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December 8, 2008 Monthly Board Meeting Minutes
TOWN OF JACKSON MONTHLY BOARD MEETING
DECEMBER 8, 2008
MEETING CALLED TO ORDER AT THE TOWN HALL AT 7:OO P.M. BY
CHAIRPERSON CONNOR. PRESENT WERE CHAIRPERSON DIANNE CONNOR,
SUPERVISOR NANCY GROWE, SUPERVISOR GARY BIRON, CLERK LORRAINE
RADKE, TREASURER KIMBERLY CAMPION, AND ROAD SUPERVISOR GUY
LOHMAN. WITH 19 OTHERS PRESENT. ABSENT, FIRE CHIEF DAVE
FORMANEK PLEDGE TO FLAG SAID. CLERK RADKE SAID PROPER NOTICES
WERE POSTED AND PUBLISHED. BOARD REVIEWED AGENDA, MOTION BY
SUPERVISOR GROWE TO APPROVE AGENDA AS PRESENTED, SECONDED BY
SUPERVISOR BIRON, MT.CD.
MINUTES OF NOVEMBER 10, 2008 MONTHLY BOARD MEETING PRESENTED,
CLERK RADKE SAID JIM HENRICH BROUGHT PAST CONSTABLES GUN TO
OFFICE AND IT IS IN VAULT. MOTION BY SUPERVISOR BIRON TO
APPROVE MINUTES AS PRESENTED, SECONDED BY SUPERVISOR GROWE, NO
FURTHER DISCUSSION, MT.CD.
FINANCIAL REPORT PRESENTED, TREASURER CAMPION SPOKE OF GETTING
A CHECK FOR DOG LICENSES TO COUNTY AND A CHECK TO PUT
BALANCE OF MONEY IN TAX ACCOUNT INTO COMMUNITY BANK, BOARD
APPROVED. SOME DISCUSSION ON TAXES COLLECTED AS TO MAKING
SURE IT IS ALL COVERED BY BANK’S INSURANCE, TREASURER CAMPION
WILL KEEP ON TOP OF IT ALL. SUPERVISOR GROWE WILL GET ON
TOWN’S WEB SITE AS TO WHEN TREASURER WILL BE AT TOWN OFFICE
TO COLLECT TAXES AND THAT PEOPLE CAN PAY TAXES TO TOWN
CLERK DURING HER OFFICE HOURS ALSO. BUT NO RECEIPT WILL BE
GIVEN BY CLERK, IF REQUESTED THE TREASURER WILL SEND RECEIPT
OUT. MOTION BY SUPERVISOR BIRON TO APPROVE FINANCIAL REPORT
AS PRESENTED, SECONDED BY SUPERVISOR GROWE, NO FURTHER
DISCUSSION, MT.CD.
BILL’S PRESENTED, MOTION BY SUPERVISOR BIRON TO PAY ALL
BILL’S AS PRESENTED, SECONDED BY SUPERVISOR GROWE, NO FURTHER
DISCUSSION, MT.CD.
DISCUSSION ON FIRE DEPT. CLERK RADKE READ REPORT LEFT BY
FIRE CHIEF, ON NOV. 11 FIRE DEPT. RESPONDED TO AN ALARM ON
VOYAGER ROAD, NO FIRE. I.C.S. TRAINING WAS HELD ON LINE AT
FIRE HALL ALSO ICE RESCUE TRAINING ON DEC. 7 AT 2 P.M. AT
SAND LAKE LANDING ON LEEF ROAD. SCOTT FIRE DEPT. WANTED TO
SEE NEW “FORTUNA” BOAT, ALL MEMBERS PRESENT WERE VERY
IMPRESSED. NEXT TRAINING WILL BE IN-HOUSE EQUIPMENT AND VIDEO
INSTRUCTIONS. SALES REP. FROM 5 ALARM WAS AT LAST BUSINESS
MEETING TO DISCUSS PURCHASE OF 10 S C B A PACKS, WOULD
PROVIDE 10 SPARE BOTTLES, MASK BAGS, AND EYEGLASS FRAMES AT
NO CHARGE. 10 PACKS AND HIGH PRESSURE FILL STATION WOULD USE
UP MOST OF THE GRANT MONEY, APPROX. $ 88,000.00. FIRE DEPT.
HAS MONEY BUDGETED FOR OUR SHARE-5%. PRICES COMING FOR SIGN-
CHANGEABLE LETTER PART, STILL WORKING ON DESIGN TO BE
INSTALLED IN SPRINGTIME. ON THE NEW FIRE NUMBER/ADDRESS SIGNS,
BIG IMPROVEMENT- SIGNS ARE LOCATED NICELY AND ARE EASY TO
READ FROM BOTH DIRECTIONS, THANKS TO CHIP AND BRAD AND BOB
SUCHY IF HE WORKED ON THEM. SORRY I MISSED THE MEETING BUT
DAUGHTER WANTED ME TO SEE HER CHRISTMAS CONCERT TONIGHT. FIRE
DEPT. COLLECTED AS OF SATURDAY, 26 DEER HIDES, MADE ABOUT $
120.00 AND THE BIN IS HALF FULL AGAIN. TOM HEENAN SAID THE
FIRE DEPT. RECEIVED A $ 2,000.00 GRANT FROM STATE FOR
COMMUNICATION EQUIPMENT.
DISCUSSION ON HIGHWAY DEPT. ROAD SUPERVISOR LOHMAN SAID
GRADER IS READY FOR WINTER USE, HAD TO GET 2 NEW BATTERIES
FOR GRADER, BEEN WORKING ON GETTING NEW FIRE NUMBERS PLACED,
SANDING ROADS. CHAIRPERSON CONNOR ASK IF JIM FLANIGAN CALLED
HIM, ON THE BASS LAKE PROBLEM DISCUSSED BEFORE, GUY LOHMAN
SAID YES, HE CHECKED IT OUT AND THERE HAS BEEN SOME CLEAN
UP DONE, CAN’T REALLY SEE MUCH FROM ROAD NOW. SUPERVISOR
GROWE ASK HOW MANY MORE FIRE NUMBERS NEED TO BE PUT UP,
LOHMAN SAID ABOUT ¾ LEFT TO DO YET.SOME DISCUSSION ON SIGNS
AT A & KILKARE, CLERK RADKE HAD CHECKED PAST MINUTES AND AT
THE 1988 ANNUAL MEETING THE PEOPLE VOTED TO NOT ALLOW SIGNS
THERE.
DISCUSSION ON 2009 CAUCUS DATE, DATE SET FOR MONDAY JANUARY
12, 2009 AT THE TOWN HALL AT 6:30 P.M.
KATHY SWINGLE SPOKE ON MEETINGS HELD ON COMPREHENSIVE
PLANNING COMMITTEE IN COUNTY HAVE BEEN VERY INFORMATIVE. THERE
WILL BE A CLUSTER MEETING ON THIS DEC. 16 AT 6 P.M. AT
WEBSTER HIGH SCHOOL. SHE SPOKE OF DIFFERENT THINGS THAT NEED
TO BE DONE BY 2010 AND TOWN OF JACKSON IS RIGHT ON
SCHEDULE.
MAURY MILLER SPOKE OF GRANT BURNETT COUNTY RECEIVED FROM
STATE TO BE USED ON LAKES IN COUNTY FOR MIL-FOIL ETC. AND
HOPES OF GETTING DONATIONS FROM TOWNS AND LAKE ASSOCIATIONS
TO BE USED TO MATCH THE 25% NEEDED, POSSIBLY TOWNS CAN
CONSIDER $500.00 A YEAR TOWARDS THIS AND $ 100.00 A YEAR
FROM THE LAKES ASSOCIATIONS. MR. MILLER ALSO SPOKE ON THE
SIGN ORDINANCE THE COUNTY IS WORKING ON AND EXPLAINED
DIFFERENT ONES ALLOWED NOW. TEMPORARY ONES ARE O.K., PORTABLE
ONES WITH LITES ALLOWED, DIRECTIONAL ONES ARE O.K., OFF
PREMISE LIKE BILL BOARDS EXISTING ONES ARE O.K. BUT NO NEW
ONES WILL BE ALLOWED. SOME DISCUSSION ON SET BACK, HEIGHT,
ETC. THAT WILL COME INTO EFFECT. MR. MILLER WILL KEEP TOWN
INFORMED OF THESE THINGS.
1 LOG PERMIT ISSUED, NO BUILDING PERMITS ISSUED.
GUY LOHMAN SPOKE ON ABANDONED TRAILERS OR HOMES IN TOWN AS
TO ANY ORDINANCE TO GET THEM CLEANED UP. SUPERVISOR GROWE
SAID TOWN CAN SEND PROPERTY OWNER A LETTER REQUESTING THEM
TO CLEAN THEM UP BUT LEGALLY CAN NOT GO ON THE PROPERTY
AND DO ANYTHING. MAURY MILLER SAID THE COUNTY IS TRYING TO
GET SOMETHING DONE ON THIS ALSO. SUPERVISOR GROWE TOLD ROAD
SUPERVISOR TO GET A LIST AND SEND IT TO BURNETT COUNTY
CLEAN-UP COMMITTEE. JOHN FREESE SAID THERE WAS A PARTY
DUMPING TIRES AND THEY WERE CAUGHT AND FINED. SUPERVISOR
GROWE SPOKE OF THE TOWN’S RE-CYCLE EVENT HELD EARLIER THAT
BROUGHT IN A LOT OF STUFF AND PLAN TO HAVE IT AGAIN NEXT
YEAR.
NO FURTHER BUSINESS AT HAND, MOTION BY SUPERVISOR GROWE TO
ADJOURN, SECONDED BY SUPERVISOR BIRON, NO FURTHER DISCUSSION,
MT.CD. MEETING ADJOURNED AT 8:10 P.M.
LORRAINE RADKE, CLERK