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August 10, 2009 Town Board Minutes
TOWN OF JACKSON MONTHLY BOARD MEETING
AUGUST 10,
2009
MEETING CALLED TO ORDER AT THE TOWN HALL AT 7:00 P.M. BY
CHAIRPERSON CONNOR. PRESENT WERE CHAIRPERSON DIANNE CONNOR,
SUPERVISOR NANCY GROWE, SUPERVISOR ROGER LARSON, CLERK LORRAINE
RADKE, TREASURER KIMBERLY CAMPION, FIRE CHIEF DAVE FORMANEK
WITH 6 OTHERS PRESENT. ABSENT, ROAD SUPERVISOR GUY LOHMAN.
PLEDGE TO FLAG SAID. CLERK RADKE STATED PROPER NOTICES WERE
POSTED AND PUBLISHED. BOARD REVIEWED AGENDA, MOTION BY
SUPERVISOR GROWE TO APPROVE AGENDA, SECONDED BY SUPERVISOR
LARSON, MT.CD.
MINUTES OF JULY 13, 2009 MONTHLY BOARD MEETING PRESENTED,
MOTION BY SUPERVISOR GROWE TO APPROVE MINUTES AS PRESENTED,
SECONDED BY SUPERVISOR LARSON, NO FURTHER DISCUSSION, MT.CD.
FINANCIAL REPORT PRESENTED, TREASURER CAMPION SPOKE OF CLASS
SHE ATTENDED IN GREEN BAY AND SHE GOT SOME VERY GOOD
INFORMATION. LOT OF DISCUSSION ON DOG LICENSES AS TO PEOPLE
NEEDING TO FILL OUT THE AFFIDAVIT WHEN THEIR DOG DIES AND
PROBLEM WITH IT. SUPERVISOR LARSON SAID HE WOULD BE WILLING
TO GO BEFORE THE COUNTY BOARD WITH TREASURER TO SPEAK ABOUT
IT IF SHE WANT’S TO. AFTER ALL DISCUSSION, MOTION BY
SUPERVISOR LARSON TO APPROVE FINANCIAL REPORT AS PRESENTED,
SECONDED BY SUPERVISOR GROWE, NO FURTHER DISCUSSION, MT.CD.
BILL’S PRESENTED, SUPERVISOR LARSON SAID TOWN SHOULD RECEIVE
ABOUT $ 15,000.00 FROM STATE FOR MORNING STAR PROJECT ON TRIP
PROGRAM. NO FURTHER DISCUSSION, MT. BY SUPERVISOR LARSON TO
PAY ALL BILL’S AS PRESENTED SECONDED BY SUPERVISOR GROWE,
MT.CD.
DISCUSSION ON FIRE DEPT. CHIEF FORMANEK SAID BEEN PRETTY
QUIET, U T V TRAINING WENT REAL GOOD AND HE EXPLAINED WHAT
THEY DID, NEXT TRAINING WILL BE A SURPRISE SO HE CAN’T TALK
ABOUT IT TONIGHT SINCE COUPLE FIREMEN ARE PRESENT BUT HE
WILL KEEP BOARD INFORMED. DEPT. GOT A $ 2,000.00 GRANT FROM
CENTURY TEL AND $ 500.00 DONTATION FROM PRIVATE CITIZEN . HE
SAID THE COURT DATE ON WORM FARM PROBLEM HAS BEEN SETTLED
OUT OF COURT. HE SAID THE DISCUSSION ON SELLING OLDER ROAD
& FIRE NUMBERS TO PEOPLE COULD CAUSE A PROBLEM IF THEY
WERE PLACED IN A BAD AREA. SUPERVISOR LARSON SAID HE AND
ROAD SUPERVISOR HAVE TALKED ABOUT IT AND WILL DISCUSS IT
MORE..
GEORGE SONTERRE SAID THE ANNUAL PANCAKE BREAKFAST HAD A
BIGGER TURNOUT THEN LAST YEAR.
DISCUSSION ON HIGHWAY DEPT. ROAD SUPERVISOR LOHMAN LEFT HIS
REPORT WITH SUPERVISOR LARSON, CHIP SEALING SHOULD BE DONE BY
END OF NEXT WEEK, GRADER HAS NEW BRAKE SYSTEM IT IS
COVERED UNDER WARRENTY BUT TOWN WILL HAVE TO PAY HAULING
FEE. NEW SWEEPER HAS BEEN DELIVERED AND IN USE. ON ROAD AND
FIRE SIGNS, BEEN INSTALLING SOME GETTING MORE TO INSTALL,
REPLACED SOME STOLEN AND SHOT UP SIGNS. THERE WAS SOME FUEL
STOLEN, POLICE DEPT. WAS CALLED ON IT. WILL GET HANDICAPPED
AREA STRIPED THIS FALL, WILL BE DOING ROAD RATING IN FALL
FOR PASER PROGRAM, BEEN QUITE A BIT OF GARBAGE AND HOUSEHOLD
ITEM’S DUMPED ALONG ROADS. SOME DISCUSSION ON GRAVEL ROAD’S
NOT GRADED, SUPERVISOR LARSON SAID WHEN WE GET SOME RAIN
THEY WILL BE GRADED. CHAIRPERSON CONNOR READ LETTER FROM KATY
KING AS TO HER DISAPPROVING OF THE TREE’S CUT AND MOWING
ALONG ROAD AT MORNING STAR. SOME DISCUSSION ON KEEPING ROADS
MOWED ETC.
DISCUSSION ON CEMETERY ORDIANCE SUPERVISOR GROWE PRESENTED,
SUPERVISOR LARSON SPOKE OF USING DIFFERENT WORDING AS TO
APPOINTING A SEXTON OR TOWN BOARD MEMBER TO BE IN CHARGE OF
TOWN CEMETERY, AFTER ALL DISCUSSION, SUPERVISOR GROWE WILL
ADD TOWN ELECTED SUPERVISOR TO ACT AS SEXTON WITH CHARGE OF
DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITY MAINTENANCE OF CEMETERY. SUPERVISOR
GROWE WILL PRESENT CORRECTED ORDINANCE AT SEPTEMBER MEETING.
CHAIRPERSON CONNOR SAID PLANNING COMMITTEE DID MAPPING AND
WILL BE DOING IMPLEMENT SOON. CLUSTER MEETING WILL BE HELD
IN SEPTEMBER.
CLERK RADKE SAID SHE WILL NEED TO ORDER “ VAN ACCESSIBLE”
SIGN FOR HANDICAPPED AREA AND PRIVECY SCREEN FOR VOTING,
MOTION BY SUPERVISOR LARSON TO HAVE CLERK ORDER NEEDED SIGNS,
SECONDED BY SUPERVISOR GROWE, NO FURTHER DISCUSSION, MT.CD.
DISCUSSION ON NORTH SAND LAKE LANDING NEEDING REPAIR.
SUPERVISOR LARSON SPOKE TO D.N.R. AS TO WHAT TOWN CAN DO.
SOME DISCUSSION ON TOWN OR NORTH SAND LAKE ASSOC. COVERING
COST, AFTER ALL DISCUSSION, MOTION BY SUPERVISOR LARSON THAT
THEY SHARE THE COST, SECONDED BY SUPERVISOR GROWE, NO
FURTHER DISCUSSION, MT.CD.
ALLEN RAND SPOKE OF THE LANDING ON CROOKED LAKE, HE HAD
DONTATED THE LAND TO TOWN YEARS BEFORE AND TOWN HAS NEVER
KEPT IT UP. SOME DISCUSSION THAT TOWN WOULD CHOOSE ONE
LANDING EACH YEAR TO DO UPKEEP, SUPERVISOR LARSON SAID HE
WAS NOT AWARE OF THE LANDING AT CROOKED LAKE BUT HE WILL
CHECK IT OUT.
DISCUSSION ON EAGLE LAKE PROJECT, SUPERVISOR LARSON SAID HE
SPOKE TO THE TOWN OF SWISS AND THEY SAID THEY HAVE NO
PLANS TO DO ANYTHING ON THEIR PART OF THE ROAD, TOWN OF
JACKSON PLANNED TO HAVE THEIR PART PAVED NEXT YEAR SUPERVISOR
LARSON SAID HE FEELS WOULD BE BETTER TO PUT MORE GRAVEL
ON IT AND FIX SOFT SPOTS, IT IS A PRETTY GOOD ROAD NOW.
TOWN COULD PUT THE MONEY PROJECTED FOR IT IN CONTINGENCY
FUND TO BE USED IN FUTURE, SUPERVISOR GROWE AND CHAIRPERSON
CONNOR AGREE.
3 BUILDING PERMITS ISSUED
SUPERVISOR GROWE SPOKE OF FIRE DEPT. HAVING A PROGRAM ON
SPRINKLER SYSTEM SEPT./ 19 AND MAYBE WOULD BE A GOOD TIME
TO HOLD OPEN HOUSE AND SHOW PEOPLE THE TOWN EQUIPMENT, AFTER
SOME DISCUSSION BOARD AGREE WOULD BE A GOOD IDEA.
SOME DISCUSSION ON AMBULANCE DISCUSSION AT RECENT W.T.A.
MEETING SUPERVISOR LARSON SAID HE LEARNED NOTHING AT THE
MEETING. THERE WILL BE ANOTHER MEETING COMING UP. QUITE A BIT
OF DISCUSSION ON THE MATTER.
PAUL JOHNSON FROM POLICE DEPT. GAVE HIS REPORT, WORKING ON
NEXT YEARS BUDGET, 3 BURGLARIES IN TOWN OF SCOTT. HE IS
WORKING ON A CASE CONNECTED WITH THE THEFT OF GAS HERE. HE
SPOKE OF COMPLAINTS ON BARKING DOGS AND COST IF TAKEN TO
COURT IF TOWN DOESN’T HAVE ORDINANCE ON IT.
CLERK RADKE SPOKE OF E-MAIL SHE RECEIVED ON RENTING TOWN
HALL FOR WEDDING, POSSIBLY THEY ARE THINKING OF V.V.
COMMUNITY CENTER. BOARD STATED THEY DON’T THINK HALL WOULD BE
BIG ENOUGH, CLERK RADKE WILL CONTACT THE PARTY ON IT
NO FURTHER BUSINESS AT HAND. MOTION BY SUPERVISOR LARSON TO
ADJOURN, SECONDED BY SUPERVISOR GROWE, MT.CD. MEETING
ADJOURNED AT 9:10 P.M.
LORRAINE RADKE, CLERK
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