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HomeMy WebLinkAboutAdministration Committee 12-05-2000 ti ADMINISTRATION COMMITTEE - December 5,2000 Meeting called to order by Chair Bieraugel at 9:00 a.m. Members Present: Nancy Bieraugel,Linda Luckey,Tom O'Connell, Gerald Peterson and Daryl Standafer. Others Present: Administrative Coordinator Chuck Whiting, Corporation Counsel Greg Timmerman,Planner Ellen Denzer and Supr. Julie Speer. Adoption of Agenda: Motion by Peterson, 2nd by O'Connell to adopt the agenda as presented. Carried. Adoption of Minutes: Motion by Peterson,2nd by Standafer to approve the November 7',2000 meeting minutes. Carried. Next Meeting: Tuesday,January 2nd,2001 1:00 p.m. UNFINISHED BUSINESS Rules and By-Laws: Web Page policy to be discussed later in meeting. Legislative Issues: No issues have been brought to our attention. Standafer mentioned that Sheila Harsdorf will be sworn into office at River Falls sometime in January. He will inform us with the date,time and location, as soon as he finds out. Redistricting: Ellen Denzer invited us to see how the State WISE computer software program works. The committee decided to wait until the end of the meeting to go to Ellen's office for the demonstration. Number of Supervisory Districts: Motion by Standafer,2nd by O'Connell to approve the resolution directing that the number of supervisory districts for St. Croix County— effective in 2002 shall be 25. Discussion followed. Supervisor Standafer stated that it takes 33 Senators to run the State government,and we have 31 Supervisors running St. Croix County. Motion by O'Connell,2nd by Peterson to amend the resolution with the following statement: "A smaller board would be more fiscally responsible." Motion carried 5-0. Committee voted 5-0 to present the amended resolution to the full board at the December meeting. Content of County Web Page: Luckey gave more information to the committee explaining the dangers of giving out personal information such as home address and phone on the World Wide Web. Stealing personal information enables criminals to forge false identifications such as driver's licenses. She also reported that we could have a voice mail system at St. Croix County,at no extra cost to the county. Bieraugel said this would be an improvement in communications between constituents as well as board members and staff. Supervisors already have a mail box at the government center—so if they chose to have the government center listed as their address, any correspondence could be forwarded with other county mail which is sent out west weekly. Bieraugel asked Luckey if she could make a presentation to the full board at the December meeting to inform supervisors of concerns and suggested improvements. Luckey also had designed a form that each Supervisor could fill out to chose how they would like their information presented. Motion by Luckey,2nd by Peterson to present the resolution and form to the full board at the December meeting. Passed 4-1, (Standafer opposing). Opposition to WCA Lobbying on behalf of Gambling Industry: The committee discussed at great length WCA's involvement with lobbying Layfayette County on behalf of the Lac du Flambeau tribe to approve an off-reservation casino plan. The contract wouldgive millions of dollars to WCA Services,Inc. over the years. WCA clearly has a conflict of interest by entering into a contract with a special interest group such as the Lac du Flambeau which expands gambling in the State of Wisconsin. This could hold true with any contracts formed with special interest groups—and not just the gambling industry. Bieraugel presented the results of the 1993 State-wide referenda,which showed that 63% of the voters do not want gambling expanded. Off-reservation casinos would add tens of thousands of slot machines to the State of Wisconsin. A poll conducted by the Wisconsin Policy Research Institute in October of 2000, showed that 65%of the people in the State of Wisconsin specifically oppose off-reservation casinos. Although the lobbying was done by a for-profit corporation—it is wholly owned by WCA. The history of the forming of WCA was presented. Lobbying for special interest groups was not what the WCA organization was intended to be used for. WCA needs to represent all of the counties in the State of Wisconsin. Any approval of off-reservation casinos could set a precedent that would harm communities who are fighting to keep off- reservation casinos out of their community. A letter from Waukesha County was distributed. They want the lobbying stopped. Motion by Bieraugel, 2nd by O'Connell to direct Corporation Counsel Timmerman to prepare a resolution stating St. Croix County's opposition to WCA lobbying for gambling for the January County Board meeting. Motion carried 5-0- Committee Restructure: To be discussed in January. NEW BUSINESS Legislative Breakfast: The committee decided to coordinate the traditional January Legislative Breakfast with the Health&Human Serviced Department who will be having a meeting with the legislators on January 15th. A 7:00 a.m. breakfast at Suzanna's in New Richmond was agreed upon. (The legislators meet at the Health Center later in the morning). The committee recessed at 10:35 a.m. to go to the Planning Department and have a demonstration on the WISE program. Supr. Standafer opted to not attend the demonstration. Motion by O'Connell,2nd by Peterson to adjourn at 11:00 a.m. Carried. Thomas P. O'Connell,secretary TPO:ma