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November 9, 2009 Town Board Minutes
TOWN OF JACKSON MONTHLY BOARD MEETING
NOVEMBER 9,
2009
MEETING CALLED TO ORDER AT THE TOWN HALL AT 7 P.M. BY
CHAIRPERSON CONNOR. PRESENT WERE CHAIRPERSON DIANNE CONNOR,
SUPERVISOR NANCY GROWE, SUPERVISOR ROGER LARSON, CLERK LORRAINE
RADKE, TREASURER KIMBERLY CAMPION, ROAD SUPERVISOR GUY LOHMAN,
FIRE CHIEF DAVE FORMANEK WITH 8 OTHERS PRESENT. PLEDGE TO
FLAG SAID. CLERK RADKE SAID PROPER NOTICES HAD BEEN POSTED
AND PUBLISHED. BOARD REVIEWED AGENDA, MOTION BY SUPERVISOR
GROWE TO APPROVE AGENDA AS PRESENTED, SECONDED BY SUPERVISOR
LARSON, NO FURTHER DISCUSSION, MT.CD.
MOTION BY SUPERVISOR GROWE TO ADOPT THE 2010 PROPOSED BUDGET
AS PRESENTED EARLIER TONGHT, SECONDED BY SUPERVISOR LARSON,
NO FURTHER DISCUSSION, MT.CD.
MINUTES OF OCTOBER 12, 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 THANKED BOARD
FOR APPROVAL OF NEW PRINTER, SHE SAID SHE WILL NEED NEWS
LETTER FROM BOARD AND FIRE DEPT. BY NOV. 30 TO GET PRINTED
TO INCLUDE WITH TAX STATEMENTS, MOTION BY SUPERVISOR LARSON
TO APPROVE FINANCIAL REPORT AS PRESENTED, SECONDED BY
SUPERVISOR GROWE, NO FURTHER DISCUSSION, MT.CD.
BILL’S PRESENTED, SUPERVISOR LARSON QUESTIONED CHECK # 22882
AS TO NUMBER OF GOPHERS AND AMOUNT PAID, CLERK RADKE WILL
CHECK IT OUT AND CORRECT IT IF NEEDED, CLERK RADKE EXPLAINED
CHECK’S FOR VOL. FIREMEN PAY AS TO DIFFERENCE BETWEEN
GENERAL AND FIRE ACCOUNTS, MOTION BY SUPERVISOR LARSON TO PAY
ALL BILL’S AS PRESENTED, SECONDED BY SUPERVISOR GROWE NO
FURTHER DISCUSSION, MT.CD.
DISCUSSION ON FIRE DEPT. CHIEF DAVE FORMANEK SAID BEEN
QUIET, NO CALL’S. COLD WATER TRAINING MAY BE IN NOVEMBER,
TRUCK # 7 HAS HAD BRAKES FIXED, NEW LADDER PUT ON, COUPLE
NEW PORTABLE TANKS, SEVERAL FIREMEN WILL BE GOING TO LOOK AT
DIFFERENT SLIDING UNITS FOR U T V. POSSIBLE NEW MEMBER
JOINING, DEPT. RECEIVED CHECK FOR $1,056.00 FROM UNITED WAY
THRU NEXEN AND THANKED THEM.
DISCUSSION ON HIGHWAY DEPT. ROAD SUPERVISOR GUY LOHMAN SAID
FINISHING UP MOWING,SOME DISCUSSION ON PEOPLE PUTTING STUFF ON
TOWN RIGHT OF WAY, BEEN PUTTING GRAVEL IN DIFFERENT AREAS,
FORD DUMP TRUCK BOX NEEDED LOT OF WORK, SEAL KIT PUT IN,
BRAKE HOSE, NEW TIRES ON CHEVY TRUCK AND FROUNT END
ALLIGNED, WORKING ON FIRE NUMBERS TO BE PUT UP. DISCUSSION
ON THE ROAD CAROL JOHNSON FROM LAND RECORDS SAID HAS TO BE
NAMED. JEROME MOSER REQUESTED IT TO BE NAMED “
JESSE-RYAN-COURT” COUPLE YEARS AGO, CLERK RADKE SAID SHE SENT
HIM A LETTER ON IT BUT HASN’T GOTTEN ANSWER YET, DISCUSSION
ON LETTERS FROM CAROL JOHNSON ON IT, CLERK RADKE SAID IT
HAS TO BE NAMED SO CAROL ORDERED THE SIGN “ JESSE-RYAN-COURT”
SINCE BOARD HAD NO OBJECTION EARLIER TO THE NAME. QUITE A
BIT OF DISCUSSION ON TOWN NEEDING TO MAINTAIN IT SUCH AS
SNOWPLOWING ETC.,NEEDS A LOT OF WORK, SUPERVISOR LARSON SPOKE
OF GETTING THE WI. NATIONAL GUARD TO WORK ON IT TO GET IT
UP TO PAR, HE WILL CHECK IT OUT.
CHAIRPERSON CONNOR SAID THE PLANNING COMMISSION COMPLETED
CHAPTERS 1 THRU 7 EVERYTHING HAS BEEN SUBMITTED TO COUNTY.
NEXT CLUSTER MEETING IS NOVEMBER 16 AT THE GOV. CENTER.
DISCUSSION ON U D C INSPECTOR FOR 2010, MOTION BY SUPERVISOR
LARSON TO APPOINT DENNIS QUINN, SECONDED BY SUPERVISOR GROWE,
NO FURTHER DISCUSSION, MT.CD.
DISCUSSION ON CENSUS RESOLUTION SENT TO CHAIRPERSON CONNOR
FROM W.T.A COUNTY ASSOC., MOTION BY SUPERVISOR GROWE TO ADOPT
THE RESOLUTION, SECONDED BY SUPERVISOR LARSON, NO FURTHER
DISCUSSION, MT.CD.
PAUL JOHNSON, CHIEF OF POLICE SAID OFFICER ERIC GULBRANDSEN
WILL BE WORKING FULL TIME AS OFFICER IN MINOG BUT WILL STAY
ON PART TIME UNTIL SOMEONE ELSE IS HIRED. RECEIVED SEVERAL
APPLICATIONS ALREADY. HE SPOKE ON THEFTS LATELY OF OUTBOARD
MOTORS IN AREA, ALCOHOL AWARENESS PROGRAM WAS HELD AGAIN IN
COUNTY WITH SOME RESULTS BUT NONE IN TOWN OF JACKSON. HE
SAID WILL POSSIBLY BE A TRIAL OVER A LIGHT UTILITY VECHILE
HE STOPPED IN TOWN OF JACKSON LAST AUGUST. PARTY WANTS TO
GO TO COURT OVER IT HE SPOKE OF PROBLEM WITH HIS ASSISTING
A TOW-TRUCK REPOSSING A VECHILE AND PARTY TURNED IN COMPLAINT
THAT MR. JOHNSON PULLED HIS GUN ON HIM BUT ALL EVIDENCE
PROVES HIS ACCUSATIONS FALSE. SUPERVISOR GROWE ASK ABOUT
SNOWMOBILES BEING ABLE TO RIDE IN DITCHES, MR. JOHNSON SAID
THEY CAN RIDE THE DITCH BUT NOT ON SHOULDER OF ROAD
NEXT MONTHLY BOARD MEETING WILL BE DECEMBER 14, 2009. FIRE
CHIEF FORMANEK SAID HE WILL NOT BE ABLE TO ATTEND BUT WILL
SEND ONE OF THE FIREMEN.
5 BUILDING PERMITS ISSUED. PAULA ANTILL QUESTIONED IF A
PERMIT HAD BEEN ISSUED TO A PARTY ON N. POINT LAKE ROAD,
NO PERMIT SHOWING, SUPERVISOR GROWE WILL CONTACT U D C
INSPECTOR ON IT.
MAURY MILLER COUNTY REPRESENTATIVE SAID COUNTY WILL MEET ON
COUNTY BUDGET, WILL BE A 3% INCREASE IN LEVY.
SUPERVISOR LARSON SPOKE ON GETTING ANOTHER LOADER AS
DISCUSSED BEFORE BUT DEPENDS ON SNOW AMOUNT ETC. WILL WAIT
TILL FIRST OF THE YEAR AND SEE HOW THINGS ARE GOING. SOME
DISCUSSION ON A T V’S ON ROADS, AT THE W.T.A. COUNTY MEETING
THERE WAS DISCUSSION ON COUNTY PASSING ORDINANCE ON IT BUT
EACH TOWN WOULD STILL HAVE THE OPTION ON TOWN ROADS TO
ALLOW THEM OR NOT. CHAIRPERSON CONNOR ASK POLICE CHIEF
JOHNSON HIS OPINION ON IT, HE SAID THERE ARE SOME COUNTIES
DOING IT BUT HE DOESN’T AGREE WITH IT.
SOME DISCUSSION ON NEW STATUTES AS OF 2010 THAT TOWN’S CAN
NOT DECREASE LEVEL OF SERVICES ON FIRE, POLICE,AND AMBULANCE
SERVICES. CLERK RADKE SAID SHE HAD JUST RECEIVED LETTER ON
IT BUT HAS NOT COMPLETELY READ IT YET.
CLERK RADKE SAID INSURANCE AGENT CALLED TO SEE IF BOARD
WOULD LIKE TO MEET TO GO OVER PRESENT COVERAGE, CLERK
INSTRUCTED TO CONTACT HIM AND HAVE HIM ATTEND JANUARY 2010
MONTHLY MEETING.
NO FURTHER BUSINESS AT HAND, MOTION BY SUPERVISOR LARSON TO
ADJOURN, SECONDED BY SUPERVISOR GROWE, NO FURTHER DISCUSSION,
MT.CD. MEETING ADJOURNED AT 8:15 P.M.
LORRAINE RADKE, CLERK
THIS MINUTES ARE SUBJECT TO BOARD’S APPROVAL