2019 November 21 minutes

TOWN OF CROSS PLAINS BOARD OF SUPERVISORS MONTHLY MEETING NOVEMBER 2019 Notice of the meeting was posted at the Community Center, on the Town Website and Town Garage on November 14, 2019. Board Members Greg Hyer, Paul Correll, Greg Haack, Patty Mullins and about 13 citizens were present. Jeff Baylis and Treasurer Bonnie Krattiger were absent. Meeting was called to order at 7:30 p.m. by Chairman Greg Hyer. Paul Correll led the Pledge of Allegiance. Public Participation for three minutes on any item. Concerns were expressed by neighbors regarding the grandfathered quarry on W. Mineral Point Road because of signs being put up documenting the quarry. Tom Kalscheur owns the land at present, but Kip Kalscheur primarily involved in making decisions as to whether it will be leased as a quarry or accept incentives from the Town’s land use plan to not lease the property for use as a quarry. Discussion/Action on possible Ordinance regarding Cross Plains ATV Club use of town roads. Discussion continued regarding the proposal of using Town roads as connecting routes for ATV/UTV use. Town Board will consider the following roads for use by ATV/UTV vehicles: Garfoot Road, from County Highway KP to Observatory to Barlow to W. Mineral Point Road to Pine Bluff or Garfoot from County Highway KP to Mineral Point Road to Pine Bluff; Garfoot Road, from County Highway KP to Observatory to County Highway P. Approval of the Minutes of the October 14 and October 23 Town Board Meetings. Motion was made by Greg Haack and seconded by Patty Mullins to accept the October 14 minutes with corrections. Board Members Greg Hyer, Greg Haack, Patty Mullins and Paul Correll approved. Motion carried. Motion was made by Greg Haack and seconded by Patty Mullins to accept the October 23 minutes. Board Members Greg Hyer, Greg Haack, Patty Mullins and Paul Correll approved. Motion carried. Review of Financial Report and Action on Payment of Bills. Motion was made by Paul Correll and seconded by Patty Mullins to approve the October 31 Financial Report. Board Members Greg Hyer, Greg Haack, Patty Mullins and Paul Correll approved. Motion carried. The list of invoices for payment was reviewed. Motion was made by Patty Mullins and seconded by Greg Haack to approve payment of invoices in the amount of $237,177.13. Board Members Greg Hyer, Greg Haack, Patty Mullins and Paul Correll approved. Motion carried. Chair/Clerk Announcements – Clerk: Notice for Board and/or elected positions open as of this next election. Supervisor 3 and 4 will be up for election. Notification of Non-candidacy needs to be filed by the 2nd Friday before the deadline of filing ballots, which is December 25. Nomination papers can be picked up in the office of the Clerk after December 1st. “Celebrate A Life” Annual Fundraiser for Northwest Dane Senior Services will be held Tuesday, December 4th. Flyer is posted in outside window display. A thank-you letter from the Mt. Horeb Softball Club for allowing them to practice using the Parks baseball field was received at the Clerk’s office. They also sent a copy of the various team photos. A truck has been parked outside in the lot for some time now. Not sure who owner is but the truck does get moved around from spot to spot. Clerk is asking to install a Lockbox outside of the building for people to drop off items during hours the office is not available. Board approved the purchase. Chair: Update on Shag Bark. Due to the weather, the project cannot be finished this fall and will wait until next spring. Greg Haack indicated the Mt. Horeb Fire loan is 7.1 million dollars, which was a savings from the estimation of 8.9 million originally budgeted. ATC filed a statement with the public service commission that there is a one-time payment to municipalities affected by the line. At this time it looks like the Town of Cross Plains will receive a one-time payment of $720,907 and an annual payment of $86,509. The County would get half of the one-time payment and the town would get all of the annual payments. There is discussion regarding the Zander property that is up for sale. The town’s Farmland Preservation zoning for the property allows for a conditional use permit (CUP) which would make it possible for a new owner to apply for the CUP to establish a quarry. Action on Adopting the 2020 Budget and 2019 levy. Motion was made by Paul Correll and seconded by Greg Haack to adopt the 2020 budget Resolution as approved by the Town Elector meeting from the 10/23/19 budget worksheet in the amount of $682,904 and expenses of $1,031,720. Motion was made by Paul Correll and seconded by Greg Haack to adopt the 2019 levy as approved by the Town Electors. Board Members Greg Hyer, Greg Haack, Patty Mullins and Paul Correll approved. Motion carried. Discussion/Action on Josef Fessel zoning application located at 9290 Braun Rd. Motion was made by Greg Haack and seconded by Patty Mullins to approve the rezone request located at 9290 Braun Road as recommended by the Plan Commission. Board Members Greg Hyer, Greg Haack, Patty Mullins and Paul Correll approved. Motion carried. Discussion/Action on 2019-OA-20 Amendments to Chapter 10 of the Dane County Zoning Ordinance revising and correcting various provisions. Motion was made by Patty Mullins and seconded by Greg Hyer to approve the 2019-OA-20 Amendments to Chapter 10 of the Dane County Zoning Ordinance as presented by the County. Board Members Greg Hyer, Greg Haack, Patty Mullins and Paul Correll approved. Motion carried. Action on Road Maintenance Priorities for 2020. Motion was made by Paul Correll and seconded by Patty Mullins to approve the list of road maintenance priorities as provided by Town Chairman, Greg Hyer. Board Members Greg Hyer, Greg Haack, Patty Mullins and Paul Correll approved. Motion carried. Action on Transfers between 2019 Budget Categories. Tabled until December meeting. Discussion/Action on Letter of Support for CARPC application to FEMA for green infrastructure planning grant. Motion was made by Patty Mullins and seconded by Paul Correll to approve the Letter of Support drafted by the Town Chairman for the CARPC application to FEMA for a green infrastructure planning grant. Board Members Greg Hyer, Greg Haack, Patty Mullins and Paul Correll approved. Motion carried. Discussion Action on State Grant for Airport Road improvements. Motion was made by Patty Mullins and seconded by Paul Correll to approve moving forward with an application for a state grant for Airport Road improvements. Board Members Greg Hyer, Greg Haack, Patty Mullins and Paul Correll approved. Motion carried. Discussion/Action on authorizing Chair to contract with MSA for design/planning assistance for Garfoot Creek culvert replacement at Garfoot & Braun and Scherbel Road bridge maintenance at Black Earth Creek. Motion was made by Greg Haack and seconded by Patty Mullins to approve contracting with MSA for design and planning assistance for Garfoot Creek culvert replacement at Garfoot and Braun Roads and for the same regarding the Scherbel Road bridge maintenance at Black Earth Creek. Board Members Greg Hyer, Greg Haack, Patty Mullins and Paul Correll approved. Motion carried. Discussion/action on amendment to Ordinance 108 Town of Cross Plains Building Information Permit Ordinance. Motion was made by Patty Mullins seconded by Paul Correll to approve amending the Building Information Permit Ordinance to include Wisconsin Administrative Code Ch. SPS 316 in its entirety as required to do so under the provision of Wis. Admin. Code § SPS 316.011(1)(a)4. Board Members Greg Hyer, Greg Haack, Patty Mullins and Paul Correll approved. Motion carried. Motion to adjourn was made by Greg Haack and seconded by Paul Correll. Board Members Greg Hyer, Greg Haack, Patty Mullins and Paul Correll approved. Motion carried. The meeting was adjourned at 10:00 p.m. Nancy Meinholz, Clerk