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Town Board Meeting (April 2003 minutes) Minutes For 4/14/2003
MINUTES OF REGULAR TOWN BOARD MEETING
LAGRANGE TOWN BOARD
April 14, 2003

The regular monthly meeting of the Town Board of the Town of LaGrange was called to order by Chairman Heilmeier at 7:38 PM. Chairman Heilmeier, Supervisor Callaway, Supervisor Sukala, Supervisor Lohrmann and Supervisor Taylor were present. Crystal Hoffmann, Clerk/Treasurer and Elizabeth Adelmann, Town Attorney were also present.
  1. The minutes of March 10, 2003 were approved as presented. (Lohrmann/Taylor)
  2. The treasurers’ report was given and accepted as presented.
  3. The agenda was approved with addenda (2). (Callaway/Lohrmann)
  4. Committee reports:
    a. Buildings and Highways – two meetings have been held—
        i. 1st meeting-discussed the guardrail on Bubbling Springs road—would like to see the road marked. Talked about the possible road vacation in Sherwood Forest, tabled this item. Discussed purchasing a road router for the Town Garage for $7,500. Motion made to approve this purchase (Sukala/Lohrmann).
        ii. At the 2nd meeting, and in accordance with the addenda to this meeting, vacating the roads in Sherwood Forest to the DNR was discussed. Motion made to initiate the process to do the road vacation to the DNR for $37,165.00 (Sukala/Taylor). Will need the subdivision plat for legal description of area. DNR would like us to set sawhorses up with sign stating “ROAD CLOSED”-DNR will work with Pat Hoffmann on this issue. Also discussed at this meeting was the Deakin Isle Bridge-Mr. Dupont thinks possible funding available for this-Mr. Dupont will look into and find out what is really needed for repairs.
    b. Safety Committee – Held meeting tonight before Town Board meeting
        i. Misdemeanor ordinances—recommendation to the board to accept ordinances for Dogs at Large, Disorderly Conduct, Parking regulations, Possession of Marijuana, Prohibit Littering, and Regulate Fireworks.
        ii. Fire Dept report—very busy with calls
        iii. LESD—annual report submitted, Boat is in the water for emergencies. New boat will be in by 1st or 2nd weekend in May
        iv. Launch ramp report—Mann Bros. to submit bid. Also a company from Clinton to submit bid.
        v. Buoy report—Roscoe’s Deck and Landscaping to be putting in buoys, the channel markers are already in.
        vi. The rescue boat is also in as of today’s date.
    c. Lake Management Districts’ reports:
        i. Lauderdale Lakes Management District will hold a meeting on Saturday, May 3, 2003.
        ii. Pleasant Lakes has finalized their recommendation for the bylaws.
    d. Administration and Personnel—no meeting held
    e. Information committee—doing a test case with the web site, have links to add to our site: Lauderdale Lakes Management District, and the Aquatic Club
  5. Plan and Zone-No meeting held this month.
  6. Possible road vacation on Blackfoot Circle—Gabrielle Boehm here to represent adjacent property owners. Property owners want to try and maintain/preserve lake access. Very steep property, willing to find better place for lake access. The property in question does serve the purpose of lake access even though can not feasibly launch a boat there. Motion to table the issue until owners have gone to the Lauderdale Lakes Manaement District meeting. (Sukala/Callaway).
  7. Pier permit for Richard and Arlene Neuman, Lot 9, Bay Drive—is in restricted area. Recommendation to go to DNR 1st because of sensitive area. There are piers on Lots 8 and 10. Lots 9 and 10 are both owned by the Neuman’s. Motion made to table this issue until have accurate drawings and have DNR opinion regarding the pier. (Taylor/Callaway).
  8. Phosphorus fertilizer ordinance—Lake Delavan did an ordinance for this purpose recently—Both the Lauderdale Lakes Management and Pleasant Lake would like to see this ordinance enacted in the Town of LaGrange. Attorney Betty Adelman to re-write sample ordinance to fit our needs and bring to Town for approval. LESD will be authorized to enforce this ordinance.
  9. Drainage easement at W5847 Bubbling Springs Road. Property is changing hands. New property owner willing to work with the Town and give the Town an easement to put in drainage. Permission granted to proceed with the project, not to exceed $5,000, with David Heilmeier and Pat Hoffmann to oversee the project. Attorney Adelman to draw up proper paperwork. (Callaway/Lohrmann).
  10. Operator license approval—not needed per Susan Venecek at the Lauderdale Lakes Country Club.
  11. Opening of the sealed bids for the chipper and the boat:

        a. Chipper - 3 bids received: one for $361, one for $2,027, and one for $725. Motion to accept highest bid for $2,027 made by Evergreen Acres (Sukala/Taylor).
    b. Boat – 3 bids received: one for $1,502.02, one for $1,207.00 and one for $1,533.00. Motion made to accept highest bid of $1,533.00 made by Russell Wickler or to take second highest bid if rejected (Lohrmann/Callaway).
  12. Open book will be held at the Town Hall on May 6, 2003 from 3 PM to 6 PM. The Annual Board of Review will be held at the Town Hall on Tuesday, May 27, 2003 from 8 AM to 10 AM.
  13. Storage of copy machine already decided at the annual meetng of electors.
  14. Vacation of roads in Sherwood Forest location—see above item # 4(a) (ii).
  15. Approval of Temporary Class B license for Badgerland Striders approved as presented (Taylor/Lohrmann).
  16. Moving of Town monies to specified accounts. Best case scenario is $100,000 in a CD at “Bank A” and the balance of the accounts at “Bank C”. Motion to go with best case scenario (Lohrmann/Callaway). “Bank A”=Commercial Bank, “Bank C”=First Citizens State Bank.
  17. LESD officer wages: Approved as presented—see attached (Callaway/Lohrmann).
  18. Recommendation from the Safety committee to accept the following ordinances with the bonds and forfeitures—making the proper corrections
        a. Motion to accept Ordinance regarding Marijuana with schedule of bonds and forfeitures (Lohrmann/Callaway)
        b. Motion to accept Littering ordinance (Lohrmann/Sukala)
        c. Motion to accept Dog ordinance (Lohrmann/Sukala)
        d. Motion to accept Fireworks ordinance (Lohrmann/Callaway)
        e. Motion to accept Parking ordinance (Lohrmann/Sukala)
        f. Motion to accept Disorderly Conduct ordinance (Lohrmann/Sukala) Permission also granted to order citation books for these new ordinances.
  19. Approval of bills properly submitted for payment (Sukala/Lohrmann).

Motion made at 10:00 PM to move into closed session. The meeting moved into closed session by roll call vote - Taylor-aye, Lohrmann-aye, Sukala-aye, Callaway-aye, Heilmeier-aye.
10:11 PM motion to go back into open session.
There being no further business a motion to adjourn was made at 10:12 PM (Heilmeier/Taylor).

Crystal Hoffmann
Clerk
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