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Home My WebLink About01-05-2021 County Board Minutes MINUTES BOARD OF SUPERVISORS January 5, 2021 8:30 AM Room 1284-County Board Room Government Center - 1101 Carmichael Road, Hudson, Wisconsin CALL TO ORDER INVOCATION OR MOMENT OF SILENCE-PASTOR MIKE ROEDER, CHRIST CENTER CHURCH PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG ROLL CALL Attendee Name Organization Title Status Arrived Departed Ed Schachtner St. Croix County Supervisor Present Shawn Anderson St. Croix County Supervisor Late 9:06 AM 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 10:00 AM Judy Achterhof St. Croix County Supervisor Present Shelly Tomtschik St. Croix County Supervisor Present William Peavey St. Croix County Vice Chair Present Attending remotely: Leaf, Koch, Hall, Ottino, Hansen, Ard, Tellijohn, P. Anderson, Achterhof, Tomtschik PUBLIC COMMENT Chair Peterson announced public comment will be limited to a total of 20 minutes. Sarah Blegan - Rights of the People; Sarah Bocklund - COVID dashboard; Troy Keller - Code of Conduct CONSENT AGENDA (Unless separation of an item is requested, all will be adopted in one motion.) RESULT: APPROVED \[UNANIMOUS\] MOVER: Dave Ostness, Supervisor SECONDER: Bob Long, Supervisor AYES: Ed Schachtner, 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, William Peavey ABSENT: Shawn Anderson 1. Minutes of Previous Meeting 1. December 1, 2020 8:30 AM 2. Date of Next Meeting-February 2, 2021 - 8:30 AM 3. Rezonings-none 4. Alterations of County Supervisor District Lines Due to Annexations-none 5. Appointments 1. Appointment of Michael Schendel to Indianhead Federated Library System Board for a Three Year Term Ending 12/31/2023 6. Approval of Amendments to Town Zoning Ordinances-none 7. Any Other Item Deemed Routine by the County Board Chair PRESENTATIONS OR RECOGNITIONS 1. Covid-19 Update from Public Health Elle Klasen, Public Health Epidemiologist presented the new St. Croix County dashboard. Kelli Engen, Public Health Administrator presented COVID-19 update and vaccine information. RESULT: DISCUSSED COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR'S REPORT 1. Financial Report for November 2020 Brief summary of the financial reports by Interim County Administrator Ken Witt. RESULT: DISCUSSED 2. Report on Use of Emergency Authority Witt reported there continues to be a need for employees to miss work due to Covid-19 illnesses or to quarantine. To supplement the St. Croix County leave policies, Witt explained he is authorizing an additional 80 hours of Covid-19 Leave for every fulltime employee to use between January 1, 2021 to June 30, 2021. Witt indicated he will continue to monitor leave situations on a case-by-case basis. RESULT: DISCUSSED BUSINESS 1. Resolution Appointing Ken Witt County Administrator and Approving Employment Agreement Supr. Koch provided an overview of the County Administrator search process and reported the County Administrator Search Committee voted unanimously to appoint Ken Witt. Part of the decision was based on the qualifications of the other candidates. 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, William Peavey 2. Budget Amendment 2021 (1) Witt explained this is a budget amendment for transparency purposes This resolution increases the Sheriff Reserve/Auxiliary Deputy hourly rate from $18.10 to $21.53. RESULT: ADOPTED \[UNANIMOUS\] MOVER: Bob Long, 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, William Peavey 3. Resolution Amending Personnel Policies for Personal Leave, FMLA, Employee Benefits Witt explained various revisions to the Personnel Policies relating to Family and Medical Leave, Personal Leave and Employee Benefits. With the changes, the policies are being reformatted, being brought up to standards, and addresses issues that have come up and adds clarification to those issues. RESULT: ADOPTED \[UNANIMOUS\] 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, William Peavey 4. Resolution Authorizing Broadband Assessment RFP Witt explained this resolution authorizes the release of a Broadband Assessment Request for Proposal (RFP) to do an assessment of St. Croix County and for the Administration Committee to determine if the project bids fall within contingency funding parameters. The assessment will provide detailed options for expanding broadband within St. Croix County, but will be a lengthy process. Witt explained a review committee will be formed in the future. RESULT: ADOPTED \[UNANIMOUS\] 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, Judy Achterhof, Shelly Tomtschik, William Peavey ABSENT: Paulette Anderson 5. Resolution in Support of Increased County Child Support Funding Child Support Administrator Lisa Plunkett explained federal funding changed in June 2019 which eliminated $4.2 million in federal birth cost recovery matching funds for Wisconsin. This resolution is a request that state funding for county child support agencies be increased by $4 million GPR in each fiscal years of the 2021 - 2023 Wisconsin state budget. RESULT: ADOPTED \[UNANIMOUS\] MOVER: Bob Feidler, 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, Judy Achterhof, Shelly Tomtschik, William Peavey ABSENT: Paulette Anderson 6. Resolution Supporting the Creation of the Chippewa - St. Croix Rail Commission with Counties and Municipalities Witt explained this resolution agrees to commit the necessary resources and individuals for the development of an intergovernmental agreement and bylaws for the creation of a Transportation Commission. Witt stated it would be beneficial to be involved. Discussion regarding the railway system and federal and state jurisdiction. Motion to amend by Berning, 2nd by Long to remove lines 30 - 38 of the resolution. Vote on amendment failed. Motion to amend by Feidler, 2nd by Ard to add to the resolved clause: "Any such intergovernmental agreement and bylaws shall be approved by the St. Croix County Board of Supervisors." Vote on amendment passed. Vote on motion as amended passed: Yes - 15; No - 3 (Nays: Long, Berning, Ottino) RESULT: ADOPTED AS AMENDED \[15 TO 3\] MOVER: William Peavey, Vice Chair SECONDER: Dave Ostness, Supervisor AYES: Ed Schachtner, Shawn Anderson, Cathy Leaf, Carah Koch, Tim Hall, Bob Feidler, Dave Ostness, Scott Counter, Daniel Hansen, Scottie Ard, Greg Tellijohn, David Peterson, Judy Achterhof, Shelly Tomtschik, William Peavey NAYS: Bob Long, Paul Berning, Richard Ottino ABSENT: Paulette Anderson ANNUAL DEPARTMENT REPORTS 1. Sheriff's Office, Jail and Emergency Support Services Annual Department Report - Sheriff Scott Knudson Sheriff's Office annual report by Sheriff Knudson. RESULT: DISCUSSED REQUEST FOR FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS Feidler referred to the Keller public comment and explained the complainant and respondent both live in County Supervisor District 9. Feidler stated it is worth considering if we need a Code of Conduct for board members, county employees and appointed officials. He indicated he is not making a future agenda item request at this time but rather asked the Chair of the Administration Committee review this matter at a future Administration Committee meeting. Chair Peterson stated he does not justify spending taxpayer money or county resources in refereeing social media. Chair Peterson added we do have codes of conduct in place but will forward this matter for discussion only to the Administration Committee. COUNTY CLERK'S REPORT OF CORRESPONDENCE AND REZONING REQUESTS ANNOUNCEMENTS ADJOURNMENT 11:03 AM