2021 Town Board Meeting Minutes

Town of Blue Mounds, Board Meeting 7pm January 11, 2021 minutes Present: Dennis Jelle -Town Chairmen, John Brixy-Town Supervisor, Wayne Jones-Town Supervisor, Mike Freitag-Town Clerk, Curt Winter-Deputy Clerk/Treasurer. Motion was made by Dennis to bypass reading December minutes, John seconded motion passes 3-0. PUBLIC COMMENTS No comments UPDATE ON ACCURATE APPRASIAL A discussion took place about our renewal contract with Accurate Appraisal. Dennis discussed how Accurate has made some key mistakes dating back to 3 years ago. Dennis recommends that we not use Accurate Appraisal for the Town of Blue Mounds. Accurate new proposal that ran through 2023 will not be renewed. John motioned to table approval of Accurate Appraisal contract and to obtain bids from 1- 2 other Appraisal Companies. Wayne seconded. Motion passed 3-0. BUILDING AND GROUNDS We may need to call other companies regarding the window replacement that Town Hall needs. The original window installer cannot be reached. LAND USE COMMITTEE No comments ZONING Curt updated us about the Trainor Zoning situation. A letter was sent explaining what exact paperwork needs to be filled out for the rezone. Situation will be updated at next Board Meeting. ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT The Chairmen recommended that Economic Development portion of the Agenda be removed. TREE TRIMMING Dennis announced that tree trimming taking place on West Blue Mounds Road. FIRE DISTRICT Nothing major to report. Might get a new engine in the Middle of March. LEGISLATIVE Capital will be opening soon. John announced that he plans on making several visits. BILLS John motioned to approve bills at $828,291.85. Wayne Seconded. Motion Carries 3-0. John Motioned to Adjourn, Wayne Seconded. Motion Passed 3-0. Next Meeting is on February 11, 2021 Town of Blue Mounds, Board Meeting 7pm February 8, 2021 minutes Present: Dennis Jelle -Town Chairmen, John Brixy-Town Supervisor, Wayne Jones-Town Supervisor, Mike Freitag-Town Clerk, Curt Winter-Deputy Clerk/Treasurer. Motion was made by John to bypass reading January minutes, Wayne seconded motion passes 3-0. PUBLIC COMMENTS None ZONING PROJECTS Bruce Hollar, D’Onofrio Kottke and Associates, Inc., RE: Parcel #0606-232-8715-0 owned by J. Brakebill. Seeking to formalize the real estate transfer and warranty deed filing for additional real estate acquired. Discussion took place with Bruce Hollar on his upcoming project. The Board requested clarification on what will be Zoned Agriculture vs Residential. Curt commented that they would have to go through the Zoning process. Which will include a Land Use Committee visit and approval from our Zoning Administrator. Wade Wyse, Project Manager, Wyser Engineering. Regarding the construction of Good News Lutheran Church and construction plans for the extension of Pepper Drive which will service this site. Discussion took place and a plan was proposed to build a Church. Finks currently still owns the parcel, church will buy from the Finks. John motioned to approve extension of Pepper Road and make it a dedicated Town Road. The Town will not take over the road until it is completed to state specs. Wayne seconded. Motion passed 3-0. Work will begin late March. Our engineer must sign off on it. John Kastner, Vierbicher Engineers, RE: Parcel # 0606-134-8810-0 owned by Z&L Properties, LLC. Minor alteration to parcel lot line. Move one lot line to expand where storage units are going to be. John motioned to allow the project to make a change in the lot line making one lot bigger. A new description may need to be written. Wayne Seconded. Motion Approved 3-0. PUBLIC RECORDS REQUEST ORDINANCE Looking to get a ordinance in place to charge and monitor who has access to our Public Records and the staff time it takes to gather said information. We will work and look up more information to finish this project. SCHMIGLEN BEER AND WINE Lisa approached the Town of Blue Mounds about getting a wine and beer permit for their farm retail store. Gift Boxes and such throughout the year may include sample Beer and Wine. Mike will research and get back to her. April would be the time that the permit would be issued to fit in the Towns format of Liquor Licensing. It would be considered a Class “A” Retail Liquor License. BUILDING AND GROUNDS Windows again need to be replaced. The Clerk noted that the original windows were put in by a company that is no longer working locally. LAND USE COMMITTEE No comments ROAD MAINTENANCE North road ad went in the Newspaper today. Bids are due on Friday, March5th, 2021. Bids will be opened at The Town of Blue Mounds March 8, 2021 Board Meeting. FIRE DISTRICT All the staff has received Co-vid shots. Might get a new engine #2 in the Middle of March. We are going to sell the old with Wisconsin Surplus. LEGISLATIVE Capital still closed to the Public. John announced that he plans on making several visits. Focus has been Co-Vid 19. BOBCAT DISCUSSION The Manufacturing has changed the Series of the Machine. The new series is called the R series. We pay $1000 a year annually to upgrade. List price has increased around $7000, it is $53,000. Need to trade in every year to keep its trade value. Several questions were raised from the Public. John motioned to stay with the same program and approve a difference $8,122 and is to be paid by rolling it into a new loan with Farmers Savings Bank. Wayne seconded. Motion approved 3-0. DOUG HUSETH REQUEST Submitted a letter that he would like to own the small parcel that was part of an old cheese factory agreement from the past. Quick claim deed would work the best. We are only talking about .2 acres, and there is a driveway easement on it. No other claim to the property and Doug has been paying taxes for the parcel. BILLS John motioned to approve bills at $26, 658.93 $. Wayne Seconded. Motion Carries 3-0. John Motioned to Adjourn, Wayne Seconded. Motion Passed 3-0. Next Meeting is on March 8, 2021 Town of Blue Mounds, Board Meeting 7pm March 8, 2021 minutes Minutes for March 8, 2021 Present: Dennis Jelle -Town Chairmen, John Brixy-Town Supervisor, Wayne Jones-Town Supervisor, Mike Freitag-Town Clerk, Curt Winter-Deputy Clerk/Treasurer. Motion was made by Dennis to bypass minutes, John seconded motion passes 3-0. Move to approve as presented February minutes. NORTH ROAD BIDS The Town of Blue Mounds is accepting bids for the reconstruction of North Road. There were (2) contractors that submitted bids Scotts Construction and Fahrner Asphalt. The bids were opened and read. The Board followed with discussion on how the bids compare to each other. Scotts Construction was awarded the re-construction job on North Road. Weather permitting the job should start in a month or so. PUBLIC COMMENTS Helen Kahl reminded the Board to exhaust every effort to try and get some grant money for the North Road Project. Also she commented about the fact that Site Visits are not noticed in the newspaper. Clerk responded that no site visits have taken place since October 2020. CONCEPT MEETING Gary Friske from the VFW announced that the VFW is adding an addition on to the current building. A survey map was presented, and Dennis explained to the Board the scope of the project. It will be a simple extension from the existing building with two windows and a floor and a new entrance. TRAINOR/SUTTER ZONING UPDATE An Open hearing and action on rezoning, documentation of easement and one transfer of a Development Right regarding parcels 0606-213-9501-0, 0606- 213-9900-0 and 0606-213-9950-0. These parcels are owned individually by T Sutter, J Trainor and P Trainor. A Survey Map was presented to The Board. Curt Winter commented that several more forms are due. John read the details and the entire ordinance Z 2021-2 (Trainor). Tom and Nancy Sutter Z 2021-3. John motioned to approve both ordinances. Wayne Seconded. Motions passed 3-0. Discussion continues about the future driveway. ZONING JOHN KASTNER John Kastner, Vierbicher Engineers, RE: Parcel # 0606-134-8810-0 owned by Z&L Properties, LLC. Is here for a Review and approval of CSM and approval of extension of Red Fox Drive. Wants to continue driveway to the end of the Cul-de-sac. John motioned to approve the extension of Red Fox Drive Z 2020-2 that was approved in 2020. Wayne Seconded. Motion Passed 3-0. ZONING UPDATE Brake-bill project is moving forward. Open hearing and site visit will be scheduled soon. John commented that this project is a change from what we have always done. Usually an SFR is assigned to the property. PUBLIC RECORDS ORDINANCE Ordinance 2021-1 Access to the public records of The Town of Blue Mounds. It covers the purpose and the interpretation and who the Public Records officer will be. It outlines procedures that must be followed to obtain public records from the Town. A fee for public records will be in place. John amended the ordinance then made a motion to accept the Ordinance 2021-1 as presented with the fee schedule to follow. Wayne Seconded. Motion passed 3-0. Ordinance will come without fees, they will be set and approved annually at the Annual Town Meeting. Ordinance was recommended by the Wisconsin Towns Association. John recognized international Women’s day. Land Use Committee has had nothing since October 2020. FIRE DISTRICT Village of Blue Mounds has questioned the Budgeting Process for the Joint Fire District. Discussion followed and some ideas were proposed to reduce operating costs. It is very hard to set a budget limit not knowing the future costs of the Fire Department. Ambulance runs make up a lot of the costs of the Fire Department. LEGISLATIVE REPORT Capital is not open yet. Focus has been on the COVID 19 costs and re-opening plan. Many local ordinances have been pushed back to the next session. BILLS John motioned to approve the amount of $633,030.37. Wayne Seconded. Motion passed 3-0. Meeting Adjourned. Next meeting is Monday, April 12 2021. Town of Blue Mounds, Board Meeting 7pm APRIL 12, 2021 minutes Present: Dennis Jelle -Town Chairmen, John Brixy-Town Supervisor, Wayne Jones-Town Supervisor, Mike Freitag-Town Clerk, Curt Winter-Deputy Clerk/Treasurer. Approved Motion was made by Dennis to bypass reading March 8, 2021 minutes, John seconded motion passes 3- 0. Discussion and action on liquor license request from Dreamy 280 Farm Fresh Meats, LLC. Dreamy 280 has applied for a Retail Liquor License. Discussion followed about how they are going to use the Liquor license. The public was asked for input and none was given. John motioned to approve the License. Wayne seconded. Motion passed. Dreamy farms will have a Class A Retail Liquor License. Bruce Hollar, et al., D’Onofrio Kottke and Associates, Inc., RE: Rezoning of Parcels #0606-232-8715-0, #0606-232-8320-0 and #0606-232-8260-0 owned by J. Brakebill. This is an open hearing and final step in rezoning these parcels to create a Single Family Residence parcel to build a home on and leaving the remaining acreage in AG. J. Brakeville explained how he wanted the split to occur. Curt commented that all the paperwork has been turned in and they are ready to go. Brakeville is asking for a variance for a setback. It will be a setback from the barn to the property line on the east side of the property. Five feet from new property line that will be established. John read ordinance Z-2021-4 (available at Town Hall). The planning committee will review this on Saturday, April 17, 2021. John motioned to approve ordinance, Wayne seconded. Motion passed 3-0. Discussion regarding Parcel #0606-364-8301-0, Post Farms LLC. rezoning from A-1(EX) Legacy to SFR/AG division. This is a non-conforming parcel needing review. This agenda item was tabled. Zoning update Curt commented that not many new projects have started. Been working on the existing projects etc. Town Cleanup day Discussion followed about whether or not Town of Blue Mounds should have a cleanup day this year at Town Hall. Tentative date was set for June 19th. More information will follow especially regarding cost of items. Discussion and Action on an Ordinance regarding Public Records Requests (fees and notices) Discussion followed about the fees for a public records request. All fees will be finalized at the Annual Town Meeting. A description will be written and after it is posted in the paper the ordinance will be active. Report of Bldg. and Grounds Windows need to be fixed!!!! Private agencies will be called to replace these windows. Land Use Committee report A site visit is scheduled for Saturday April 17, 2021. Curt asked how much ahead time the Land Use Committee needs to put together a site visit. Kevin responded about 2 weeks is perfect. Road maintenance report Patch will be arriving soon. Patrolman will be out patching as soon as possible. The Clerk announced the hiring of a new Patrolman named Bob Slinde. Fire District The replacement for engine #2 should be here by the end of the month. The Fire Board rejected the Village of Blue Mounds request to limit fire budget to a 2% increase. Discussion followed. Legislative Report John discussed the passage of the latest Covid - 19 bill. He commented that there is some confusion on who will oversite the spending of the funds. Partisan debate about redistricting will start soon. The Governors budget has been reviewed in public meetings throughout Wisconsin. Still cannot visit capital. Review of correspondence received We are accepting bids for the mowing of East Blue Mounds Cemetery. So far we have received one bid from Lucas Lawn and Tree Care. ATC also sent an update on what’s going on with the project. This information will be posted on our website. A separate phone line will be added in the shop for Bob. Approval of bills John motioned to approve the bills in the amount $50,729.88. Wayne seconded. Motion passed 3-0. 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. Dennis Motioned to Adjourn, John seconded Motion Passed. Next Meeting is on May 10, 2021. Town of Blue Mounds, Board Meeting 7pm MAY 10, 2021 minutes Present: Dennis Jelle -Town Chairmen, John Brixy-Town Supervisor, Wayne Jones-Town Supervisor, Mike Freitag-Town Clerk, Curt Winter-Deputy Clerk/Treasurer. Approved APRIL 12 MINUTES Motion was made by Dennis to bypass reading the Unapproved April 12, 2021 minutes, John seconded motion passes 3-0. PUBLIC COMMENTS There were no public comments. JOEL AND CARA CRAVEN *Craven, Joel and Cara Parcel #0606-191-8460-0 review and action on temporary driveway permit for construction road to be used for pool and addition project. Discussion followed about …John requested a Memorandum of Understanding be attached. A shared driveway agreement must be reached. Two single family lots on the west end of the property. Verification has to be made that after the project the temporary driveway will need to happen. Road will come off Kingsland Road. John motioned to approve the driveway permit pending receipt of $500 fee and agreement to a Memorandum of Understanding. Wayne Seconded. Motion passed 3-0. TONY FOREST *Mt Horeb Self Storage, LLC Parcel# 0606-134-8820-0 review and action on driveway permit. Looking for driveway permit for Red Fox Drive. John motioned that Mount Horeb Self Storage driveway permit for Red Fox Drive be approved. Wayne Seconded. Motion passed 3-0. CHRIS WEISSKOPF *Weisskopf, Chris Parcel #0606-224-9200-0 concept meeting to discuss splitting parcel to create an additional home lot and driveway agreement. West end of property. Joint driveway agreement. Pond would be in old parcel. Discussion followed about where the driveway would be. Engineered driveway would be needed. Both lots would be rezoned to SFR. A new certifies survey map needs to be done. Curt will get paperwork needed. JUNE 19th CLEAN UP DAY Discussion followed to see if the date would work. John recommended that a list of costs be sent to residents the week of June 5th,2021 and posted on The Town of Blue Mounds website. Scott Shelstad will be available to take metal scraps. June 19th was approved. AGREEMENT FOR REIMBURSABLE SERVICES Town allow to charge fees for certain services. This also gives residents a chance to cancel projects if the fees became too much. Discussion followed. John motioned to approve the info in red for changes. Wayne seconded. Motion passed 3-0. ORDINANCES *Discussion and Action on an Ordinance amendments regarding: 1. Proposed amendment to sec. 1.0622, Kennel amending text of town zoning ordinance related to Kennel Setbacks and; 2. Proposed amendment to sec. 1.098 Variances amending text of town zoning ordinance related to Variances. The town board reviewed the ordinances. John read Ordinance and motioned to approve the Ordinance’s regarding kennel setbacks and Amendment to Variances. Wayne seconded. Motioned passed 3-0. Roll call John – Aye, Wayne -Aye, Dennis Aye. Approved. ROAD MAINTENANCE About ½ of the Road Patching has been completed. FIRE DISTRICT New Ambulance service has been introduced. AGREEMENT OF MUTUAL COOPERATION TOWN OF PERRY AND TOWN OF BLUE MOUNDS Discussion followed about some liquor license permit changes. John read agreement regarding the transferring of a Class “B” Liquor License. Town of Perry is requesting to transfer a Class “B” Liquor permit to the Town of Blue Mounds. The Town of Perry and the Town Blue Mounds supervisors must meet at a scheduled and posted regular Town Board Meeting to approve. John motioned to adopt request from the Town of Perry, Board voted 3 – aye’s, and 0 No’s. Motion passed 3-0. LEGISLATIVE REPORT The Capital is slowly re-opening for the Public. BILLS John motioned to approve the bills to be paid in the amount of 10, 820.70, Wayne seconded. Motion passed. 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. Dennis Motioned to Adjourn, John seconded Motion Passed. Next Meeting is on June 14th, 2021. Town of Blue Mounds, Board Meeting 7pm June 14, 2021 minutes Present: Dennis Jelle -Town Chairmen, John Brixy-Town Supervisor, Wayne Jones-Town Supervisor, Mike Freitag-Town Clerk, Curt Winter-Deputy Clerk/Treasurer. Approved The meeting began with Dale Hatfield from Farmers Savings Bank getting the paperwork for two loans that The Town of Blue Mounds has taken out signed and finalized. The first is a loan for $250,000 that will be used primarily for road work. The loan amount was $250k at 1.45% interest. The Town will make 9 payments of $26,054.33. Two payments will be made each year one in August and the other in February. The second loan was for the re-finance of our Skid Steer loan. The loan amount is $25,372.97 at 1.75% interest. The Town will make seven equal payments of $3,560.79. May 10 MINUTES Motion was made by Dennis to bypass reading the Unapproved May 10th, 2021 minutes, John seconded motion passes 3-0. May minutes were approved. PUBLIC COMMENTS There were no public comments. *York, Tim – Parcel #0606-144-8141-0 Concept meeting to discuss future plans for parcel including potential split into two residential parcels. Tim is looking to rezone the residence. Would like to split the lots into .8 acres and ½ acre for a total of 1.3 acres. This item was tabled much more information is required to move on. They would be considered non-conforming parcels. *Bilsie, Robert and Carla- Parcel #0606-353-9000-2 Concept meeting regarding zoning of parcel with interest in building a single family residence. Would like to re-zone 5 acres to build a house. The Board would need to see where the house would be on the property. Curt said he will be in contact with them to make sure all proper paperwork is ready. CSM will be needed. John motioned to change the agenda order and discuss the Karls Property. Wayne seconded. Motion passed 3-0. Karls regarding new home build for Dombroski Karls agreed to come in for a last minute concept meeting about a home building project. They are looking to build a home around Mayflower and Highway E. Most forms have been completed including a CSM map. The Board informed them that Dane County has gotten rid of legacy zoning. TOBM has its own zoning, and this project would have to re-zone to fit in the Towns SFR zoning. Currently they have a buildable lot with no zoning certification. Karls asked if the could be grandfathered in, and not rezone. The Board replied that it must be SFR in TOBM zoning. An early start date was requested by the Karls. John motioned to move forward with project Dombroski. John mentioned that there is no dispute that it’s a buildable lot. Wayne seconded. Motion passed 3-0. PUBLIC WORKS Aavang Road will receive a new culvert this summer. North Avenue work is all set to begin and project hopefully completed by the end of July, 2021. Bob still has some patch work that needs to be completed. TOWN OF BLUE MOUNDS ECONOMIC COMMITTEE The TOBM is putting together a resident Economic Committee to further promote economic development in the Town of Blue Mounds. More information will be updated at future meetings regarding the new committee. APRA FUNDS Mike mentioned that the TOBM has turned all the proper paperwork in for the funding. The TOBM will receive a total of $95,000 delivered over a two year period. The first payment is scheduled for June 25, 2021. LEGISLATIVE REPORT John reported on his visit to the Capital. Various budget news was reported that looks positive for Town Roads. STEVE ADDISON DRIVEWAY PERMIT Steve just wanted to confirm that all the paperwork was turned in on time and that he was all set on his driveway agreement with his neighbor. Not sure when the actual driveway will start. He will be on the August agenda for an update. MHTC MHTC is continually working to improve broadband coverage for the TOBM residents. BILLS John motioned to approve the bills to be paid in the amount of 12,060.72, Wayne seconded. Motion passed 3-0. 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. Dennis Motioned to Adjourn, John seconded Motion Passed. Next Meeting is on July 12th, 2021. Town of Blue Mounds, Board Meeting 7pm July 12, 2021 minutes Present: Dennis Jelle -Town Chairmen, John Brixy-Town Supervisor, Wayne Jones-Town Supervisor, Mike Freitag-Town Clerk, Curt Winter-Deputy Clerk/Treasurer. Approved Pledge of Allegiance was recited. JUNE 14th MINUTES Motion was made by Dennis to bypass reading the Unapproved June 14th, 2021 minutes, John seconded motion passes 3-0. June minutes were approved. Town resident had a question about the fact that we need to post minutes as Un- Approved. Conclusion is that the un-approved minutes will be posted prior to the meeting. LIQUOR LICENSE The following Liquor License were approved 1. VFW 2. Cave of the Mounds 3. Campo di Bella 4. Prevailing Winds 5. The Eloise. All proper paperwork has been turned in and no one has any concerns with them. PUBLIC COMMENTS Several questions were raised about why no more Zoom Meetings. The Board has decided at this point there will be no more zoom meetings. Residents also commented that they would like to be notified when Board members attend other Township meetings. Some disappointment was expressed by residents over the fact that there will be no more Zoom meetings. ZONING UPDATE Must attend these meetings in person. Land use committee is waiting for paperwork to come in for their next project. ARPA FUNDS The Town of Blue Mounds has received $95, 771.73 in Funds that can be used for a variety of things. We will receive $47,885.86 in 2021 and $47,885.86 in 2022. Curt requested that the funds be put in a separate account for better transparency. John motioned that ARPA funds received be in a separate account. Wayne Seconded. Motion passed 3-0. All Towns that received funds also received a Compliance and Reporting Guidance packet. It is very detailed on what the funds can be used for. The Town of Blue Mounds will adhere to the compliance rules. PUBLIC WORKS Patrolman is out mowing for the second time. The first mowing was only a five foot mowing because of the culverts. North Road is completed. A culvert will be going into Aavang Road. FIRE DISTRICT New Engine 2 is now in use. The old engine two will be auctioned off at Wisconsin Surplus. LEGISLATIVE REPORT Budget was signed by the governor. Two percent Road increase did survive. Ten years in a row that the Towns have had an increase. Budget is complete. Redistricting will be the next major project. EMERGENCY CONTACTS The Town has been asked to submit 3 people for contacts for the Department of Emergency Management. It was decided that the three people will be Bob Slinde (Patrolman), Dennis Jelle (Town Chairman) and Michael Freitag (Town Clerk). The clerk has the access to the e-mail list for the Town. John motioned that the three people listed above be contacts for the Department of Emergency Management. Wayne seconded. Motion passed 3-0. BILLS Curt made a presentation on where we are at this year regarding Income and expenditures. He noted that Income is up and expenditures are down, so we are trending in the right direction. It was also mentioned that the new loan taken out for $250,000 has not been used yet, but the Scotts bill is due for around $124,000 for work on North Road. John motioned to approve the Scotts bill and have it paid from the line we took out from Farmers Bank. Wayne Seconded. Motion Passed 3-0. John Motioned that we approve the bills in the amount of $28,099.85. Wayne seconded. Motion passed 3-0. GARBAGE DAY Was a huge success. Special thanks to Scott Shelstad for taking all of the TV’s. John made a motion to adjourn. Wayne seconded. Meeting adjourned. Next Meeting is on August 9thth, 2021. 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 August 9th, 2021 minutes Present: Dennis Jelle -Town Chairmen, John Brixy-Town Supervisor, Wayne Jones-Town Supervisor, Mike Freitag-Town Clerk, Curt Winter-Deputy Clerk/Treasurer. Approved Motion was made by John to bypass reading the Unapproved July 12th, 2021 minutes, Dennis seconded motion passes 3-0. PUBLIC COMMENTS Will the blanket zoning resolution be explained. RESOLUTION 2021-24 John read Resolution 2021-24 as follows. RESOLUTION OF THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF THE TOWN OF BLUE MOUNDS, DANE COUNTY, WISCONSIN Resolution Number 2021- 24 RECOMMENDING PREPERATION AND APPROVAL OF A PROPOSED, UPDATED AND OFFICIAL ZONING MAP OF ALL PARCEL ZONING DESIGNATIONS WITHIN THE TOWN OF BLUE MOUNDS, DANE COUNTY WISCONSIN. WHEREAS, After being duly passed by both chambers of the Wisconsin General Assembly, signed into law by the Governor of the state of Wisconsin, the 2015 WISCONSIN ACT 178 was enacted on February 29, 2016 and published on March 1, 2016. WHEREAS, ACT 178 renumbered and amended 236.10 (1) (c); to amend 59.69 (3) (a), 59.69 (3) (b), 59.69 (3) (e), 59.69 (5) (c), 60.62 (1), 60.62 (3) (a), 236.10 (1) (b) 3. and 236.34 (1) (dm); and to create 59.69 (5m), 59.692 (1p), 60.23 (34), 60.62 (6), 87.30 (1r), 236.10 (1m) and 236.34 (2m) of the statutes; relating to: authorizing towns located in populous counties to withdraw from county zoning; requiring certain towns to enact a zoning ordinance and a comprehensive plan; removing plat and certified survey map approval authority from a county if the town in which the subdivision or land is located has withdrawn from county zoning; and prohibiting restrictions on land that is not shore land or that is not within a floodplain. WHEREAS, prior to the enactment of ACT 178 all Towns within Dane County, WI were regulated by DANE COUNTY CODE OF ORDINANCES, DEPARTMENT OF PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT CHAPTER 10 zoning ordinances and all land parcels within the Town of Blue Mounds were classified under this ordinance. WHEREAS, at the April 24, 2017 annual meeting of electors of the Town of Blue Mounds it was moved and approved by a majority of those present and eligible to vote, with forty voting (40) in the affirmative and thirty-one (31) voting against the approval of an ordinance adopted by the Town of Blue Mounds Board of Supervisors to withdraw from DANE COUNTY CODE OF ORDINANCES, DEPARTMENT OF PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT CHAPTER 10 zoning ordinances, the Dane County Development Plan and confirm all other actions taken by the Town of Blue Mounds Board of Supervisors related to the same, including actions regarding the Town of Blue Mounds Comprehensive Plan, adoption and inclusion in the Unified Town Zoning Ordinance and an official Town of Blue Mounds Zoning map. WHEREAS, on January 17, 2019 the Dane County Board of Supervisors adopted the Dane County Zoning Ordinance Chapter 10, Dane County Code Comprehensive Revision rendering all parcels of land, within the Town of Blue Mounds not already rezoned under the Unified Town Zoning Ordinance, without proper classification under any legally recognized or existing zoning classification. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, by the Town of Blue Mounds Board of Supervisors as follows: The Chairman of the Town of Blue Mounds Board of Supervisors shall appoint members to a committee tasked with a blanket revision of the official Town of Blue Mounds zoning identification map of all parcels within the Town of Blue Mounds. The committee will review each parcel within the Town of Blue Mounds and apply the proper map zoning classification as described in the current and most updated version of the Unified Town Zoning Ordinance. The committee will not change the current use of any parcel within the Town of Blue Mounds. The committee will review each parcel within the Town of Blue Mounds and apply the proper map zoning classification as described in the current and most updated version of the Unified Town Zoning Ordinance. The committee will not change the current use of any parcel within the Town of Blue Mounds. Upon completion of this process, the proposed updated and official Town of Blue Mounds zoning map will be reviewed by the Town of Blue Mounds Land Use Commission, whose members may make recommendations regarding edits, corrections or additions to said map. A Public hearing will be scheduled for any eligible elector within the Town of Blue Mounds to make comment, and/or ask questions regarding the updated zoning designation of any parcel within the Town of Blue Mounds contained within the proposed, updated and official Town of Blue Mounds zoning map. After review by the Town of Blue Mounds Plan commission, and completion of an open public meeting, the Chairman of Town of Blue Mounds Board of Supervisors will place the proposed, updated and official Town of Blue Mounds zoning map on the agenda of a regularly scheduled monthly board meeting for consideration. John noted that the first step should be to Pass a resolution to allow the Chairmen to appoint a committee to further discuss this. John noted that this is a change in name only the use of the parcel will not change. About 90% of the Town does not have the correct Zoning Codes that exist under the unified plan. There were several questions from the Public. John would like to move the resolution. A roll call vote was conducted. Dennis Jelle – Yes, John Brixy - Yes, Wayne Jones – Yes. Resolution passes 3-0. ZONING UPDATE Dombrowski, Greg (Quality West Inc-builders) Parcel#0606-323-3780-0, would like to rezone and have passage of Ordinance Z 2021-05 changing the zoning in name only from RH-2 Legacy to SFR- Single Family Residence. The Board noted that this will use up (1) split. John read the entire ordinance. John motioned to adopt the Ordinance. It was noted that this ordinance applies to the one and only building site available on this parcel. Wayne seconded. Motion passed 3-0. JULIE AND PAUL JONES Jones, Julie and Paul Parcel#0606-084-9500-3, is presenting open concept meeting to discuss the reconfiguration of an existing parcel for the creation of a residential lot. Paul presented a map which detailed where the new driveway would go. Dennis suggested that a new CSM map should show the easement on it. Rezoning will take place before the purchase. Final CSM will be needed at the approval meeting. PUBLIC WORKS Window repair needed. Dennis noted that Milsna will need a driveway permit. North road is completed and looks nice. A culvert will be going in on Avang road. Mowing is going well. We still have some patching work to complete. FIRE DISTRICT New engine two was put into service 2 weeks ago. Old engine 2 was sold for 58k, money will put back into engine budget. NEW ECONOMIC COMMITTEE A new committee is being formed EMERGENCY CONTACTS BILLS John made a motion to adjourn. Wayne seconded. Meeting adjourned. Next Meeting is on August 9thth, 2021. 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 September 13, 2021 minutes Present: Dennis Jelle -Town Chairmen, John Brixy-Town Supervisor, Wayne Jones-Town Supervisor, Mike Freitag-Town Clerk, Curt Winter-Deputy Clerk/Treasurer. Approved Motion was made by John to bypass reading the August 9, 2021 minutes, Dennis seconded motion passes 3-0. PUBLIC COMMENTS Mary Ann Bellazinni requested to reinstate Zoom Meetings. Several other residents also stated that they would like to see Zoom return. The reason they gave was the up tick of Covid 19 cases. Resident Helen Kahl also commented that she would like to see more description on Zoning projects. Like the location and when the site visit will be. COREY GILBERTSON Gilbertson, Corey Parcel#0606-102-9020-0, Amendment to CUP 2020-1 regarding allowing of sanitary fixtures in an outbuilding. A revision will be made to the CUP. 2020-1 has been amended. John read the new version clarification from original use permit. John moved to approve amended 2020-1. Wayne seconded. Motion Carries 3-0. STEVE ADDISON Addison, Steve Parcel#0606-193-9175-0- submission of a Driveway Construction Application along with engineered plan for approval. Delayed from August meeting. Driveway permit for this property was issued years ago. Driveway permits go with the property. Steve has already completed an Engineered plan for the driveway. The property is located in Dane County right on the border. The property owner has requested confirmation from IOWA County that they have no issues with this driveway permit. No accesses points will change. Questions about a shared maintenance agreement were addressed. The driveway permit goes with the property. John motioned to Approve the shared driveway agreement pending that Iowa County has no issues with it. Wayne Seconded. Motion Carries 3-0. It was noted that all these Public Documents are available through a Public Records request. PRAIRIE ENTHUSIASTS The Prairie Enthusiasts, re: Purchase of Parcels 0606-162-8500-0 and 0606-162-8250-3 via the Knowles- Nelson Stewardship Grant program. Although not required, the Town is allowed to adopt a resolution in support or opposition to acquisition of lands funded by the Stewardship Program. They have purchased land on Erbe Road. Very low tax implication. Consensus comment of the Chairman is The Town is not opposed to the project but no resolution is needed. THIRD DOOR LLC *Third Door LLC Parcel #0606-221-8085-0, Application for driveway permit. Fees have been paid. Outside storage area is a gravel road. They need to update that to blacktop. No engineered plan is needed. The Town will discuss how we want the project to proceed. John motioned that it be approved contingent on the Board reviewing the contractors plan. Wayne seconded. Motion passed 3-0. In total it would be 50-60 feet of blacktop. PAT FARRELL PARCEL Application for driveway permit. Fees have been paid. Lot was created 21 years ago, wants to put a driveway in. The Town will need an engineered plan before we can approve the driveway. There is a waterway involved. Move to next months agenda. The Town will be waiting for the engineered plan. ARPA FUNDS Looking at security cameras to improve Election Security. We are still researching what funds can be used. The money will be moved to a separate account. Someone suggested to purchase an air purifier. ECONOMIC CORPORATION It was discussed at the last meeting what our role should be. Should we go the non profit route that would be 3-5 year commitment or simply serve as an advisory role. We want to make the committee more community based. What businesses do we have here already? How we can help? If we go to the feds and take the non-profit route it is very involved. Start with more local advertising etc. We the Town need to be more visible. PUBLIC WORKS Patching is still going on. Culverts are in for the year. LAND USE COMMITTEE September 21st there will be 5 site visits. A notice will be announced. FIRE DISTRICT The annual meeting will be on September 22, 2021. The Budget has been approved and is on file at Town Hall. It will be a 4.3% increase into next year. LEGISLATIVE REPORT No floor action until the end of the month. Re-districting is the major topic being discussed. CORRESPONDONCE Air conditioning needs to be repaired. BILLS John motioned to approve the bills in the amount $30,292.87. Wayne seconded. Motion passed 3-0. John made a motion to adjourn. Wayne seconded. Meeting adjourned. Next Meeting is on October 11, 2021. 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 October 11, 2021 minutes Present: Dennis Jelle -Town Chairmen, John Brixy-Town Supervisor, Wayne Jones-Town Supervisor, Curt Winter-Deputy Clerk/Treasurer. UnApproved Motion was made by John to bypass reading the September 13, 2021 minutes, Dennis seconded motion passes 3-0. PUBLIC COMMENTS There were no Public Comments. DENNIS AND LISA SCLIMGEN Parcel #0606-084-9500-3. Address is 2792 Cave of the Mounds Road. Parcel is to be divided into two parcels to allow for the building of a single family residence accordingly: rezone approximately 6.0 acres from A-1EX (Legacy zoning) to SFR Single Family Residential District and the remnant acreage of 34.4 acres from A-1EX (Legacy zoning) to AG. Dennis asked about the extra driveway and said a driveway permit should be issued. Paperwork and fees for this process were turned in prior to this meeting. John read entire ordinance. Kevin reported that the site visit was a positive. John motioned that Ordinance No. Z 2021-6 be approved. Wayne Seconded. Motion Passed. TOM AND NANCY SUTTER Parcel# 0606-204-8001-3. Address is 2183 Tonman Rd. Location: SW Corner Tonman Road and W Blue Mounds Road in part of the NE ¼ of the SE ¼ of Section 20, all in T6N, R6E, Town of Blue Mounds, Dane County, WI. Parcel is to be divided into three parcels to allow for the creation of two single family residence lots accordingly: Proposed CSM Lot 1-rezone approximately 4.247 acres from A-1EX (Legacy zoning) to SFR Single Family Residential District; Proposed CSM Lot 2-rezone approximately 2.809 acres from A-1EX (Legacy zoning) to SFR Single Family Residential District and the remnant acreage of 20.424 acres to remain A-1EX (Legacy zoning). John read entire ordinance. John motioned that ordinance No. Z 2021-6 be approved as is. Wayne seconded. Motion passed 3-0. Dennis questioned if the other parcel has been moved to Lot 1? ROBERT AND CARLA BILSIE Parcel# 0606-353-9000-2 9963 Blue Valley Road Location: In part of the SW ¼ of the SW1/4 of Section 35, all in T6N, R6E, Town of Blue Mounds, Dane County, WI. Parcel is to be divided into two parcels to allow for the building of a single family residence accordingly: rezone approximately 2.5 acres from A-1EX (Legacy zoning) to SFR Single Family Residential District and the remnant acreage of 35.6 acres from A-1EX (Legacy zoning) to AG. A new CSM Map will need to be added. This was tabled to next month. DENNIS/MELANIE JELLE *Jelle, Melanie #0606-274-9070-0 1959 Jelle Road, request for a variance reducing the required building setback from 63’ from the centerline of the road to 40’ from the centerline of the road to allow for the construction of a garage. Discussion followed regarding whether the Town Board of Supervisors alone are empowered to grant this and like variances without having to refer them to the Board of Appeals. John Brixy made a motion to allow the Town Board of Supervisors to independently grant this variance providing we receive a letter from the Town Attorney confirming the Town Boards right to do so. In the absence of that confirmation, John recommended referring this variance to the Board of Appeals with the Board of Supervisors approval. THIRD DOOR LLC *Third Door LLC Parcel #0606-221-8085-0, Application for driveway permit approved pending Board review of contractor plans for the driveway. Fees have been paid. Z and L LETTER OF CREDIT Expiration of Z&L Letter of Credit, 10/15/21, 61,000.00 Red Fox Dr. Bank is requesting release. BUDGET WORKSHOP October 19th, 2021 will be our Budget Workshop meeting. BILLS John motioned to approve the bills at $11,234.98. Wayne seconded. John made a motion to adjourn. Wayne seconded. Meeting adjourned. Next Meeting is on November 8th, 2021. 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 November 8th, 2021 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 bypass reading the October 11, 2021 minutes, Dennis seconded motion passes 3-0. PUBLIC COMMENTS There were no Public Comments. SOUTHWEST DANE OUTREACH Lynn Forshaug presented financial and program information for Southwest Dane Outreach and Nutrition Programs. She pointed out several programs that her center runs for the Town of Blue Mounds. Everything from Nutrition programs to help with seniors picking out the right Medicare plan. John had a question about how much of their budget is used for wages and benefits? John also questioned whether there were other programs in the area that offered the same kinds of programs that Southwest Dane Outreach Offers. Several residents in attendance at the meeting voiced their support for the programs and services that Southwest Dane Outreach offers. MICHELE DOOLAN Dane County Supervisor Michele Doolan was listed to speak about the redistricting of the Town of Blue Mounds for voting purposes. She was not able to attend and will schedule to come to another meeting in the future. TOWN OF BLUE MOUNDS RESOLUTION 2021-25. ADOPTION OF A WARD PLAN Through the re-districting process the Town of Blue Mounds is going to be split into two different wards for voting purposed. Ward 1 will contain the bulk of the Towns Electors and New Ward 2 will have the rest of the Towns Electors. Dane County Supervisors worked the last few months to come up with a redistricting plan. It will change how the polls will work at the actual elections. Dennis talked with the Towns Association about the situation. John questioned why we couldn’t just use County Road F as the Border? Wayne Motioned to accept the resolution. Dennis Seconded motion passed 2-1. Some concerns were voiced. ROBERT AND CARLA BILSIE Robert and Carla Bilsie Parcel# 0606-353-9000-2 9963 Blue Valley Road Location: In part of the SW ¼ of the SW1/4 of Section 35, all in T6N, R6E, Town of Blue Mounds, Dane County, WI. Parcel is to be divided into two parcels to allow for the building of a single family residence accordingly: rezone approximately 2.5 acres from A-1EX (Legacy zoning) to SFR Single Family Residential District and the remnant acreage of 35.6 acres from A-1EX (Legacy zoning) to AG. Amended CSM posted at Town Hall. A resident (Mr Wiggins) had some concerns about the CSM Map. John read the entire ordinance and motioned to approve. Wayne Seconded. Motion passed 3-0. THIRD DOOR LLC *Third Door LLC Parcel #0606-221-8085-0, Application for driveway permit approved pending Board review of contractor plans for the driveway. Fees have been paid. Plan pending review by Board. They are going to lay 5-6 feet of concrete to secure lip of driveway. Whole length of storage area. John questioned if a new engineered plan would need to be done. John motioned to approve construction but cannot begin until the County Approves a Erosion Control Plan, and verify exact square footage. Table request to the next meeting, erosion control plan needed. Dennis Seconded. Motion passed 2-1. DENNIS SCHLIMGEN *Schlimgen, Dennis and Lisa #0606-084-8561-2, Discussion and action on Driveway Construction Permit and Application. Review of current CSM. John motioned to approve the Driveway permit. Wayne seconded. Motion passed 3-0. Special Budget/Levy Meeting will be held on November 15,2021. ROAD MAINTENANCE REPORT Last mowing of the year took place. LAND USE REPORT More site visits will be announced soon. FIRE DISTRICT Budget passed and in place. ECONOMIC COMMITTEE MEETING There is a meeting scheduled for November 22, 2021. LEGISLATIVE REPORT John stated that the Board of Appeals terms need to be reviewed. Two years, four years etc. John reported on several bills that are being in the process of being passed. A veterans bill was established recognizing Veterans in the State of Wisconsin. BILLS John motioned to approve the bills at $10, 367.71. Wayne seconded. John made a motion to adjourn. Wayne seconded. Meeting adjourned. Next Meeting is on December 13th, 2021. 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 December 13th, 2021 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 bypass reading the November 8th, 2021 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., Was here for a Concept meeting to rezone this 2 acre parcel from A-1(EX) 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 replacement garage. Concept meeting to take down a garage and make it a larger building. Tony presented his plan. Current building is 25’ x 35’. There is also a woodshop there. There will be a rezone prior to the start of building. Curt will follow up with proper paperwork. John moved to approve the concept. Wayne seconded. Motion carried 3-0. 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. John moved to approve the concept. Wayne seconded. Motion carried 3-0. PATROLMAN UPDATE/MAINTENANCE REPORT Sheds are full of salt. Maintenance is up to date on all machines. We are all ready for snow. Possibly looking for a third snow-plow driver. Office windows are still broken. North Road has a few big holes that have opened up. NEW SECURITY CAMERAS Town of Blue Mounds has purchased new security cameras for the warehouse. Discussion followed about where exactly the cameras will be placed. LAND USE COMMITTEE Several visits are scheduled or will be scheduled. John asked if Eloise will need another land use permit for building a home. FIRE DISTRICT A new program for paramedics has worked out really well. ECONOMIC COMMITTEE UPDATE A meeting was held on Monday, November 22nd. We met with Dennis Cooley and he answered questions about what direction we want the committee to go. Dennis owns a consulting agency they would be willing to help. How far do we want to go with this committee? LEGISLATIVE REPORT John was at capital last Thursday. A bill was introduced 8610, it was an attempt to pass changes to the appraisal process. Shift cost from commercial/multi-unit developments to residential and farms. Several Towns were there to speak against this bill. BILLS John motioned to approve the bills at $10,692.22. Wayne seconded. John made a motion to adjourn. Wayne seconded. Meeting adjourned. Next meeting is January 10, 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.