Regular Town Board Meeting - Monday, May 14, 2007 - 7:30pm - Linn Town Hall

Chairman Bollweg called the meeting to order at 7:30 pm. Present at roll call were Chairman Bollweg, Supervisors Weiss, Palmer, Jones, Holden, Clerk Polyock and Atty. Schiltz. There were eight (8) citizens present.

Brian Henrichs of Liesch Associates, Inc gave a presentation on the use of cluster sanitary systems to serve three to fifteen homes. Cost would be about $5,000 to $7,000 per home with this cluster system. Maintenance would probably be four hours per year that could be contracted out. The average life of the system is 15 – 25 years and a replacement can be put on the same site. The cost for them to do a study would be $14,835.

Jim Celano, Geneva Lake Coservancy, asked to put signs where people will be passing into or out of the Geneva Lake watershed area. This will raise public awareness as to where the watershed is located.

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

Weiss/Holden motion to pay the bills as distributed. Carried without negative vote.

Plan Commission: Supervisor Weiss reported that the plan commission tabled the Hagenah request and asked Atty. Howe to work with his client on the issues discussed. Weiss/Jones motion to table the Conditional Use and Condominium Plat applied for by Philip Hagenah. Carried without negative vote.

Weiss/Jones motion to approve the lot line adjustment request of Cole and Vicki Jacobs, Otto Jacobs Company as recommended by the plan commission. Carried without negative vote.

Protective Services: Chairman Bollweg stated the committee had met on May 2, 2007. Holden/Jones motion to approve three members to attend advanced water class dive training not to exceed $200/person. Carried without negative vote.

Jones/Weiss motion to approve allowing the Fire/EMS department to exceed $500 in donated funds to purchase full dress uniforms for Fire/EMS with a cost under $3,500. Carried without negative vote.

Holden/Jones motion to waive the first reading and adopt the Ordinance relating to fireworks. Carried without negative vote.

Highway Committee: Chairman Bollweg reported the committee had met and discussed the upcoming road work. There are four bridges that replacement grants have been applied for.

Harbor Commission: Supervisor Palmer reported the launches are up and running.

Buildings & Grounds: Supervisor Holden reported the committee had met and discussed the fire department building. It is considered a commercial emergency building. Two bids were received: West Bend - $62,036 and Krause Buildings - $52,159. Holden/Jones motion to accept the bid from Krause Buildings. Discussion: An additional $4,500 will be needed for site work and electric. All said and done Town is looking at $65,000 – the Fire/EMS Department would have $36,000 to $37,000 to contribute – so are short the total. Carried without negative vote.

Public Parks: Supervisor Jones reported her committee had met. Jones/Holden motion to accept the bid from Tall Grass Restoration of $22,000 as recommended by the committee. The money will come out of Park Capital Outlay. Carried without negative vote.

Jones/Palmer motion to have Grass Pro mow the historical marker at $1,000 for the season. Carried without negative vote.

Jones proposed having Tall Grass Restoration work on getting grants for the park. Atty. Schiltz should look at the proposal and a sample of what Tallgrass has done should be distributed to the Board. Jones/Palmer motion to table the work on grants. Carried without negative vote.

Jones/Weiss motion to table the resolution. Carried without negative vote.

Posting – It was concluded that the park posting board could be used for park information. The Town already posts in three places and also on the Web page.

Jones reported that the bridges cannot be put across the creek.

Action Items:

Committee Appointments:

Jones/Weiss motion to approve the Plan Commission – Weiss, Bollweg, Borgo, Allis, Pillman, Sheldon, Gardiner. Carried without negative vote.

Weiss/Palmer motion to approve Protective Services Committee – Bollweg, Weiss, C. Roan, Bartos, White. Carried without negative vote.

Holden/Jones motion to approve the Highway Committee – Bollweg, Holden, Handel, Rasch, Frederick. Carried without negative vote.

Holden/Jones motion to approve the Buildings & Grounds Committee – Holden, Palmer, Esmond, Behrens, Argento. Carried without negative vote.

Weiss/Palmer motion to approve the Harbor Commission – Jones, Billings, Murray, Gary Holden, Argento. Carried without negative vote.

Holden/Palmer motion at approve the Public Parks Committee – Jones, Palmer, Cornue, Thompson, Luebke, Roan, Larkin. Carried without negative vote.

Weiss/Palmer motion to approve Lake Use Committee – Peters, Pankau. Carried without negative vote.

Holden/Weiss motion to approve Geneva Lake Environmental – Palmer, ETZ – Fontana (Polek, Zils, Aasen) Williams Bay (Odden, Roth, Ring) and Bay appeals (Winter, Ockelmann), Weed Commissioner – James Wolfgram, Conservancy Park – Celano, Bollweg, Cornue and Economic Development – Bollweg, Holden. Carried without negative vote.

Palmer/Holden motion to hire Samuel J. Pieper as a part-time police officer. Carried without negative vote.

Jones/Palmer motion to hire Scott Knudsen as part-time highway worker upon approval of police background check. Carried without negative vote.

Palmer/Jones motion to approve funding not to exceed $5,000 for the Town portion of the Ground Water Study. Palmer stated this is just giving our commitment and can be put in the 2008 budget. Carried without negative vote.

Jones/Weiss motion to adjourn. Meeting adjourned at 9:30 pm.

Sue Polyock, CMC/WCMC

Clerk/Treasurer