Minutes of the Regular Board Meeting
Chairman
Collyard called the Regular Board Meeting to order at
Amended Agenda
Call the meeting to order
Pledge Allegiance to the
Flag
Approve the June Agenda
Approve the Minutes of the
Last Regular Board Meeting
Treasurer’s Report
Voucher’s
Approval
Clerk / Correspondence-Plus
notice of Special Town Board Meeting on
Department Head Reports:
Cemetery Committee-Bud
Pease
Ambulance Department:
Ambulance Service- Policies and Procedures Approval- Del Jerome
Fire Department-
Tom Renz
Constable- Mike
O’Keefe
Garage-Dick Collyard-Introduce new hires
Barnes
Area Historical Association – Centennial Committee –Updates
Barnes
Area Development –BADC – Updates
Eurasian
Water Milfoil Ad Hoc Committee – Updates
Bayfield
County Sheriff-Answers to Community Questions
Ambulance Issues – Fritz Barnes
Web Site-Update-Payment
Zoning – Randall Krall- request Special Use Permit to place bunk house on property zoned F-1
Dan
Duval – Special Use Permit- Home-based Business
Public
Comment Session-5 minute limit for those not on the agenda
Parliamentary
Procedures Ordinance-Approval
Weight Limits – Update on Bridges
Assessor-
Updates
Upper
Lessons-Changes to program 3).
Operator License Approval- 2-Year: Jim Prickett, Kevin Murphy, Sandy Pederson, Ron Lighthart,
Mike
Somsen, Connie Richards, Gene Ratzel,
Wayne Boelk: 1-year-Janice Cunningham, Florence Prickett, Jim Wiechert, Jim Nieckula, Gary Bergman
Liquor
License Renewals-1) .Class A
Combination Liquor License-Homestead Station & Store: 2). Class
B Combined
Liquor Licenses- Mike’s Sportsman’s Saloon, Enchanted Inn, Sage’s Saloon,
Lodge, RC’s Decoy Inn, PJ’s Cabin Store, Buck N Bass, Traut’s Resort, Backwoods Resort
(Formerly Alibis), Downtown Barnes, Northwoods Tap, Barnes VFW Post 8329, Barnes Trading
Post,
Marie’s Laker Lounge: 3).Class A Beer License- Jim’s Bait and Sport Shop 4).
Picnic
License-Barnes Area Historical Society (
Abandon
Roads - Updates
Transfer
Site and Transfer Site Building-Updates
ID
Software purchase approval
Issues Timeline-Update
Board Member Reports
All Department Heads are required to be at
the Regular Board Meetings. All Department Heads must
submit a
signed written report to the clerk if
they will be unable to be at the meeting.
The Town Board reserves the right to solicit
information from
Department heads only, without opening the floor to discussion.. Any persons
requiring special needs for handicap services please contact the clerk.
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Dated this 20th day of June, 2005
Motion(Chermack/Meinke) to approve the Amended
Motion(Webb/Porter)
to approve the Minutes of the last Regular Board Meeting. Motion Carried.
The Clerk/Treasurer read the Treasurer’s report as follows:
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Treasurers Report |
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Checking Balance from last
meeting |
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$124,291.30 |
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Receipts 16344-16364 |
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$24,926.60 |
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Check #'s 19178-19275 |
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($56,812.84) |
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April Tax Payment &
other direct payments |
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($8,052.42) |
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Void Ck # 19235-April |
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$352.67 |
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Service Charge April |
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($8.60) |
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Interest Earned April |
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$48.81 |
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CHECKING BALANCE |
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$84,745.52 |
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Ambulance Dept Investment
Fund |
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$2,847.47 |
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Highway Dept. Sinking Fund |
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$1,062.92 |
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BES Sinking Fund |
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$16,069.91 |
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Park Savings |
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$10,883.17 |
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Ski Trail Savings (2
deposits for $39.00) |
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$450.26 |
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Parade-Event-Calender Fund |
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$1,825.44 |
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TOTAL ALL ACCOUNTS |
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$117,884.69 |
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Motion(Webb/Porter)
to approve the Treasurer’s Report as read.
Motion Carried.
Motion(Chermack/Meinke) to approve the vouchers. Chermack had a question on Check # 19372 to Darrienne McNamara reimbursing her for a pair of sunglasses. John Kudlas had approved the item, he was present and told the Board they are a safety item needed for work by the Eurasian Water Milfoil Surveyors. Motion Carried.
Clerk Correspondance: The Clerk then read
correspondence received. She first read
a Notice of Special Meeting to be held on July 18th at 6:00 PM. The
item on the agenda is the Zoning Application for the 10 Unit PUD on property
owned by Harold Ecton on
Department Head Reports:
Cemetary Committee: Bud Pease reported on vandalism that happened at the cemetary, it usually happens every few years.
Ambulance Department: Del Jerome reported that we have 6 new EMT’s, 2 possible people to start the EMT class, and 1 or 2
people interested in becoming First Responders. There were 6 runs last
month. Regarding the Policy Procedures
Manual,
Chairman Collyard
said we had just retyped the Ambulance Procedures page over with the new Board
Members names, it was going to be signed this evening
and will be copied for all personnel in the Ambulance Department along with a
new receipt page in case they lost the old one.
There were a few more pages needing to be change which would be done
this week, then all the copies will go to the
department heads for them to disburse to the personnel.
Fire Department: Tom Renz – Since the
last meeting we have had 2 vehicle accidents where extracation
was used, and 2 LZ set ups. He handed out a packet of reports from his new
computer program. There have been 20 calls for the year so far and all are on
there as well as all personnel. The Old
Tanker is starting to show wear. The tank is starting to rot from the inside
out. It was welded last year and we are in the process of taking the tank off
and fixing it as it started leaking. He also had be
approached by Caz Richards to use the parking lot by
the fire hall for a car wash to earn money for the
Constable Report- Mike O’Keefe was not present but left a report
for the clerk to read: Since May 22, there were 4 alarms from the Sheriff’s
Dept, 10 ATV Complaints or citations, 4 assists motorists on the roadside, 4
deer hits, 1 vehicle accident (Highway N roll over), 6 personal watercraft
complaints, 4 on Middle Eau Claire, 2 on the Upper, 7 excessive noise
complaints and 1 fireworks complaint. The Constable will be available at the
Centennial and 4th of July Celebration Events. Everyone is reminded that if they want to do
fireworks a permit is necessary. This
will be enforced! See the Clerk for the paperwork and a copy of your homeowners
insurance will be required to be on file. Chairman Collyard
mentioned he and Jack Meinke had gone with Mike O’Keefe
to
Garage –Highway Department- Chairman Collyard
introduced the new
Barnes Area Historical Society-Centennial Committee- John Kudlas mentioned the tent is coming tomorrow, and Friday morning we will be needing a lot of help to set up the chairs and tables at the tent for the festivities. We are looking forward to a lot of fun and hope to see you all there. Friday evening is the Opening Ceremonies. Saturday there are activites going on at the park and the church all day. Sunday will be the Ice Cream Social and Closing Ceremony. Dave Pease also mentioned he had hoped to have the Centennial Book ready for this weekend but it will be another 2 weeks before it will be here. They will be taking orders during the Centennial and have a copy for people to look at. This will be at the Information Tent, near the Lions Picnic Shelter.
Eurasian Water Milfoil Committee – John Kudlas spoke on their efforts to date on collecting samples from the lakes. They have been on 7 lakes so far, will be doing a total of 27 lakes. They take plants from 100 different sites on each lake, then put the information on the computer for analysis. They do need volunteers with boats on each lake so it would be easier to go to different lakes. They have been monitoring the landings for milfoil also. John reminded everyone to please check their boats as they are coming off the lakes and remove all vegetation. They should also check the axles on their trailers as the plants are hidden there. He would like more volunteers to check at the landing sites especially over the fourth.
Bayfield County Sheriff’s Office-Chief Deputy Paul Susienka- Supervisor Webb mentioned that at the last meeting the Board had received quite a few questions regarding excess lighting on the lakes, ATV questions, personal watercraft questions and the Board said they would call the Sheriff’s office to come to the next meeting to answer questions on who to call when they have a complaint. Chief Deputy Susienka introduced himself, he has been a Barnes resident for the last 21 years so he was happy to come and answer any questions. He said the lighting issue is a zoning regulation, and anyone with a complaint about excess lighting on the lakes should call the zoning office and talk with Karl Kastrosky or Mike Furtak as they enforce their regulations. For ATV and other traffic complaints they can call either the Constable or the Sheriff’s office and they would respond. Tom Renz asked that the Board have the Constable call in to dispatch when he is on duty and especially when he is making a traffic stop or call so they would be aware of his whereabouts in case something happened. He said in his training that is a safety issue to do so, and his colleagues know where he is at all times. Susienka said they do call Mike out for help especially for alarms and such when they can’t get to the property fast enough. And the Constable is the one to call to enforce local ordinances such as closed areas and watercraft hours and Mike knows if he needs help he can call in and they will be glad to help out. Supervisor Porter asked about noise complaints such as excessive dog barking, would that be Bayfield County Sheriff’s office to call. Yes although dog barking is unusually hard to prove. Susienka said people can call either the Constable or the Sheriff’s department, whoever they feel comfortable with in calling. Someone asked what the speed limit is on roads that are not posted. Susienka said the statutory speed limit is 55 mph on all roads unless the Town has posted the speed limit as less. They have the authority to change it by 10 mph and can change it more but would then have to have a traffic engineering study. There were no other questions for the Deputy Chief.
Ambulance Issues-Fritz Barnes. Mr. Barnes read a letter to Del Jerome which all ambulance personnel were copied regarding where the designated landing zone was. In the letter it said the landing zone was in front of the garage by the ambulance door. Barnes wanted to know where specifically the landing zone was addressed at a Board meeting and at an ambulance meeting. He had looked through all the minutes and found no changed addressed. Collyard said it was first brought up 6-8 months ago. The reason for the change was a safety issue, people were getting into the “hot zone” and since it is a private airport it was hard to keep anyone out. After a specific call the Board went to Del Jerome and asked if the landing change had been discussed with the ambulance personnel. He assured them it had, but it could not be found in the ambulance meeting minutes anywhere. So by writing this particular letter it would address this issue formally so everyone would be aware of it in the future. The Board is concerned that someone could get hurt. The Landing Zone on town property was approved by both pilots at St. Mary’s and St. Luke’s. Barnes said he wasn’t questioning the landing zone change, he wanted to know where exactly it was approved by the Board at a Board Meeting. Chermack said it was first discussed by Fire Chief Renz on November 16th and had been on the Timeline until May17th of this year. The Board said they would research it and put it on the agenda for the next Board meeting in July if no formal approval had been made. Collyard said if the Board was wrong in writing the letter prematurely he apologized, but they would make sure it would be corrected.
Website update and payment- Clerk Brustad spoke on how easy it was to transfer things into the website. She thought all the minutes were now in there, some notices and information was still missing but would soon be up to date. She asked to open the floor so Gene Miller could speak. Motion(Porter/Meinke) to open the floor to discussion. Motion carried. Miller mentioned that he had fulfilled all the items in his contract except transferring the domain, which has been redirected and he is in the process of getting it transferred. We were not getting billed twice for it. He asked if the Board in the future would like to have area organizations use the website to put their information on it. Collyard felt it should be available for everyone to use to put information on it. Miller felt we should make mention in the minutes the website is there for anyone wanting to post their organization’s or association’s area information if they wanted. Collyard said we encourage organizations or associations to contact the office if they had something they wanted on the website. Clerk Brustad said if they could have the information on a word document and copied to a floppy disk that would make the information transfer easier otherwise everything has to be retyped first before putting it onto the website.
Zoning-Randall Krall, Special use permit to place bunk house on property Zoned F-1. Motion(Webb/Chermack) to approve the Special Use permit for the Randall Krall property. The Board felt there was no reason to deny it. Motion carried.
Zoning-Dan Duval Special Use permit for
home-based business. The permit has been approved by the
Public Comment Session-5 minute limit for those not on the agenda.
Bill Patza of
Jason Pearson of Bergman Companies spoke on the crack seal work
that will be starting soon on the following roads: Barnes road, Kelly lake
road, Ellison lake road,
Someone had a question as to when the flags will be put up this year. Jerry Witt, the Town Foreman will try to get them up soon, they have had a lot of extra work this week but hoped to get them up by the Centennial.
Jim Johnson wanted to formally invite the Board Members to look at the site where the proposed PUD is to be from the water. He will provide the transportation. He said it was important to look at the bay and the proposed site form the Bony lake residents view. The Board members said they would contact him to do that.
Lee Wiesner- talking for the Property Owners Association asked the Board to consider the time frame when fireworks permits would be issued. Usually they seem to last all summer long. He would like to see a time frame just before and through the fourth of July. Collyard asked Dixie Chermack to put that on the timeline so we wouldn’t forget it. Webb mentioned we should look at the permit itself.
Parlimentary Procedures Ordinance Approval- It was determined the Ordinance had been previously approved so the paper only needed signatures to start the process. On each agenda there would now be a roll call to determine if a quorum is established at the beginning of the meetings, and also the Board would either need to read the prior meeting’s minutes or a motion would be needed to dispense with the reading of the minutes that needed to be approved at each Regular meeting.
Weight Limits –Update on bridges- The report has not been received yet by Cedarcorp so Chairman Collyard asked that we put it on next month’s agenda.
Assessor Updates- Since the last Board Meeting Mr. Hoffman sent the
Clerk a letter from Mr. Hoffman saying at the end of the summer he will be no
longer conducting assessment work in
1) Jason Pearson from Bergman companies will be giving us some of the crack-sealing material he is using on the roads for us to use on the tennis court. The Tennis court will need to be resurfaced in 4-5 years, which will be around ten thousand dollars. Collyard thought we should plan for this and maybe at budget time set aside some monies each year for this.
2) The
swimming lessons usually held at Tomahawk park will need to be moved this year
because the Milfoil committee people have determined it is dangerous for the
swimming lessons to be held there. Leigh Jordahl
of Potawatomi Association has graciously allowed us
to have the swimming lessons at their
3)
Operator License Approval -2 year: Jim Prickett, Kevin Murphy, Sandy Pederson, Ron Lighthart, Mike Somsen, Connie Richards, Gene Ratzel, Wayne Boelk,. 1 year: Janice Cunningham, Florence Prickett, Jim Weichert, Jim Nieckula, Gary Bergman, Nancy Loughren. Motion(Webb/Meinke) to approve the Operator’s Licenses as stated. Motion carried.
Liquor License Renewals: Class A Combination –
The Clerk said all
publication fees were paid, but Real Estate taxes on Buck n Bass and
Northwood’s Tap properties were not paid yet. Also Leahman
Mercantile had called and there were 2 invoices not paid by Mike’s Sportman’s for a total of $204.00. Everyone had been called to remind them that
payment must be with cash for the license if paid after the 25th of
June so that checks would be known to clear the bank. Motion(Webb/Chermack) to approve the Class A Combination license for
Cranberry Road Updates-Collyard said he had met with Mr. Spangler of the DNR and walked the road with him. Because of the wetlands it was felt the road needed to be moved away from the lake. Dahlberg Light and Power was contacted because they would have to move their lines. It would be around $2,700.00 to do that. Collyard also met with Balscik Farms who will be doing the road work. The lake side of the road in that area naturally flows to the lake on that side so he felt ditching on that side was not needed. Collyard was going to ask the new Foreman to check the road and make his determination. He thought Jack and Jerry should go together to look at it. Collyard said he also wanted to make the homeowners happy too. Some people in the audience wanted to speak on the issue so Collard said he would open the floor for 4 minutes total as it was so late in the evening. Motion (Collyard/Webb) to open the floor for discussion. Motion carried. Bill Patza again asked the Board to refer to the September minutes. Judy Hammond would like proper grading done, she doesn’t feel it is necessary to reditch. Cindy Patza felt it would be necessary to move the light poles in that area because of the wetlands. Bob Hammond asked that whatever the Board does he would like the Board to lower the speed limit there and post it. Motion(Webb/Chermack) to close the floor to discussion. Motion carried.
Abandon Roads updates- Board felt it should be kept on the Issues
Timeline,
Transfer site and building updates- Ken Wilk
did pick up the cans, when he turns them in we should get around $200.00. Collyard received a
quote from
ID Software purchase approval- The Clerk had checked on the
internet and found a program for $249.00, but wanted to have Tom Renz and Del Jerome look at it
first for their approval. Motion(Collyard/Porter) to allow the Clerk to spend up
to $400.00 for purchase of a software program and get the opinion of the Fire
Chief and Ambulance Director first. Roll call vote: Chermack-yes,
Webb-yes, Porter-yes, Meinke-yes, Collyard-yes.
Motion carried.
Issues Timeline-Dixie Chermack Motion(Chermack/Porter)
to adopt the road sign ordinance as of
Board Member reports-
Chermack had nothing more.
Porter had nothing to report
Collyard said he had received a letter from the State Bank of Drummond and wanted Donna Porter to check it out for them. It was a letter about alternate savings accounts or investment accounts. Donna would find out more about the letter.
Webb had nothing more to report.
Meinke
said the next Community Wildfire Protection Plan meeting was on July 14th
at
Respectfully submitted,
Elaine J. Brustad,
Clerk/Treasurer
Dated this 3rd
day of July, 2005