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HomeMy WebLinkAboutCounty Board 08-13-1991AGENDA ST. CROIX COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS August 13, 1991 9:00 A.M. Courthouse Hudson Compiled by Chairman Richard B. Peterson CALL TO ORDER INVOCATION: Pastor Randy Dean, Living Word Chapel, Forest PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG ROLL CALL: CONSIDERATION OF MINUTES OF PREVIOUS SESSION Adoption of Agenda ANNOUNCEMENTS: Date of Next Session: September 10, 9:00 A.M. APPOINTMENTS: Appointments by Chairman Peterson 1. District 7 Supervisor 2. Committee appointments OLD AND UNFINISHED BUSINESS (Includes consideration and action on Second Reading Resolutions and Ordinances) 1. Ordinance Recommending Approval for Rezonement of Land from Ag-Residential to Commercial - James and Luann Raboin 2. Ordinance Recommending Approval for Rezonement of Land from Ag-Residential to Commercial - Don McVitty 3. Ordinance Recommending Approval for Rezonement of Land from Agricultural to Ag-Residential Tom Pietsch 4. Ordinance Recommending Approval for Rezonement of Land from Agricultural to Ag-Residential - Erna Wegge 5. Ordinance Recommending Approval for Rezonement of Land from Agricultural to Ag-Residential - Roger Schwartz 6. Ordinance Recommending Approval for Rezonement of Land from Ag-Residential to Commercial - Greg DeRosier 7. Highway Department Report -Commissioner Dan Fedderly 9:30 A.M. 8. Resolution Establishing 1992 Tipping Fees 9. Rules & Regulations NEW BUSINESS .-- Administrative Coordinator's Report 2. Government Center Update 3. Request for Out -of -State Travel EMERGENCY RESOLUTIONS ► Resolution Authorizing Establishing Ad Hoc Marketing Committee, Hiring Consultants and Soliciting Offers in Regard to Sale of St. Croix Health Center Complex 10:15 am 2-: Resolution Rescinding Resolution No. 14 (88) L,3 Resolution Designating St. Croix County the Responsible Unit for State Recycling Act Purposes Resolution Authorizing New Position Requests Resolution Approving Sale of County Land in the Town of Star Prairie Resolution Appointing Agent for County Recycling t,7-. Resolution Amending Chapter 17 of the St. Croix Zoning Ordinance FIRST READING OF RESOLUTIONS & ORDINANCES 1. Resolution Approving Final Supervisory Redistricting Plan, 2. Resoulution Approving Amendment to Town of Hudson Zoning Ordinance Committee & Board Reports Farmland Preservation Applications Mileage & Per Diem Report Correspondence Announcements Adjournment (THE ABOVE AGENDA IS NOT NECESSARILY IN 'ORDER OF PRESENTATION) Corrected ST. CROIX COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS Regular Session August 13, 1991 Chair Peterson called the Board of Supervisors to order at 9:00 a.m. The meeting has been properly published and guests and the press were welcomed. Pastor Randy Dean, Living Word Chapel, Forest gave the invocation. The Pledge of Allegiance was recited. Roll call: 30 members present, 0 absent. Motion by Supr. Malick, 2nd by Vice Chair Bailey to approve the June minutes with the correction on page 4, 2nd paragraph to read AFDC rolls have been reduced by approximately 5,000 cases. Carried. Next meeting scheduled for September 10, 1991. Motion by Supr. O'Connell, 2nd by Supr. Hop to adopt the agenda. Carried. ANNOUNCEMENTS AND APPOINTMENTS Supr. O'Connell introduced Craig Smith, the new Nursing Home Administrator. Mr. Smith addressed the Board in regard to his educational background and previous employment. A welcome and applause was given by the Board. Chair Peterson appointed Supr. Art Jacobson to the West Central Regional Planning Commission. Motion to approve by Supr. Willink, 2nd by Vice Chair Bailey. Carried. Upon recommendation of Town and Village of Somerset, Chair announced the appointment of Scott Zahnow to the vacancy in District 7 County Supervisory District. Motion to approve by Supr. Sinclear, 2nd by Supr. Rebhan. Carried. Supr. Zahnow was given oath of office by the Clerk and stated he is pleased to serve and represent the Village of Somerset. Chair Peterson and other Supervisors plan to present an appreciation plaque to former member Milton Meinke for his many years of dedicated service to St. Croix County. OLD, UNFINISHED, AND NEW BUSINESS Ordinance #281 91 : Rezoning from Ag. Residential to Commercial for James and Luann Raboin. Motion to adopt by Supr. Dorsey, 2nd by Supr. Bradley. Carried. Ordinance #282 91 : Rezoning from Ag. Residential to Commercial for Don McVitty. Motion to adopt by Supr. Dorsey, 2nd by Supr. Rebhan. Carried. Ordinance #283 91 : Rezoning from Agriculture to Ag. Residential for Tom Pietsch. Motion to adopt by Supr. Dorsey, 2nd by Supr. Oemichen. Carried. Ordinance #284 91 : Rezoning from Agriculture to Ag. Residential for Erna Wegge. Motion to adopt by Supr. Dorsey, 2nd by Supr. Luckey. Carried. Ordinance #285 91 : Rezoning from Agriculture to Ag. Residential for Roger Schwartz. Motion to adopt by Supr. Dorsey, 2nd by Supr. Menter. Carried. Ordinance #286 91 : Rezoning from Ag. Residential to Commercial for Greg DeRosier. Motion to adopt by Supr. Dorsey, 2nd by Supr. Bradley. Carried. Highway Department Report: Highway Committee Chair George Hop introduced Highway Commissioner Dan Fedderly. Fedderly updated Supervisors on the summer construction activities. The early start of construction in April enabled the Department to reach their construction goal. In the Adopt a Highway program 23 groups have agreed to cover 62.75 miles of County Roads. The Highway Dept. accepts applications up until May 1 of each year. Applications received after May 1 are implemented the following year. A Road Management Program for Towns is being developed in which the County would work with Towns to develop a 6 year road program. Towns must document plans and goals in order to receive funding from the State. Fedderly also plans to conduct an inventory of signing in Towns. Fedderly stated if we have several weeks of good weather the remaining scheduled fall projects will be completed. After Supervisors questions were answered, Chair thanked Fedderly for his report. Applause by Board. Rules and Regulations: Chair asked General Services Committee to meet to review the 1991 WCA Resolutions to be acted on at the annual convention, Sept. 15 - 18. Resolution #25 91 : Establishing 1992 Tipping Fees. Motion to adopt by Supr. Willink, 2nd by Supr. Stephens. Carried. This raises the fee by $5.00 per ton. Rates are now $45 per ton for in -county and $50 per ton for out -of -county waste except for the months of January, February and December. Resolution #26 91 : Authorizing Establishing Ad Hoc Marketing Committee, Hiring Consultants and Soliciting Offers in Regard to Sale of St. Croix Health Center Complex. Motion to adopt by Supr. Stephens, 2nd by Vice Chair Bailey. Finance Committee Chair Stephens presented background information on former Resolution 14 (88) which is now outdated. The moratorium on No Sale expired December 31, 1990. Offers have been received and a long range plan needs to be developed, therefore he supports formation of an Ad Hoc committee made up of three members from Human Services and two from Finance. Motion by Supr. Kinney, 2nd by Supr. Rebhan to amend resolution to read rather than "most advantageous offer" change to cash sale. Supr. Kinney does not wish for St. Croix County to be a 2 "loan association." Suprs. Malick and Stephens said terms of sale cannot be evaluated until offers are received. Roll call vote on the amendment: 5 yes, 26 no. Motion defeated. Supr. Brown acknowledged constituent Ruth Kalms who wished to address the Board. Discussion on question if this was proper at this time. Motion by Supr. Sinclear, 2nd by Supr. Malick to allow Ms. Kalms to speak. Roll call vote: 26 yes, 5 no. Carried. Kalms stated she has been a member of the Human Services Board for 10 years but she is now speaking on her own behalf. She is concerned about the mental health of residents and staff, the assurance of quality care if Health Center is sold and the impact this resolution will have on occupany. She also questioned why this resolution was an emergency and why was the Human Services Board and staff not consulted prior to this resolution. She believes the County will be "dumping people" if the Nursing Home is sold. Supr. Sinclear questioned if the Resolution to Rescind 14 (88) should have come first on the agenda. Supr. Stephens replied the agenda was approved in the order listed. Roll call vote on Resolution #26: 17 yes, 14 no. Ad Hoc Marketing Committee is approved. Corporation Counsel Timmerman advised the Board the Resolution to Rescind 14 (88) has been superseded by the vote just taken on Resolution #26. The Resolution to rescind is now moot. Administrative Coordinator: John Krizek reported the 1992 budget process is now underway. Department head budgets are due Aug. 23. Health insurance rates for the standard plan will be $635 per month of which the employee pays $68.50. The HMO rate is $365 and no payment is made by the employee. An open enrollment for both plans will be held in October. The State Budget shared revenue plan combines counties and municipalities. Revenues to the county will depend on the formula used to distribute funds. Property tax relief will average $140 to home owners. Under the LRIP program for road construction, a bid from private contractors is required before the County is allowed to do a project. New Position Requests: Personnel Committee Chair Draxler explained the process of approving position requests. Originally 17 were requested at a cost of $269,000. After denials and revisions, cost is now $80,286. Krizek outlined the revisions made. Motion by Supr. Brown, 2nd by Supr. Kinney to vote on each position separately. Roll Call vote: 12 yes, 19 no. Defeated. Supr. Kinney questioned the need for position No. 11 Recycling Coordinator. Motion by Supr. Stephens, 2nd by Supr. Nelson to table action on new positions until the Emergency Recycling Resolutions #3 and #6 on the agenda have been considered. 3 Carried. Resolution #27 91 : Designating St. Croix County the Responsible Unit for State Recycling Act Purposes. Motion to adopt by Supr. Willink, 2nd by Supr. Jensch. Solid Waste Committee Chair Willink introduced Solid Waste Coordinator George Hayducsko who explained after municipalities discovered the difficulty in applying for grant monies, they are more receptive to designating the county as reponsible unit. If this resolution is passed, another resolution will be sent to municipalities for their approval. If 25% do not pass this resolution, then the Board would rescind #27 (91). Municipalities currently operating with their own recycling programs would not be changed. Chair called at lunch break. Session reconvened at 1:10. Afternoon roll call: 29 present, 2 absent, Jensch and O'Connell (excused). Legislative Report: Senator Bill Berndt remarked on the 1991 budget bill which contains the most vetos ever - 457. Berndt expanded on Krizek's previous budget comments and said there will be little property tax relief for farmers and small businesses. Chair thanked Berndt for his comments. Applause by Board. Further Discussion on Resolution 27: Approving County as Responsible Unit. Hayducsko outlined the planned usage of the grant money - $36,000 for municipalities, $44,000 for coordinator and part time secretary, $20,000 for education costs (printing brochures and postage). Jim Janke, Extension Resource Agent plans to send a county wide recycling newsletter twice a year. Supr. Malick suggested that the Committee consider using press releases instead of county wide newsletter mailings to households and consider increasing the grants to municipalities, perhaps to equal the amounts lost as "avoided disposal costs." A Recycling Fair is planned at a cost of $5,000. Discussion on the turn around by municipalities now wanting the county as the responsible unit, grassroots recycling presently working, three present staff alloting time for recyling - why another position is needed. Roll call vote: 29 yes, 0 no. Motion carried. Resolution 028 91 : Appointing Agent for County Recyling Program. Motion by Supr. Malick, 2nd by Supr. Bradley to adopt. DNR requires this appointment in order to obtain financial assistance. Motion carried. Resolution #29 91 : Approving New and Upgraded Positions. Motion by Supr. Stephens, 2nd by Vice Chair Bailey to remove from the table. Carried. Motion by Supr. Malick, 2nd by Supr. Stephens to eliminate position #11 Recycling Coordinator and not approve for 1992. Hayducsko agreed the entire $100,000 grant could be applied for without approving the Recycling Coordinator position. Motion carried. Motion by Supr. Draxler, 2nd by Vice Chair Bailey to approve remaining ten positions. Roll call vote: 26 yes, 3 no. Carried. 4 Resolution #30 91 : Authorizing sale of County -Owned Real Estate Located in the Town of Star Prairie. Motion to adopt by Supr. Stephens, 2nd by Supr. Rebhan. Supr. Stephens explained the situation on this land by the Apple River and the bid for $6,000 received from Leon Orr, an adjacent property owner. It was advertised as unbuildable because of being in a special flood hazard zone. Stephens described a past incident of an ice jam piling up on this site. Supr. Luckey believes the price is too low. Luckey advised that Zoning Administrator Tom Nelson can overrule the flood plain rule and issue a permit for building on the one site available. Discussion on legality of advertising as not buildable. Roll call vote: 25 yes, 4 no. Motion carried to accept the bid. Ordinance #287 91 : Amendment of Chapter 17, St. Croix County Zoning Ordinance. Motion to adopt by Supr. Dorsey, 2nd by Supr. Stephens. This amendment provides for setback from water less than 75 feet when certain conditions are met. Motion carried. Government Center Report: Committee Chair Malick reported on the three public meetings held for the purpose of informing citizens on the plans, design and cost of the new complex. Attendance was low, therefore Malick concluded there is not much controversy over building of the Government Center. Nursing Home Report: Krizek distributed a July 10, 1990 and an August 9, 1991 report which compared the Net Current Items for each year. Farmland Preservation: Motion by Supr. Willink, 2nd by Supr. Dull to refer the following to the Land Conservation Committee: Wm. and Ruth Rosendal, Edna Atwood, Lenertz Farms, Thelma Clapp Estate and Richard Derrick. Carried. Motion by Supr. Hop, 2nd by Supr. Wallace to refer the following approved application to the State: Norman and June Hill. Carried. Mileage and Per Diem: Total for June, 1991 was $7,995.61 and total for July was $6,141.84. Motion to approve by Supr. Stephens, 2nd by Vice Chair Bailey. Carried. Correspondence: Clerk read letter from Representative Stower commending the Board on their interest and testimony to help get the proposal for double bottom trucks on Highways 35 and 46 withdrawn. Chair Peterson thanked everyone for their cards and best wishes sent during his last hospital stay. Announcements: Clerk announced an Inter -County meeting was also held today in Rusk County. If Supervisors did not return their green budget notebook today, be sure to do so within the next two weeks. 5 Ad Hoc Marketing Committee:Chair Peterson appointed the following to the Ad Hoc Marketing Committee: Supervisors Robert Stephens, Tom O'Connell, John Bradley. Herb Rebhan and Karen Bailey. Motion to approve by Supr. Stephens, 2nd by Supr. Draxler. Carried. Farm City Day: Supr. Draxler commented on the good turn out at the Dan Holle farm and expressed appreciation to Lee Milligan for all the hours given to make the day a success. Supr. Willink remarked on how well organized the event was and thanked the many volunteers who worked that day. Motion to adjourn by Supr. Stephens, 2nd by Supr. Draxler. Meeting adjourned at 2:50 p.m. Richard Peterson, Chair St. Croix County Board of Supervisors Sue E. Nelson St. Croix County Clerk