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HomeMy WebLinkAboutCounty Board 8-8-1978AGENDA ST. CRO COUNTY BOARD OF SUI uRVT.SORS SESSION ZUGUST 8', 1978 - COURTHOUSE, HUDS ON 9:00 A.M. CALL TO ORDER BY CHAIRMAN , NORM N E. A,NDERSON INVOCATION: Rev. Margaret Shepherd - Congregational Churches of Roberts & Hammond PLEDGE OF ALLEGIA110E TO THE FLAG ROLL CALL: By Clerk Consideration of minutes of the previous Session. ANNOUNCEMENTS: L. Parking Stickers 2. Reading of Rule, 1119" and 11211t. 3. Introduction of Guests $. Any further amaoLmeements UNFINISHED AND OW BUSINESS: Consideration and Action on 2nd Reading Resolutions and Emergency Resolutions. 1. Regarding increase in mileage for County g � ag - Personnel Comm y j 2. Night Sessions of County Board - General Services Committee - 3. New Social Worker 1 position Advertising for County Positions in Newspapers. Report from District Attorney regarding influx of Solid Waste from Minn. to Wisc. Report on County Insurance Status 2: 00 P.M. Report from Dept. of Revenue, Superv. of Assesments - Howard Reynolds. Any other Old Business to come before the Board Nhll BUSINESS: / Mileage and Per Diem for one day Session Mileage and Per Diem for Quarterly Cl-aims - County Board, Unified Board & Highway -'Pre -Release Center - Peter Stacy s Re -Zoning request from Agriculture to Commercial Petition for Ordinance Amendement St. Joseph Township 3 Petitions for Ordinance Amendment Text Change Committee Reports Reading of First reading of Resolutions Correspondence Appointments to Commtt6es PERSONAL APPEAR2NCES: Review of 1978 Budget - James Steel American Medical Assoc. for Jail - Lt. Dave Meyers, Eau Claire Jail Admin.—''- Wisc. Criminalon Criminal Justice Jail Program, - Jerome Heer ANY OTHER BUSINESS TO COME BEFORE THE BOARD AS AUTHORIZED BY LAW This Agenda may not necessarily be presented in this order. Norman E. Anderson, Chairman St. Croix County Board of Supervisors. ST. CROIX COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS Regular Session Tuesday, August 8, 1978 9:00 A. M. Board called to order by Chairman Norman E. Anderson. Invocation by Rev. Margaret Shepherd, Congregational Churches of Roberts and Hammond Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag. Roll Call by the Clerk. 31 present. 0 absent. Motion by Superv. Rivard, 2nd by Superv. O'Connell to accept the minutes of the previous session as written and mailed to each member as conrrectd. Motion carried. Chairman Anderson acknowledged and thanked the City of Hudson for the Parking Stickers and preceeded to read Rule 19 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 name the member who is to speak first." Chairman Anderson introduced and welcomed all guests and press members. RESOLUTIONS-2nd Readings RESOLUTION # 50(78): Pertains to increasing the mileage paid all County Employees for use of personal vehicles while on County business. Motion by Superv. Lowe, 2nd by Superv. O'Keefe to adopt the Resolution. Motion by Superv. Rock, 2nd by Superv. Pierson to amend the Resolution to designate the effective date January 1, 1979. Motion carried. Motion by Superv. Best, 2nd by Superv. O'Keefe to strike out the mileage increase for the County Board of Supervisors. Motion defeated. Roll Call vote called for on Resolution # 50(78) as amended. Roll Call resulted in 24 yes, 7 no. Motion carried and Resolution # 50(78) adopted as amended. RESOLUTION # 51(78): Pertains to commencing County Board sessions at 6:00 P.M. Motion by-superv. Boc e, 2nd by Superv. Nelson to adopt. Superv. O'Keefe requested to speak to the Board on the subject and asked for permission to invite Mary L. Hallen, former County Board Supervisor to speak. Permission was granted by the Board of Supervisors. Superv. O'Keefe stated that he felt night sessions would allow more participation in Government by the people and also allow more people to run for County Board. After his presentation of reasons to hold night sessions, Mary L. Hallen spoke on behalf of the support of the resolution. She stated she felt that the County Board should be a truly representative body and the night sessions would allow more citizen participation in County Government. She further stated that the average citizen age in this County right now is 25. The average age of this County Board is 60. The County Board has no representation from factory laborers, major business firms or professional. Night sessions would not limit the County Board to farmers and retired pers(v9s. Following discussion, motion was made by Superv. R. Peterson, 2nd by Superv. Holmes to amend the resolution to three night meetings per year and the night sessions to be determined by County Board and to include any special meetings that are called. Motion by Superv. Boche, 2nd by Superv. Rivard to table the Resolution. Roll Call vote called for resulted in 11 yes. 20 no. Motion defeated. Motion carried on the amendment. Motion by Superv. Pierson, 2nd by Superv. Boche to amend the resolution to start the night sessions at 7:30 P.►M. Motion defeated. Motion by Superv. Boche, 2nd by Superv. Lowe to amend the resolution to start the night sessions at 7:00 P.M. Motion carried. Roll Call vote called for resulted in 28 yes. 3 no. Motion carried and Resolution # 51(78) adopted as amended. RESOLUTION # 52(78): Pertains to New Social Horker # I position. Motion by Superv. Shay, 2nd by Superv. Sias to adopt. Robert Sanden, Director of Social Services was called upon to explain the need for the Resolution. Roll Call vote resulted in 18 yes. 12 no. Motion carried and Resolution # 52(78) adopted. Other business was set aside at this time and Chairman Anderson called upon James Steel, State Auditor for the presentation of the Review of the 1978 Budget. All Board members had copies of the June 1978 Financial Statement furnished by the County Clerks office which shows the Revenues and Unrealized Revs plus the Expenditure sheets for all departments. The balance of the morning was spent in going over the report. Superv. Best expressed much concern about future planning for budget requests and questioned whether it wouldn't be advisable for all Committees to come in _2_ before October 1st and explain their needs for 1979 so that the budget for 1979 is complete and all Committees should live by their requests. Auditor Steel concurred that i is the large unforseen items that come in during the year which is hard on the Budget. At the present the County is dealing with new buildings in Hammond, new Communication Center plus,the Staffing. He warned that the State Levy Limit is still in c:ffect.and that it will. -not be any easier this fall to do Budget work for 1979 than it was for 1978. After much discussion it was suggested that after the Finance Committee goes thru the Budget requests the Finance Committee should determine the list of special items that should be gone over with the County Board and also that every Committee should have there request on future planning in before October 1st. Chairman Anderson thanked Mr. Steel for his appearance before the Board. NnnN RFCFSS Board called to reconvene by Chairman Anderson. Roll Call by Clerk. 30 present. 1 absent. Superv. Blakeborough called upon Sheriff Grant to introduce three speakers regarding the Grants application and programs for the County Jail. Sheriff Grant introduced the men respectively as they spoke. Mr. Jerome Heer from Wisconsin Criminal Justice spoke regarding a Grant application from the St. Croix County Sheriffs Department to the Northwest Criminal Justice Planning Council for rehabilitation program for the Jail. Mr.Heer stated that the program would provide services to inmates for education,recreation, employment and counseling. Funds are available for the project on a 90% Federal share, 5% State and 5% County matching share. It would be possible to receive a 2nd year grant on 80% Federal, 15% Local and 5% State. Mr. Mark Flick, Jail inspector for Division of Corrections, Bureau of Community Corrections. Mr. Flick appeared before the Board to endorse the Huber Program with the Division of Corrections. He felt that the Huber Program needs a Coordinator to work with the Program. The Coordinntor would help to find jobs for the inmates while under the Huber Program. Lieutenant Dave Meyers, Eau Claire County Jail Administrator also spoke on the need for a Huber Probation Officer to coordinante programs through employment, libraries, churches etc. Chairman Anderson thanked all three speakers for their appearances and called upon Peter Stacy, State Probation Officer whose office is located in the Old Court House Building in Hudson. Mr. Stacy.spoke on the progress plans of the Pre -Release Center in St. Croix County. Mr. Stacy stated that the State is proposing a 12 bed Pre-Release.Center located at the St. CRoix County Health Center grounds in New Richmond by leasing 1 acre of land and construct modular buildings. This center would cover a six County area. Pierce, Polk, Barron, Dunn, Pepin and St. Croix. The funding wi17 come from the State for construction, staffing and employees. Chairman Anderson thanked Mr. Stacy for his report and proceeded to call on Mr. Howard Reynolds, Supervisor of Assessments, Wisconsin Department of Revenue from Eau Claire. Fir. Reynolds appeared before the Board as a request from Superv. Solum at the previous session. Mr. Reynolds spoke regarding the County Assessor Laws. He stated that the law does provide that any County that so desires could put in a County Assessor system with which the State pays 75% of the cost of the program provided the program came up to the standards required by the Department of Revenue, He also spoke on Equalizing Values and that Equalization started in 1902. Equalization provides uniform method of apportioning shared taxes. Chairman Anderson thanked Mr. Reynolds for his appearance. MILEAGE & PER DIEM The Mileage and Per Diem for the one day session totaling $1,089.90 was read by the Clerk. Motion by Superv. Lowe, 2nd by Superv. J.Peterson to accept the report. Motion carried. QUARTERLY CLAIMS: Second quarter 1978 claims for County board Committee work read by the Clerk totaling $7,113.46. Motion by Superv. Dahm, 2nd by Superv. Rivard to accept the report. Notion carried. Unified Board members Per Diem and expense:Second Quarter 1978 Per Diem and mileage report read by the Clerk totaling $1,188.70. Motion by Superv. Nelson, 2nd by Superv. Qoche to accept the report. Motion carried. St. Croix County Highway Committee Per Diem and Expense: Second quarter 1978 Highway Committee Per Diem and mileage report read by the Clerk totaling $1,309.68. motion by Superv. Hop, 2nd by Superv. R. Peterson to accept the report. Motion carried. - 3 - District Attorney Eric Lundell reported on his opinion regarding the influx of solid waste from Minnesota to Wisconsin. He stated that as long as the Supreme Court had handed down a ruling in this matter with other States that you could not stop one State from hauling waste to another State because it would affect Inter State Commerce, that ruling would be effective here also. Superv. Dahm, Chairman of the Finance Committee reported that the Finance Committees decision on Job positions in Sti Croix County should be advertised in all County papers in the Want Ad columns. EMERGENCY REOLUTIONS RESOLUTION # 53(78): Pertains to amending Resolution #43(18) to read Typist I in Lie-u o Stenographer II with salary range of $457-$595 effective 8/1/78 read by the Clerk. Motion by Superv. Rivard, 2nd by Superv. Shay to adopt. Motion carried. RESOLUTION # 54(78): Pertains to giving Eric Lundell authority to enter into a Stipulation of Lfabf1ty with Leslie Swenson and the Workmen's Compensation Division. Motion by Superv. O'Keefe, 2nd by Superv. Afdahl to place on the floor. Motion carried. Motion by Superv. Hop, 2nd by Superv. Willink to adopt. Motion carried. County Clerk Stohlberg reported that she has received a request application for rezoning of 10 acres from Agricultural to Commercial from Henry J. Lentz and referred it to the Planning and Zoning Committee via the Zoning office. She. also reported that she has received one -Petition for Ordinance Amendment (Rezoning) to amend St. Joseph Township Zoning Map and four Petitions for Ordinance Amendment Text Change. All have been referred to County Planning, Zoning and Parks Committee. RESOLUTIONS 1st Readings All Resolutions read by the Clerk as follows: 1. Resolution transfering funds from Welfare Admin. to Council on Aging. Held for next Session. 2. Resolution designating Senior Citizen Coordinator as permanent funded position.. Referred to the Personnel Committee. 3. Resolution petitioning for Advance of STH Construction allotments. Held for next session. 4. Resolution allocation of State Trunk Highway Allotment for St. Croix County. Held for next session. S. Resolution transfer of funds from Contingency fund to Home nurse Care Program. Held for next session. 5. Resolution creating posil:ions fo Chief Radio Operator and Radio Dispatchers and setting salalries. Held for next session. 7. Resolution creating Jail Program Officer position for two years. Referred to Law Enforcement Committee for further study. 8. Resolution air"horizes Sheriffs Horse Patrol. Referred to Finance Committee. 9. Resolution creating new position of Assistant District Attorney and Legal Secretary within the District Attorneys office effective January 1, 1979. Referred to the Law Enforcement Committee and Personnel Committee. 10. Resolution creating Child Support Secretary position commencing January 1, 1979. Referred to the Law Enforcement Committee.and Personnel Committee. 11. Resolution pertains to changing Titles of Personnel in Sheriffs Department with a temporary chain of command. Referred to the Personnel Committee. 12. Resolution n1a si•� ait�g Logislative `Intcrit in Resolution #14(74 referred to General Services ) L.ettor f oom ;t. Croix Pealtih Cgnter inviting County Board members to a one day in sa-vice. Dat, wil; be estahlished by the Health Con, er staff. Letter from St. Croix Health Center recommending re -appointment of Vern Nelson, w4w Carolyn Barrette, Lorentz Solum and Leonard Wall for a three year period. Motion by Superv. Rock, 2nd by Superv. Dahm to approve the appointments. Motion carried. Motion by Superv. Best, 2nd by Superv. Pierson that authority be given to the Finance Committee to call a special County Board meeting before the October Session if necessary regarding budget request. Motion carried. Superv. Heiting stated that he would like to report on the Western Wisconsin Health System Agency at the next County Board session. Superv. Hop, Chairman of Special Building Committee reported on the progress of construction of buildings. He reported the building in New Richmond is almost completed, two buildings in Hammond are being carpeted and should be completed in about two weeks. Central Communication Center Construction should be started today and they are taking applications for Chief Dispatcher up to August loth. Superv. Rock moved that they dispense with any more reports and ad'Journ. 2nd by Superv. Becker. Motion carried. Nonf� ar E. Anderson Chairman, County Board Respectfully submitted by F. Verna Stohlberg St. Croix County Clerk The next of the St. Crni.x County Dloar d of Supervisor's will be a one day session on ,�.utember ' 2'h, 'i S T S.