Town of La Grange, Wisconsin

Town Board Meeting (May 2005 Minutes) Minutes For 5/9/2005
MINUTES OF REGULAR TOWN BOARD MEETING LAGRANGE TOWN BOARD May 9, 2005 The regular monthly meeting of the Town Board of the Town of LaGrange was called to order by Chairman Heilmeier. Supervisor Callaway, Supervisor Sukala, Supervisor Lohrmann and Supervisor Taylor were present. Crystal Hoffmann, Clerk/Treasurer and Elizabeth Adelman, Town Attorney were also present. The minutes of April 11, 2005 were approved as presented (Taylor/Sukala) Treasurer’s report was accepted as presented. The agenda was approved with moving the addenda item dealing with Pleasant Lake Road to 4c. and moving the LESD computer addenda item to #7 and the permit for the temporary trailer to #8 (Sukala/Callaway) Motion carries Committee Reports: a. Buildings and Highways: boathouse—Walworth County will waive the fee for the permits needed b. Safety committee: i. Fire department: Equipment truck is on hold, Spring dance was successful ii. Launch ramps—waiting for DNR permits for Bubbling Springs and Pleasant Lake iii. Buoys are in iv. LESD—pricing boat and equipment, Insurance gave okay to purchase v. Paul Smith resigned from the committee, now taking applications c. Lake Management Districts: i. Pleasant Lake: annual budget meeting will be at the Town Hall at 9 a.m. Also looking for a letter of support for an easement to be purchased by the Association. Motion to approve such letter (Callaway/Sukala) Motion carries. ii. Lauderdale Lakes Management: Meeting May 21, 2005 at noon at the club house d. Finance and Personnel: no meeting e. Information committee: newsletter out, next project—look at the website for improvement Planning and Zoning: a. CSM approval request for Lloyd and Sharon Scholer, W6732 Bluff Road, Whitewater—Plan and zoning recommended approval. Motion to approve with deed restriction that states no further land divisions on lot 1 and no additional housing units on lot 1 (Lohrmann/Callaway) Motion carries b. Request for a variance for the Sterlingworth Condos Association, Jerry Dutka, for a granite path behind the condos to run parallel to shore—would like a 3 foot wide pathway, more aesthetically pleasing for one pathway than for all to have own paths-Motion to approve (Taylor/Lohrmann) Motion carries. c. Request from Sean & Cindy Alcock for revocation of a CSM that approved an outlot, N7467 Bay Drive—Alcock’s would like the Town Board to rescind their previous decision that allows the outlot. Attorney for Stan Smith present and does not want the board to rescind the previous decision. Motion to let both parties come to an agreement on what should be done then come back to the Town if the need arises. (Taylor/Lohrmann) Motion carries. With Callaway being the only nay vote d. Smart Growth—County did not get grant for this year. Motion to send letter to County that the Town of LaGrange wishes to be included in the application for the grant for 2006 and in the event that the grant fails, the Town will review further options. (Lohrmann/Taylor) Motion carries e. Variance on West Shore drive to rebuild the boat house—Motion for the Town to proceed with what ever is needed to rebuild the boat house (Lohrmann/Sukala) Motion carries. Purchasing 2 boats and motors, rebuilding the boat house—Insurance adjuster gave okay to purchase boats and equipment, for the rescue boat—it is a pontoon with a tri-hull fiberglass bottom with a 150 HP Yamaha engine from Lauderdale Lakes Marina for $25,000, for the LESD patrol boat- 2004 model of same boat had with a 150 HP Yamaha engine from Marine Pros II for $23109. Motion to accept both bids one from Lauderdale Lakes Marina for rescue boat and Marine Pros II for patrol boat and both Yamaha engines (Lohrmann/Sukala) Motion carries. Purchase of computer for patrol boat—laptop computer to have on the boat, made by Panasonic or Itronics. Motion to purchase computer from Itronics for $4600 (Taylor/Callaway) Motion carries. Permit request for using a temporary shelter for the LESD and Fire department until boat house is rebuilt—trailer from Winthrop Harbor to use—Motion to move forward with getting permits to use this trailer temporarily from County and DNR if needed (Lohrmann/Taylor) Motion carries. Rebuilding the boat house—need to advertise for bids, insurance adjuster says have up to $45,000 replacement value. For demolition of what is left of the boat house—Motion to proceed with demolition not to exceed $10,000 (Callaway/Lohrmann) Motion carries. Motion to proceed with any County and DNR permits necessary (Callaway/Taylor) Motion carries Slalom course approval request for Bill Simos, Chad Beck, and Mike Baker—approved at Safety committee meeting recommend approval Motion to approve (Lohrmann/Sukala) Motion carries. Combination Class B liquor license approval requests: a. Lauderdale Lakes Management District-Lauderdale Lakes Country Club b. Lauderdale Landing c. LaGrange General Store Motion to approve a, b, and c (Callaway/Taylor) Motion carries Operator’s license renewal requests: a. Susan Venecek b. James Kloiber c. Christopher White d. Thomas Meike e. Todd Dornfeld f. David Roe g. Louise Meike h. Adrienne Rosinski i. Cortney Shiroda j. Richard Dessent Motion to approve a-j (Taylor/Sukala) Motion carries New operator’s license requests: a. Suzanne Dessent b. Stephanie Mayer c. Samantha Olson d. Natalie Volckmann Motion to approve a-d (Sukala/Callaway) Motion carries Update on investigation regarding the April ’05 election—Left message with the WI Department of Justice no return call yet. Will update more in June Formation of the Ethics Committee: have received 4 applications: Sylvia Baker—Motion to approve (Taylor/Sukala) Motion carries, Dawn Mathews—Motion to approve (Lohrmann/Callaway) Motion carries, Paul Higdon—Motion to approve (Sukala/Callaway) Motion carries, Floyd Pochowski—Motion to approve (Taylor/Sukala) Motion carries. Zoning resolution from Walworth County—Deals with vegetation removal being more closely watched. Motion to approve, but have concerns about the lack of time to review the document and have enforcement concerns (Lohrmann/Taylor) Motion carries. Payment of bills properly submitted for payment—Taylor/Callaway. Motion carries. There being no further business a motion to adjourn was made at 9:34 p.m. (Taylor/Sukala) Motion carries. Crystal Hoffmann Clerk/Treasurer
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