2022-08-15 Council Minutes

MINUTES OF THE REGULARCOUNCIL MEETING OF THE COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITYOF FENNIMORE, GRANT COUNTY, WISCONSIN HELD ON MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 19 TH , 2022 The Regular Council meeting of the Common Council was called to order by Mayor Ryan Boebel at 5:30 p.m. Roll Call was taken with the following alderpersons answering present: Adam, Chiefari, Sheckler, Strack, and Streif . Ald. Day & Hagen were absent City Clerk Debi Heisner and John Murray, DPW were also present. Agenda: Proof in the form of a certificate of public notice given as required by Section 19.84, Wis. Stats., as to the holding of this meeting, was presented by the Clerk Treasurer. Motion by Streif, second by Roth to approve the proof of posting and agenda. Motion carried 6-0. Consent Agenda: The following Operators were approved with a motion by Streif and a second by Roth, Motion carried 6-0: Amanda Abing, Joseph Klais, Emily Klais, Kimberly Wilson, and Joshua Webber Minutes of the preceding meeting. Approval of minutes if correct, and corrections of mistakes: The minutes from the July 18th, 2022, Council meetings were approved with a motion by Day and a second by Strack. Motion carried 6-0. Comments from Pre-registered Citizens: Margaret Sprague, Tree Board was present to update on the Tree Committee. She also updated the Council on the Forming Fennimore’s Future & Comprehensive outdoor plan. Reports of Officers: Clerk DPW Chief of Police Community Development Manager Presentation of accounts and other claims against the city: There was a motion by Streif and a second by Day to approve the 8/15/22 Council claims with the breakdown of bills to their respective accounts for a total of $592,752.93 with City bills@ $201,834.36 Utility bills @$360,608.90, Sewer bills @ $24,107.75, and Capital Projects - $6,201.92. Gross Payroll amounts for 7/29/22 were $67,606.30 with $43,308.32 for City $17,633.78 for Utility and $6,664.20 for Sewer. Gross Payroll amounts for 8/12/22 were $71,020.95 with $43,861.65 for City, $19,346.51 for Utility, and $7,812.79 for Sewer. Motion carried on a roll call vote 6-0. Discussion and Possible Action Regarding Contractor's Application for Payment No. 4 for 2022 Street & Utility Improvements Town and Country Engineering presenting: There was a motion by Streif and a second by Hagen to approve the Pay ap #4 for $268,962.25 for the 2022 Street and Utility Projects. All in favor - motion carried 6-0. Committee Reports: none Unfinished Business: none New Business: Discussion and approval of payments for driveway approaches for homeowners on 550 Cleveland, 740 5 th St, and 945 5th Street. There was a motion by Day and a second by Roth to approve all but 740 5 th Street which will be covered by Town and Country engineering. All in favor – motion carried 6-0. Discussion and possible action on closing City Hall office on September 15 th and 16th for staff to attend Civics conference: There was a motion by Day and a second by Hagen to approve this request. The clerk’s office will post signs on the door, post on Facebook , put a notice in the paper and ask Jessica Helms and John Murray to help with office and customers. All in favor – motion carried 6-0. Discussion and possible action on revisions to the personnel manual regarding meal reimbursements: There was a motion by Roth and a second by Day to follow the Federal Rates per the IRS website regarding meal reimbursements. All in favor - Motion carried 6-0. Discussion and approval on Resolution #1 Authorizing the Appointment of School Crossing Guards for the Fennimore School District: There was a motion by Adam and a second by Day to approve this resolution for the Fennimore School District. Motion carried 6-0. Discussion and possible approval of 2022 Schedule of Fees update/revisions to building & zoning fees : There was a motion by Adam and a second by Roth to approve the updates/revisions to the schedule of fees regarding building & zoning fees . Motion carried 6-0. Discussion and possible approval of 2022-2023 Fennimore School District Liaison contract: There was motion by Adam and a second by Roth to a pprove the 2022-23 Liaison contract. All in favor - Motion carried 6-0. Discussion of testing for Pfas in wells: This item was on the agenda for information only. Town and Country helped with this discussion. We are not mandated at this point to test for this but are closely watching for more details and information from the DNR as to if and when this will need to be started. Comments and suggestions from Citizens present: Jeff Hagen mentioned that there is an issue with manure on the city streets. He asked that we try to come up with a solution to help alleviate this issue. Communications and recommendations from the mayor: none Schedule Committee meetings: Property and infrastructure needs to meet to discuss the Quonset hut. Monday the 22nd @ 6:15 p.m. Adjourn: Motion by Streif, second by Roth to adjourn at 6:30 p.m. Motion carried 6-0. Debi Heisner, City Clerk Ryan Boebel, Mayor