December 2008 MINUTES
Note: These are the proposed minutes that will be approved at the next board meeting.


 

Village of Rosholt Minutes

Public Budget Hearing

Monday December 1, 2008

7:00 p.m. @ Village Hall (137 Main Street)

APPROVED DECEMBER 8, 2008

Call to order: by President, Rick Osowski

Pledge of Allegiance:

Roll Call: Cindy Gemza, Joy Garski, Rick Osowski, Jessica Moore, Betty Williams and Arnie Kaminski (Absent: Steve Rutta)

Also Present: Nancy Osowski

NO PUBLIC COMMENTS

Adjourned 7:01 p.m.

Theresa Hartvig

Village Clerk-Treasurer  

Posted: December 18, 2008


Village of Rosholt Minutes

Regular Board Meeting

Monday December 8, 2008

7:00 p.m. @ the Village Hall (137 Main St)

APPROVED JANUARY 12, 2009

Call to order: by President, Rick Osowski

Pledge of Allegiance:

Roll Call: Cindy Gemza, Joy Garski, Steve Rutta, Rick Osowski, Jessica Moore, Betty Williams and Arnie Kaminski

Also Present: Mary Jane Zdroik, Tom Zdroik, Norma Anderson, Nancy Osowski, Paul Olson, Jeannie Jetty, Carrie Emery, Bob Kurszewski, Kate Zdroik, Duane Lenser and Amanda Foster

Public Requests for Consideration:

Jeannie Jetty stated the proposed Gunsmith has been in the area bars armed with firearms and threatening folks. She also stated he shot a handgun into the air. She said she has called the Sheriff’s department to report his behavior.

The board instructed the Clerk-Treasurer to order a criminal background report and gather more information about the Firearms permitting process.

Minutes:

Motion: Kaminski/Gemza to approve the minutes as read. All in favor: None opposed: Motion Carried.

UNFINISHED BUSINESS:

Highway 66 Directional Signs: Paul Olson from Interstate Graphics presented samples of the type of signs his company provides. They are aluminum with PVC sandwiched in between with a lifetime guarantee.

Motion: Kaminski/Moore to postpone action on the signs until the January 12, 2009 regular board meeting. All in favor: None Opposed: Motion carried.

Recording Device: Previous choices of a laptop with voice recognition software or a digital recorder were presented. The person to provide the laptop information was not present.

Motion: Moore/Gemza to authorize the Clerk-Treasurer to obtain a digital recorder with the greatest amount of memory for a purchase price limit of $110.00. All in favor: None Opposed: Motion Carried.

NEW BUSINESS:

Craft Fair: Amanda Foster requests permission to use one of the empty bays at the Village Hall for an arts & crafts fair to include hands-on craft stations. The vendors would be charged $10.00 per table and that fee will be donated to community organizations. She would like to reserve the hall for December 20 & 21, 2008 and use the hall two weekends each month after that.

The cost of heat and property insurance were mentioned.

Motion: Kaminski/Williams to approve use of the Village Hall at the cost of $10.00 per day plus one half of the vendor table fees to pay for heating costs. All in favor: None Opposed: Motion carried.

Set Date for Caucus:

Motion: Garski/Moore to set the Caucus date for January 12, 2009 at 6:45 p.m. at the Village Hall. All in favor: None Opposed: Motion Carried.

 

Operator’s License: An application and criminal background for Kari Chapman were presented.

Motion: Rutta/Kaminski to approve the operator’s license for Kari Chapman.

Roll Call Vote: Gemza-aye, Garski-aye, Rutta-aye, Osowski-aye, Moore-aye, Williams-aye and Kaminski-aye. All in favor: None Opposed: Motion carried.

Centennial Banners: The Department of Transportation (D.O.T.) informed the Village that commercial advertising is not allowed in the right-of-way of State Highway 66 and all banners containing such advertising must be removed. They will send a copy of the regulations so we can determine if organizations are allowed.

The Centennial Committee said they became aware of these regulations after the signs were already ordered.

Options for the banners are as follows:

1.      Hang them on light poles throughout the Village by obtaining permission from Alliant Energy to use their poles.

2.      Have Display Sales or a printing company recommend a method to disguise the commercial print.(Companies mentioned: Display Sales, Mada and Interstate Graphics)

3.      Return them to the sponsors  

Motion: Gemza/Kaminski to postpone the banner decision until January 12, 2009. All in favor: None Opposed: Motion carried.

Committee Reports:

Centennial: Kate Zdroik has balanced the bank account and returned all statements, receipts and the check book to the Village Clerk-Treasurer. Remaining out of the start-up balance of $5,000 is $1,158.82. ($475.00 is banners that were ordered and never paid for)

Approximately 160 Tee shirts have also been returned to the Village Office.

Motion: Gemza/Moore to approve Sale of the tee shirts for $10.00 each. All in favor: None opposed: Motion carried.

Items to be placed in the time capsule will be stored at the Village office until a preservation method is determined by the board.

Motion: Kaminski/Rutta to dissolve the Centennial Committee. All in favor: none opposed: Motion Carried.

Payment of invoices:

Motion: Williams/Garski to approve payment of invoices as read. All in favor: None opposed: Motion carried.

 

Notice of Meeting dates and educational opportunities:

Maintenance Bob has requested to meet with the entire board to test the generator on the lift stations. To avoid the costs of a special board meeting, the Sewer Committee will meet on Saturday December 20, 2008 at 9:00 a.m. at the State Street Lift Station.  

Another option mentioned was to hire Energenecs to perform the test.

Closed Session:

Motion: Moore/Gemza to enter Closed Session pursuant to Section 19.85(1) (e), Wis. Stats. with Mary Jane and Tom Zdroik to discuss options for purchasing a portion of the railroad right-of-way for the purpose of connecting her parcel for resale. All in favor: None opposed: Motion carried.

Mary Jane presented maps and information obtained at the Register of Deeds. She would like to buy a portion of the Railroad right-of-way to create a whole parcel for resale and states she has a potential buyer. She also states a certified survey is necessary to complete this transaction and is willing to pay half the cost of the survey.

Motion: Rutta/Moore to order a survey and have The Village of Rosholt and Mary Jane Zdroik pay equal portions of the cost on Parcel #s: 176-25-1020-B-1 owned by the Village (old rail road right-of-way) and # 176-25-1020-02.11 owned by Mary Jane Zdroik. All in favor: None opposed: Motion carried.

9:15 p.m. Mary Jane and Tom Zdroik left the closes session

Discussion continued which included reviewing previous minutes and prior board decisions and discussing current options.

The board decided to keep the session closed through the January 12th 2009 meeting to review results of the certified survey.

Motion:  Kaminski/Gemza to adjourn the Closed session and reconvene Closed Session at the end of January 12, 2009 meeting. All in favor: None opposed: Motion carried.

Motion: Osowski/Garski to adjourn. All in favor: None opposed: Motion carried.

Adjournment: 9:30 p.m.

Theresa K. Hartvig, Village Clerk-Treasurer

Posted: January 14, 2009

VILLAGE BILLS PAID-December 2008

Check #

Vendor

Amount

Check#

Vendor

Amount

010654

Payroll

$703.00

010655

MasterCard

$420.66

010656

WI Public Service

$194.21

010657

Veolia Environmental

$1685.33

010659

Gannett WI News

$245.47

010660

Alliant Energy

$1076.20

010661

Amherst Telephone

$106.66

010662

Anderson Law Firm

$543.75

010664

MN Life Ins Co.

$23.01

010665

Firkus Lumber Co.

$133.54

010666

Mileage

$23.40

010667

Gordy’s 66 Service

$191.87

010668

Rosholt Fire Dist

$900.00

010669

Commercial Roofing

$48026.00

010670

Clabough & Assoc

$238.00

010671

Grainger

VOID

010672

BA Pauls & Assoc

$230.00

010673

Payroll

$764.54

010674

Portage Cty Treas.

$124.04

010675

Dept of Revenue

$173.20

FW410497

Fed Withholdings

$789.42

WR41610

WI Retirement

$431.66

010676

Petty Cash-tax refunds

$633.64

010677

Escrow Refund

$71.13

010678

Payroll

$926.14

010679

Escrow Refund

$422.13

010680

Tax Refund

$2146.02

010681

Payroll

452.25

SEWER BILLS PAID-December 2008

Check #

Vendor

Amount

Check#

Vendor

Amount

4199/4200

Payroll

$702.92

4201

Alliant Energy

$508.36

4202

Amherst Telephone

$69.74

4203

Alltel

$24.04

4204

Commercial Test Lab

$133.70

4205

MasterCard

$52.23

4206

Grainger

$270.24

4207/4208

Payroll

$781.59

4209

WI Dept of Revenue

$46.40

FW596047

Fed Withholding

$292.64

4210/4211

Payroll

$675.37

4212/4213

Health Benefit

$2250.00

4214/4215

Payroll

$178.11

 

 

 

 

 


 


 




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