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HomeMy WebLinkAboutCounty Board 04-20-1993AGENDA ST. CROIX COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS April 20, 1993 9:00 A.M. Courthouse Hudson Compiled by Chairman Richard B. Peterson CALL TO ORDER INNVOCATION: Pastor John Hanson, Peace Lutheran Church Baldwin PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG ROLL CALL CONSIDERATION OF MINUTES OF PREVIOUS SESSION Adoption of Agenda ANNOUNCEMENTS: 1. Proclamation of Soil and Water Stewardship Week, April 25 - May 2, 1993 2. Introduction of Carolyn Krieger, Nursing Home Director 3. Change of June County Board Date and May Location Date of Next Session: May 18, 1993 APPOINTMENTS: Three Year Term on Human Services Board: Tom O'Connell, Len Nyland and George Sinclear REPORT OF ADMINISTRATIVE COORDINATOR LEGISLATIVE REPORT GOVERNMENT CENTER UPDATE 1. Approval of Any Expenditures Over $50,000 the Government Center *2. Lawn Watering *3. Discussion and Possible Action on Furniture OLD AND UNFINISHED BUSINESS (Consideration and action on matters tabled, postponed or referred to a committee at a previous meeting) 1. Resolution Amending Rules and By -Laws NEW BUSINESS (Action on newly introduced motions, ordinances, resolutions, or other matters) 1. Pete Stacy - St. Croix Corrections Center 9:15 A.M. 2. Resolution to Approve Letting Bids on New Radio Communications System 9:30 A.M. 3. Resolution Establishing Community Supporting Living Arrangements (CSLA) Monitoring Board 4. Ordinance Amending Chapter 17, Rezoning Land from Ag-Residential to Commercial Richard and Marlene Walton - Town of Hammond 5. Ordinance Amending Chapter 17, Rezoning Land from Agriculture to Ag-Residential Ruth Macchiaroli/Jack Quist/Gene Mullikin - Town of Stanton **6. Ordinance Amending Chapter 17, Rezoning Land from Agriculture to Ag-Residential Richard and Steve Ulrich - Town of Stanton 7. Ordinance Amending Chapter 17, Rezoning Land from Ag-Residential to Commercial Gary Nagy - Town of Stanton *8. Resolution Supporting Development of a Public Boat Access on the St. Croix River (POSTPONED UNTIL MAY) 9. Revision of Town of Hudson Ordinance (Commercial Industrial Districts) *10. Presentation on Personal Time Off (P.T.O.) System - John Bradley **11. Resolution Authorizing Amendment of St. Croix - ARR, Inc. Service Agreement to Accomodate Refinancing Provisions Department Head Reports 11:15 A.M. 1. Sheriff 2. District Attorney 3. Corporation Counsel 4. Treasurer Committee and Board Reports Farmland Preservation Applications Mileage & Per Diem Report Correspondence Announcements Adjournment (THE ABOVE AGENDA IS NOT NECESSARILY IN ORDER OF PRESENTATION) * Changes or Additions after the Preliminary Agenda ** Late Changes and Additions ST. CROIX COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS Regular Session April 20, 1993 Meeting called to order by Chair Peterson at 9:00 a.m. The meeting has been properly published and guests and the press were welcomed. Pastor John Hanson, Peace Lutheran Church, Baldwin, gave the invocation and focused his remarks on Soil and Water Stewardship Week. Pastor Hanson said we all need to return to love and care of our land in order to preserve it for future generations. Pledge of Allegiance was recited. Roll call: 27 present, 4 absent including Tom Dorsey, Robert Draxler, Herb Rebhan and Larry Bauer (all excused). Motion by Supr. Malick, 2nd by Supr. Kinney to adopt the March minutes with the exception of not deleting the statement "There is $29,332.63 owed to St. Croix" County (from ARR) which has not yet been resolved." Malick noted this was stated at the meeting and should not be deleted. Motion carried to approve the minutes as amended. Motion by Supr. Oemichen, 2nd by Supr. Bradley to adopt the agenda. Carried. Date of next meeting is May 18, 7:00 p.m. but the location is changed to the Health Center auditorium in New Richmond Date of June meeting is changed to June 22 7.00 p.m. at the Government Center. Chair Peterson proclaimed the week of April 25 - May 2, 1993 as Soil and Water Stewardship Week. Chair also noted this will be the last Board Session held in the 1965 Courthouse. Human Services Board Chair O'Connell Nursing Home Director since November mented Krieger on her fine work. Services Director John Borup and t smooth transition into her position. Nursing Home is to maintain dignity life for the residents. Applause by introduced Carolyn Krieger, of 1992. O'Connell compli- Ms. Krieger thanked Human e dedicated staff for the She said the goal of the and improve the quality of Board. Appointments: Chair Peterson recommended the appointment of Tom O'Connell, Len Nyland and George Sinclear to three year terms on the Human Services Board. Motion by Supr. Bailey, 2nd by Supr. Jensch to approve these appointments. Report by Peter Stacy: St. Croix Corrections Center Director Stacy indicated this is his 15th annual report and he has been with the Corrections Center for 25 years. A contract has been signed for $2.1 million for a new building. The Department of Corrections will be renting space in the new jail to hold inmates before they are entered into the Challenge Incarceration program. Stacy reported 200 inmates were enrolled in the Challenge program last year and 60 graduated. This program has provided over 30,000 hours of community service throughout the county. One and one half million dollars is spent in St. Croix County for wages paid and supplies purchased. In 1992 there were no escapes. Presentations are given to schools emphasizing the choices in life. Stacy said the only discouragement with the Corrections program is the choice of 2/3 of the inmates to choose to spend time in prison rather than graduating from the Challenge program. This attitude passes from generation to generation. Supr. Jensch commended the work of the Challenge enrollees on their work in New Richmond. Chair thanked Stacy for his interesting report. Resolution #9 (93): Establishing Community Supporting Living Arrangements (CSLA) Monitoring Board. Motion by Supr. O'Connell, 2nd by Supr. Hayducsko to place on the floor. O'Connell asked Human Services Director John Borup for comments. Borup said this is a new State and Federal program offered to counties enabling more developmentally disabled St. Croix County residents to reside in their own homes. A monitoring board consisting of five members is needed to do on -site inspection and interview consum- ers and compensated at $25.00 per meeting. Motion by Supr. Stephens, 2nd by Supr. Krueger to amend by adding a whereas stating if State funding for this resolution ceases to exist, this resolution would be null and void. Amendment car- ried. Supr. Hayducsko explained her signing in the negative on the resolution was because she was opposed to the $25 per diem when other citizens serve on committees with no pay. Motion by Supr. Stephens, 2nd by Supr. Malick to remove the Now, Therefore, Be It Resolved which would eliminate the $25 per meeting compensation. Corporation Counsel pointed out this would be an incomplete resolution if this amendment passes. Motion was withdrawn. Motion by Supr. Stephens, 2nd by Supr. Malick to amend and have the last paragraph read, Now, Therefore, Be It Resolved that the CSLA Monitoring Board be created. The $25.00 compensation would be deleted. Amendment carried. Resolution as amended twice carried. Administration Committee is working on a standard county policy for paying per diems and this Monitoring Board will be considered also. Motion by Supr. Malick, 2nd by Supr. Hayducsko to take a two hour lunch break in order for all Supervisors to attend the Council on Aging volunteer lunch at the Coachman. Motion by Supr. Bailey, 2nd by Supr. King to amend the motion to send those who wish to go to the luncheon and the Chair set the reconvene time for the afternoon session. Motion as amended carried. Supr. O'Connell introduced Michelle Lyksett the new reporter for the New Richmond News who is replacing Rollie Rivard. Resolution #10 (93): Authorizing Advertising for Bids for Con- struction of Emergency Communications System. Motion by Supr. 2 Luckey, 2nd by Supr. Bradley to adopt. Public Protection Chair Luckey noted the Board had previously given approval for the Design Phase and this resolution is for bidding purposes only. This does not give approval for spending money. After bids are received and reviewed, another resolution will be brought back to the Board for approval. Luckey introduced Communications Director Bruce Brantner who outlined problems and matters of concern; such as, unreliable alert of EMS and Fire Departments, poor radio coverage, aging of existing radio systems, growth in communication needs and tower structure replacement. Brantner also explained solutions to these problems. Radio Consultant Ward Montgomery answered Supervisors' questions regarding use of towers and the recommendation to use 6gHz rather than 2gHz. Montgomery gave estimates on costs of new equipment and towers which totaled $1,490,200. Krizek requested unit pricing in the bids to enable charge backs to other departments. Roll call vote: 27 yes, 0 no. Motion carried. Administrative Coordinator: John Krizek distributed a breakdown of the 1992 Worker's Compensation Fund. The Nursing Home was charged $338,000 in 1993 for Worker's Comp costs. Due to lower experience and nearly reaching the goal of $500,000 in the fund balance, this charge has been reduced to $150,000. There is an offer to purchase the 1900 Courthouse and other interested parties. It seems the only use the Hudson Planning Commission will allow is for a single family residence. A Legislative Breakfast is scheduled for 7:30 a.m. on May 3rd at the Hudson House. All interested Supervisors are invited. Some revisions will be needed in the Governor's proposed budget re- garding property tax rate freeze. Exemptions need to be made to allow for capital growth (constructing new buildings) and also to prevent decreases in bond ratings which would incur higher inter- est rates for municipalities. An exemption would also have to be made for awards given by the Courts. The shared revenue formula looks good. Supr. Hop questioned Krizek regarding charge backs of new radio equipment to departments. He and the Highway Committee under- stood this new equipment was included in the bid package and not from the highway machinery fund. Government Center Update: Motion by Supr. Malick, 2nd by Supr. Hop to approve lawn sprinkling on 1.5 Acres of grass at the Government Center. Government Building Committee Chair Malick explained the City of Hudson reduced the one time water impact charge from $68,000 to $25,242. Supr. Stephens objected to lawn sprinkling as it is not necessary to maintain trees and grass. He thought the money could be better spent on the Carmichael exchange. Roll call vote: 15 yes, 12 no. Motion carried. 3 Malick noted the furniture bid was awarded for a cost of under $300,000. The present County Board room chairs will be used for a further cost savings. Supr. Hop commented the Building Commit- tee has approved the road plan which will be partly rural and partly urban with the urban portion containing curb and gutter. Department Head Reports: Reports were given by Sheriff Ralph Bader, District Attorney Eric Johnson, Corporation Counsel Greg Timmerman and County Treasurer Mary Jean Livermore. Livermore noted an informal open house will be held June 26 at the Govern- ment Center and she asked Supervisors to help that day. Chair called for noon recess. Afternoon session reconvened at 1:20 p.m. Roll call: 25 present, 6 absent - Thomas Dorsey, Robert Draxler, Wally Cox, Herb Rebhan, Larry Bauer and Wm. Krueger (all excused). Presentation on Personal Time Off: Personnel Committee Chair Bradley explained the Personnel Committee approved implementation of this Personal Time Off policy for eligible non represented employees effective May 1, 1993 with a review scheduled for May of 1994. This program is used by Good Samaritan Nursing Home operations and is considered their corner stone of employee benefits. Bradley believes this is an idea whose time has come and St. Croix County will be a pioneer in this project. The PTO plan basically allows employees to determine their time manage- ment. Debra Kathan, Personnel Director, outlined the plan and indicated no additional time off is added. The PTO plan encourages employ- ees to maximize time on the job and minimize hours away from the job. The PTO bank combines holiday, vacation and sick leave hours plus hours are put into a personal sick leave bank for extended illness or injury over three days. At the end of a year, an employee may either choose to add any remaining unused hours to the sick leave bank or receive a pay -out for up to 48 hours. Hours remaining in the sick leave bank upon retirement can be paid out up to 45 days or can be used as payment for health insurance premium. Non represented employees who were interviewed favor this plan and two benefits to the employer are employee appreciation of the plan and financial gain from more time spent on the job. Finance Director Rich Loney stated financial impact is difficult to gauge. Savings would be realized from employees using PTO rather than family/medical leave, fewer replacement personnel have to be hired for sick employees and employees tend to retire earlier due to having payments made toward health insurance. After comments and questions from Supervisors, motion by Supr. Stephens, 2nd by Supr. Sinclear to delay action on implementation of the PTO program to January 1, 1994 when more figures and information are available and Finance can address this as part of the budget process. 4 Supr. Boche stated the PTO policy should come to the Board for approval. Supr. Kinney said he was reluctant at first but now believes this to be a good policy. Suprs. Malick and Jacobson said we need to try PTO in order to gain experience and obtain figures. Corporation Counsel Timmerman advised the Stephens/Sinclear motion was improper because this is not the issue to be acted on. The motion cannot be put to another committee (Finance) as part of the budget process. Supr. Stephens disagreed. Supr. Bradley quoted from the new Rules and By -Laws wherein it states the Personnel Committee has policy jurisdiction over county benefits. Corporation Counsel noted the County Board can overrule Committee action. Chair Peterson overruled the Stephens/Sinclear motion. Motion by Supr. Stephens, 2nd by Supr. Boche to delay action on implementa- tion of PTO project until January 1, 1994 when more figures and information are available. Roll call vote: 11 yes, 12 no. Motion defeated. Rules and By -Laws: Administration Committee Chair Jacobson noted there was no resolution to amend at this time. The Committee is doing more research on "live -ins" and "significant others." Ordinance #321 (93): Rezoning from Ag-Residential to Commerial for Richard and Marlene Walton. Motion to approve by Supr. Oemichen, nd by Supr. Becker. Motion carried. 4/J )eq c i ct u,:! , Ordinance #322 (93): Rezoning from Agriculture to Ag. Residen- tial for Ruth Maccharoli/Jack Quist/Gene Mullikin. Motion to adopt Supr. Oemichen, 2nd by Supr. Menter. Motion carried. Ordinance #323 (93): Rezoning from Agriculture to Ag. Residen- tial for Steve Ulrich. Motion to adopt by Supr. Oemichen, 2nd by Supr. Radosevich. Motion carried. Ordinance #324 (93): Rezoning from Agriculture to Ag. Residen- tial for Richard Ulrich. Motion to adopt by Supr. Oemichen, 2nd by Supr. Radosevich. Motion carried. Ordinance #325 (93): Rezoning from Ag. Residential to Commercial for Gary Nagy. Motion to adopt by Supr. Oemichen, 2nd by Supr. Becker. Carried. Resolution #11 (93): Resolution Approving Amendment of Town of Hudson Zoning Ordinance, Sec. 2.7.1 and Section 2.8.1. Motion by Supr. Oemichen, 2nd by Supr. Kinney to adopt. Oemichen explained the amendment provides a permitted use of a Fiber Optic Regnera- tion Plant in the Town of Hudson. Motion carried. Resolution #12 (93): Resolution Authorizing Amendment of the Service Agreement Between St. Croix County and American Resource Recovery. Motion to adopt by Supr. Becker, 2nd by Supr. Radose- 0 vich. Corporation Counsel Timmerman explained this amends the service agreement to reflect the replacement of Purdential's loan with that of the revenue bond issue. Motion carried. Committee Reports: Council On Aginq: Supr. Hayducsko reported 170 volunteers were honored today at a luncheon. Volunteer hours are needed when applying for grant. Farmland Preservation: Motion by Supr. Malick, 2nd by Supr. Hayducsko to approve the application of Charles Anderson to the State. Motion carried. Mileage and Per Diem: Total for February, 1993 was $6,246.19 and total for March, 1993 was $6,096.35. Motion to approve by Supr. Stephens, 2nd by Supr. Hop. Motion carried. Correspondence: None received Announcements: Clerk Nelson thanked Supr. Becker for collecting $10 from Supervisors for the flower and refreshment fund. Chair Peterson thanked Supervisors and staff for their greetings and best wishes received for his and Evie's 50th wedding anniver- sary. Motion to adjourn by Supr. Hop, 2nd by Supr. O'Connell. Meeting adjourned at 2:55 p.m. Richard B. Peterson, Chair St. Croix County Board of Supervisors �D 0 Sue E. Nelson St. Croix County Clerk