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HomeMy WebLinkAboutTransportation Committee 05-08-09 REVISED NOTICE OF MEETING AND AGENDA ST. CROIX COUNTY TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE May 8, 2009 - 8:30 A.M. St. Croix County Highway Department Office, 920 -3 Street, Hammond, WI CALL TO ORDER ROLL CALL ADOPTION OF AGENDA APPROVAL OF MINUTES OF PREVIOUS MEETING DATE OF NEXT MEETING CONSIDER VOUCHERS FOR PAYMENT REVIEW FUND BALANCES REVIEW HIGHWAY SAFETY MINUTES CONSIDER SEMINAR ATTENDANCE REQUESTS CONSIDER STATE PROJECT REQUESTS ANNOUNCEMENTS & CORRESPONDENCE OLD AND NEW BUSINESS 1. County Surveyor Update 2. Consider Centerlining and Edgelining Proposals 3. Consider Erosion Control Material and Seed Proposals 4. Review and Update Mission and Business Responsibilities Statements 5. Discuss and Consider WisDOT Plans to Detour STH 46 During Round -A -Bout Construction 6. 2009 Planned Project Review 7. Preliminary 2010 Budget Discussions 8. Consider Long -Range Rail and Other Strategic Transportation Matters 9. Consider Joint Municipal Transit Commission Resolution 10. Consider Resolution Opposing Proposed Changes to Prevailing Wage Law ** 11. 2009 — 2010 Goals ANY OTHER BUSINESS AUTHORIZED BY LAW POSSIBLE AGENDA ITEMS FOR NEXT MEETING ADJOURN (Items may be taken in different order. Action may be taken on any or all items shown.) SUBMITTED BY - Tim Ramberg, Highway Commissioner DATE SUBMITTED — April 30, 2009 ** Additions /Changes /Corrections Items for County Board approval must be submitted to the County Clerk's office by Wednesday morning preceding a County Board meeting. 4/30/2009 1:25 PM MINUTES TRANSPORTATION COMMITTEE MAY 8, 2009 The meeting was called to order by Chairman King at 8:30 A.M. Roll call was taken with King, Grant, Peterson, Rebholz in attendance. Demulling was excused. Others present for all or parts of the meeting included Chuck Whiting, Tim Ramberg, Rich Loney, Brian Hailing and Jane Bond. A motion was made and seconded (Rebholz /Grant) to adopt the agenda as published. Motion carried. 'A motion was made and seconded (Grant /Peterson) to approve the minutes of the April 9th 2009 meeting as ; presented. Motion carried. A motion was made and seconded (Peterson /King) to set the June meeting for June 5, 2009 at 8:30 a.m. with King and Grant reviewing vendors prior to the meeting. Motion carried. King and Rebholz reviewed the vouchers at 8:0o A.M. A motion was made and seconded (King /Rebholz) to approve the vouchers for payment. Motion carried. Bond reviewed the May vendor run with the Committee. !Bond reviewed the April 29, 2009 Safety Committee meeting minutes. ,Ramberg reviewed the upcoming May 15th WCHA Commissioner's and Committeemen' meeting and the June 8th 12009 Summer Highway Conference agenda with the Committee. A motion was made and seconded (Peterson /King) to allow up to two employees to attend the 2009 Highway Safety ,Roadeo in the Wisconsin Dells on June 9, 2009 as requested. Motion carried. A motion was made and seconded (Rebholz /Grant) to allow up to two employees to attend the 2009 WCS Safety & Health Expo May 19th & 2oth 2009 in the Wisconsin Dells. Motion carried. Ramberg outlined two State projects requests. A motion was made and seconded (Rebholz /Peterson) to approve a Contract for County Services in the amount of five thousand dollars ($5,000.00) to perform maintenance at the 'Hudson rest stop for the remainder of 2009. Motion carried. A motion was made and seconded (Peterson /King) to approve a Local Force Account (LFA) contract in the amount of two hundred thousand dollars ($200,000.00) for pavement overlay on State Highway 35 in the Village of North ,Hudson from Lake Mallalieu Bridge to CTH "V ". Motion carried. Ramberg reviewed the following announcements and correspondence with the Committee: • Ramberg gave an update on the land interests and the status of the joint project with Pierce County on CTH "F ". ,• Update on the funding and status of the joint project with the State at CTH "T" and State Highway 64. • Reviewed information gathered from the recent NACE conference in Peoria IL, including the use of geotextile fabric in certain chipseal projects and the possible use of fiberglass reinforcement in bridge construction. I• Ramberg and Loney gave the Committee an update on the progress of the Deer Park Shop project. Staff is pleased with the repair plan mutually agreed upon with the County and the general contractor. Re -work is set to begin in late !May, with an anticipated completion date of late July. !County Surveyor Update: Hailing updated the Committee on current activities of the survey department, including densification progress, increase in public assistance, status of a Leica GPS station at the Government Center, current zoning issues concerning requests to revert vacant subdivisions to agricultural use and the status of the resolution of the fence issue at CTH "C" & "CC ". 1 Consider Centerlining and Edgelining Proposals: Loney reviewed the proposals received for centerlining and ledgelining. A motion was made and seconded (Peterson /Rebholz) to accept the proposal from Traffic Marking :Services, Inc. of Maple Lake, Minnesota for the 2009 centerlining and edgelining for the basic price of $.043 per :linear foot. Motion carried. Consider Erosion Control Material and Seed Proposals: Loney reviewed the proposals received for erosion control material and seeds. A motion was made and seconded (Rebholz /Grant) to accept the proposal from Twin City Seed Company, of Edina, Minnesota as presented for seeds with an itial purchase cost of $1,909.50 and Construction Fabrics and Materials of Cottage Grove Wisconsin as presented for erosion control material with an itial purchase ,cost of $4,924.12. Motion carried. !Review and Update Mission and Business Responsibilities Statements: There were no changes to the 2009 Highway 'Department Mission and Business Responsibilities Statements from last year. Discuss and Consider WisDOT Plans to Detour STH 46 during Round -a -Bout Construction: The proposed detour :route of STH 46 to STH 65 during the construction of the round -a -bout at 4 corners was reviewed. 2009 Planned Project Review: Ramberg distributed a map showing 2009 proposed projects. He noted several 'projects on the list would need to be postponed again due to lack of funding. Preliminary 2010 Budget Discussions: The Committee discussed the proposed reduction in appropriations for the 2010 budget cycle. The Committee assessed the declining condition of the county roadway system due to the lack of funding that defers scheduled maintenance projects. Ramberg noted that the Highway Department continues to ;update the 6 -year Plan, however, due to budget reductions, is unable to fund the plan. Concern over safety, :additional costs, and how to bring the road system back to previous conditions and ways to implement new ;techniques to improve maintenance performance were also discussed. Consider Long -Range Strategic Transportation Matters: Whiting and Ramberg discussed a resolution to be brought before the County Board authorizing an intergovernmental agreement for a Joint Transit Team. Whiting gave some history of the groups activities and reviewed the benefits for passing such a resolution. Ramberg shared his questions regarding the resolution and possible changes that would help St. Croix County maintain their jurisdictional rights. A motion was made and seconded (Rebholz /King) to adopt the resolution and bring forward to the County Board for ;consideration with possible verbiage changes discussed. Motion carried. Consider Resolution Opposing Proposed Changes to the Prevailing Wage Law: Ramberg briefed the Committee on the Governor's proposed changes to the Prevailing Wage Law. The proposed change most impactive to the County is lowering the public works project threshold to $2,000.00. This reduction would create an administrative and financial burden on the County. A motion was made and seconded (Peterson /Rebholz) to support the Resolution ;Opposing Proposed Changes to the Wisconsin's Prevailing Wage Law as presented and to bring to the full County !Board for their support. Motion carried. ;Adjournment: A motion was made and seconded (King /Peterson) to adjourn at 11:33 a.m. Motion carried. 2