MARCH 2010 MINUTES

Village of Rosholt Minutes

Regular Board Meeting

Monday March 8, 2010

7:00 p.m. @ Village Hall

APPROVED APRIL 12, 2010

Call to order: by President, Rick Osowski

Pledge of Allegiance

Roll Call: Rick Osowski, Richard Mansavage, Steve Rutta, Joy Garski, Arnie Kaminski and Larry Kielblock

Also Present: Norma Anderson, Jordan Richter, Mark Forseth, Donald Kontney, Patty Sikorski, Bob Kurszewski, Joe Gemza, Debbie Peplinski, Kate Zdroik, Shannon Riley

Public Requests for Consideration: None

Minutes:

Motion: Kaminski/Mansavage to approve all minutes as read. All in favor: None opposed: Motion carried.

UNFINISHED BUSINESS:

Internet Service: There is no formal contract on file for internet service. It makes sense financially, to keep the internet service we have, if they fix the technical difficulties.

Motion: Rutta/Mansavage to authorize sending a letter to New Century Communications asking them to discuss our customer concerns with Rick. All in favor: None opposed: Motion carried.

Emergency Action Plan for the Dam:

An Emergency Action Plan and an Inspection, Operation, Maintenance Plan was presented. A few addresses should be added to complete those needing to be notified in case of dam failure.

Motion: Mansavage/Rutta to approve the Emergency Action Plan with the addition of addresses and keep the Inspection, Operation, Maintenance Plan on file for reference. All in favor: none opposed: motion carried.

Resolution to Transfer Funds: Kaminski noted the Resolution had an error regarding the transfer of funds for a surveillance camera donation.

Motion: Kaminski/Kielblock to postpone action until the April meeting when the correct resolution will be presented. All in favor: none opposed: motion carried.

NEW BUSINESS:

Threshermen Activity:

Patty Sikorski explained a group called “2 Tails Rendezvous-The Buck skinners” would like to perform a living history encampment and black powder demonstrations. They will camp on the site July 14-19, 2010. Other municipalities, with the same type of activity, do not issue formal permits, but the board must authorize the event. The Fire Chief and Sheriff’s department must also be notified and anyone being affected by the black powder demonstrations.

Motion:  Rutta/Kaminski to approve the “2 Tails Rendezvous- the Buck skinners” activity at the annual Thresheree. All in favor; none opposed; motion carried.

Village Hall Rental:

Kate Zdroik from the Rosholt Development Group requests a waiver of the Village Hall rental fee for the meetings held from May-October 2009. The waiver request is with the idea that the group is meeting on behalf of the Village. Since then, they’ve had joint meetings with the Rosholt Library Committee.

Motion: Rutta/Mansavage to waive the Rosholt Development Group’s Village Hall Rental fee from May-October 2009. All in favor; none opposed; motion carried.

WI Learning Center Class:

The Clerk requests approval to attend a class at the learning center specializing in QuickBooks reports at a cost of $99.00.

Motion: Mansavage/Garski to approve attendance at the class with the cost to be paid by the Village. All in favor; none opposed; motion carried.

Operator’s (Bartenders) Licenses:

Applications and background reports for Helen Karnowski and Cheryl Doede were presented.

Motion: Mansavage/Garski to approve operator’s licenses for Helen Karnowski & Cheryl Doede. Roll Call Vote: Osowski-aye, Kaminski-aye, Kielblock-aye, Rutta-aye Garski-aye and Mansavage-aye. All in favor; none opposed; motion carried.

Committee Reports:

Library: Joe Gemza stated the committee will meet at the Hatley Library on March 18th.

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Mark Forseth explained grant opportunities through USDA Rural Development and the Department of Commerce. The 2000 census indicates the area median household income is above the level to qualify for a grant. In order to obtain more recent information, a survey must be conducted. There will be no cost to the village as the Library board will provide funds and Central WI Electric Coop will make a donation.

Motion: Garski/Kaminski to approve the Library Committees request to conduct a survey. All in favor; none opposed; motion carried. 

Zoning: None

Payment of Invoices & Statements:

Motion: Kielblock/Rutta to approve all bills as read aloud. All in favor; none opposed; motion carried.

Meetings & Educational opportunities:

There will be a meeting on Wednesday March 10, 2010 to review the ordinance draft and the schedule of fees.

Maintenance Bob told the board the Elgin Sweeper needs a new master cylinder.

Motion to adjourn: Garski/Mansavage. All in favor; none opposed; motion carried.

Adjournment: 8:00 p.m.

Theresa K. Hartvig, Village Clerk-Treasurer

Posted: April 13, 2010

VILLAGE BILLS PAID- March 2010

Check #

Vendor

Amount

Check #

Vendor

Amount

11098-100

Rosholt Sewer

16435.45

11101-11103

Used in February

00.00

11104

Alliant Energy

1059.32

11105

Amherst Telephone

119.88

11106

BP Amoco

14.69

11107

MN Life Insurance

44.01

11108

BLI Lighting

49.71

11109

Wimme Sand & Gravel

44.81

11110

BA Pauls & Assoc

1066.66

11111

Anderson Law Firm

427.75

11112

EO Johnson Co.

226.25

11113

Mark’s Machine Shop

136.75

11114

UW Extension

16.00

11115

Election Systems

64.12

11116

County Solid Waste

18.07

11117

Gordy’s 66 Service

6.20

11118

Firkus Lumber

245.50

11119

Mileage

42.90

11120

Bruce Municipal Equipment

44.00

11121

Faivre Implement

69.70

11122

General Code

1310.00

11123

Schierl Inc

301.39

11124

Betty Williams

70.00

11125

Veolia Environmental

1825.95

11126

J. Wimme Trucking

85.00

11127

MasterCard

202.47

11128

WI Public Service

296.61

11129-30

Payroll

1015.89

 

WI Retirement

455.83

 

State Withholding

223.20

 

Federal Withholding

952.27

11131

Rosholt FFA Alumni

500.00

11132-33

Payroll

1144.65

11134-35

Qtrly Health benefit

$2250.00
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SEWER BILLS PAID-March 2010

Check #

Vendor

Amount

Check #

Vendor

Amount

4383

Alliant Energy

1064.40

4384

Firkus Lumber

11.43

4385

Amherst Telephone

69.74

4386

MasterCard

13.49

4387

Payroll

427.13

4388

Alltel

26.24

4389

Payroll

$289.35

 

 

 

Village of Rosholt Minutes

Special Board Meeting

Wednesday March 10, 2010

7:00 p.m. @ Village Office

APPROVED APRIL 12, 2010

Call to order: by President, Rick Osowski

Pledge of Allegiance:

Roll Call: Rick Osowski, Steve Rutta, Richard Mansavage, Arnie Kaminski and Joy Garski (absent: Larry Kielblock)

Also Present: None

Schedule of Fees:

A Fee for Zoning and building permit violations must be added to our schedule of fees to be consistent with the violations and penalties paragraph in the Zoning Ordinance. Osowski checked with other municipalities and the fees are too variable to choose so the board must use it’s discretion to determine the fee.

The board advised the Clerk to contact the Attorney for verification on the procedure for amending the schedule of fees.

Motion: Kaminski/Osowski to set the fee for zoning & building permit violations at not less than $100.00 and not to exceed $1,000.00. All in favor; none opposed; motion carried.

Motion: Rutta/Garski to set the fee for a zoning change request at $50.00. All in favor; none opposed; motion carried.

The option of amending the Zoning ordinance to list specific fees instead of referring to a schedule of fees was discussed. The process for amending the text of the zoning ordinance discouraged this choice.

Review of Ordinances:

The draft review of the Ordinances prepared by General Code was presented. The board advised the Clerk to study the draft and organize a method to process the review at the next special ordinance meeting.

Motion to adjourn: Osowski/Kaminski. All in favor: none opposed; motion carried.

Adjournment: 8:05 p.m.

Theresa K. Hartvig, Village Clerk-Treasurer

Posted: April 13, 2010


Village of Rosholt Minutes

Library Committee Meeting

Thursday, March 18, 2010

Hatley Library & Community/Senior Center

APPROVED MAY 10, 2010

Attendees: Joe Gemza, Tricia Kertzmann, Mary Baethke, David Narlock, Mark Forseth, Sandy Herfel, Bob Stack,  Mary Jane Zdroik,  Kate Zdroik,  Jen Stewart, Darren Hoppa.

David Narlock, Hatley Village President, described the process of planning their facility, then gave a tour of the building.

Process: 

Surveyed Village residents for input, facilitated by Riverhouse

Village wanted office space, plus identity, landmark, space for activities

Area residents  saw need for senior center

Facility design:

Riverhouse Architects, Schofield, designed, Tharen Gorski, 715-355-5757

7700 sq. ft total = 3700 library + 4000 for community room, village offices, kitchen, mtg room

$925,000 total cost

Funded by Department of Commerce grant ($325k)), Library Board ($175k), fundraising ($80k), Village ($175k= loan + reserves)

Nancy Young was contracted as a grant writer

Operating costs – split by Marathon Co. and Village by %  use (no help from Towns)

Maintenance – Village

Operating agreement between county and village has no time limit

Didn’t include “green” building techniques b/c they weren’t aware in 2001

Mary Baethke, retired Marathon County Library Director, described her role in this and other library projects.  The county set aside money to help branches remodel/rebuild/create a branch.  Municipalities had to apply.  Branches that participated are:

*Athens – remodeled and included a community hall

*Edgar – remodeled a newer bank building

Marathon City – Built new library/community center in 1983, has outgrown it, building new now

*Mosinee – remodeled 1898 library building (only library-only building in county)

Rothschild – new building, planned for expansion

Spencer – new library/community center

*Stratford – new library/community center

Projects designed by Riverhouse

Mary noted that in Wausau, the remodeled building resulted in maintenance issues.

Sandy Herfel, Dept. of Commerce grant specialist who helped Hatley and others obtain grants.

WI DOC favors multi-use projects, i.e. historical society, library, sr. center, adult day care, after school programs, food pantry etc.

DOC can’t fund Village offices

When refurbishing, DOC looks at cost effectiveness

Contractors appear to be bidding low lately (20 of last 60 projects were bid at cost)

Funding:

Village of Rosholt’s low-to-moderate income level is too high to qualify for DOC grant

May re-survey to see if that has changed since 2000

Village Board approved moving ahead to re-survey

Sandy ok’d defining the library service area as the Rosholt School District

Jen checked with Dan Verhoff of the UW Applied Population Lab   

He has the Rosholt School District boundaries (the district said they haven’t changed since 2000)

He couldn’t recalculate the LMI  b/c can’t get data for individual households

Need to re-survey part of Town of Sharon + Village of Rosholt

DOC favors multi-municipality projects, especially with funding from each

Ex. Town of Smith will rent future meeting room for monthly meetings

$x/month for 5 years use $x x 12 x 5 years counts as match

Portage County provides furnishings counts as match

For state funding, letters from legislators don’t make a difference

Portage County

Bob Stack will review his request to Capital Improvements Committee for furnishings

Bob stated that the Library Foundation has committed $15k, RACA raised $13k

Fundraising ideas

Necedah sent letters to all high school alumni

Cathy Carter Huber is a Rosholt alum, now professional fundraiser

Joe will work with Theresa to set up a Village account for donations/grant awards

Review of firehouse for remodeling

Joe will ask Theresa what reviews have been done

Darren is willing to review but need criteria

Meets code for occupancy

Structural integrity

Phase I review

Next meeting:

Thursday April 15th – 7 PM - Rosholt Library 

Jennifer Stewart

UW-Extension

Posted: May 18, 2010

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Village of Rosholt Minutes
Zoning Plan Commission

Wednesday March 31, 2010

7:00 p.m. at Village Office

APPROVED APRIL 12, 2010

Meeting was called to order by Arnie Kaminski, Chair at 7:00 PM on March 31, 2010.

Members present: Rick Osowski, Ron Pliska, Jason Woyak, Arnie Kaminski and Debbie Peplinski

Members absent: Steve Rutta and Tom Richter

Also present: Gordy Krogwold

A Conditional Use Request was submitted by Jason Retzke.

Discussions was “Will we grant him a Conditional Use?” He is zoned R2 and is requesting a Conditional Use for an accessory building.

Conclusion by the committee was “Is this a Conditional Use issue?

Arnie will talk to Tracy Johnson, Zoning Administrator on April 5, 2010. He is on vacation this week.

Committee Recommendation: Deny the Conditional Use request because of the height requirement. All in Favor.

Meeting Adjourned 7:40 PM

Debbie Peplinski

Posted: April 13, 2010



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