. Dowd and Supr. Gunderson. Consent Agenda: Motion by Supr. Wentz, 2nd by Supr. Grant to adopt the consent agenda approving the minutes of the August 16, 2005 County Board Session; setting the next County Board meeting for November 1, 2005; and approving mileage and per diem for July 2005 in the amount of $7,717.27. Carried unanimously. Presentations: Supr. Grant presented donations from the St. Croix County Council of the American Legion Youth Program to Sheriff Hillstead in the amount of $1,000 for youth programs and District Attorney Eric Johnson in the amount of $750.00 for the calendar program. Sheriff Hillstead and District Attorney Johnson thanked the American Legion for its support and Supr. Grant for his dedication. Appointments: Chair Malick announced the appointment of Supr. Caf isch to the Meth Advisory Committee. Administrative Coordinator Report: Administrative Coordinator Chuck Whiting introduced five women visitors from Russia studying business leadership for women. Whiting indicated the Security Committee has been meeting and has expanded membership with people from the Baldwin Ag- Center and New Richmond Health and Human Services. Whiting reported the budget process has been moving along and indicated the Finance Committee Budget Review begins September 28 Whiting stated health insurance renewal quotes are coming in. He added GASB 45 requires the County to track any subsidization of retiree health insurance benefits. Whiting reported the IRS reimbursement mileage rate has increased from $.405 to $.485 and the Finance Committee approved this rate for September 1, 2005 to December 31, 2005. Whiting is reviewing the potential for the County to do something for Hurricane Katrina victims. Whiting addressed questions from Supervisors regarding retiree health insurance. OLD AND NEW BUSINESS 1. Ordinance #707(2005) Creating Chapter 86 Restrictions on Sale or Gift of Cigarette and Tobacco Products to Minors. Motion by Supr. Speer, 2nd by Supr. Wentz to enact the ordinance. The ordinance recites under Wis. Stats. § 134.66(5), St. Croix County may adopt an ordinance regulating the conduct of tobacco sales to minors. It also authorizes under Wis. Stats §254.916(1) the St. Croix County Public Health Department to become the designated agent of the Wisconsin Department of Health & Family Services to cause unannounced investigations to be conducted at least annually at retail outlets, including sites of tobacco vending machines, and to survey overall levels of compliance with §134.66. Sheriff Hillstead stated this ordinance applies to retailers who have obtained a cigarette and tobacco products retailer license. The current county ordinance did not include the ability to cite retailers. Carried unanimously. 2. New Position requests for Jail Nurse and Law Enforcement Clerk. Motion by Supr. Standafer, 2nd by Supr. King to approve the creation of two employee positions, a Jail Nurse and Law Enforcement Clerk in the Sheriff's Department, to start on or near October 1, 2005. Supr. Standafer explained the requests were originally for two new positions in 2006 which passed unanimously in the Personnel Committee. The Jail Nurse position was previously a contract for service position. After reviewing various nursing options, it was requested the nursing services be filled by a permanent County employee. The Law Enforcement Clerk was a movement from current temporary position to fulltime status in 2006. Sheriff Hillstead requested these positions be allowed to start early. Currently, the two temporary law enforcement clerks are on maternity leave. Supr. Standafer stated these positions create no budget impact in 2005. Supr. Swenson stated that if these positions are approved, the Finance Committee is not in any position to guarantee 2006 funding because of budgeting pressures. Supr. Luckey asked what the Hudson Medical Clinic is going to charge to provide medical supervision to this nurse. Sheriff Hillstead indicated the Hudson Clinic was hired to study what the jail's medical needs are and is willing to provide direction to the nurse. The County's cost for the medical director is approximately $400 per month. Supr. Luckey stated normally contracting positions are cheaper rather than hiring and paying employee benefits. Sheriff Hillstead stated historically there is more turnover with contract ositions and there's a need to increase the hours. Supr. Swenson indicated there is no firm policy in the Finance Commiie% �afll�wiwg PM consensus is if it's not possible to fund all departments' requests, a dollar amount may be sent back to committees to make specific adjustments and the departments will need to decide to make the cuts. The vote on the motion was split between the two positions. Roll call vote for approval of the jail nurse position to start on or near October 1, 2005: Yes 22; No 5 (voting no — Habhegger, Zoerb, Struemke, Malick, Luckey). Passed. Roll call vote for approval of the Law Enforcement Clerk position to start on or near October 1, 2005: Yes 23; No 4 (voting no — Habhegger, Swenson, Raymond, Krueger). Passed. 3. Resolution #28(2005) Against Requiring Local Fire, Law Enforcement, Public Works and EMS Agencies to Buy APCO 25 Digital Radios. This resolution requested the Office of Justice Assistance, Governor Doyle, Senator Harsdorf and Assemblypersons Rhoades, Lamb and Pettis to act to remove the requirement that Wisconsin local fire, law enforcement, public works and EMS agencies buy APCO 25 Digital Radios. Motion by Supr. Mehls, 2nd by Supr. Jacobson to approve. Carried unanimously. 4. Resolution #29(2005) Designating the National Incident Management System (NIMS) as the Basis for All Incident Management in St. Croix County, Wisconsin. Motion by Supr. Mehls, 2nd by Supr. Struemke to approve. Supr. Marzolf expressed concerns regarding the lack of preparation of Hurricane Katrina. Supr. Marzolf asked if NIMS was in effect in the Gulf States that were devastated by Hurricane Katrina, and steps St. Croix County will implement in order to prevent a similar breakdown in communication. Supr. Mehls stated the NIMS system is relatively new and it's up to each State to get into place. Homeland Security requires the planning for, implementation upon an incident, and all the re- habilitation plans to be under NIMS. The compliance is necessary by October 1. The State, counties and municipalities have been asked to comply. Grants into this County are contingent upon this resolution. The resolution provides the St. Croix County Board of Supervisors agree to designate and utilize the NIMS as the basis for preparation for, response to, and recovery from natural or manmade incidents affecting St. Croix County. Carried unanimously. 5. Status of County Owned Property Inventory. Administrative Coordinator Whiting introduced Dain Zimmer, intern from UW -River Falls. Whiting stated Zimmer is completing his internship at the County by making his presentation of his work on compiling the County -owned property inventory. Zimmer provided an overview of his findings. Approximately 1,926 total acres of County -owned land were found in 290 parcels. Of those parcels, 29 are conservation parcels, 189 are highway parcels, 14 private or unidentified parcels, 10 are outlot parcels, 17 finance parcels, and 29 parcels require further research. Zimmer's descriptions provided the purpose and need for the property. Whiting thanked Zimmer for his work. Applause. 6. Plan for a Plan for Hudson Land. Supr. Swenson provided a review of the concept plan and asked for support in terms of a recommendation. The principles of the plan is if the county are to sell or develop this property, it will be with the approval of the County Board for the plan process, be based on a site concept plan consisting of the entire piece of property, and approved by the County Board. It also includes consideration of compatible land use options and traffic design. Supr. Swenson stated action steps include keeping the County Board informed, following Policy Guidelines described in the plan, and looking at the site in its totality. The plan includes using all available resources, using information from the 1987 Gair study and using work done by Ayres Associates. The plan includes a developer's view of the property provided by Steve Fisher in 2005. Concepts for site plan options were presented along with additional considerations. Motion by Supr. Swenson, 2nd by Supr. Struemke to have County Board grant Finance Committee authority to move forward with determining the fair market value of the property; study long -term property tax implicationsibenefits of the types of development considered; formal compilation of public uses or needs; hear and consider the City of Hudson's input; give priority consideration to proposed development plan that incorporates the entire parcel of property and only if feasible, will the County consider proposals for portions of the property with any development requiring a formal written developer's agreement consisting of conditions the County deems necessary; and to report back to the County Board with its findings. Supr. Jordan expressed concerns on planning for a plan for this parcel alone rather than all county -owned property and the need to inform the public on all County -owned property. Supr. Jordan complimented the planning work and asked to expand planning of the surplus of property. He requested no additional costs to study the land. Supr. Zoerb expressed the need of communication with City of Hudson. Supr. Jordan stated guiding principles should be countywide. Whiting indicated there is no process in place therefore something has to be established to do this. Supr. Marzolf t ed th ne d to listen to local and social needs such as fire, emergency and library services and providing services to this community . PM Supr. Marzolf also stated his concerns regarding the intersection of Vine Street and County Road UU. Supr. Peterson complimented Supr. Swenson on his presentation. Roll call vote: Yes 23; No 2 (voting no — Zoerb and Caflisch). Passed. Supr. Mehls left at noon. 7. Budget Status Report. Supr. Swenson indicated the Finance Committee reviewed some budgets at its September meeting including the Highway Department budget. All were approved to move forward in the budget process. He stated at the November 1 County Board meeting the Finance Committee will bring forward a recommendation. He asked Supervisors to think on contingency basis, if there is not enough money, where should the adjustment be made. Supr. Swenson noted a potential increase in the levy to run the Nursing Home and added increased budget for Highway, Sheriff Department and the Judges. Supr. Swenson confirmed the Finance Committee will try to reach an objective recommendation and that Supervisors and departments be respectful of any changes. The levy has to be approved on November 1S because of a schedule. Swenson thanked those involved in the process. Percent of new construction is 6.36% which allows St. Croix County to raise levy about 1.3 million dollars. 8. Rezonings. a. Ordinance #708(2005) Geraldine Meyers to rezone approximately 160 + /- acres of land from Agriculture to Ag/Residential, Town of St. Joseph. Motion by Supr. Zoerb, 2nd by Supr. Krueger to approve. Supr. Zoerb indicated the Planning and Zoning Committee passed this unanimously. Carried unanimously. b. Susan Syfko -Wahl to rezone approximately 38 +/- acres of land from Agriculture to Ag /Residential, Town of Troy. Stricken from the agenda. C. Ordinance #709(2005) Bruce and Joseph Achterhof to rezone approximately 3 +/- acres of land from Agriculture to Ag /Residential, Town of Baldwin. Motion by Supr. Zoerb, 2nd by Supr. Marzolf to approve. Supr. Zoerb indicated the Planning and Zoning Committee passed this unanimously. Carried unanimously. d. Ordinance #710(2005) Gillen Lime Quarry and Trucking, Inc. to rezone approximately 20 +/- acres of land from Agriculture to Ag /Residential, Town of Erin Prairie. Motion by Supr. Zoerb, 2nd by Supr. Hurtgen to approve. Supr. Zoerb indicated the Planning and Zoning Committee passed this unanimously. Carried unanimously. Supr. Swenson requested rezonings in advance of the meetings. 9. Ordinance #711(2005) Approval of the Floodplain Overlay District and Associated Amendments to Chapter 17. Motion to adopt by Supr. Zoerb, 2nd by Supr. Habheggar. Supr. Zoerb stated unless a Supervisor requests or questions this ordinance and amendments they will forgo the presentation today. Supr. Zoerb indicated this was unanimously passed by the Planning and Zoning Committee and added there was no attendance by the public at the public hearing other than two Supervisors. Two technical comments were requested and the changes made. Carried unanimously. Supr. Marzolf requested the status of Excel Energy's request for a landfill site for its fly ash from its Bayport plant and if a decision was made. Supr. Zoerb indicated they have continued with discussions regarding this matter and will provide information to Supr. Marzolf. 10. Resolution #30(2005) Supporting Intergovernmental Advisory Committee Efforts to Control Deer Overpopulation. Supr. Feidt and Supr. Luckey are members of the Intergovernmental Advisory Committee. Chair Malick indicated this resolution puts the County on record supporting the Intergovernmental Advisory Committee's efforts to control deer overpopulation. He added the City of Hudson and Village of North Hudson are contemplating a special deer hunting season in middle of the winter. Supr. Marzolf suggested donating the venison to food shelf. Motion by Supr. Swenson, 2nd by Krueger to approve. Carried unanimously. Annual Committee and Department Reports: Clerk of Court Chair Malick indicated Clerk of Circuit Court Lori Meyer is ill today, but has submitted a written report providing Clerk of Circuit Court activities for 2004. 2/11/2011 3 : 0 3 PM Judicial Circuit Court Judges and Family Court Commissioner. Judge Lundell, Judge Vlack, Judge Needham, Family Court Commissioners Tim Heckmann and Stephen Dunlap were present. Judge Needham provided statistics regarding the increase in case load and the impact on court support staff. Judge Needham stated a digital recording system is requested in the Circuit Court's budget for 2006 which will aid in the staffing needs and be used in routine and non - contested hearings. The report contained information regarding the methamphetamine plague on St. Croix County. The judges have requested funding for a drug court which takes on more intensive supervision of individuals who abuse chemicals within the criminal justice system. Full implementation of the drug court will not be possible until a fourth judge is provided to St. Croix County. The judges have requested funding for two tracker positions to monitor and ensure compliance with sobriety conditions on criminal bonds and for those on probationary status. Implementing an AODA treatment program in the jail would be beneficial and request funding for an ADOA counselor position in the jail. The judges expressed appreciation for past funding and encourage approval of the future funding. Supr. Speer requested a copy of the presentation. Judges addressed questions relating to meth cases. Judge Lundell indicated this is the worst thing we've seen in this county. Chair Malick highlighted the referendum to continue transferring state court funding to the state and also highlighted the Meth Advisory Committee efforts. Applause. Register in Probate. Erica Nelson submitted a written report focusing on services provided to the citizens of St. Croix County and the general public and how those services affect what the Register in Probate's office does and how the office is managed. The report highlighted the requirement of a 12 -month benchmark for all estates processed which means estates must be closed within 12 months from the date opened with the court and the affects of this benchmark in her office. Register in Probate services were highlighted. County Clerk's Report of Correspondence and Rezoning Requests: County Clerk Campbell read rezoning applications scheduled for upcoming hearings and a thank you from Supr. Mehls (Project Officer New Richmond American Legion Post 80) for the board member's contribution toward Operation 1,000 Toys `n Dolls benefiting Iraqi children. Announcements: Supr. Raymond indicated a copy of an outdoor recreation plan developed by the Land Conservation and Parks Committee was distributed. This plan has taken months of deliberation and discussion and work from a citizen advisory committee. He asked supervisors to review and welcomed them to attend the October 4 meeting. This plan will be referred to the County Board after budget deliberations. Adjournment. Chair Malick adjourned the meeting at 12:35 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 3:03 PM