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MINUTES
BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
November 17, 2020 7:00 PM
Room 1284-County Board Room
Government Center - 1101 Carmichael Road, Hudson, Wisconsin
CALL TO ORDER
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 Present
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 Present
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 Present
Shelly Tomtschik St. Croix County Supervisor Present
William Peavey St. Croix County Vice Chair Present
Board members attending remotely: Supervisors Leaf, Hall, Ottino, Hansen, Ard, Tellijohn, P.
Anderson, Achterhof, Tomtschik
PUBLIC COMMENT
Chair Peterson allowed 30 minutes for public comment at 2 minutes per speaker. Comments on
the COVID-19 Communicable Disease Ordinance: David McAloon - Hudson, Rebecca Eggel -
online, Trent Schug - online, Rick Mann - Wilson, Christen Emerson - Hudson, Matt McCabe
- Hudson, Rebecca Bee - online, John Adamic, Elise Maltar - online, Chris Spafford - Hudson,
Eat Healthy - online, Jeremy Bishoff - Hudson, Becky Uerk - online, Natalie Spathe - New
Richmond, Rachel McCardle - Hudson, Andy Brinkman - New Richmond
Closed at 7:37 PM
BUSINESS
1. An Ordinance Creating Chapter 41 of the St. Croix County Code of Ordinance Entitled
"Covid-19 Communicable Disease Ordinance"
Supr. Ostness provided a background of the ordinance and Corporation Counsel Scott
Cox summarized framework of the ordinance. Motion by Supr. Ostness, 2nd by Supr.
Leaf to approve.
nd
Motion by Supr. Ard, 2 by Supr. Hall to amend the ordinance under 41.06 by
striking subsections 1 and 2 under (C) Public Gathering Limitation and striking
41.07 Enforcement.
Discussion regarding the amendment. Supr. Feidler stated if subsection (C) is eliminated
there is no need for subsection (D) Exceptions to Public Gather Limitation. Supr. Ard
and Supr. Hall agreed to add subsection (D) to the amendment. Vote on
amendment passed: Yes - 13; No - 6 (Nays: Leaf, Ostness, Hansen, Tellijohn, Achterhof,
Tomtschik)
nd
Motion by Supr. Hall, 2 by Supr. Ostness to amend the ordinance by having a
rolling 14-day period starting next Monday to monitor the rate of increase of
COVID deaths in the county and if increases are more the 25%, that fines of
$100 be levied against non-mask wearers. Discussion regarding amendment.
Amendment failed: Yes - 4; No - 15 (Ayes: Leaf, Hall, Tellijohn, Tomtschik)
Ordinance as amended failed: Yes - 9; No - 10 (Ayes: Leaf, Hall, Ostness,
Hansen, Ard, Tellijohn, P. Anderson, Achterhof, Tomtschik)
RESULT: DEFEATED \[9 TO 10\]
MOVER: Dave Ostness, Supervisor
SECONDER: Cathy Leaf, Supervisor
AYES: Cathy Leaf, Tim Hall, Dave Ostness, Daniel Hansen, Scottie Ard, Greg
Tellijohn, Paulette Anderson, Judy Achterhof, Shelly Tomtschik
NAYS: Ed Schachtner, Shawn Anderson, Bob Long, Carah Koch, Paul Berning,
Richard Ottino, Bob Feidler, Scott Counter, David Peterson, William
Peavey
ADJOURNMENT
9:16 PM