February 17, 2005 5:00 p.m

Minutes

1. Call meeting to order by Chairperson Voss

2. Members present:

_____x_ Diane Voss, Chairperson

_____x Larry Austin, Supervisor#1

_____x Bill Pearce, Supervisor #2

_____x Tami Martin, Clerk

___ x Mike August, Road Superintendent (present at 6:00)

Motion made by Larry to go into closed session. 2nd by Bill. Motion carried 3-0

3. Closed Session -- To consider a motion on whether or not to conduct a closed session in accordance with 19.85 (1)(c), Wis. Stats.: and if said motion is adopted, then hold a closed meeting immediately after approval of said motion for the purpose of considering employment, promotion, compensation, or public employee over which the governmental body has jurisdiction or exercises responsibility.

Return to open session

• Motion made to adjourn closed session by Bill. 2nd by Larry. Motion carried.

• Motion made to accept the Labor Agreement pending Mike’s review and approval. Larry – Bill 2nd. Carried 3-0

Return to open session at about 6:00 p.m.

4. Approval of Minutes from the January 6, 2005 Regular Board meeting. Bill asked for Tami to add “One home for farm help and other for storage or office.” Larry motion to approve. Bill 2nd. Carried 3-0

5. Public Comments

George Kirkpatrick – concerned that 8e is general. George favors appropriate development of land near his house. Since the last meeting the Shodeen property was annexed into the Delavan Lake Sanitary district. George is concerned that his property will be required to comply with the district. He has received assurances from the Delavan Lake Sanitary district that costs can be absorbed by the developer.

Tom Perry – Would like to encourage the board to immediately start working on a comprehensive 5-year plan. The governor has put has property caps in his budget which will affect the Town. If this was in effect this year the Town would not have been able to implement the current levy.

6. Land Separation for the Larry and Maxine Ellis Property

• Bill motioned to approve land Separation of property as presented. 2nd Larry. Carried 3-0

7. Garbage Credit for Mary and Thomas Davis

• Motion made by Bill. 2nd by Larry. Carried 3-0.

8. New Business (Discussion and possible consideration on the following items)

a) Resignation of Treasurer

 Sue Emerson resigned February 15, 2005

b) Appointment of Treasurer

 Larry motioned to appoint Dawn Hildebrandt as treasurer to fill out Sue’s term. Bill 2nd. Carried 3-0

c) Wendeberg Fire Violations

 Larry would like to table in order to allow him time to speak with him directly.

 Larry motioned to table until next month. Bill 2nd. Carried 3-0

d) Tax Refunds

 Motion to approve tax refunds as presented by Larry. 2nd by Bill. Motion carried.

e) Future Development and Growth of the Town

 It would be a good idea to have a work session to discuss this issue.

 Board would like to keep things with the rural character of the Town of Walworth

 Planned development can be good if it is planned and slow

 We need to consider what we are going to do with the Town Hall location and maintenance. We could possibly make a sub-committee to discuss this.

 We can have our appointed Smart Growth people discuss this. That meeting isn’t until March.

9. Board Reports:

a) Treasurer’s Report

• Motion made by to approve report by Bill. 2nd by Larry. Carried 3-0

b) Administrative reminders and updates

• Tami finished up the tax levy Feb. payments. Dawn will need to sign them and put them into the mail on Friday.

c) Spring Elections

• We had 67 voters. 34 of which were absentee voters.

• The Spring Election will be April 5th, 2005

d) Citizen complaints, citizen concerns, and other correspondence

Diane

• Village Clerk contacted her about Community Chest. They plan to ask a resident to chair the Community Chest • Several trips to Elkhorn were made to the County Treasurer’s office • Letter from Steve August was given to her regarding Alliant energy. • We need to notify 4-H clubs about Road side pick up • Shooting reporting on February 7, 2005. Party reported it to the Sherriff’s department. There was some target practice going on. • Spoke to Joe Condally regarding revaluation of Town. At this time they didn’t have anything to report.

Bill

• Contact with Steve August

Larry

• Contact with Steve August

e) Hwy 67 construction update

• They will redo Hwy 67 from Theater Road to Abbey Hills.

• Fontana wants an alternative route through our local roads.

• Bill and Larry stated that they would like traffic off of Town Roads

• Starts May 1st in 2006

f) Delavan Sewer District meeting update (Bill)

• January 18th, annexed some of the 146 acres into the Delavan Lake Sewer District

g) Update on meetings attended (Diane, Larry, and Bill)

• Diane, Bill, Larry, and Tami attended the Tri-County Town’s meeting. • February Smart Growth cancelled until Wednesday, March 24th. • Diane attended meeting for the Shodeen property. • Larry attended ETZ meeting for Alliant Energy proposed substation • March 1st is the public hearing on Alliant Substation. • Bill attended the County Board meeting regarding Town’s zoning issues. Several Town’s spoke their concerns about pro’s and con’s of being in County zoning.

h) Safety update (Larry)

• 3 places had outstanding violations. Larry wrote them all letters asking them to comply to the fire codes. • We still have the issue with North Shore driveway, but Larry has located at least one party on that street.

i) Road and Building Conditions (Mike and Bill)

• RR got a hold of us regarding crossings. They will fix the Kikkoman crossing this summer. It will take 3 days and will need to be closed for two nights. Traffic will be re-routed at that time. • Mike attended Digger’s hotline meeting in Janesville last Thursday. • Roads have gotten bad with the rain, freezing, thawing, etc. • Need to look at roads next month to get bids in early.

10. ETZ report – No report

11. Old Business (Discussion and possible consideration on the following items)

a) Alliant Energy

• Larry attended ETZ meeting for Alliant Energy proposed substation • March 1st is the public hearing on Alliant Substation. • Have moved it around Steve’s property a bit

12. Next meeting scheduled Thursday, March 10th, 6:00 p.m.

13. Review Bills for payment. Bill motioned to approved as presented with the exceptions of the ones Tami and Dawn will go over to see if they have already been paid. Motion carried 3-0

14. Adjournment

Submitted by Tami Martin, February 18th, 2005