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Home My WebLink About01-04-2022 County Board Minutes MINUTES BOARD OF SUPERVISORS January 4, 2022 8:30 AM Room 1284-County Board Room Government Center - 1101 Carmichael Road, Hudson, Wisconsin NOTE - SOME COUNTY BOARD SUPERVISORS MAY BE ATTENDING REMOTELY CALL TO ORDER INVOCATION OR MOMENT OF SILENCE-RANDY SIMONSON, HARVESTIME OUTREACH CHURCH PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG ROLL CALL Attendee Name Organization Title Status Arrived Ed Schachtner St. Croix County Supervisor Present Shawn Anderson St. Croix County Supervisor Present Bob Long St. Croix County Supervisor Present Cathy Leaf St. Croix County Supervisor Present Carah Koch St. Croix County Supervisor Present Tim Hall St. Croix County Supervisor Present Paul Berning St. Croix County Supervisor Present Richard Ottino St. Croix County Supervisor Remote Bob Feidler St. Croix County Supervisor Present Dave Ostness St. Croix County Supervisor Present Scott Counter St. Croix County Supervisor Present Daniel Hansen St. Croix County Supervisor Present Scottie Ard St. Croix County Supervisor Remote Greg Tellijohn St. Croix County Supervisor Present David Peterson St. Croix County Chair Present Paulette Anderson St. Croix County Supervisor Present Judy Achterhof St. Croix County Supervisor Remote Shelly Tomtschik St. Croix County Supervisor Remote William Peavey St. Croix County Vice Chair Excused PUBLIC COMMENT Geno Hanson, Town of Warren - Broadband Jim Miller, Outreach Director and Sean Lybert from Congressman Tom Tiffany's office CONSENT AGENDA (Unless separation of an item is requested, all will be adopted in one motion.) RESULT: APPROVED \[UNANIMOUS\] MOVER: Dave Ostness, Supervisor SECONDER: Scott Counter, Supervisor AYES: Ed Schachtner, Shawn Anderson, Bob Long, Cathy Leaf, Carah Koch, Tim Hall, Paul Berning, Richard Ottino, Bob Feidler, Dave Ostness, Scott Counter, Daniel Hansen, Scottie Ard, Greg Tellijohn, David Peterson, Paulette Anderson, Judy Achterhof, Shelly Tomtschik EXCUSED: William Peavey 1. Minutes of Previous Meeting 1. December 7, 2021 8:30 AM 2. Date of Next Meeting-February 1, 2022 - 8:30 AM 3. Rezonings 4. Alterations of County Supervisor District Lines Due to Annexations 5. Appointments 6. Approval of Amendments to Town Zoning Ordinances 1. Resolution Approving Text Amendments to the Town of Hudson Zoning Ordinance Chapter 105 7. Any Other Item Deemed Routine by the County Board Chair PRESENTATIONS OR RECOGNITIONS County Administrator Witt read a Proclamation in Recognition of Corporation Counsel Scott Cox's upcoming retirement. Corporation Counsel Scott Cox thanked the board members and department heads. COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR'S REPORT 1. Financial Report for November 2021 Brief review of Financial Reports by County Administrator Witt. RESULT: DISCUSSED BUSINESS 1. Resolution Establishing Broadband Grant Programs and Amending 2022 Budget (1) Motion by Supr. Long, 2nd by Supr. Koch to approve. Witt explained this resolution is authorizing the grant program and amending the budget. The County Board reserved $1,503,648 of ARPA dollars for broadband initiatives. This resolution brings the funds forward, puts it in the budget and authorizes the County Administrator to spend it. Witt has met with service providers and discussed grant funding. He reported $1.5 is on the light-side based on amount of grants they will be writing. Witt indicated $100,000,000 is set aside this year and currently $25,000,000 for 2023. Based on the $8.7 million of ARPA funds coming in May, Witt recommended an amendment to the resolution to increase to $3,000,000. Supr. Koch stated this is a good start for broadband and to take advantage of state funds available in the near future and continue to look into other opportunities going forward and prepare for future opportunities. Motion by Supr. Leaf, 2nd by Supr. Long to increase the amount by $1,500,000 for a total of to $3,000,000 with additional funds from the May ARPA payment. Witt explained grant program is a matching grant for ISP providers. The county will provide 25% of project costs through the $3 million the county would allocate; 50% of the project cost would come from the PSC and the other 25% is coming from the ISP providers directly. Those three partnership and any other townships that want to join will help score the grants higher. The partnership will put fiber in the ground, provide service to households that currently don't have fiber access. Witt will appointment 3 County Board members to a commission to review and award the grants. Supervisors Koch and Berning have expressed interested in serving; and Supr. Tellijohn also expressed interest in serving. Supr. Tellijohn requested a map showing where ISP fiber is currently buried in the County. Vote on amendment passed unanimously. RESULT: ADOPTED AS AMENDED \[UNANIMOUS\] MOVER: Bob Long, Supervisor SECONDER: Carah Koch, Supervisor AYES: Ed Schachtner, Shawn Anderson, Bob Long, Cathy Leaf, Carah Koch, Tim Hall, Paul Berning, Richard Ottino, Bob Feidler, Dave Ostness, Scott Counter, Daniel Hansen, Scottie Ard, Greg Tellijohn, David Peterson, Paulette Anderson, Judy Achterhof, Shelly Tomtschik EXCUSED: William Peavey 2. Resolution Amending Personnel Policies and Procedures Handbook Brief explanation by Human Resources Director Tarra Davies-Fox. RESULT: ADOPTED \[UNANIMOUS\] MOVER: Bob Long, Supervisor SECONDER: Dave Ostness, Supervisor AYES: Ed Schachtner, Shawn Anderson, Bob Long, Cathy Leaf, Carah Koch, Tim Hall, Paul Berning, Richard Ottino, Bob Feidler, Dave Ostness, Scott Counter, Daniel Hansen, Scottie Ard, Greg Tellijohn, David Peterson, Paulette Anderson, Judy Achterhof, Shelly Tomtschik EXCUSED: William Peavey 3. Resolution Amending Rules and Bylaws to Allow for Remote Attendance County Administrator Witt explained this is an amendment to the Rules and Bylows to allow for remote attendance until March 31, 2022. Motion by Supr. Hansen, 2nd by Supr. Tellijohn to extend the period to six months. Vote on amendment passed (one nay: Supr. Long). Witt indicated is it up to the Chair to permit Zoom attendance. RESULT: ADOPTED AS AMENDED \[UNANIMOUS\] MOVER: Bob Long, Supervisor SECONDER: Paul Berning, Supervisor AYES: Ed Schachtner, Shawn Anderson, Bob Long, Cathy Leaf, Carah Koch, Tim Hall, Paul Berning, Richard Ottino, Bob Feidler, Dave Ostness, Scott Counter, Daniel Hansen, Scottie Ard, Greg Tellijohn, David Peterson, Paulette Anderson, Judy Achterhof, Shelly Tomtschik EXCUSED: William Peavey ANNUAL DEPARTMENT REPORTS None REQUEST FOR FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS None COUNTY CLERK'S REPORT OF CORRESPONDENCE AND REZONING REQUESTS None ANNOUNCEMENTS Highway Commissioner Robbie Krejci reported there was a small fire in the Baldwin Highway Facility on New Year's Day at 4:00 AM. No one was present at facility. A truck burst into flames which caused some equipment damage and minor damage to the facility. ADJOURNMENT 9:20 AM