HomeMy WebLinkAboutTransportation Committee 09-07-07 NOTICE OF MEETING AND AGENDA
ST. CROIX COUNTY TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE
September 7, 2007 - 8:30 A.M.
St. Croix County Highway Department Office, 920 -3' Street, Hammond, WI
CALL TO ORDER
ROLL CALL
ADOPTION OF AGENDA
APPROVAL OF MINUTES OF PREVIOUS MEETING
DATE OF NEXT MEETING
CONSIDER VOUCHERS FOR PAYMENT
REVIEW FUND BALANCES
REVIEW HIGHWAY SAFETY MINUTES
CONSIDER SEMINAR ATTENDANCE REQUESTS
CONSIDER STATE PROJECT REQUESTS
ANNOUNCEMENTS & CORRESPONDENCE
OLD AND NEW BUSINESS
1. Consider Deer Park Shop Proposals
2. Machinery Management Considerations
3. Consider Long -Range Rail and Other Strategic Transportation Matters
4. 2008 Budget Discussions
ANY OTHER BUSINESS AUTHORIZED BY LAW
POSSIBLE AGENDA ITEMS FOR NEXT MEETING
ADJOURN
(Items may be taken in different order. Action may be taken on any or all items shown.)
SUBMITTED BY - Tim Ramberg, Highway Commissioner
DATE SUBMITTED — August 30, 2007
** Additions /Changes /Corrections
Items for County Board approval must be submitted to the County Clerk's office
by Wednesday morning preceding a County Board meeting.
8/30/2007 12:42 PM
MINUTES OF THE ST. CROIX COUNTY TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE
Meeting of September 7, 2007
The meeting was called to order by Chairman King at 8:40 A.M.
Roll call was taken with King, Grant, Peterson, Rebholz and Hurtgen in
attendance. Others present for all or parts of the meeting included Tim
Ramberg, Jane Bond, Rich Loney and Dan Fedderly.
A motion was made and seconded (Peterson /Hurtgen) to adopt the agenda as
published. Motion carried.
A motion was made and seconded (Hurtgen /Grant) to approve the minutes of
the August9, August 29 and September 6, 2007 meetings. Motion carried.
A motion was made and seconded (Peterson /Rebholz) to set the October
meeting for October 5, 2007 at 8:30 A.M. with King and Rebholz reviewing
vendors prior to the meeting. Motion carried.
King and Peterson reviewed the vouchers at 8:00 A.M. A motion was made
and seconded (Peterson /King) to approve the vouchers for payment.
Motion carried.
Bond distributed and reviewed the August 31, 2007 fund balances,
comparing them to the previous year's balances.
Grant and Bond reviewed the minutes of the August 23, 2007 Safety
Committee meeting.
Winter Road Maintenance and Highway Safety seminar information was
presented to the Committee by Ramberg. A motion was made and seconded
(King /Rebholz) to allow up to 6 employees to attend the Winter Road
Maintenance Seminar on October 10, 2007 and up to 4 employees to attend
the Highway Safety Seminar on November 8, 2007 in Eau Claire Wisconsin
at a cost of forty -five ($45.00) dollars per person. Motion carried.
WisDOT will be billed for those employees attending that are assigned to
state patrol sections.
There were no State Project Requests to consider this month. Ramberg
noted there have been several compliments regarding the STH 35 paving
project near River Falls.
Ramberg shared correspondence with Nick Riley of Ramsey County MN
regarding east metro transit.
Deer Park Shop Considerations and Update: Ramberg, Loney, and Fedderly
reviewed the proposals received for the Deer Park Shop with the
Committee. The conceptual plans were reviewed with ideas discussed for
modifications as well as the proposed timeline. A motion was made and
seconded (Peterson /Rebholz) to approve the proposal from Ross and
Associates of River Falls, Wisconsin. Motion carried. Staff will
contact the contractor to prepare the preliminary plans for
Transportation Committee review. Various operational issues were noted.
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September 7, 2007
Machinery Management Consideration: Loney distributed the 2007 machinery
priority list and outlined the activity over the past month.
Consider Long -Range Rail and Strategic Transportation Matters: Rebholz
and Ramberg updated the Committee on their recent meeting with Ray
Willoughby and Scott Rogers regarding the West Central Wisconsin Rail
Coalition. Mr. Willoughby announced the he would be stepping down as
co -chair of the Coalition and that Rogers would be taking his place.
The annual meeting that was originally planned for October 19, 2007 has
been postponed until spring of 2008.
2008 Budget Discussion: The Committee reviewed the 2008 budget
discussions from the September 6 th meeting with the Finance Committee.
Adjournment: King called for the meeting to adjourn at 11:50 A.M.
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