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HomeMy WebLinkAboutCounty Board 10-26-1993AGENDA ST. CROIX COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS October 26, 1993 9:00 A.M. St. Croix County Government Center Hudson Compiled by Chairman Richard B. Peterson CALL TO ORDER INVOCATION: Supervisor Robert Boche PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG ROLL CALL: Adoption of Agenda ANNOUNCEMENTS: Date of Next Session: November 16, 1993 APPOINTMENTS: OLD AND UNFINISHED BUSINESS NEW BUSINESS 1. PUBLIC HEARING ON 1994 PROPOSED BUDGET 9:00 A.M. A. Resolution Adopting 1994 St. Croix County Budget B. Resolution Approving County Aid Bridge Construction Under Section 81.38 of the Statutes, County of St. Croix C. Resolution Approving County Aid Construction and Maintenance During the Calendar Year 1994 D. Resolution to Increase Civil Process Fees ** E. Resolution Raising Board and Maintenance of Huber Law Prisoners 2. Possible Action of the Restated and Amended Service Agreement By and Between St. Croix County and ARR to ARR's Bond Trustee Committee & Board Reports Farmland Preservation Applications Mileage & Per Diem Report Correspondence Announcements Adjournment (THE ABOVE AGENDA IS NOT NECESSARILY IN ORDER OF PRESENTATION) ST. CROIX COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS Budget Session October 26, 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. Invocation was given by Supr. Boche. Pledge of Allegiance was recited. Roll call: 28 present; 3 absent - Suprs. Vern Dull and Tom O'Connell (both excused). Supra Sinclear arrived at 9:40 a.m. making 29 present and 2 absent. Motion by Supr. Bailey, 2nd by Supr. Oemichen to adopt the agenda. Carried. Next session is scheduled for November 16th. Chair Peterson called the Public Hearing on the 1994 Budget to order at 9:05 a.m. Addressing the Board were: Ken Heiser, Hudson, presented an update on the status of the Economic Development Corporation. Twenty municipalities have voted to support, six voted no and six are undecided. Heiser urged Supervisors to support the county allocation for Economic Development. Doug Andre, Glenwood City, commended the Board on the new Government Center. He stated Economic Development is an incentive for business development within the borders of the County which increases the tax base and provides for more employment. Wayne Willink, Baldwin, stressed Economic Development should not only bring in new industry but concentrate on retention of what we have now. The County has lost some clients because they had no resource to contact. Roger Merrill, Town of Troy, supported the hiring of a Recycling Coordinator. The muncipalities at first thought they could handle this on their own but the paper work is beyond control and they need help to stay in compliance. Jerry Chasteen from West Central Regional Planning encouraged the reinstatement of St. Croix County in Regional Planning. They have worked with Planning and Development and Waste Management Committees and the Highway Department. Regional Planning also provides local government assistance which would no longer be available if the County does not participate. Supr. Luckey read a letter from the St. Joseph Town Board urging the County Board to spend the recycling grant on an effective recycling program. The Town Board is concerned that recycling grant monies could be diverted to other programs by personnel time budgeted to recycling being used on other programs. 1 Chair Peterson closed the Public Hearing at 9:20 a.m. Finance Chair Stephens and Administrative Coordinator John Krizek presented the 1994 budget. Stephens explained Finance Director Rich Loney is not present today due to his daughter being a contestant in a District Soil and Water Speaking contest. Stephens thanked Loney for his efforts on the budget preparation. Krizek read through the budgeted revenues noting a total operating levy of $9,039,088. Sheriff's Fees: Resolution #35• (93)• Raising Board and Maintenance Charges to Huber Law Prisoners. Public Protection Chair Luckey explained the present charge of $10.50 has been in effect for a number of years. This resolution proposes a charge of $15 per day. Motion carried to increase the charges. Resolution 036 (93): Increase the Civil Process Fees. Luckey said the Finance Committee increased the fee to $75 but the Public Protection Committee thinks $75 is too high. Statutory laws require the Sheriff's department to serve some papers and the private service provided by Sheriff department process servers pays for nearly all the costs of serving papers. The higher fee will drive away private customers and cause more indigent exemptions. This resolution calls for $24 for first attempt at service and $8 for each attempt thereafter. If more than one person is served at the same address an additional $12 is charged. Supr. Stephens stated the cost of serving papers is $100,000 and revenues are only $50,000; private process servers cannot compete and process server cars are traded with low mileage. Supr. Krueger indicated St. Croix County already has a higher fee than area counties. First Deputy Max Ihrke explained $10 per hour is required by the State; the County Board can set the fee and this resolution includes actual costs of serving papers. Supr. Oemichen pointed out process servers also patrol roads while serving papers. Supr. Radosevich has never paid $75 to serve papers and noted there are private process servers presently working in St. Croix County. Roll call vote: 26 yes, 3 no. Carried. Farmland Preservation Fees: Motion by Supr. Dorsey, 2nd by Supr. Bethke to remove the $10 fee (total of $3000) for Farmland Preservation applications. Dorsey explained the Zoning Office no longer handles these applications and the employee in Land Conservation who processes the applications is paid from the State Farmland Preservation and Wildlife Damage funds. He claimed this fee is not warranted and unjust. Roll call vote: 23 yes, 6 no. Motion carried to remove fee. County Sales Tax: Motion by Supr. Radosevich, 2nd by Supr. Giese to increase the $1,675,000 budgeted revenues from sales tax by $325,000 to a total of $2 million. Motion by Supr. Boche, 2nd by Supr. Oemichen to amend this amount to a total increase of $1.8 2 million. Roll call vote on amendment: 5 yes, 24 no. Motion failed. Roll call vote on main motion: 3 yes, 26 no. Motion failed. Supr. Dorsey cautioned Supervisors that money in the Priority Watershed budget would be needed for warning signals at the Glen Hills dam at a cost of nearly $50,000. Total budgeted revenues are $42,304,147. Expenditures: Circuit Court Judges• Motion by Supr. Oemichen, 2nd by Supr., Boche to remove $1,000 from the law book line item in the Circuit Court budget. Oemichen stated $7040 had been budgeted the last two years but a lesser amount was spent. Motion carried. Medical Examiner: Motion by Supr Luckey, 2nd by Supr. Bailey to move $175 into this budget to pay WI Medical Examiners and Coroner Assocation dues. Luckey said, other than those who volunteered, no one else's dues were cut. This is grossly unfair; should cut all or none. Show of hands: 12 yes, 17 no. Motion failed. Personnel: Motion by Supr. Malick that the Personnel Committee is requested to invite proposals from employees at the County's New Richmond, Hammond and Hudson sites for aerobic fitness programs to be conducted outside working hours and during 1994 the Committee is authorized to match employee funds for the cost of such fitness programs in a total amount not to exceed $2500 (from the Contingency Fund) plus the amount budgeted for 1994 for County employee picnics. No second; motion died. Real Property: Motion by Supr. Dorsey, 2nd by Supr. Oemichen to replace $3,006 for temporary help. Dorsey pointed out this is a two person office and extra help is needed during tax notice and Board of Review time periods. Roll call vote: 13 yes; 16 no. Failed. Surveyor: Motion by Supr. Dorsey, 2nd by Supr. Bailey that instead of the budget previously submitted by Planning and Development for the Surveyor, there be established a budget in the amount of $94,400 for the Surveyor and assistant; and further move that the Surveyor and his assistant be housed at the Highway Dept. in Hammond and be directly supervised by the Highway Commissioner; that a work plan for the Surveyor and assistant be drawn up jointly by the Planning and Development and the Transportation Committees; and that the performance of the Surveyor be evaluated jointly by the Planning and Development and Transportation Committees after completion of performance evaluation forms each time by the Highway Commissioner. Motion by Supr. Stephens, 2nd by Supr. Malick to amend this motion by approving the $94,400 for Surveyor's office but $50,000 of this amount be taken from the Land Records fund with the same 3 stipulation for supervision and evaluation. Roll call vote: 12 yes; 17 no. Motion failed. Motion by Supr. Dorsey, 2nd by Supr. Oemichen to amend the main motion and take $25,000 from Land Records for the Surveyor's office. Roll call vote: 27 yes, 2 no. Amendment carried. Roll call on main motion as amended: 26 yes, 3 no. Motion carried. Sheriff's Patrol: Motion Supr. Luckey, 2nd by Supr. Bailey to restore $12,576 for part time clerk. Luckey remarked this clerk has worked since 1992 for 21 hours per week and enters information for the patrol division. If this person was not budgeted, the patrol officers would have to take time from patrolling to do their own paper work. Supr. Stephens suggested funding for this part time position could be taken from the excessive overtime budget; there would be no problem with a line item transfer. Roll call vote: 17 yes; 12 no. Motion carried. Water Patrol: Motion by Supr. Luckey, 2nd by Supr. Krueger to restore $4,000 to the Water Patrol budget. Finance Committee had reduced this budget to $1,000. Luckey maintained the St. Croix River is the same as a highway and needs patrolling. If the river is dangerous, tourists won't come and revenue to the County will be lost. Supr. Draxler said boating is a recreation and user fees should support the patrol. Supr. Dowd said the river is so crowded on weekends, one part time patrol boat makes no difference on control of the river. Supr. Giese supports the water patrol because the river is an asset to the county. Roll call vote: 14 yes, 15 no. Motion failed. Purchase of Non Squad Car: Motion by Supr. Luckey, 2nd by Supr. Krueger to restore $10,500 for purchase of one non squad car. Supr. Krueger told that most counties have all squad cars as sometimes non squad cars are used for pursuit. He contended squad and non squad cars should not be compared to the family auto. Roll call vote: 10 yes, 19 no. Motion failed. Following noon break, afternoon roll call showed 28 present, 3 absent - Dull, O'Connell and Nyhagen (all excused). Motion by Stephens, 2nd by Neumann to remove $8, 916 holiday pay for process servers and investigators. Max Ihrke explained the holiday pay for process servers was a mistake in the budget. They get the day off but are not paid. Discussion on holiday pay being part of the union contract for the investigators. This motion was withdrawn by the makers. Motion by Stevens, 2nd by Bradley to remove $2112 holiday pay for process servers. Motion carried. Solid Waste Management: Motion by Supr. Becker, 2nd by Supr. Bauer to replace $18,010 from the Recycling Fund to the Waste Management budget (money to be taken from Contingency fund). Becker read from the County Board Rules and Regulations which state 4 the Solid Waste Committee is responsible for the solid waste program. This Committee's goal is to have an effective recycling program which includes hiring a recycling specialist. Supr. Stephens replied since there are no plans now to develop an ash monofill $18,011 could be charged to the Recycling fund for part of Hayducsko's salary to work on recycling. Roll call vote: 18 yes, 10 no. Motion passed. Motion by Chair Peterson, 2nd by Supr. Bailey to reconsider this motion. Motion carried. Solid Waste Coordinator George Hayducsko and Dave Rasmussen, part time recycling coordinator, explained when the Board adopted Resolution #27 Approving County as Responsible Unit in August of 1991 the planned usage of the recycling grant money was $36,000 paid to municipalities and $44,000 was planned for a coordinator and part time secretary and $20,000 was designated for educational costs. Rasmussen believes at least $53,000 will be available for municipalties in 1994 due to additional grant money provided. Hayducsko presented a work program chart depicting how his percentage of time is spent. Recycling needs 44% of an employee's time and this does not fit into his work program pie chart. The consequences of no effective recycling program is no municipal grants in 1995 or a loss of $500,000 between 1995 and 1999; County solid waste must be disposed of out-of-state and the County fails to carry out the duties associated with being a responsible unit as promised to the Municipalities. Motion by Supr Stephens, 2nd by Supr. Boche to leave $18,010 in the Recycling grant budget. Roll call vote: 14 yes; 14 no. Tie vote; motion failed. Motion by Supr. Becker to transfer $18,010 to Waste Management budget to reallocate salaries and approve $31,844 for a contracted recycling specialist for one year. Roll call vote: 9 yes, 19 no. Motion failed. County Fair: Supr. Roquette introduced Kay Zwald, member of the Fair Board. Ms. Zwald conveyed to the Board that the Fair buildings are full of 4-H exhibits and the Fair Board is proposing building a new dairy barn which would free -up the two present barns for more exhibits. She indicated fund raisers would be held and business solicited for donations and requested funds from the County Board. Motion by Supr. Roqeutte, 2nd by Supr. Malick to approve matching funds up to $15,000 from the Contingency fund. Motion withdrawn. Motion by Supr. Dorsey, 2nd by Supr. Draxler to approve matching funds up to $20,000. Both Dorsey and Draxler believed this to be a good use for the money especially if costs were saved in future incarcerations and litigation costs for a juvenile or young adult. Roll call vote: 7 yes; 21 no. Motion defeated. Economic Development: Motion by Supr. Stephens, 2nd by Supr Hop to adopt the Economic Development concept. Stephens stated the County had never formally adopted Economic Development and guidelines and goals are needed. Supr. Oemichen outlined the history and implementation of the Economic Development Committee. Roll call vote: 21 yes, 7 no. Motion carried. (This vote also approved the $46,286 budgeted for the County's share.) Regional Planning: Motion by Vice Chair Jacobson, 2nd by Supr. Dorsey to restore $26,258 for St. Croix County membership in West Central Wisconsin Regional Planning. Highway Commissioner Dan Fedderly related the projects done in cooperation with Regional Planning. Suprs. Luckey, Hop and Dorsey and Chair Peterson expressed their support of Regional Planning. Roll call vote: 22 yes, 6 no. Motion carried. Zoning: Motion by Supr Dorsey, 2nd by Supr. Menter to restore $1750 of the County's share of salary for a temporary person who would work on water quality in Bass Lake and other watersheds. The remainder of the salary would come from a grant program. Supr. Oemichen observed if we do not take action to preserve water quality, the EPA or DNT will mandate steps to be taken. Roll call vote: 10 yes, 18, no. Motion failed. Motion by Supr Dorsey, 2nd by Supr. Oemichen to move $12,341 for camera maintenance contract and camera payment from Land Records to Register of Deeds. Dorsey also thought rather than 50% of mapping technician salary only 25% should be from Land Records and 10% rather than 25% of the Planner's salary should be from Land Records. Oemichen read a letter from the State Land Records office stating that it is not correct to pay for equipment and maintenance from the Land Records fund. Roll call vote: 10 yes, 18 no. Motion to move $12,341 defeated. Supr. Sinclear was excused at 2:30 p.m. Motion by Supr. Radosevich, 2nd by Supr. Stephens to increase the expected revenue from sales tax by $75,000 to a total of $1,750,000. Roll call vote: 24 yes, 4 no. Motion carried. Total expenditures are $42,304,147 with $561,848 in the Contigency Fund. Resolution #37 (93): Adopting a 1994 Budget and Approving other Expenditures for St. Croix County. Motion by Supr. Stephens, 2nd by Supr. Bauer to approve the 1994 budget as amended. Motion by Supr. Oemichen, 2nd by Supr. Boche to reduce the budget by $100,000 and thus reduce the levy. Oemichen said this would give a little break to the taxpayers. Roll call vote on amendment: 10 yes; 17 14 no. Motion failed. Roll call on the main motion to adopt the 1994 budget: 22 yes, 5 no. Carried. Resolution #38 (93): County Aid Bridge Construction. Motion by Supr. Hop, 2nd by Supr. King to adopt bridge construction in the amount of $217,936.00. Roll call vote: 27 yes, 0 no. Carried. Resolution #39 (93)• County Road Construction and Maintenance. Motion to adopt by Supr. Hop, 2nd by Supr. Draxler. Roll call vote: 27 yes, 0 no. Carried. Supr. Oemichen requested a simpler budget breakdown for the Highway Department budget. Dan Fedderly said he would meet with him to develop this format. Finance Chair Stephens thanked the Staff and Supervisors for their efforts in developing and adopting the 1994 budget. Chair Peterson commended Stephens and the Finance Committee, Staff and Board for their work on the 1994 budget. Resolution approving acknowledgement and consent of the county and second Amendment to restated and amended service agreement by and between St. Croix County, Wisconsin and American Resource Recovery of St. Croix, Wisconsin Limited Partnership. Motion by Supr. Becker, 2nd by Supr. Radosevich to adopt this resolution. Corporation Counsel Timmerman explained St. Croix County and ARR entered into this Service Agreement in July of 1987. In order for ARR to obtain financing at that time the County consented to assign the Service Agreement to the initial lenders, Prudential Insurance Co. and Prudential Interfunding Corp. Now ARR wishes to refinance through a bond issue from the City of New Richmond and again needs to obtain the consent of the County to an assignment of the Service Agreement to a bond trustee. The Waste Management Committee had identifed four issues to be satisfied by ARR before a recommendation to approve the assignment could be made. 1. The County's exposure to increased financial risk if the Service Agreement were terminated due to a change in interpretation of a law, rule or regulation affecting the operation of the facility. 2. The County cannot certify no events of default exist because of the existence of notices of violation issued by the DNR. 3. The refinancing created an additional lender which the County may have to deal with in the future. 4. The County is concerned that ARR is not adequately managing the flow of waste at the facility. Motion by Supr Malick, 2nd by Supr. Stephens that the entire Waste W Management Committee should approve the Service Agreement rather than just the Committee Chair. (There was no vote taken on this motion.) Bill Huelsman, investor in ARR and Chairman of the Management Committee, said the County's increased liability stems from $200,000 issuance costs for refinancing and funding of $200,000 to $250,000 for 16 or 17 projects to improve the facility and implementing the transfer station concept. Hillsman indicated this was a bad year for boating, farming and handling garbage. Supr. Oemichen asked about payments to the City of New Richmond. Herb Zien, President of ARR, replied the City of New Richmond will receive $75,000 for issuance costs and $20,000 per year as a host fee for operating within the City of New Richmond. Motion by Supr. Bailey, 2nd by Supr. Oemichen to table this resolution until Corporation Counsel receives all the necessary documents to answer the four outlined concerns. This motion was ruled out of order by Chair Peterson. Motion by Supr. Bailey, 2nd by Supr. Malick to postpone action on this resolution until Corporation Counsel receives the necessary documents from ARR. Motion carried. Motion to adjourn by Supr. Malick, 2nd by Supr. Breault. Meeting adjourned at 4:30 p.m. Richard B. Peterson, Chair St. Croix County Board of Supervisors Sue E. Nelson County Clerk 8