March 10, 2005 6:00 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__ Dawn Hildebrandt, Treasurer

_____x_ Mike August, Road Superintendent

3. Approval of Minutes from the February 14, 2005 special meeting and the February 17, 2005 Regular Board meeting. Bill motioned to approve minutes. Second by Larry. Carried 3-0

4. Public Comments

• None

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

a) Resolution on Cemetery and 4-H contributions. Not needed.

b) Painting the Town Hall

 Building needs to be pressure washed, primed and a final coat put on. One estimate came in at $ 4192.00 main building and $460 wood part of the old garage.  Board would like to see us get another estimate.

c) Bonding of the Clerk and Treasurer

 Tami was directed to get an explanation on Professional Liability and to get a quote with limits for blanket bond on the entire board and/or single treasurer and clerk bonds.

d) Reconciliation of accounts

 Jennifer Price might be interested. Tami will check with her and report back to the board.

6. Board Reports:

a) Treasurer’s Report

 January reconciliation was presented to show the accounts’ balances  Summary of all accounts was presented to Board for their review.

Larry motioned to approve report as given. Second by Bill. 3-0

b) Administrative reminders and updates • Audit in progress

c) Spring Elections

• April 5th is the next election • Get absentee ballot requests to Tami as soon as possible

d) Citizen complaints, citizen concerns, and other correspondence (Diane, Larry, and Bill)

Diane

• Asked Independent Inspections for a list of all new properties from 1/01/04 – 12/31/04 • We received a resignation for Jennifer Price for Community Chest. Chest has met and dispersed money that was in the accounts. Hazel August and Rita Cower are working together on this. • We should think about a fee for marathons in the future. • Verizon is still sending request for boring under the roads. Diane is looking to see if we can charge a fee for this

Larry

• Received a call from Mr. Keller about getting police protection.

Bill

• None

e) Update on meetings attended or coming up (Diane, Larry, and Bill)

Diane • WE energies is having informative meeting regarding the substation. • Attended a meeting that they gave a print out on agricultural land. Speaker stressed that it was important that municipalities keep agricultural land as agricultural land • Contact Diane for copies of County Zoning meetings. Tami will also post on the window. • Lake Use meeting is March 22nd. • Governor’s conference is the 26th in Lake Geneva

f) Safety update (Larry)

• Larry gave Tami original fire and rescue contracts • Sent out letters to those who had fire inspection violations • Repair was made to the pumper truck. Parts were covered by warranty, but labor might not be. • Larry requested copies of annual inspection of both trucks.

g) Road and Building Conditions (Mike and Bill)

• Bill asked if the weight ordinance been posted. We should be sending that to area residents and haulers who will be able to help keep an eye on the roads. • Class B signs are starting to go up. Digger’s hotline needs to be contacted for every sign. • Toward the end of the month we will be touring the roads and starting to get ready for road bids • A few accidents happened with the last couple snow storms. • Ordered Sand from Aldie Materials. • Problem with the little Red 1-ton truck. Mike will be seeing if he can repair it once the weather gets a little better.

7. ETZ report

• None

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

a) Wendeberg Fire Violations.

• Larry will get Mr. Wendeberg copies of what the State requires. It is a 20 foot path. The Board requests he be in compliance by the next inspection.

9. Next meeting scheduled April 12, 2005 ANNUAL MEETING WILL BE FIRST

10. Review Bills for payment. Motion made by Larry to approved as presented. . 2nd by Bill. Carried 3-0

11. Adjournment