MEETING CALLED TO ORDER AT 8:32 P.M. BY CHAIRPERSON JOE ABELL ROLL CALL- Chairperson Joe Abell-present, Supervisor Larry Austin-present, Supervisor Bill Pearce- present, Treasurer Marisa Nor- present, Clerk Deanna Swonger-present, Road Superintendent Mike August-present.

AMEND AGENDA: Disregarding the New Town Hall facility discussion considering the Annual Meeting preceded the regular Town Hall Meeting and the New Town Hall Facility was discussed at great length with vote to pass resolution to construct New Town Hall Facility. APPROVE MINUTES: AUSTIN/PEARCE 2nd made a MOTION to approve March 9th, 2010 regular Town Hall Meeting. MOTION carried unanimously without negative vote. AUSTIN/PEARCE 2nd made a MOTION to approve the minutes from March 9th, 2010 Public Hearing. MOTION carried unanimously without negative vote. PEARCE/AUSTIN 2nd made a MOTION to approve minutes from April 9th, 2010 Special Meeting with Land Use and Resource Management. MOTION carried unanimously without negative vote. PEARCE/AUSTIN 2nd made a MOTION to approve minutes from April 1st, 2010 for the Special Meeting for Roads Inspection with Tim Hansen. MOTION carried unanimously without negative vote. PEARCE/AUSTIN 2nd made a MOTION to approve minutes from April 9th, 2010 Special Meeting with Warren Hansen concerning the proposed new Town Hall Facility. MOTION carried unanimously without negative vote. PLAN COMMISSION REPORT: NONE

PUBLIC COMMENTS: George Kirkpatrick stated that we need to make sure that everybody that handles the elections have the appropriate certification.

REFERRAL TO PLAN COMMISSION: A) ELOY LAVARIEGA REQUESTING TO REZONE A SECTION OF PROPERTY FOR TAX PARCEL # EW700009 THAT IS CURRENTLY C-3 AND REZONE TO A-4 FOR A SMALL LANDSCAPING BUSINESS. THE SMALL SECTION WILL BE USED FOR STORAGE LANDSCAPING EQUIPMENT, INCLUDING HAND TOOLS, MOWERS, POWER EQUIPMENT, TRAILERS, AND VEHICLES. Chairperson Joe Abell is going to communicate with the the Land Use and Resource Management Department regarding this issue as the Comprehensive Plan may need to be changed to make this rezone possible. Necessary paperwork needs to be filled out. Will contact Eloy within a week to advise him on the next step in the process.

WALWORTH BOARDER AGREEEMENT: NONE

OLD BUSINESS: A) JOHN O’NEILL, REQUEST TO REZONE PROPERTY FROM A-1 TO A-4 AND CONDITIONAL USE FOR CONTRACTOR’S YARD, EMPLOYEES, RV STORAGE, BOAT STORAGE AND NURSERY BUSINESS, DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE DECISIONS. Request was dropped, and Mr. O’Niell would need to request in writing to be added to the Plan Commission Agenda at least 7 days prior to the scheduled Plan Commission Meeting.

NEW BUSINESS: A) RESOLUTION 041310-3 RESOLUTION TO INSTALL LED FLASHING LIGHTS AT THE INTERSECTION OF ST HWY 67 AND CTY HWY F. DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE DECISION. PEARCE/AUSTIN 2nd made a MOTION to approve resolution 041310-3. MOTION carried unanimously without negative vote. B) WALWORTH COUNTY ZONING AGENCY POSSIBLY AMENDING THE COUNTY ZONING AGENCY TO ALLOW SHORT TERM RENTALS OF PRIVATE RESIDENCES. DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE DECISION REGARDING TOWNS SUPPORT OF ALLOWING SHORT TERM RENTALS. Walworth County Zoning Agency was requesting our feedback regarding short term rentals. The board decided unanimously that the information we will be providing to the county is that we do allow short term rentals, and we are also in favor of allowing that to continue. Clerk Deanna Swonger will fax that information over to the County Zoning Agency Wednesday April 14th, 2010. C) ROAD BIDS- BIDS FOR ROAD REPAIR 2010. DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE DECISION. Bidders can get information online, at Walworth Town Hall, and it will be published in The Walworth Times. D) BIG FOOT LIONS FOR USE OF TOWN ROADS LEG-A-THON DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE DECISION. AUSTIN/PEARCE 2nd made a MOTION to approve the use of our roads for the Leg-A-Thon/ MOTION carried unanimously without negative vote. AUSTIN/PEARCE 2nd made a MOTION to waive the deposit for the BIG FOOT LIONS CLUB. MOTION carried unanimously without negative vote.

ETZ REPORTS: NONE

BOARD REPORTS

TREASURER REPORT: AUSTIN/PEARCE 2ND made a MOTION to approve Treasurer Report and MOTION carried unanimously without negative vote.

CLERK REPORT: 1) Letter sent to Matt Weidensee at Land Use and Resource Management approving Feltham rezone request.

2) April Election A) 181 total voters. B) 7 new voters. 3) I have spent a great deal of my time in the last month preparing for the April Election and the Annual Meeting.

SAFETY UPDATE: Larry reported on the fire and rescue calls for the month of March 2010. ROAD AND BUILDING CONDITIONS: None to report

JOE ABELL, LARRY AUSTIN AND BILL PEARCE-CITIZEN’S CONCERNS: None

FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS: ELOY LAVARIEGA REQUESTING TO REZONE A SECTION OF PROPERTY FOR TAX PARCEL # EW700009 THAT IS CURRENTLY C-3 AND REZONE TO A-4 FOR A SMALL LANDSCAPING BUSINESS. THE SMALL SECTION WILL BE USED FOR STORAGE LANDSCAPING EQUIPMENT, INCLUDING HAND TOOLS, MOWERS, POWER EQUIPMENT, TRAILERS, AND VEHICLES.

Board of Review Discussion

Comprehensive Walworth County Zoning Ordinance Amendment

Next monthly meeting will be Tuesday May 11th, 2010.

REVIEW BILLS FOR PAYMENT: AUSTIN/PEARCE 2nd made a MOTION to approve the bills and the MOTION carried unanimously without negative vote.

ADJOURNMENT: AUSTIN/PEARCE 2ND made a MOTION to adjourn meeting at 9:07 pm and the MOTION carried unanimously without negative vote.

MINUTES PREPARED BY: Deanna Swonger, Clerk clerk@townofwalworth.com

Note: These minutes are subject to further editing. Once approved by the Town Board, the official minutes will be kept at the Town Hall.

APPROVED:____________________________

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