Public Budget Hearing
APPROVED
Call to order: by President,
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
Theresa Hartvig
Village Clerk-Treasurer
Posted:
Regular Board Meeting
APPROVED
Call to order: by President,
Pledge of Allegiance:
Roll Call:
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
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.
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
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
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
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
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.
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
Motion: Kaminski/Gemza to
adjourn the Closed session and reconvene Closed Session at the end of
Motion: Osowski/Garski to adjourn. All in favor: None opposed: Motion carried.
Adjournment:
Theresa K. Hartvig, Village Clerk-Treasurer
Posted:
VILLAGE
|
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 |
|
$245.47 |
010660 |
Alliant Energy |
$1076.20 |
|
010661 |
|
$106.66 |
010662 |
|
$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
|
Check # |
Vendor |
Amount |
Check# |
Vendor |
Amount |
|
4199/4200 |
Payroll |
$702.92 |
4201 |
Alliant Energy |
$508.36 |
|
4202 |
|
$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 |
|
|
|