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April 8, 2008 Town Board Meeting
TOWN OF BROOKLYN Office: N5988 County Road A-- Green Lake, WI 54941 Regular Monthly Town Board Meeting April 8, 2008 – 7:00 P.M. E-mail: townofbrooklyn@centurytel.net Web: townofbrooklyn.com MINUTES 1. Call Meeting to order by Mike Wuest at 7:00 p.m. Present: Mike Wuest, Chair; Susan McConnell, Supervisor; Sydney Rouse, Supervisor; Kathleen Morris, Treasurer; and Marian Mildebrandt, Clerk 2. Pledge of Allegiance - said by all in attendance 3. Approve Minutes of March 7, March 11 and March 26, 2008 meetings – M/S Rouse/Wuest to approve March 7th meeting, Motion carried 3-0 March 11 – correction on page 2 – M/S Rouse/ McConnell to approve with correction: Motion carried 3-0 March 26 M/S Rouse/ McConnell move to approve. Motion carried 3-0 4. Monthly Financial Review: a. Treasurer’s report - Kathleen Morris – Town of GL paid for their protection, and we received the Lottery Credit – we disperse to all taxing districts. We only keep $2000. Other – Chargeback for personal property that was not paid from 2006-tax roll. Expenditures: purchased the CD so we have enough to buy the fire truck. First CD should be 4.88 and 3.45 for the last one. b. Clerk’s report - Marian Mildebrandt 5. Assessor report –– Elizabeth Rowley - Grota has an on-going report with progress - Open Book June 17th from Noon – 4:30 p.m. and 6:00 – 8:30 -.p.m. 6. Library report – Linda DeNell - wrapped up winter music series. Had a couple of conference the last March. Have started the artist of the month program. Dave Oscar is this month’s artist. He does wood carving. Last Sat. a scraping workshop was held. Interest was good. Anyone under 11 can enter the Culver’s coloring contest. Library week is next week the 13th thru the 19th of April. National Volunteer week is the end of the month. There will be a reception to honor the volunteers 1:00 p.m. 7. Building Inspector report – Jerry Buhrow, Jr. Not present – Had comparison on fees with his company. 8. Fire Commission report (Including Fire Dept. & 1st Responder Dept.) . Orlo Bierman – the amount for the fire truck is about $60,000 short. Looking for a pumper. Chief Wagner still is working on it. Two officers have passed their NIMS Training. They have gone to training on writing grants. 1st Responders are having the golf outing. The Commission went into closed session regarding employee. 9. City Affairs report – Sydney Rouse – Council meeting is next Monday; beginning in May the City will have a new mayor. She has not heard who will fill McIntire’s position. 10. County Board report – Susan McConnell – Met March 18. They updated the web site. Minutes will be posted once they are approved. A bike route through the county has been proposed throughout the county. This was tabled until the May meeting. Design operation is underway for the new county building. It will take about 3 months to complete the design, with monthly updates as needed. April 15 during the day is the organizational county board meeting and it’s also Student Government Day. Arbor Day breakfast is next Thursday. 11. Chairperson report – Mike Wuest a. Roads: Set road inspection date for May 2008 - Monday May 5th at 3:00 p.m. b. Posting of Notices (statutory requirements) – Request for putting on website c. Report on Discussion with WTA (Regarding: 5-person board) – Mike talked with Rick Stadleman – he indicated that lot of towns are going to sub-committees instead of paying for 2 more supervisors. – We can talk about reducing the salaries of the supervisors. We are under 2500 and are not required to go to a 5-person board. Wuest feels that it should go to a referendum. Rouse – in lieu of the weather, she would like to table to the 15th (Annual Meeting) 12. Plan Commission report – RE: progress of Comprehensive Plan Revision – Wuest, Chairperson We completed reviewing the comp plan. He mailed the County Land Sub Ordinance to the Plan Commission. The Supervisors can get copies tonight after the meeting. We are going to compare our land subdivision with the county’s plan to see if we want to keep ours or repeal it and use the County’s plan. 13. Suggested items for possible future agendas - None 14. Public Comments (15 Minutes) – Joanne LaMire – we should have a 5-man board, so that people can contact whether they are residents or non-residents. I did not realize that it was passed. It was to go to the attorney - Salaries should be talked about at the Annual Meeting. Rouse – should be we going to the UTC meeting April 19th in Fond du Lac. The supervisors will let Clerk know if they are going. Ron Triemstra – Re: Lindenwood ABA issue. Wants to thank the Chair and board for coming to the right decision. The letters in the paper keep people informed and has had heard all good from getting the news out. Wuest, he has learned a lot from this situation. We can’t look back on what has happened. We need to go forward. We need to look at development, commercial, etc. Thank everyone for all his or her support. Rouse – one time we talked about becoming a village. Wants some information regarding that process. LaMire – the meeting (UTC) at FDL is important. Development doesn’t have to mean factories. Wuest, There is a 35 million development (Alex Zabel) is developing in North Fond du Lac. 15. Consideration and action: increasing Town Board to 5-person Board. Possible November referendum – wages or possible sub committees in lieu of board increase. MS Rouse/McConnell to table to May 13th. Motion carried 3-0 16. Letter- Thank you from Dartford Cemetery Association. – Wuest read letter. 17. Next Board meeting May 13, 2008 at 7:00 p.m. - GL Chamber wants to come next month to make a presentation about an Adhoc committee. Annual meeting is April 15th here at 7:0o p.m. County unit meeting is April 17, 2008 at 7:30 at Linda’s Terrace Tap. Program is Wind power. 18. Adjournment. M/S Rouse/McConnell to adjourn 8:00 p.m. Requests from persons with disabilities that need assistance to participate in this meeting or hearing should be made to the town office at 294-6600 with as much advance notice as possible. Marian Mildebrandt, Clerk Approved: May 13, 2008