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HomeMy WebLinkAboutCounty Board 5-14-1974AGENDA ST. CROIX COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS SESSION MAY 14, 1974 Compiled by Chairman Anderson w Board called to order by Chairman Anderson INVOCATION: Reverend Donald Docken - Bethel Lutheran Church, Hudson PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG ROLL CALL - by Clerk Appreciation to the City of Hudson for the Parking Stickers Minutes of previous Session to be accepted as written & mailed to each member. .Admonition and Rule 19 to be read by Chairman. CORRESPONDENCE. . UNFINISHED BUSINESS. District Attorneys report on his office in relation to County Board. READING OF RESOLUTIONS: REPORTS OF COPKITTEES AND BOARDS. 1: Highway Committee 2. Law Enforcement Committee 3. Social Services Committee 4. Finance, Budget & Personnel 5. Comprehensive Planning, Zoning & Parks 6. Agriculture Committee � 7. Unified Board l/ 8. Any other reports REVIEW: Orientation of County Board make-up. Rules & Regulations of County Board Make-up and duties of Standing Committees RESOLUTIONS: APPEARANCES BEFORE THE BOARD. 2:00 P.M. Richard Flynn - Assistant Jail Admin. NEZvT BUSINESS: Change date 6f June Se�sioii of the County Board Annoucement of members of Standing Committees ADJOURNMENT COFFEE WILL BE SERVED AT 9:00 A.M. ST. CROIX COUNTY BOARD OF SUP',aVISORS Regular Session TUESDAY-MAY 14 1974 9-30 A. M. Board called to order by Chairman Norman E. Anderson. Invocation by Rev. Donald Docken, Bethel Lutheran Church, Hudson. Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag by all present. Roll Call by the Clerk. 31 present. None absent. Chairman Anderson thanked the City of Hudson for the Courtesy Parking Stickers. It was moved by Superv. Rivard and seconded by Superv. Thompson to accept the minutes of the previous session as written, mailed to each Supervisor for correction or additions and published. Motion carried. ANNOUNCEMENTS Chairman Anderson read the admonition Rule 6 of the County Board Rules and Regulations to the Board spectators as follows: "Any person, not a member of the Board, desirous of addressing the Board on any subject matter shall first obtain permission of his or her Supervisor to do so. They shall confine themselves to the presentation of their problem and have one rebuttle but not debate." Chairman Anderson also read mule 19 to the Board Members as follows: "Whenever any member is to speak or deliver any matter to the Board he shall rise and address himself to the chair, confine his remarks to the question under debate and avoid personalities. The member who shall rise to address the chair shall speak first. When 2 members rise to speak at the same time, the chair shall name the member who is to speak first." Chairman Anderson announced that St,� Croix County had received a Placque from the Hudson High School True Blue Staff which edits a paper and the True Blue. Times which is their Annual. Chairman Anderson accepted the Placque for the County at their annual meeting and dinner. The Placque was presented for the responsive and cooperative attitude of St. Croix County Employees and Officers while assisting Hudson High School Students in Government studies and tours.. Chairman Anderson announced that the County Board picture was available for the price of $1.50 per picture. CORRESPOND.&4C S Letter from the State of Wisconsin Division of Health Policy and Planning per- taining to State Capital Expenditure Review Program read by the Clerk. The capital expenditure review program covers all institutions or organizations providing services which are reimbursed under Titles V, XVIII, and XIX of the Social Security Act. Superv. Rock moved that the letter be placed on file. 2nd by Superv, Holmes. Motion carried. Comments by Supervs. Solum, Rock and Hop. District Attorney Owen Williams reported on his office duties and responsibilities in relation to the County Board. The District Attorney stated that his duty is to advise the County Board and is available to serve the Board and has attempted to do preparation work for the Board by drawing up the Resolutions etc. The District Attorney is the Prosecutor for the County, Council for the Glen Hills Watershed Program, advises the Unified Board in Legal matters and advises the County Board in Legal matters. The District Attorney asked for the Boards permission if it would be acceptable to the Board to absent himself from the Session and be available when they need him. Superv. Dahm felt that as long as the District Attorney was avail- able, thatthis should be sufficient. It was moved by Superv. Wilcox that , District Attorney Williams be permitted to be absent as long as he is available throughout the day. 2nd by Superv. Kellaher. Motion carried. Chairman Anderson read the notice that is sent to all Department Meads and Supervisors requesting any business that is to come before the County Board Session should bO in the Secretaries Office 10 days prior to the Session,yet all materials are brought in on the day of the Session. It is impossible to draw up a proper agenda or conduct an orderly meeting when business matters are brought in on the day of the Session. Superv. Wilcox questioned whether Committees which are not elected by the County Board, excluding the Unified Board, are allowed to meet and act without being IW•M ratified by the County Board. Chairman Anderson explained that according to the Laws of the State Statute, the Chairman has until June lst to make the appointments for the appointed Committees and according to the St. Croix County Board Rules and Regulations after the appointments are made the appointments are ratified at the following County Board Session. Comments by Superv. Afdahl and Superv: Wilcox. Chairman Anderson announced that a listing of all the appointments of appointed Conunittees was at their desks. Superv. Boche declined his appointment to the Indianhead District Advotech due to the fact that his wife was employed at Advotech. A discussion followed regarding how many County Board members should be on the Unified Board by Supervs. Afdahl, O'Keefe, Boche, Lowe, DeBoer, Wilcox, Ward, Waldroff and Kellaher. It was moved by Superv. Wilcox that with respect to the Unified Board the present Resolution pertaining to Unified Board be referred to the General Services committee for revision and be presented at the next Session. 2nd by Superv. Lowe. Motion carried. CORRESPONDENCE CONTINUED Letter from J. C. Banks, West Cap Executive Director regarding West Cap program with an enclosure pamphlet"Helping People" read by the Clerk. Two copies of Resolutions regarding West Cap were referred to General Services Committee by Chairman Anderson. Letter from Governor Patrick J. Lucey regarding Criminal Justice Improvement Plan read by the Clerk. Chairman Anderson placed letter on file. A letter from the St. Croix County Assessors requesting an increase in Per Diem and mileage while attending Assessor's School read by the Clerk. Chairman Anderson u, referred the letter to the Finance, Personnel and Budget Committee. A letter from Steven J. Ickes, Correction Analyst pertaining to re-evaluating Jail practices and Management read by the Clerk. Chairman Anderson referred letter " to the Law Enforcement Committee. Letter from Robert L. Stonek, Executive Director of Wisconsin Council on ,,Criminal Justice pertaining to requesting action funds for a Psychological Stress Evaluator for Sheriffs Department read by the Clerk. Chairman Anderson referred the letter to the Law Enforcement Committee and report back at the next Session. Letter from Warren Leonard, Campus Administrator of Indianhead Technical Institute announcing graduation excercises to be held Thurs. May 23, 1974, 8:00 P.M. at the New Richmond High School Gymnasium, together with an invitation to the County Board members to attend read by the Clerk. Letter from Richard P. Flynn requesting any Department that received forms to be filled out by the SheriffIs Department to let them know in sufficient time so that they can start work on obtaining the information needed read by the Clerk. Comments by Superv. Wilcox. Chairman Anderson requested a copy of the letter be sent to all Department Heads. I+. was moved by Superv. Waldroff that all offices stamp the date of all incoming correspondence and that a copy of this letter be sent to all Department heads. 2nd by Superv. Olson. Motion carried. , A letter from the Town of Springfield regarding vandalism at the Oak Wood Cemetary at Hersey, Wisconsin read by the Clerk. Comments by Supervs. Bogut, Blakeborough, DeBoer, Rivard, Lowe and Officer Strey. Motion by Superv. Ward that this letter be referred to the Law Enforcement Committee for study. 2nd by Superv. Olson. Motion carried. Superv. Lowe moved to dispence with the rules and present personal appearances, 2nd by Superv. Ryan. Motion carried. Superv. Lowe introduced Warren Leonard, Campus Administrator of New Richmond Advotech. Mr. Leonard stated he was appearing before the Board to answer any questions they may have regarding this program. Comments and questions were presented by Supervs. Ward, Boche, Solum, Dahm, Afdahl and Lowe. Chairman Anderson thanked Mr. Leonard for his presence at the Board Session. Chairman Anderson announced that he and the Vice Chairman have appointed Superv, Howard Wilcox in place of Superv. Robert Boche on the Indianhead District Advotech Committee. Superv. Rock moved to suspend the rules and act on the appointed committees with the understanding that all committees remain the same with the exception of the Unified Board which will be acted on at a later tirile and insert Howard Wilcox on the Indianhead District Board in place of Robert Boche and to approve the entire committee list as presented. 2nd by Superv. Holmes. Motion carried. - 3 - Superv. Olson and Superv. Wilcox requested that copies of Resolutions being pre- sented to the Board be given to the Board members for study before acted upon. Comments by Supervs. Ward, Wilcox and Pierson. Chairman Anderson announced that according to their Rule # 26 every written Resolution shall be endorsed with the name of the Supervisor introducing it, and shall have 2 sets of lines at the end of the Resolution for signatures. One for approval and one for minority signing. Superv. Ward asked for permission to read a letter addressed to the Planning 9Vt/ Committee, County Parks Committee and Law Enforcement Committee. Superv. Ward i ,'preceeded to read the letter f rom the St. Croix County Snowmobile Association & .�����' responding to the Sheriff's Departments plan to establish a snowmobile patrol. Comments by Supervs. Ward, Rivard, Waldroff, Lowe,District Attorney Williams and Capt. Burke, Superv. Lowe moved to refer the letter to the Comprehensive Planning, Zoning and Parks Committee for study. Motion carried. Chairman Anderson announced to recess for Committee work and noon lunch until 1:30. NOON RECESS Board reconvened and called to order by Chairman Anderson. Roll call by the Clerk. 31 present. None absent. Resolutions: ) First Reading) Resolution pertaining to marking County curved cars for County Parks read by the Clerk. Comments by Supervs. Ward, Rock, Thompson, Afdahl, DeBoer, Wilcox, Lowe and Waldroff. Superv. Boche moved and 2nd by Superv. Olson that this Resolution be set aside for revision. Resolution pertaining to increase supplemental salary for County Judge of $1,000.00 for a total of $2,000.00 annual supplement to equalize supplement salary �uP', ` to Circuit Judge read by the Clerk. Comments by Superv. Wilcox. Chairman Anderson referred Resolution to Finance, Budget and Personnel Committee for revision and to be brought back to next Session. RESOLUTION # 29 (74) Resolution pertaining to salary and benefit adjustments for year 1974 for Criminal Investigators in the Sheriffs Department read by the Clerk. The increase amounts to the total of $12,963.96 to be transferred from the General Fund to the Sheriff's Account. Comments by Supervs. Ward, Rock, Boche, Lowe, Rivard, Dahm and Afdahl. Motion was made by Superv. Rock to suspend the rules and this Resolution to be adopted. 2nd by Superv. Dahm, Chairman Anderson asked for 2/3rds show of hands and carried. Motion by Superv. Rivard and 2nd by Superv. Waldroff to adopt Resolution # 29 (74) and Exhibit A attached. Chairman Anderson called for Roll Call vote. Roll Call by Clerk resulted in 29 yes. 1 no and 1 abstained, Resolution # 29 carried. Referring back to Resolution regarding County owned cars, Superv. Pierson desires to know whether the Insurance covers a County car, if someone not authorized to operate the vehicle is using the car. Comments and discussion by District .attorney Williams, Commissioner Ralph Brown, Capt. Burke, Supervs. Ryan, rlakeborough, Olson, OlKeefe and Boche. All Resolutions pertaining to County owned cars were referred to Committees for revision. Chairman Anderson called on Richard Flynn,Administrative �_ssistant to the Sheriff. Mr. Flynn stated he was here to answer questions regarding the Deputy Sheriff Outdoor Resolution. Comments by Supervs. O'Keefe, Lowe, Boche and Meinke. Vice - Chairman Meinke thanked Mr. Flynn for his appearance. Superv. Boche reported that the General Services had elected their officers. Superv. Boche elected Chairman and Superv. Wilcox elected Secretary. Chairman Anderson called on Mr. Arthur Peterson, Board of Trustees to report on the progress of the purchase of the 40 acres of Zaspel property to the County. A discussion and comments by Supervs. Rock, Lowe, Pierson, Best, Ward, Solum, District Attorney Williams and Attorney Reinstra from New Richmond. Superv. Best suggested - 4 - that the District Attorney be allowed to investigate the full purchase price alleviating contract payments. Motion by Superv. Best and 2nd by Superv. Lowe to authorize the Finance Committee to enter into an option contract for purchase of this land. Motion carried. REPORTS HIGHWAY COMMITTEE: Superv. Afdahl reported on the progress of the construction for this year and also called on Capt. Burke to give a short resume on his attendance to the National Safety Conference meeting held in Washington D. C: Capt. Burke reported on their safety programs. Chairman Anderson thanked Superv. Afdahl and Capti Burke. Chairman Anderson announced that Superv. Solum has indicated that he desires not to serve on the Council on ,aging Committee and that Superv. DeBoer has consented to serve on this Committee. Superv. Wilcox moved that the County Board ratify the appointment of Superv. DeBoer on the Council on Aging Committee, 2nd by Superv+ Bogut. Motion carried. LAW ENFORCaENT COMMITTEE: Superv. Rivard reported that the SheriPfts Department has lost two dispatchers. Applicants have been interviewed. He also reported that the negotiation with the Criminal Investigators has been settled. He also reported on the Dance Hall Ordinance. Comments by Supervs. Lowe and O'Keefe, DEPARTMENT OF SOCLaL SERVICES: Superv. Bogut, new Chairman reported that the Department of Social Services negotiations have not been completed. FIX,ANCE, BUDGET AND PZRSOANEL CONINiITThE Superv. Dahm called upon to report for Finance, Budget and Personnel Committee had nothing to report at this time. COMPREHENSIVE PLANNING, ZONING & PARKS COMMITTEE: Superv. Rock reported that this Committee decided to recommend that the Resolution regarding the establishment of the Deputy Sheriff Outdoor Recreation position remain as is as we need the'Deputy and will also work out public relations with the Snow- mobile organizations. Superv. Rock also reported on the Fact Sheet of the proposed new St. Croix Subdivision Ordinance. Superv. Rock announced that on May 23rd the Committee will be touring the Glen Hills Park and are anticipating opening the park around June lst. On May 28th and 29th a meeting will be held at the Court House at 9:30 A.M. with Professor Lehman from Madison to consider the revision of the County Zoning Ordinance. The public and County Board members are invited to attend if they so desire. Questions and comments were presented by Supervs. Solum, Afdahl, Bogut, Blakeborough and Commissioner Ralph Brown regarding the rustic road in Glen Hills Park. Chairman Anderson thanked Superv. Rock for his report. -GRICULTURE COMtviITTEE: Superv. Thompson thanked the County Board for re-electing him to the Agriculture Committee. Superv. Thompson reported on the history of the Watershed Program for the benefit of the new members. He also reported on the construction of the Building at the Fair Grounds. Comments by Supervs. Lowe, Hop, Blakeborough, Rock, O'Keefe, Pierson, Wilcox, Dahm, Best and District Attorney Williams. Chairman Anderson thanked Superv. Thompson for his report. UNFIED BOARD: Superv. Pierson reported that they have 110 patients in Out Patient at the pre- sent time. On the Alcoholism program, he stated that they are required to have a coordinator. He also stated that they are planning Open House on June 9th from one to five and on June loth from ten to four at the St. Croix Health Center, Comments by Supervs. Boche, Ward and O'Keefe. Chairman Anderson thanked Superv. Pierson for his report. Chairman Anderson announced that the review of the County Board make up duties and Rules and Regulations of the County Board referred to the General Services Committee. Superv. Boche announced that the Committee will meet May 28th and any members of the Board that desires to give input to the Committee should contact -5- them before May 28th. The date of the next Session of the County Board of Supervisors was changed from June llth to June loth and unanimously agreed by the Board. Chairman Anderson announced that all Committees should notify the County Board Secretary of all regular Committee meetings and each Committee should relate how a vote was taken on a Resolution that the Committee puts before the Board. Superv. Solum stated that he had been approached by the Rod & Gun Club that they are not able to keep up theirp9<e unds. Superv. Solum moved that the Comprehensive Planning, Zoning & Parks Committee meet with the Rod & Gun Club groups involved in regards to in the Town of Erin Prairie and Town of Hammond. 2nd by Superv. Boche. Motion carrie Superv. Lowe thanked the Green Thumb for painting the housing for the elderly at New Richmond. Resolution pertaining to a Personnel Committee being created to have charge of all matters arising under Chapter 111-Wisconsin Statutes. Superv. Olson moved to dispense with the reading of the Resolution, 2nd by Superv. Cave. Motion carried. Motion by Superv. Boche to suspend rules and put the Resolution on the floor. 2nd by Superv, Ward. Motion carried by 2f3rds show of hands. Comments by Supervs. Lowe, Rodk, Wilcox, Pierson, Ward, Afdahl, District Attorney Williams;and.Mr.James Everson, County negotiator. Superv. Lowe moved -to table the Resolution. 2nd by Superv. Ward. Motion carried. Resolution is tabled. Superv. Wilcox questioned the procedure for the payment of Per Diem for County Board. Superv. Dahm moved to pay the Per Diem for today's Session. 2nd by Superv. Kellaher. Motion carried. Superv. Kellaher moved to approve the payment for the April Session. 2nd by Superv, Peterson. Motion carried. There being no further business, Superv. Rivard moved to adjourn at 5:00 P.M. 2nd by Superv. Waldroff. Motion carried. Norman E. Anderson Chairman, County Board Respectfully Submitted by F. Verna Stohlberg St. Croix County Clerk The next meeting of the County Board of Supervisors will be June 10th, 1974 at 9:30 A.M.