Rushford
Town Board Minutes
Wednesday,
July 11, 2012
The
Town of Rushford July Board meeting was called to order at 7:00 pm by Chairman
Thomas Egan followed by the Pledge of Allegiance. Roll call was taken with Tom Egan, Jerry
Schoonover, Patrick Kafer, Kathryn Lewis, and Peggy Hendricks present. Also present for all or part of the meeting: 15
additional persons per attendance record on file, although several others were
present, but did not sign in.
Statement of Public Notice: Notice of this meeting
and the zoning-planning committee meeting was posted at the Town Hall, the
Waukau post office and the corner of K&E in
Eureka. In addition, notice of meeting
date and the public hearing was published in the Oshkosh Northwestern. Notices were mailed to Town Board members and
the Zoning Administrator.
Sheriff’s Department
representative: No one was present.
Tom
Egan stated that agenda item 12b would be striked
from the agenda.
Clerks
Report & Minutes: Motion
by Kafer, 2nd by Schoonover to approve the minutes as presented for
the June 6th Town board meeting. Motion
carried.
Treasurers Report was given by Kathryn
Lewis. The balance at the end of June in
the general account is $299,835.73. Motion by Schoonover, 2nd by Kafer to accept the treasurer’s
report.
Motion carried.
Payment of invoices: Peggy Hendricks approved and submitted to the
board the bills for July in the amount of $31,063.87 for approval of payment. Motion by Kafer, 2nd by Schoonover to pay Julys bills as submitted.
Motion carried.
Public Input: Ellen Newman gave a report on the Fox Wisconsin
Heritage Parkway.
Communications &
Correspondence:
·
Hendricks
received a backup CD from Assessor Larry Timm with the assessment data he has
on his computer
·
Hendricks
went over several emails she received complimenting a new driver (Matt Miller)
for Veolia.
·
Hendricks
read a letter from the Division of Transportation stating there will be a 2013
project of maintenance-level improvement project along WIS 116 extending from WIS 91 in Waukau to the southern limits of the City of
Omro.
·
A
memorandum from ECWRPC was sent to the Town with new
groundwater publication information and notice of a workshop to be held July 27th.
Discussion of Hall maintenance:
·
Dan
Kallas will come to check out the flag pole light,
the parking lot light and the outlet in front which is not working.
·
Peggy
Hendricks stated that she would like to see a basketball hoop by the
playground. Patsy Pomplun said it was
possible that they might be able to donate one.
Discussion of Town maintenance:
·
The
Eureka Posting Board was moved from the old Eureka Post Office to the siren
pole located on the corner of HWY E and HWY K. Hendricks thought a plaque should be placed
which says TOWN OF RUSHFORD NOTICES. Pat
Kafer will check into this.
Roads
& Brushing:
·
Peggy
Hendricks stated that an application was filled out for the project crew from
the Department of Corrections for work in the fall.
·
Tom
Egan stated that mowing was done as much as they could do except for Quarry and
Eureka Road. It is possible they were
not done because of the stumps. Tom had
asked Ripon Truck to get us a price to remove the stumps, but he has not heard
from them yet. Pat Kafer stated that
Quarry road has to be done for it is scratching vehicles. Tom Egan stated that on 3107 Quarry Drive,
the trimming should be done by the land owner and wanted a letter to be
sent. Pat Kafer said the Town should
just take care of it. Concern was
expressed by the trimming needed on County Hwy 21 crossroads.
New Business:
·
Tom
Egan had received a call from Tom Davies, Winnebago Co Land and Water
Conservation. Martys
Blue Sky Nursery had received approval from the department to install an
approved perimeter fence on their property because of substantial losses due to
deer damage. The fence would be cost shared
through the WDACP with WDNR
funding. This approval was contingent on
approval by the Town of Rushford.
Because the zoning is correct, the Town gave their approval.
Old Business:
·
Peggy
Hendricks read the letter from the attorney concerning Jim Schoonver’s
request of vacating the alley in Waukau.
It contained steps for Mr. Schoonover to do to start the process if he
desired. Mr Egan stated that he has no
problem with this but Mr Schoonover would be liable for all costs.
Town Zoning Committee
Report – Dan Stokes:
Mr
Stokes reported that they met on June 27th. Discussion was for rezoning of parcel #022 1554 and parcel #022 1553. These
parcels belong to Jesse and Kelly Domke of 3036
Quarry Road. A motion was made to
recommend to the Board to change the dual zoning of parcel 022 1553, 4.42a,
from R1 Residential and A3, to A2, and parcel 022 1553 - R1 Residential to A2.
To be included is the .2a from parcel 022 062 101.
Motion by Kafer, 2nd by Schoonover to approve the
zoning change for Jesse and Kelly Domke as
recommended by the zoning committee for parcels 022 1554, 022 153 and part of
#022 062101 to A-2 .
Motion carried. Motion by Schoonover, 2nd by Kafer to accept the CSM for Jesse and Kelly Domke. Motion carried.
Motion by Kafer, 2nd by Schoonover to accept the
proposed CSM by Waukau Creek, parcel #022 0517 and
022 051703. Discussion: 5A was added to Lot 1 and 5A was lowered on
Lot 2. Mr. King would like to sell Lot 1
which is located on County Trunk Hwy E.
Pat Kafer stated that he hopes Mr. King realizes that he can not divide the property any more. Motion carried
County Zoning Report –
Fred Kasten: Mr Kasten did not have any reports on meetings,
but after discussion with the Land and Water Department, he suggested that the
Town have an ordinance for ditching.
This should include a site plan, erosion control, setbacks, etc. This will be bought up to Dean Kaderabek to
be included in our rewrite.
Tom
Egan reported that the bridge is scheduled for 2013, the road work on State Hwy
116 which was discussed earlier, and the Health Department had their first
organizational meeting since Oshkosh, Neenah and Winnebago County joined
together.
Dog/Constable Report: Hendricks stated that
Mr. Mier took one cat into Traxlers.
Building Permit Report –
Tom Egan:
David Albright 8790 Banner
Hill Omro, WI 685-2580
Hoop building from Cover
all building systems
$5000 June 7, 2012
Jason Stachura 7858 State Hwy 21, Omro WI
New single dwelling from
Heritage Quality Construction LLC, Omro, WI
$268,500 June 7, 2012
Charles Knigge, 4557 Poygan Ave, Omro, 685-5531
40x60 Pole building
$80,000 June 27, 2012
Thomas Morgan, 9179 Stone
School Road, Omro 279-0127
54x60 Pole Shed, Built by
Walter Buildings, Allenton
$68,000 July 10, 2012
James Albright, 8835
Banner Hill Road, Omro, 948-1039
30x40 stick Garage built
by self
$15,000 July 10, 2012
Shane Kallas,
4085 County Road K, Omro 410-1582
21x41 swimming pool, built
by Pool Wizards – 262-617-3723
$12,000 July 10, 2012
Mr Jim Schoonover
mentioned that it would be nice if a walkway would be built in Waukau like they
had years ago. It would be a nice
addition to the village. Tom Egan said
he can ask if the County would do anything.
The Town cannot because of the State hwy.
Upcoming Workshops &
Meetings:
The Board audited Books.
The Board discussed the work to be done
on the Town roads this year. Motion by Egan, 2nd by Schoonover to approve $248,050 for
road work.
Motion DID NOT carry.
Motion by
Kafer, 2nd by Schoonover to approve $245,000 for road work done by
the County. Motion carried.
Motion by Kafer, 2nd by Schoonover to adjourn at 10:00. Motion carried.
Respectfully
submitted by Peggy Hendricks, Clerk