Town of La Grange, Wisconsin

Town Board Meeting (2005 September minutes) Minutes For 9/12/2005
MINUTES OF REGULAR TOWN BOARD MEETING LAGRANGE TOWN BOARD September 12, 2005 The regular monthly meeting of the Town Board of the Town of LaGrange was called to order by Chairman Taylor at 7:30 PM. Chairman Taylor, Supervisor Callaway, Supervisor Sukala, Supervisor Lohrmann and Supervisor Schramm were present. Crystal Hoffmann, Clerk/Treasurer and Elizabeth Adelmann, Town Attorney were also present. The meeting was opened with a remembrance and moment of silence for David Heilmeier The minutes of August 8, 2005 were approved as presented. (Sukala/Schramm) The treasurers’ report was given and accepted as presented. The agenda was approved with the addenda with moving item 10 on agenda up to 4c and moving item 2 on the addenda to 5a(Callaway/Schramm) Committee reports: a. Buildings and Highways- no meeting b. Safety Committee – Fire Dept: rescue squad had first water drill on new boat, Gary Rollins was promoted to Rescue Lieutenant, the Steak Fry was a success; Launch Ramps: were awarded approx. $39,000 for the next two projects (Bubbling springs and Pleasant Lake), DNR suggested we charge launch ramp fees; LESD: wrote 30 DNR tickets last month, Pleasant Lake has quieted down, boats will be in water till Nov 1 c. Lake Management Districts’ reports: i. Pleasant Lake—for the budget put in $15,000 to look into conservation easement, want to do a pier ordinance for Pleasant Lake ii. Lauderdale Lakes Management District—1st of October at 9 a.m. at the Golf course is the next meeting, there is a .045% increase in the budget for next year, going to reactivate their safety committee, a small group of residents on Don Jean Bay are requesting the Lauderdale Aqua Skiers to not be in that area of the Lake. The Skiers group has met with these people and are trying to work things out, will try again to work with them when they go for permitting for the 2006 ski season d. Personnel and Finance— i. Wages for employees: 3 ½% increase for hourly employees for LESD (Callaway/Schramm), carried; 3 ½% for highway department (Sukala/Schramm) carried; 4% for clerk/treasurer (Schramm/Sukala) carried. Still working on LESD director e. Information committee—working on Scaro family information for website f. Municipal court committee—did the research, now gave back to Safety committee to look at further, committee doesn’t believe it to be cost effective, safety committee will look at next month Plan and Zone- a. Plat approval request for a subdivision for Stan Smith, County H—now a 12 unit proposal, requesting an extension until 7/10/06 for approval of the plat, Motion to extend until February 2006 town board meeting (Callaway/Sukala) Motion carries. b. Shoreyard variance request for Clarence Watson, W5429 Lost Nation Road, Elkhorn—Plan and zoning commission is having a special meeting on Friday to look at this property and recommend the board table this issue. Motion to table until October (Schramm/Lohrmann) Motion carries. Granting or selling of .34 acres running along Lauderdale Drive to Jesse Lawrence—needs to be done at the annual meeting or a special meeting of electors, Motion to have buildings and roads committee look at to see what this property is used for (Schramm/Lohrmann) Motion carries. Pier permit request for Alan Spector, W5683 Park Road, Elkhorn—Motion to table (Callaway/Schramm) Motion carries. Richard Leuenberger, N7635 Rendell Drive—Pier issue with neighbor-don’t feel neighbors pier is in compliance with ordinance, discussion ensued Enforcement of the Town’s pier ordinance –Possibly hire a LESD officer as a code enforcement person, question with regards to rafts, Attorney Adelman will look at pier ordinance and will put this issue back on the agenda for February 2006 Lauderdale Lake Aqua Skiers in Don Jean Bay—see 4c Pleasant Lake speed limit—safety committee has looked at the proposed ordinance and suggest dropping the speed to 35 M.P.H., Motion to adopt ordinance to drop the speed limit to 35 M.P.H. on Pleasant Lake Road (Lohrmann/Callaway) Motion carries Launch ramp fees—recommendation from the safety committee to go ahead and do this for the 2006 boating season. Can set fees at $3-5 with out DNR approval. Purchase of a plow truck—would replace the 1952 Oshkosh with a truck similar to the Ford truck we already have, two ways to pay for this—move money from contingency fund and just pay for it or borrow, Motion to move money from contingency fund and purchase the truck (Schramm/Sukala) Motion carries. Amendment to budget—Motion to move money from the contingency fund to buy the truck for the highway department (Schramm/Lohrmann) Motion carries. Committee restructuring: Buildings and Roads will remain the same with Don Sukala as Chair, Safety committee will remain with Ann Lohrmann as Chair, the Information Committee will change to Jeff Schramm as Chair, Plan and Zone will change to Rick Callaway as Chair, Rick will stay on the Lauderdale Lake Management District, and Ann Lohrmann will take the Pleasant Lake Pro and Rehab position, Frank Taylor will remain as chair for the finance committee—Motion to approve (Sukala/Schramm) Motion carries. removed from the agenda Resolution naming DNR representative for the launch ramp projects—Motion to name Crystal as person to sign all documents and to work with Don Sukala on permits and things (Sukala/Schramm) Motion carries Update on investigation regarding the April 05 election—talked with someone, but couldn’t tell us whether or not there is an investigation going on Approval of bills properly submitted for payment, with the exception of $955 for Richard Hermann (Lohrmann/Callaway). The meeting then moved into closed session to discuss possible disciplinary action per roll call vote: Schramm-aye, Lohrmann-aye, Sukala-aye, Callaway-aye, Taylor-aye. Motion to move out of closed session (Callaway/Sukala) Motion carries. Motion to proceed as discussed in closed session (Sukala/Schramm) Motion carries. There being no further business a motion to adjourn was made at 11:22 PM (Callaway/Schramm). Crystal Hoffmann Clerk
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