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NOTICE OF COMMITTEE MEETING
TO: Thomas Dorsey, Chairman
St. Croix County Board of Supervisors
FROM: Transportation Committee Chairman, Richard King
COMMITTEE TITLE: St. Croix County Transportation Committee
DATE OF MEETING: February 7, 2002
TIME: 9:00 A.M.
LOCATION: St. Croix County Highway Department Office, Hammond
CALL TO ORDER:
ROLL CALL:
ADOPTION OF AGENDA:
DATE OF NEXT MEETING-.
ACTION ON PREVIOUS MINUTES:
APPROVE VOUCHERS FOR PAYMENT:
REVIEW FUND BALANCES:
REVIEW HIGHWAY SAFETY MINUTES:
SEMINAR ATTENDANCE REQUESTS:
ANNOUNCEMENTS & CORRESPONDENCE:
UNFINISHED BUSINESS:
Somerset Shop Annexation Update
Machinery Management Committee
NEW BUSINESS:
Consider Access Resolutions for County Board
Patrol Superintendent Update of Activities
Signing Coordinator Year End Report
Review and Award Tire Balancer Proposals
Review Paver Options
Review Pit Loader Options
View Upcoming Projects
Discuss CTH "I" Design Alternatives
ANY OTHER BUSINESS AUTHORIZED BY LAW:
POSSIBLE AGENDA ITEMS FOR NEXT MEETING:
ADJOURNMENT:
(Agenda not necessarily presented in this order.)
SUBMITTED BY: Daniel J. Fedderly, P.E., R.L.S.; Highway Commissioner
DATE: January 31, 2002
MINUTES OF THE ST. CROIX COUNTY TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE
Meeting of February 7, 2002
The meeting was called to order by Chairman King at 9:05 A.M.
Roll call was taken with Grant, Jacobson, Larson and King in
attendance. Dowd was excused. Staff members present for all or
part of the meeting include Daniel Fedderly, Jane Bond, Tim
Ramberg, Mike Murtha and Jim Harer.
A motion was made and seconded (Larson /Grant) to adopt the agenda
as published.
The March meeting was set for March 7, 2002 at 9:00 A.M. with
Grant and Dowd reviewing vendors at 8:30 A.M.
Action on Previous Minutes: A motion was made and seconded
(Jacobson /Larson) to approve the minutes of the January 7, 2002
meeting. Motion carried.
Approve Vouchers for Payment: Grant and King reviewed the vouchers
at 8:30 A.M. A motion was made and seconded (King /Grant) to
approve the vouchers for payment. Motion carried.
Review Fund Balances: Bond handed out and reviewed the December
30, 2001, prior to closing fund balances, comparing them to the
previous year.
Review Highway Safety Minutes: Grant and Bond reviewed the January
17, 2002 Highway Department Safety Committee meeting.
Bond reported that the Safety Committee recommends including all
Highway Department employees in the Safety Award program
including non - represented personnel, and ask that the
Transportation Committee consider adding an additional $50.00
prize to the program. A motion was made and seconded
(Grant /King) to include all Highway Department employees in the
Safety Award Program and add one additional $50.00 prize. Motion
Carried.
Bond reviewed the 2001 St. Croix County Worker's Compensation
statistics with the Transportation Committee. The Highway
Department made up approximately 15% of the County's claims in
both number of claims and dollar amount of loss payments.
Signing Coordinator Year -End Report: Mike Murtha gave an overview
of the 2001 activities for the sign department. He reviewed the
number of signs installed, replaced and removed in the county
along with a report on the work the County does for the State of
Wisconsin D.O.T. in maintaining their 5300 signs and signals in
St. Croix County.
Patrol Superintendent Update of Activities: Harer reviewed the
various maintenance projects the crews have been working on this
winter. The water and sewer lines have been installed in the
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Somerset Shop building and we have completely moved in. Crews
have been removing trees along the roadway that may cause a hazard
during summer storms. We have been stripping top soil and
overburden at the Spooner pit and hauling blue chips to stockpile
for summer projects. The shop men have been doing inspection and
maintenance on the haul trucks to prepare them for the upcoming
season. Kjeseth and Durkee have been doing culvert inspections to
rank and repair the culverts in St. Croix County.
Harer also distributed and reviewed the District 6 winter storm
report. We have had 19 storms this season with approximately 26.6
inches of snow.
Review Paver Options: Ramberg and Fedderly reviewed the paver
upgrade option with the Committee. A motion was made and seconded
(Jacobson /Larson) to upgrade our existing paver to a new
Caterpillar AP -1055B Asphalt Paver from Fabco Equipment, Inc. of
Eau Claire Wisconsin for the amount of $155,423.00. Motion
carried.
Review Pit Loader Options:
loader upgrade option with
seconded (Larson /Grant) to
new Caterpillar 950G Wheel
Eau Claire Wisconsin with
bucket teeth for the amount
Ramberg and Fedderly reviewed the pit
the Committee. A motion was made and
upgrade our existing pit loader to a
Loader from Fabco Equipment, Inc. of
the joystick controls and mountable
of $85,996.00. Motion carried.
Review and Award Tire Balancer Proposals: Ramberg reviewed the
Tire Balancer proposals with the Committee. A motion was made and
seconded (King /Jacobson) to purchase a Hofmann 39LMT --C tire
balancer from JMC & Associates of Hopkins Minnesota for the amount
of $6,579.50. Motion carried.
Consider Access Resolution for the County Board: Fedderly reviewed
a request from County Clerk, Sue Nelson to adopt a resolution as
drafted by SEH Engineering giving authority to the State of
Wisconsin to control access on to CTH "N ", CTH " "E" and CTH "G"
within 200' of STH "65 ". A motion was made and seconded
(King /Grant) to deny the Resolutions. Motion Carried.
Announcements and Correspondence Fedderly asked the Committee if
they had a preference on dates to attend the training conference
at Tomahawk. The consensus of the Committee was to attend the
July 29, 2002 through August 1, 2002 training conference.
Machinery Management Discussions: Fedderly noted that with the
cooperation of the machinery management sub - committees, Ramberg
and Brown have the specs ready to be sent out on the axles, boxes
and set up for the haul trucks and the hydraulics, boxes, sanders,
plows, wings and set up for the maintenance trucks.
Somerset Shop Annexation Update: Fedderly informed the committee
that there has been no activity since last meeting on the
annexation of the Somerset Shop property.
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View Upcoming Projects: Fedderly, Ramberg and the Committee viewed
the areas for proposed upcoming projects including CTH "I ", CTH
"TT ", CTH "GG" and the CTH "I" Flume replacement.
Adjournment: A motion was made and seconded (Jacobson /Larson) to
adjourn at 12:55 P.M. Lotion carried.
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