2022 Town Board Meeting Minutes

Town of Blue Mounds, Board Meeting 7pm Monday, January 10th, 2022 minutes Present: Dennis Jelle -Town Chairmen, John Brixy-Town Supervisor, Curt Winter-Deputy Clerk/Treasurer. Mike Freitag – Clerk. Approved Motion was made by John to bypass reading the December 13, 2021 minutes, Dennis seconded motion passes 3-0. ELECTION WORKERS Clerk read a list of Election workers that were approved for the 2022 Election Season. John moved to approve list as presented. PUBLIC COMMENTS There were no Public Comments. TONY VERMAAK Tony Vermaak Parcel #0606-231-9660-1, 2381 Sand Rock Rd., Was here for a Concept meeting to rezone this 2 acre parcel from A-1(EX) to SFR- Single Family Residential Zoning District. This continues from last month. All paperwork is properly turned in Curt confirmed. No action required. FINKS CORPORATION John moved to adopt that if the Finks Corporation located in the Town of Blue Mounds were to receive the gravel bid contract for extensive road work to be completed on US/151 in summer of 2022, The Town of Blue Mounds would approve the use of a temporary Portable Mixing Plant operated by the Finks Corporation. A roll call vote was taken Dennis Jelle yay, John Brixy Yay, Wayne Jones was absent. JENNIFER CASPER/SCOTT BJORGE-REZONE Jennifer Casper/Scott Bjorge Parcel #0606-261-9910-0, E Blue Mounds Road, Concept meeting to rezone this 10 acre parcel from A-2(8) Legacy zoning to SFR- Single Family Residential Zoning District. The purpose of this rezone is to bring parcel into compliance with current zoning and to facilitate the construction of a new residential home. There is currently nothing on the property. A split is in place and they do have a building right. It started out just a two acre lot. Looking at having one driveway. John asked if a site visit would happen. They are looking to build fall of 2022. An engineered plan for the driveway would be needed. TIM AND DAWN GOPLIN Were in a year ago, all paperwork has been turned in. A rezone was needed to accommodate building a single family residence. Lot two 2.85 acres will be carved out of a 35 acre plot, the rest of the acreage will be zoned Ag. No site visit has taken place yet. STEVE BIGLER Parcel #0606-083-8461-0 Discussion took place about an Ag Conversion charge that he received on his 2021 tax bill. DISCUSSION AND ACTION ON AMENDING OF ORDINANCE RELATED TO LIVESTOCK HARVEST FACILITIES SEC 1.0624 Discussion took place about slaughter houses being built in Commercial Areas. How should it be Zoned? Do we want or need input from the public regarding setbacks? Livestock processing facilities was why the Amendment was drafted, giving the specific Town rights. Item was tabled until February/March meeting. REVIEW OF GENERAL ENGINEERING CONSULTANT FEES A new fee schedule has been proposed. The fees announced are the actual fees that they charge us currently. Our fees are still slightly lower that Dane County. John motioned that the Town has been made aware of the new fee schedule and to accept the new fee amounts. Dennis Seconded. Motion carries 2-0. REQUEST FOR ROGER AND DOCKEN ROAD TO BE PAVED A Town resident was present to ask if and when Docken and Roger Road will be paved. Work is still to be done on the Cul-de-sac. Someone lost control of a vehicle on the gravel road. Police report claimed gravel road condition had something to do with the accident. PATROLMAN UPDATE/MAINTENANCE REPORT/SALT SHED ISSUES Sheds are full of salt. Maintenance is up to date on all machines. We are all ready for snow. Still looking for a third snow-plow driver. We have had several people abuse the salt shed by taking too much salt and sand. A couple buckets are fine. It will now be locked and permission will be needed to access the salt shed. NEW SECURITY CAMERAS Town of Blue Mounds has purchased new security cameras for the warehouse. Cameras are in place and working great. LAND USE COMMITTEE Several site visits will be scheduled in February. BUSINESS ENHANCEMENT GROUP Information was presented about a possible company Van company moving to The Town of Blue Mounds. The committee will follow up with them. LEGISLATIVE REPORT Floor session January 24-26th finishing up by March 1. Looks like we will be in the 81st District. John recommended that someone from the area be put forth to run for a state senator seat. BILLS John motioned to approve the bills at $15,779.90. Dennis seconded. Motion passed. John made a motion to adjourn. Dennis seconded. Meeting adjourned. Next meeting is February 14th, 2022. This meeting is open to the public. Additional Agenda Items will be posted at least 24 hours before the meeting at Town Hall and Online at http://townofbluemounds.com. Town of Blue Mounds, Board Meeting 7pm Monday, February 14th, 2022 minutes Present: Dennis Jelle -Town Chairmen, John Brixy-Town Supervisor, Wayne Jones-Town Supervisor, Mike Freitag – Clerk. Approved Motion was made by John to bypass reading the January 10, 2022 minutes, Dennis seconded motion passes 3-0. PUBLIC COMMENTS There were no Public Comments. TONY VERMAAK Tony Vermaak Parcel #0606-231-9660-1, 2381 Sand Rock Rd Open Hearing regarding rezone application for garage rebuild. Tearing down garage to build a new one. Curt has all forms and everything looks like it is ready to go. Would a site visit be needed? Building is smaller than house. Zoning will be changed. John read ordinance Z-2022-1. John motioned to approve Z- 2022-1. Wayne Seconded. Motion passed 3-0. John motioned to pass CUP 2022-14. Wayne seconded. Motion Passed 3-0. TIM GOPLIN Tim and Dawn Goplin, Andrew Lane- Parcels 0606-041-9810-9 and 0606-044-8000-8, Andrew Lane- Open Hearing regarding Zoning Change for minor parcel boundary change within commonly owned parcels and creation of a residential lot. Paperwork turned in and all fees paid. Site visit will be needed it will be on February 24 or March 1, 2022. John motioned to place ordinance Z 2022-2 on the March agenda and passed then after the site visit takes place. Wayne Seconded. Motion passed 3-0. It will be finalized at March 14, 2022 meeting. CARL JOHNSON Parcel #0606-282-9830-4, County Trunk E. Concept meeting for rezone and home Build. Carl has a county permit to connect on Highway E. Erosion control permit still needed. Driveway will be 15-20 yards from the current field road. A site visit will be needed. Will be updated at the meeting on March 14, 2022. ATC RESOLUTION AND CONTRACT ATC has submitted a Road Repair Reimbursement Agreement explaining which roads they will use to transport equipment for the project. ATC has agreed to give us $5000 up front. They have also agreed to re-do any road damage that might occur from the transfer of heavy equipment for the actual project work (the full agreement is available for review at Town Hall.) John motioned The Town of Blue Mounds accept the Road Repair and Agreement from ATC. Wayne seconded. Motion passed 3-0. The permit runs from June 1, 2022 – June 1, 2023. TOWN OF BLUE MOUNDS BUSINESS EHHANCEMENT GROUP Discussion followed about what the actual roles of the group will be. Talked about ways to promote existing businesses and recruiting more businesses to the commercial corridor. Also discussed was ways to improve our current website to make it more attractive for businesses looking to move to the Town. A budget will need to be created and the Board will need to approve the funds. We are looking to recruit a few more members to the group. It looks like ARPA funds may be used to support the group because it is considered Economic Development. We will have a more detailed update at the March meeting. LAND USE COMMITTEE Three site visits will take place this month. FIRE DISTRICT Books are closed for the year. Discussion followed. LEGISLATIVE REPORT Senate passed 2 bills passed 5-0. Waiting for action on the floor. This bill is regarding ETZ zoning issues. Town Association believes that this bill passing is a positive for Townships. CORRESPONDENCE Dane County Sheriffs inquired about coming to our meetings and update what is going on in the Community. John made a request to invite the new sheriff to present at one of our meetings. BILLS John motioned to approve the bills at $1,583,034.24. Dennis seconded. Motion passed. John made a motion to adjourn. Dennis seconded. Meeting adjourned. Next meeting is March 14th, 2022. This meeting is open to the public. Additional Agenda Items will be posted at least 24 hours before the meeting at Town Hall and Online at http://townofbluemounds.com. Town of Blue Mounds, Board Meeting 7pm Monday, March 14th, 2022 minutes Present: Dennis Jelle -Town Chairmen, John Brixy-Town Supervisor, Wayne Jones-Town Supervisor, Curt Winter-Deputy Clerk/Treasurer Mike Freitag – Clerk. Approved Motion was made by John to accept the February 14th, 2022 minutes, Dennis seconded motion passes 3-0. PUBLIC COMMENTS There were no Public Comments. APRIL 5th ELECTION Election will take place in a couple weeks. Basically, a School Board Election. Please call or email for a Ballot. BILSIE DRIVEWAY CONSTRUCTION PERMIT Carla and Robert Bilsie Parcel #0606-353-9000-2, 9963 Blue Valley Rd, Driveway Construction Permit application. REISDORF CONCEPT MEETING Craig Reisdorf, Reissell Road-concept meeting regarding creating a residential parcel. TIM GOPLIN Tim and Dawn Goplin, Andrew Lane- Parcels 0606-041-9810-9 and 0606-044-8000-8, Andrew Lane- Open Hearing regarding Zoning Change for minor parcel boundary change within commonly owned parcels and creation of a residential lot. Paperwork turned in and all fees paid. Site visit will be needed it will be on February 24 or March 1, 2022. John motioned to place ordinance Z 2022-2 on the March agenda and passed then after the site visit takes place. Wayne Seconded. Motion passed 3-0. It will be finalized at March 14, 2022 meeting. CARL JOHNSON Parcel #0606-282-9830-4, County Trunk E. Concept meeting for rezone and home Build. Carl has a county permit to connect on Highway E. Erosion control permit still needed. Driveway will be 15-20 yards from the current field road. A site visit will be needed. Will be updated at the meeting on March 14, 2022. ATC RESOLUTION AND CONTRACT ATC has submitted a Road Repair Reimbursement Agreement explaining which roads they will use to transport equipment for the project. ATC has agreed to give us $5000 up front. They have also agreed to re-do any road damage that might occur from the transfer of heavy equipment for the actual project work (the full agreement is available for review at Town Hall.) John motioned The Town of Blue Mounds accept the Road Repair and Agreement from ATC. Wayne seconded. Motion passed 3-0. The permit runs from June 1, 2022 – June 1, 2023. TOWN OF BLUE MOUNDS BUSINESS EHHANCEMENT GROUP Discussion followed about what the actual roles of the group will be. Talked about ways to promote existing businesses and recruiting more businesses to the commercial corridor. Also discussed was ways to improve our current website to make it more attractive for businesses looking to move to the Town. A budget will need to be created and the Board will need to approve the funds. We are looking to recruit a few more members to the group. It looks like ARPA funds may be used to support the group because it is considered Economic Development. We will have a more detailed update at the March meeting. LAND USE COMMITTEE Three site visits will take place this month. FIRE DISTRICT Books are closed for the year. Discussion followed. LEGISLATIVE REPORT Senate passed 2 bills passed 5-0. Waiting for action on the floor. This bill is regarding ETZ zoning issues. Town Association believes that this bill passing is a positive for Townships. CORRESPONDENCE Dane County Sheriffs inquired about coming to our meetings and update what is going on in the Community. John made a request to invite the new sheriff to present at one of our meetings. BILLS John motioned to approve the bills at $1,583,034.24. Dennis seconded. Motion passed. John made a motion to adjourn. Dennis seconded. Meeting adjourned. Next meeting is March 14th, 2022. This meeting is open to the public. Additional Agenda Items will be posted at least 24 hours before the meeting at Town Hall and Online at http://townofbluemounds.com. Town of Blue Mounds, Board Meeting 7pm Monday, April 11th, 2022 minutes Present: Dennis Jelle -Town Chairmen, John Brixy-Town Supervisor, Wayne Jones-Town Supervisor, Curt Winter-Deputy Clerk/Treasurer. Approved Motion was made by John to accept the March 14th, 2022 minutes, Dennis seconded motion passes 3-0. BROOKE GAGNER DANE COUNTY DEPUTY Brooke announced how many police calls we had for the year. Across Dane County thefts from cars has increased. Mental Health issue calls have been on the rise also. This year we have had 118 calls total. PUBLIC COMMENTS There were no Public Comments. JENNIFER CASPER Jennifer Casper/Scott Bjorge Parcel #0606-261-9910-0, E Blue Mounds Road, Public Hearing regarding Zoning Change for creation of a residential lot. No show. Tabled to next meeting. CARL JOHNSON Carl Johnson Parcel #0606-282-9830-4, County Trunk E, Public Hearing regarding Zoning Change for creation of a residential lot. No show. Tabled to next meeting. PAUL AND CHRISTINE BELL Bell, Paul and Christine Parcel 0606-184-8075-0, Topper Road, concept meeting regarding options for newly created home site. Discussion followed about what the owners want to do with the land. They will update the Town at a latter date. There are two remaining splits on the property. DENNIS JELLE Jelle, Dennis, Parcels #0606-273-9580-8 and 0606-273-8200-9, Blue Rock Rd, Concept meeting for creating a residential parcel from a combination of two larger parcels. A vote was taken to make John acting Chairmen while Dennis presents his proposal. Not practical to have a joint driveway. No line of site issues. Neighbor notifications have been sent out. John motioned to move forward with the project. Kevin Depies had a question for the board on when to do site visits. Discussion followed. 78/18/151 PARK AND RIDE Dennis mentioned that the Park and Ride at highway 78 is poorly lit and attracts criminal activity. A car was vandalized and several car parts were stolen. John motioned that we start contacting the state to recommend better lighting. Dennis seconded. Motion passed 3-0. ORDINANCE AMENDMENT RELATED LIVESTOCK HARVEST FACILITIES Harvesting livestock ordinance. Unfarmed butchering is taking place. A CUP will allow for a case by case study. The slaughter building has to be USDA approved. A 500 foot setback would be needed. It must be rezoned to commercial. SAND ROCK ROAD AND BARTON ROAD PROJECT Town and Country would like to contract to continue engineering and surveying of the Barton Road Culverts. John motioned to approve. Wayne seconded. Motion passed. ROAD MANTIENCE REPORT Patch will be delivered this week. Sand Rock Road will need a lot of patching. Some signs are still being stolen. LAND USE COMMITTEE Discussion already took place. FIRE DISTRICT The Ambulance will have a Doctor that rides with on some calls. Discussion followed. LEGISLATIVE REPORT Governor has vetoed several bills this session. November will be busy. CORRESPONDENCE Village of Blue Mounds has received some complaints about garbage etc. right of Walking Trail. Some storage is taking place. Possibly send the land owner a letter. Lottery credit will come this Friday. A new flag will be bought for the Town. BILLS John motioned to approve the bills at $47,125.92 Dennis seconded. Motion passed. John made a motion to adjourn. Dennis seconded. Meeting adjourned. Next meeting is May 9thth, 2022. This meeting is open to the public. Additional Agenda Items will be posted at least 24 hours before the meeting at Town Hall and Online at http://townofbluemounds.com. Town of Blue Mounds, Board Meeting 7pm Monday, May 9th, 2022 minutes Present: Dennis Jelle -Town Chairmen, John Brixy-Town Supervisor, Wayne Jones-Town Supervisor, Michael Freitag-Clerk, Curt Winter-Deputy Clerk/Treasurer. Approved Two small changes were made on the Minutes. Motion was made by John to accept the April 11th, 2022 minutes, Dennis seconded motion passes 3-0. BARTON ROAD WORK Dennis commented on how we are working on Barton Road. The DNR will need to be involved. ROAD BIDS The Town received two road bids. One from Fahrner and one from Scott Construction. The bids specifications were not similar. There was a pretty big difference in length of the roads involved in the bid. The Board decided to have the two contractors re-measure the exact width along with our patrolman. A special meeting will be held after the exact specifications are clarified. CRAIG REISDORF Reisell LLC c/o Craig Reisdorf Parcel #0606-324-9004-0, Reisell Road, Public Hearing regarding Zoning Change for creation of a residential lot. John read Zoning Ordinance Z 2022-5. John motioned to approve the ordinance as written. Wayne seconded. Motion passed 3-0. CARL JOHNSON Carl Johnson Parcel #0606-282-9830-4, County Trunk E, Public Hearing regarding Zoning Change for creation of a residential lot. John Read Zoning Ordinance Z 2022-3. Still need to see CSM map. John motioned to pass the ordinance with two contingencies. Wayne seconded. Motion passed 3-0. CASPER/BJORGE Jennifer Casper/Scott Bjorge Parcel #0606-261-9910-0, E Blue Mounds Road, Public Hearing regarding Zoning Change for creation of a residential lot. John read ordinance Z 2022-4. No driveway has been planned yet. John motioned to approve the Ordinance with one contingency. Wayne seconded. Motion passed 3-0. DENNIS JELLE Dennis motioned to turn the meeting over to John as Chairman. Wayne Seconded. Jelle Sunny Ridge, LLC Parcels #0606-273-8200-9 and 0606-273-9580-8, State Highway 78, Zoning Change for creation of a residential lot. CSM is needed. John read motion Z 2022-6. Wayne motioned to pass the ordinance. John Seconded. Motion passed 2-0. John moved to return the meeting back to the chairman. Wayne seconded. DOUG HUSETH *Huseth, Doug Parcel #0606-284-9740-1, Blue Rock Cheese Factory parcel, meeting with Board to discuss retitling this parcel in Mr. Huseth’s name. Tabled it will be on next month agenda. CARLA AND BOB BILSIE Bilsie, Bob and Carla Parcel# 0606-353-9110-0 submission of engineered plan for driveway installation. Just approving driveway tonight. Wayne motioned to approve it. John seconded. Motion passed 3-0. Doug Naujeck had some questions about rezoning his farm. MARY ANNE BELLAZINI Gave a report on the Business Enhancement committee. Looking into re-doing the website and what the costs would be. Looking at several social media outlets to help promote the Town. LAND USE COMMITTEE Conversation took place about when site visits are needed. FIRE DISTRICT UW Students are working for our EMS. LEGISLATIVE REPORT Assembly District 81 only has one person filed to run so far. No session going on. CORRESPONDENCE MHTC is requesting permission to run fiber optics up Cave of The Mounds Road. John motioned to approve. Wayne seconded. Motion passed 3-0. Village got back to us with a couple of dates to meet for ETZ purposes. BILLS John motioned to approve the bills at $9,437.44 Dennis seconded. Motion passed 3-0. Open Book and BOR dates need to be set. John made a motion to adjourn. Dennis seconded. Meeting adjourned. Next meeting is June 13thth, 2022. This meeting is open to the public. Additional Agenda Items will be posted at least 24 hours before the meeting at Town Hall and Online at http://townofbluemounds.com. Town of Blue Mounds, Board Meeting 7pm Monday, June 13th, 2022 minutes Present: Dennis Jelle -Town Chairmen, John Brixy-Town Supervisor, Wayne Jones-Town Supervisor, Michael Freitag-Clerk. Approved May minutes one word was changed in the minutes specifications should replace measurements. John made motion to approve minutes Dennis seconded. Motion passed 3-0. PUBLIC COMMENTS Jill Jonas had a few requests to improve minutes with more details. Also requested more trainings for Election Workers. Clerk will follow through on requests. SHELLLIE BENISH INTRODUCTION Shellie Benish announced she is running for the 81st Assembly District. She is also the Clerk for the Town of Black Earth. A short speech was made highlighting some of her accomplishments. JAR STORAGE CONCEPT MEETING Currently own a storage facility in Waunakee are interested in putting storage facility in The Town of Blue Mounds on off Erbe Road. Five buildings on a 2 acre parcel. The storage units will be gated. Outside storage is a possibility. Building is about 3-6 months out. No driveway will be needed. Curt will get the proper paper work to them. STEPHEN ADDISON Addison, Stephen Parcels 0606-193-9175-0 and 0606-194-9050-5, County Road F and County Road Z respectively, concept meeting regarding options for the establishment of a single family dwelling home site. They have two driveways available one off of Highway Z and one off of Highway F. Stephen presented two sites for building. Land use committee will need to schedule a visit. John motioned prior to consideration to the home build, a site visit will be needed to make sure everything is in compliance. Wayne seconded. Motion passed 3-0. DOUG HUSETH Doug did not show up. Blue Rock Cheese factory parcel. John motioned that this be tabled and moved to the next meeting. TOWN OF BLUE MOUNDS CEMETARY TREE REMOVAL Three trees need to be removed. We have received a quote from the Lawncare person that takes care of the cemetery. John asked that a written request be submitted. Dennis said that it needs to take place as soon as possible. John motioned that the work take place right away but a bill must be submitted. Dennis seconded. Motion passed. FINKS PARKING LOT PROPOSAL Only one bid has been submitted so far. John motioned to put it on the agenda for the next meeting. Wayne seconded. Motion passed 3-0. LIVESTOCK ORDINANCE We need to contact the 6 opt out Towns and get the ordinance. It will be on the next agenda. PUBLIC WORKS Mowing is taking place and patching. Town and Country has been working on a proposal of what it would take to get a culvert put in at Barton Road. LAND USE COMMITTEE One site visit is coming up on the Addison property. LEGISLATIVE REPORT A movement was made to remove the Parole Board Chairman. JOHN RECOGNIZED DANE COUNTY DISTRICT REPRESENATIVE Tom Mathias has joined our meeting. John did have a question about Solar Projects and if a neighboring Town is against it. What is the procedure? Has the Executive Committee has discussions about it? BILLS John motioned to approve the bills at $27,119.52 Wayne seconded. Motion passed 3-0. John made a motion to adjourn. Dennis seconded. Meeting adjourned. Next meeting is July 11thth, 2022. This meeting is open to the public. Additional Agenda Items will be posted at least 24 hours before the meeting at Town Hall and Online at http://townofbluemounds.com. Town of Blue Mounds, Board Meeting 7pm Monday, July 11th, 2022 minutes Present: Dennis Jelle -Town Chairmen, John Brixy-Town Supervisor, Wayne Jones-Town Supervisor, Michael Freitag-Clerk. UnApproved June minutes no changes were made. John made motion to approve minutes Dennis seconded. Motion passed 3-0. PUBLIC COMMENTS Lisa Schlimgen had some comments about the livestock ordinance. It is on the Agenda she can comment at that point. BUSINESS ENHANCEMENT GROUP UPDATE A new flyer is being developed for promotional purposes; we are trying to list all of the current Town of Blue Mounds businesses on it. Several projects are being discussed like a electronic sign board out front. New website development. Cleaning up grounds around Town Hall. We are working on a Budget for the various projects. FINK EXCAVATING REVIEW OF AMENDED CUP FOR PEPPER DRIVE EXPANSION A change was reviewed on there CUP. Finks would like to move the road to the north. It would then change the right of way. Lawn would come all the way up to the road. One other request was made that Finks not blacktop the road beyond the Church Driveway. There will be a round about driveway in place. Five lots are left in the area. John motioned to approve the current survey map. Wayne seconded. Motion passed. FEMA UPDATE We were contacted last week about a project that was started in 2019 and needs some additional paperwork to be completed and we will receive a check for $6700. A new grant portal system will be used to apply for the funds. The Clerk is in the process of completing the forms. STEPHEN ADDISON Addison, Stephen Parcels 0606-193-9175-0 and 0606-194-9050-5, County Road F and County Road Z respectively, concept meeting regarding options for the establishment of a single family dwelling home site. They have two driveways available one off of Highway Z and one off of Highway F. Stephen presented two sites for building. Land use committee will need to schedule a visit. TABELED UNTIL NEXT MEETING. FINKS PARKING LOT PROPOSAL The Town is looking at redoing our parking lot. The bid is $136, 400. It will cover 47, 713 Sq Feet of area. The work will most likely not take place in 2022. We need to confirm the bid contract in order to get placed on the schedule for 2023. We could request that this amount be the maximum charge, with no price increase. John motioned to approve the proposal from Finks to repave Town Hall parking lot in a total no greater than $136, 400. Wayne Seconded. Motion passed 3-0. NEW TRUCK PROPOSAL The Town has been working with LAKESIDE INTERNATIONAL TRUCK to secure the purchase of a 2024 HV607 SBA new plow truck. The purchase price is $130, 596.74. There is some urgency to get this contract approved so we can be placed on a list and possible get this truck delivered in fall of 2023. A Town of Blue Mounds resident recommended that because of the amount of the expenditure it should become before a Town Meeting and requested what the cancellation policy would be. John motioned that we approve the contract as long as final approval is met by the Town Residents at the next Town Board meeting on August 8th, 2022. BARTON ROAD PROPOSAL Barton Road project has been submitted to the Mount Horeb Newspaper for bid. It is looking like that project may not be in this years Budget. Also looking for companies to install our new air filtration system. LIVESTOCK ORDINANCE FINALIZATION New Livestock ordinance came back from Mark Hazelbaker. Lisa Schlimgen had several questions and comments about the proposed ordinance. Final ordinance must be approved by Board. Lisa referenced the April 11, 2022 minutes about the wording of the Ordinance. What is meant by unfarmed butchering? USDA certified means that meat can be shipped over state lines. Ordinance is not finished will be discussed at future Board Meetings. Town would be open for suggestions regarding the Ordinance. Six opt out Towns need to approve the Ordinance. PUBLIC WORKS/ROAD MAINTENANCE Patching and mowing are currently going on. Bergum road needs it most. It looks like we are to re-do all the dead ends in the Town. We do not want to start road work too late. May need to re-bid Barton Road. Permitting is in process. We are set up for next year to get to work on Barton Road. Fahrner will be doing some road work. LAND USE COMMITTEE Site visit scheduled for Steve Addison property. LEGISLATIVE REPORT Towns Association has a listening session In Dodge County. Looking for ideas about changes to current legislation. We are not members of the Town Advocacy Council. John serves as our representative. Wisconsin Towns Association has four registered lobbyist. CORRESPONDENCE Annual contract for LP gas has come in. Last year we went over by 1200 gallons. Last year we were at 1.44 per gallon new price is 1.79 per gallon. John motioned that we approve Allegiant Oil Contract. Wayne seconded. Motion passed 3-0. BLOCK GRANTS -Should we sign up for Block Grants? Our Attorney said that if we are guaranteed money not a bad idea, but you have to follow several Federal stipulations. John motioned that we do not sign the Letter. Wayne Seconded. Motion Passed 3-0. BILLS Curt would like to get current with Town and Country Sanitation. John motioned to approve. Wayne seconded. Motion passed 3-0. John motioned to approve the bills at $20,581.99 Wayne seconded. Motion passed 3-0. John made a motion to adjourn. Dennis seconded. Meeting adjourned. Next meeting is August 8th, 2022. This meeting is open to the public. Additional Agenda Items will be posted at least 24 hours before the meeting at Town Hall and Online at http://townofbluemounds.com. Town of Blue Mounds, Board Meeting 7pm Monday August 8th, 2022 minutes Present: Dennis Jelle -Town Chairmen, John Brixy-Town Supervisor, Wayne Jones-Town Supervisor, Michael Freitag-Clerk. Approved July minutes no changes were made. John made motion to approve minutes Dennis seconded. Motion passed 3-0. BUSINESS ENHANCEMENT COMMITTEE Group met and put together an email and letter about a Brochure that is going to be distributed. It costs $25 to get your business in the brochure. Also our website was discussed and how to re-design it. Pictures of the Town Hall will be featured in the new website. ARPA funds may be used to help fund projects. Dennis proposed we change the name of the Business Enhancement Committee. SUSAN SMITH Talking about rural internet. Lives on North Road. Currently has old DSL Internet. High speed fiber through MHTC has been expanding. JG and North Road has been ignored. Federal Grants are paying for internet expansion. Her property is not considered rural. Tyrol has high speed internet. Could pay for internet to her house. Asking the Board to consider rural internet for all with no Islands. Towns Association has had a committee working on these issues for the last two years. HAVENS SHED HOUSE *Zach/Jami Havens 0606-303-9180-5 and 0606-303-9180-5, County Hwy F, Concept meeting for rezone of parcels and home build. Looking to build a Shed House. Driveway would come off of Highway F. They own two parcels. Building in Town of Blue Mounds, but driveway will be in Iowa County. Driveway permit has been approved by Iowa County. It will be primary residence. John motioned to approve concept plan. Dennis seconded. Motion carries. VFW PROPOSAL Mt Horeb Centennial Post -VFW 0606-094-8910-7, 2787 Erbe Rd., discussion regarding cooperative agreement between the Town and VFW for supplementing/reinforcing Erbe Rd shoulder directly across from facility. Finks gave them an estimate of $11,500 for new asphalt would like Town to pay for half. It is Town of Blue Mounds right away. About 20-22 extra parking spaces will be added. Wayne motioned to pay for half in the amount of $5750. John seconded. Motion carries. GOPLIN DRIVEWAY FOR NEW HOUSE *TEDMG TRUST c/o Tim Goplin 0606-041-9920-0, 3014 Andrew Lane, submission of Driveway Construction Permit application along with engineered plan for driveway for review and action. We have copy of site plans and grading plans. Everything has been paid for. Seeking approval tonight. Engineered plan does not see a culvert necessary. John motioned to approve driveway construction permit. Wayne seconded. Motion carries. LAZARUS PROPERTY *George Lazarus, High Ridge Rd (off Erbe Rd), release from obligation now that High Ridge Rd has had been completed. Road is finished. Two coats have been applied. Has it been inspected to be a Town Road. Town and Country will need to approve finished road. Tabled to next meeting. FINKS PARKING LOT PROPOSAL The Town is looking at redoing our parking lot. The bid is $136, 400. It will cover 47, 713 Sq Feet of area. The work will most likely not take place in 2022. John motioned that we notify FINKS to get on the list for next year pending approval at annual board meeting and approval in Budget. Wayne seconded. Motion carries. Will the project be rebidded? NEW TRUCK PROPOSAL The Town has been working with LAKESIDE INTERNATIONAL TRUCK to secure the purchase of a 2024 HV607 SBA new plow truck. The purchase price is $130, 596.74. Could be an increase of $10,000. Anything more than that we do not have to purchase. Equipment for truck could cost around $50,000 as well. John motioned to confirm the commitment to get on the list pending approval from Town Board meeting and in the next budget. LIVESTOCK ORDINANCE FINALIZATION On August 29th six towns are meeting to come up with final ordinance. Town residents input will be appreciated. Specific ordinances will be approved at each Town level. FIRE UPDATE Budget will be increased this year. LAND USE COMMITTEE A site visit was made at Steven Addison’s property. CORREPONDONCE A resident complained about grass being blown out on the highway. BILLS John motioned to approve the bills at $85,215.50 Wayne seconded. Motion passed 3-0. John made a motion to adjourn. Dennis seconded. Meeting adjourned. Next meeting is September 12th, 2022. This meeting is open to the public. Additional Agenda Items will be posted at least 24 hours before the meeting at Town Hall and Online at http://townofbluemounds.com. Town of Blue Mounds, Board Meeting 7pm Monday, September 12, 2022 minutes Present: Dennis Jelle -Town Chairmen, John Brixy-Town Supervisor, Rick VanDomelen-Town Supervisor, Michael Freitag-Clerk, Curt Winter Deputy Clerk/Treasurer Approved NEW SUPERVISOR The board and the Clerk voted on a new supervisor. Rick VanDomelen for the position of Supervisor #2. John made a motion to vote for Rick as a replacement for supervisor 2 position until Spring of 2023. Mike Seconded. Motion passed 3-0. MINUTES August minutes no changes were made. John made motion to approve minutes Rick seconded. Motion passed 3-0. PUBLIC COMMMENTS Jenny Elmer commented on the traffic on Malone Road. Specifically, the size of some of the trucks that are traveling on Malone Road. Are weight limits a possibility? BUSINESS ENHANCEMENT COMMITTEE Met on Tuesday, so far we have received 13 checks for the brochure. We are still trying to call other businesses in the Town of Blue Mounds. Reminder calls will be made. Website discussion has been tabled for now. JAR STORAGE CUP needs to be discussed. They are not present at this meeting. They are building storage sheds on a lot off Erbe Road. No engineered plan has been received yet. John motioned we table this to the next meeting. Rick Seconded. Motion passed. JOSH STRAKA Lives at 2985 Bergum Road, been there for 7 years. Looking to build accessory building on the property with some livestock. Would like to put water in that structure. Hose on exterior of building with drain inside building. No restroom facilities are allowed. John motioned that the Board let the project go forward and will review plans. Rick Seconded. Motion passed 3-0. LIVESTOCK ORDINANCE Been on agenda for a couple months already. Springfield has already approved the ordinance. Cannot be acted on tonight, it will need to be published. The ordinance is not meant to regulate any facilities. It relates to zoning only. If the property changes hands a new CUP would be needed. Would a special meeting be needed? John motioned to put it on next meeting agenda. Rick seconded. Motion passed 3-0. PUBLIC WORKS Mowing has been taking place on a regular basis. Patching on roads has also taken place. Also a culvert has been replaced on Malone Road. Some tree trimming will take place along some Town Roads. LAND USE COMMITTEE Nothing on the Agenda currently. FIRE DISTRICT BUDGET Started out as a 9% increase got in down to a 5.6% increase in the Budget. Fuel costs and supply cost has driven the Budget increase. LEGISLATIVE REPORT Upcoming election will play a huge role in future programs. Town Roads have received some strong funding support in the last few years. NEW HEPA 60 FILTRATION SYSTEM Brager Heating and Cooling gave us a quote for $3850 to install here at Town Hall. Do they offer any extended warranty. ARPA funds would be approved for this expenditure. APPROVAL OF BILLS John had a question about the current Bobcat agreement. John motioned to approve the bills at $101,904.71 Rick seconded. Motion passed 3-0. John made a motion to adjourn. Dennis seconded. Meeting adjourned. Next meeting is October 10th, 2022. This meeting is open to the public. Additional Agenda Items will be posted at least 24 hours before the meeting at Town Hall and Online at http://townofbluemounds.com. Town of Blue Mounds, Board Meeting 7pm Monday, October 10th, 2022 minutes Present: Dennis Jelle -Town Chairmen, John Brixy-Town Supervisor, Rick VanDomelen-Town Supervisor, Michael Freitag-Clerk, Curt Winter Deputy Clerk/Treasurer Approved STEVE SALERNO MOUNT HOREB SCHOOL DISTRICT Presentation about the upcoming referendum question that will be on the November, 8th, 2022 Ballot. Please call Town of Blue Mounds for a copy of total presentation. SOUTHWEST DANE OUTREACH Lynn Forshaug and Pat Ferell made a budget presentation explaining the amount the center is requesting from the Town. Outreach provides case management and nutrition/food services in six municipalities. Please contact clerk for a copy of the Budget. BUSINESS ENHANCEMENT COMMITTEE UPDATE New Town of Blue Mounds brochure will be ready for the November Election. Final copy is available tonight. Twenty-four Businesses will be represented on the Brochure. We will print a second batch in the spring. JAR STORAGE LLC 0606-094-9580-0 Lot 1 Erbe Rd, update on driveway construction status and open hearing for CUP allowing Mini- Storage/Self-Storage facility 1.0643 on this site. Driveway construction permit needs to be approved. Need CUP approval for mini storage units. A few more steps need to be approved. John read Conditional Use Permit 2022-1. Effective day of permit will read today. John motioned to approve CUP as read with attachments presented tonight. Rick seconded. Motion approved 3-0. PUBLIC WORKS Bob did some research on the Benches, got some pricing. Many rules apply as to where the bench can go. Weight limits posted on roads was discussed. It is really hard to enforce with no Town Police officer. Town has no one to issue a ticket. The new Bobcat is in the works. County will not enforce weight limits. Patching and mowing will continue. LAND USE COMMITTEE No repot been really quiet. FIRE DISTRICT 5.3% increase in the Budget driven by fuel costs. LEGISLATIVE REPORT Wisconsin Towns Association meeting talked about workforce housing. Currently spent 31 Million on 2200 units 14,400 per unit. County giving money to developers. Solar Farms were also discussed, an ordinance can be passed by a Town with several stipulations. APPROVAL OF BILLS John motioned to approve the bills at $15,755.80 Rick seconded. Motion passed 3-0. John made a motion to adjourn. Dennis seconded. Meeting adjourned. Next meeting is November 14th, 2022. This meeting is open to the public. Additional Agenda Items will be posted at least 24 hours before the meeting at Town Hall and Online at http://townofbluemounds.com. Town of Blue Mounds, Budget/Board 6pm Monday, NOVEMBER 14th, 2022 minutes Present: Dennis Jelle -Town Chairmen, John Brixy-Town Supervisor, Rick VanDomelen-Town Supervisor, Michael Freitag-Clerk, Curt Winter Deputy Clerk/Treasurer UnApproved November 14th 2022 The Clerk and Deputy Clerk/Treasurer went over the 2022-23 Proposed Town of Blue Mounds Budget. Several quality questions were raised. A new Budget hearing was set for December 5th, 2022 to present an amended Budget. A suggestion was made to Budget $50,000 for fiber optics. Rick motioned to Budget $50,000 for fiber optics and also bring Senior Center Funding to what they requested. John seconded. Motion passed 3-0. Resolution for Electors to Adopt Town Levy in the amount of $397,145 was read. Electors voting aye 15, nay 0 to approve. BLUE MOUNDS TOWN MEETING MINUTES Rick motioned to approve October Minutes. John seconded. Motioned passed. PUCLIC COMMENTS Jill Jonas commented about the importance of election training for Election workers. BUSINESS ENHANCEMENT MEETING New brochure is done with over 20 businesses in it. Looking for bids for redesign of Town of Blue Mounds website. Cleaning up Town Hall was looked at and several bids are being looked at. Also looking at free ways to improve our landscaping. Also discussed getting a new sign out front. PUBLIC WORKS All trucks are ready to go for snow plowing. Salt is full we are good to go. New Bobcat will be coming in late March. John motioned to approve Ritchie’s Implement Bobcat agreement. Rick seconded. Motion carried. SOLAR FARMS Not private solar panels, solar farms. Towns Association suggested to get out in front of Solar Farms. A draft ordinance will be available on our website soon. This ordinance is only for 1,000 kW or more. Some standards need to be set so the Town gets reimbursed for a variety of issues. Discussion followed. The Ordinance will be posted on The Towns website and discussed at the next Town Meeting. LAND USE COMMITTEE A new substation is being built on the corner of Highway 78 and County Road ID. No meetings were help because it is a public works project. FIRE DISTRICT Employees are looking at joining a union. A committee was formed to look into the union. Have to have at least 5 people join the union. LEGISLATIVE REPORT Waiting to see how things break down after the election in terms of Minority and Majority parties. APPROVAL OF BILLS John motioned to approve the bills at $26,366.94. Rick seconded. Motion passed 3-0. John made a motion to adjourn. Dennis seconded. Meeting adjourned. Next meeting is December 5th, 2022. This meeting is open to the public. Additional Agenda Items will be posted at least 24 hours before the meeting at Town Hall and Online at http://townofbluemounds.com. Town of Blue Mounds, Budget/Board 6pm Monday, DECEMBER 5th, 2022 minutes Present: Dennis Jelle -Town Chairmen, John Brixy-Town Supervisor, Rick VanDomelen-Town Supervisor, Michael Freitag-Clerk, Curt Winter Deputy Clerk/Treasurer UnApproved AMENDED BUDGET MEETING 6pm The clerk presented the 2023 Amended Budget to the electors. Several questions were raised about the new Budget. Election worker checks were mailed today. Specific questions were asked about supplemental fund vs the general fund. We will carry over a specific amount of money from year to year. This year our Supplemental fund is higher than usual. Why are Zoning expenses under conservation? Clerk increase in salary will come from hiring a full time clerk. Legal fees were also increased by $2000. Several concerns were raised about the Broadband Internet amount being raised from $500 to $50,000. ARPA money will be used to fund Broadband. A discussion about Broadband and ARPA funds continued. Rick motioned to approve the Budget as presented. John seconded. John moved to adjourn budget meeting. BOARD OF SUPERVISOR MEETING 7pm Under Solar Farms Rick recommended we amend the first sentence of the Solar Farm Ordinance. Remove first sentence. John motioned to approve November minutes as amended Rick seconded. PUCLIC COMMENTS Several questions were raised concerning the new Clerk position. BUSINESS ENHANCEMENT MEETING No quotes have been received for the beautification project yet. New brochure is done with over 20 businesses in it. The group has received several bids on a new website design. A presentation will take place in January on who we are going to go with. Clerk recommended contacting the current website designer. PUBLIC WORKS Town of Montrose called looking for assistance for plowing. John brought up some good points about insurance concerns. Other Towns are helping out as well. Bids need to go out for the Blue Mounds Cemetery. MEETING PROCEDURES Some meeting protocols will be put into place. Each person will be heard in an orderly fashion. Public is welcome to make comments. Regulations have not been posted yet but will be. John motioned to approve the protocols. Rick seconded. Motion passed. SOLAR PANELS Solar panel information was posted on the website. Encouraging Towns to adopt ordinances regarding Solar Farms. It will be revisited January 9th. Board approves the publication process. FIRE DISTRICT A committee was formed to look into the union. Have to have at least 5 people join the union. New rules and regulations will need to be written up. LEGISLATIVE REPORT John will touch base with some newly elected positions. APPROVAL OF BILLS John motioned to approve the bills at $7,327.82. Rick seconded. Motion passed 3-0. John made a motion to adjourn. Dennis seconded. Meeting adjourned. Next meeting is January 9th, 2023. This meeting is open to the public. Additional Agenda Items will be posted at least 24 hours before the meeting at Town Hall and Online at http://townofbluemounds.com.