Regular Town Board Meeting – Monday, January 10, 2011- 7:00 pm – Linn Town Hall

Chairman Jim Weiss called the meeting to order at 7:00 pm. Present at roll call were Supervisors Jacobs, Palmer, Allis, Holden, Chairman Weiss, Atty. Schiltz and Clerk Polyock. There were about twenty seven (27) people in attendance.

Holden/Jacobs motion to approve the minutes as distributed. Carried without negative vote.

Jacobs/Palmer motion to approve the payment of bills including those presented tonight. Carried without negative vote.

Comments from the public: John Trossen requested that port-a-pots be placed at the two (2) launch sites for the ice fishermen and other winter sports enthusiasts. John also asked about the status of the paint chip ordinance.

Peter Borgo addressed the Reek School Forum that will be held on Wednesday, January 12, 2011 at 6:00 pm. There is a tour of the building at 6:00 with a program following at 7:00 pm addressing the facilities study that has been completed.

Correspondence received: Supervisor Holden announced the entire Board had received a letter from Allan Polyock asking for a private inspection of the Mohawk bridge.

Supervisor Allis stated that she had received a call about the lack of bathroom facilities at Linn and Robinson launches.

Chairman Weiss stated that he and Holden have been talking with Hwy. Superintendent Jim Wolfgram about snowplowing. The Town has received notification and approval from the railroad about changing the stop sign to a yield sign at the Zenda Road crossing. The railroad has already done this, so next month we will change our ordinance to read the same.

Plan Commission: Chairman Weiss reported the plan commission heard from four applicants. Margaret McKinnell estate asked to re-zone five acres from A-1 to A-5 to allow the residence and buildings to be separated from the farm land in order to settle the estate. The plan commission approved. Weiss/Jacobs motion to approve the McKinnell re-zone from A-1 to A-5 as recommended by the Plan Commission. Carried without negative vote.

Atty. Leibsle appeared on behalf of Sansnom LLC. There are currently three residences on the property. The owner is doing a lot line adjustment to expand the parcel, taking down three residences and replacing those with two. The plan commission was favorable.

Weiss/Allis motion to approve the lot line adjustment, PRD and certified survey map for Sansnom LLC as recommended by the Plan Commission. Carried without negative vote.

Michael Komoll certified survey will combine two parcels with no additional residences. Weiss/Jacobs motion to approve the Komoll CSM as recommended by the Plan Commission. Carried without negative vote.

Weiss/Holden motion to approve the Frandolig CSM as recommended by the Plan Commission. Carried without negative vote. This had been on the agenda and discussed in previous months.

Protective Services: Holden/Jacobs motion not to exceed $2,500 of donated funds to finish outfitting the Fire/EMS pick-up truck. Carried without negative vote.

Jacobs/Allis motion to send Melissa Weber to three days of EMS training from 8:00 am to 5:00 pm. Rasch stated this should not exceed $400. Carried without negative vote.

Jacobs/Allis motion to send Dan Pitt and John Simms to ice dive certification training. This is a continuation of their training and should be about $140/person. Carried without negative vote.

Holden/Palmer motion to approve the special election of Tammy Grams as secretary to expire December 2011. Carried without negative vote.

Chief Wisniewski announced that his department participated in the click it or ticket. Forty agencies per district will receive a grant. We did not get a grant, but did get recognition for participating.

Jacobs/Allis motion to approve advertising for bids for the new 2011 police squad car. Carried without negative vote.

Highway Committee: no meeting

Harbor Commission: no meeting

Buildings & Grounds: no meeting

Park: no meeting Next meeting in March

Geneva Lake Environmental Agency: will be meeting next week

Jacobs/Allis motion to move ahead with the auction items. Carried without negative vote.

Currently the Town makes a recommendation to the County for any conditional use permits. The County makes the final decision. The County is looking into giving Towns veto authority over conditional use just as they do with the re-zone. This will give us more control over our own zoning which is very favorable for the Town. Jacobs/Holden motion to approve veto authority over WalworthCounty conditional use decision. Carried without negative vote.

Atty. Schiltz explained that currently the Building Inspector has authority to prevent someone from occupying a house. There is nothing the Town can do if the owner disobeys this order. This ordinance will correct this problem. Allis/Jacobs motion to waive the 1 st reading of the Chapter 5 Ordinance dealing with razing buildings. Carried without negative vote.

Jacobs/Holden motion to adopt the Chapter 5 Ordinance dealing with razing buildings. Carried without negative vote.

Jacobs/Palmer motion to adjourn. Meeting adjourned at 7:30 pm.

Respectfully submitted,

Sue Polyock, CMC/WCMC

Clerk/Polyock