Regular Monthly Meeting September 13, 2005

Draft Minutes Submitted by Jennifer Price, Deputy Clerk

1. Diane Voss called meeting to order. 2. Roll Call:

Diane Voss, Present Larry Austin, Present Bill Pearce, Present Tami Martin, Absent/ Deputy Jennifer Price, present Dawn Hildebrandt, Present Mike August –not Present till 7:24pm

3. Approval of Minutes from the June 14th, 2005 Regular Board meeting Corrections/additions/Deletions on August’s minutes: a. The Towns Association suggests a more complete list of board members whom are present at each meeting. b. One change was made from the Amended Agenda item 3 should read “Approval of Minutes from the June August 14th, 2005 ...” c. Minutes were approved by the board.

4. Public comments a. George Kirkpatrick – stated Joe Dean or a representative would be making a presentation regarding Delavan Farms (inlet by Weshire Farms). George will have more information at the next board meeting.

5. Presentations to Board (Discussion and possible consideration on the following items)

a, - Dan and Lucy Knull Conditional Use Permit Dan and Lucy Knull are both present. The Knull’s are asking for a conditional use permit for a Dog grooming business in a residential sub-division. It was discussed in detail, questions were asked and answered. The consensus of the board was denial of any business in a residential sub-division. There was mention of a ground breaking for a small business park in Walworth Village. Specifics were not known at this time.

b. Neuwinhaus Contract and Tire removal Neuwinhaus could not make meeting. A Bid proposal and Curbside residential recycling and refuse collection contract were submitted. The new contract spells out exactly in legal terminology what would be included for recycling. The board will review the new document in detail and sign at a later date. A special assessment on the garbage tax bill was suggested for an increase from $110.00 to $112.00 plus fuel charges. This will be a budget item and reviewed later. A motion was made to accept the new Neuwinhaus contract. 2nded and carried.

c Brad Lake from Strand Associates on the reconstruction of the Village Sewer line Fontana is increasing their flow so plans are being made to do additional sewer work. Drawings were submitted and discussed regarding a new metering manhole on Beloit Rd. in the right-of-way Proposed is a 100’ - 24” sanitary sewer in addition to 3 man holes and a 7’x5’x5’ metering enclosure. This would be crossing Beloit Rd. and replacement of 25’ of asphalt would be needed. A request was made to move sampling manhole as far away from road as possible, a legal contract including videoing, larger drawings (qty: 5) and legal responsibility was made.

6. New Business (Discussion and possible consideration on the following items) a. Office/Meeting room furniture Request denied. No budgeted money this year for new furniture. A suggestion that County may have leftover furniture from downtown. b. NIMS resolution for Walworth County Emergency Services The county will be adopting the NIMS and our Township needs to have one also. Fire/EMG/Village officials are required to take training A motion was made to approve Resolution No.09-13-05 – Designation of the National Indicent Management System (NIMS) as the basis for all incident management in the Town of Walworth. Motion carried. 3-0. c. Big Foot Prairie Historical Society We can donate funds as individuals, but as a Township we can not. The only way we could donate is if the Historical Society was in Walworth Township. We can however designate items on LOAN to them. d. Tracy Group – Bonding of roads and designated hall roads The Tracy Group will be annexing back into Fontana. We should receive a letter when the annex is complete. We will possibly need to enter into a border road agreement or have some bonding.

e. Discussion of establishing a planning commission A planning commission was discussed. More information is needed regarding whether or not it will benefit a community of our size.

7. Old Business (Discussion and possible consideration on the following items) a. Status of Revaluation Given at Board of Review Meeting b. Policy for pipelines We need to include terminology stating the pipeline would be responsible for any of their sub-contractors.

8. Board Reports: a. Treasurer’s Report Report was read and given to board for review. Motion was made to approve the Treasure’s report, 2nded and carried. b. Clerk comments November 8, 20065 Special Election for the Delavan/Darien School District. The School District will pay the expense of the election. c. Citizen complaints, citizen concerns, and other correspondence (Diane, Larry and Bill) 1. Concern: Why not notified on assessment. Answer: We published and posted according to law. 2. Several comments as to person doing inspections very polite. 3. Questions: Behind ShipShape they are dumping more dirt and leveling. Do we know what is happening? Diane will check. d. Update on meetings attended (Diane, Larry and Bill) A Smart growth mtg. will be held on Sept. 21st, 2005 at 6:00 pm.. Tom Price will attend. Agenda: The Questionnaire. e. Safety Update (Larry) 1. Three (3) calls to Township for fire. 2. Fire Code Violation (14.03(13) with reference to NFPA 1:3-5.5. at W6268 Hwy 67. Who is liable regarding this ongoing situation? 3. A new fire /rescue station is being built by pick-n-save. 4. Consideration of new fire numbers for easier visability. f. Road and Building Conditions (Bill and Mike) Ken updated road work complete but, 2 culverts, misc shouldering. Last day of dumping last month. Some of our residents are using the village dump site and will get fined $150.

9. ETZ report – None

10. Next meeting scheduled for – October 11th, 2005 @7:00 Board of review at 6:45 pm. Though brief we must have minutes for board of review.

11. Review Bills for payment. Motion made, 2nd and carried to pay bills.

12. Adjournment Motion made, 2nded and carried. Town of Walworth N1301 Town Hall Road Walworth, WI 53184 www.townofwalworth.com

Board of Review Meeting September 13, 2005

Draft Minutes Submitted by Jennifer Price, Deputy Clerk

1. Meeting was called to order 2. Roll call. Diane Voss, Larry Austin, Bill Pearce and Gary from Gardiner Appraisal Service

Notices have been posted.

Discussion with Gary on the status of revaluation. Date of Oct 11th , 6:45pm for open book.

Motion made for adjournment, 2nded and carried.