Regular Town Board Meeting – March 13, 2008 – 7:00 P.M.

 

The regular Town board Meeting of March 13, 2008 was called to order by Chairman Edmund Coffen at 7:03 p.m. in the Raymond F. Sloan Community Center.

 

All notices were posted according to the open meeting law and the media was notified.

 

The Pledge of Allegiance was led by Chairman Ed Coffen.

 

Present Chairman Ed Coffen, Supervisor Jack Dunbar and Clerk Patricia Christy.  Absent Supervisor Rick Mazurczak and Treasurer Linda Kay Houghton Bowen.

 

Motion by Coffen, sec’d by Dunbar to approve the agenda of March 13, 2008 with the elimination of the Treasurer, Wilderness Cemetery and Beautification Committee reports.  Motion carried.

 

Citizen Input – None

 

Motion by Coffen, sec’d by Dunbar to accept the minutes as written of February 13 and 19, 2008.  Motion carried.

 

Motion by Coffen, sec’d by Dunbar to approve the payment of check 11232 to 11246 and 11248 – 11281 and payroll checks 1762 to 1779 for a total of 758,470.66. Motion carried.  Coffen abstained from approving check 11247 since it was made out to Coffen Plumbing.  This will be put on and approved at the April meeting. 

 

Custodian Report – Louise Sowatzka said they scrubbed and buffed the floor after the Sno-Flea Dance. The following items were also replaced a ballast in the Peterson room, a burnt out motor in exhaust fan in the ladies room.  The bathroom floor and toilet in the bathroom office and old caulk was cleaned.  The old computer was stored above the boiler room along with the boxes for the new computer.  A burnt out bulb in the entrance was replaced The old vacuum was taken in for the yearly service and no smoking signs were put up.  Received verbal estimates from Lakeland lumber on building an enclosure for the new computer.  Depending on the way it is done the estimate is 200.00 – 400.00. The regular scheduled maintenance was also completed.

 

Road Department – Ed Coffen said the men plowed roads, hauled snow from various locations around town, and cleaned ice from then curbs and alleys.  They also hauled salt sand from the Oneida County Highway Department and the total san hauled was 119.1 tons.  Salt sand used since the last meeting to date was 200 yards.  The timbers for Horsehead dam are in. 

 

Town Clean-up – Motion by Coffen, sec’d by Dunbar to hold Town Clean-up on the following dates and times:  May 1, 2 and 5 from 8 a.m. through 5 p.m. and on May 3 from 8 a.m. until noon. Motion carried.

 

Information Booth – They will be opening the last week in May

 

Fire Department – Doug Rehm said that it has been quite.  They had 1 call in Woodruff.  They have been training on their Thermal imaging unit.

 

Parks Commission – Pat Wingo said that they met on March 4 and Jim Bowman was at the meeting and had the final plans for the boat launch.  They are advertising for bids for the launch and the bids will be opened on April 7.  They received a total of $204,000.00 in grants from the State and Federal for this project.  May 23 is the final completion date of the project.  They asked for assistance from the Town Crew to help with the depth of the parking area and spot checking.  He also mentioned the possible removal of the retaining wall at Rainbow Park.

 

 

 

Regular Town Board Meeting – March 13, 2008 – Continued

 

County Representative - No report

Cemetery – No Report

Beautification – No report

 

Website Committee - Bob Williams said they met Mar 5.  They worked on the new computer and it is still slow.  They are working on clubs and organizations.  The clubs and organizations can mail their information to sowatdol@newnorth.net

 

Comprehensive Plan – The contract with Foth was re-written and our Attorney made some corrections.  This will be given to the Commission and after that the Chairman will sign the agreement.

 

Tourism Committee -   Pat Wingo is trying to get maps. Pat will look at the assessor maps and it was also suggested that he go to Land Information at the County.

 

Motion by Coffen, sec’d by Dunbar to put #10 on the agenda before #9.  Motion carried

 

Motion by Coffen, sec’d by Dunbar to approve the Conditional use permit application of Thomas Knutson, owner, for a mechanic/service shop at 7256 Bradley Street, further described as part of the E ˝ NE 1/4, Section 3, T38N, R7E, PIN LT 30-19. Motion carried  

 

ATV Use on Town Roads - Jeff Deuterman from the DNR spoke about ATV use on Town roads.  He said yes you can use on Town Roads.  Ed Coffen felt this should be seasonal and Jack Dunbar felt it should be all year.  Mr. Deuterman said that Towns end up getting pressured but the DNR really don’t recommend opening up roads.  ATV’s are for trails and not roads, with roads being opened there are also a lot of trespass issues.  If you have a trail system then you link the roads to the trail and there are fewer problems if roads are seasonal.  There always is an enforcement issue and traffic issues.  If doing routes they must be properly signed and recommend a speed limit on it.  State law says that the speed must be 10MPH within 150 ft. of a home.  Currently there is no law in place to adopt ATV access to roads without it being a trail.  Mr. Coffen said that until we have a trail system it really doesn’t pay to open roads.  No actions were taken this was for information only.

 

Annual Meeting – The Annual Meeting will be at 7:00 P.M. on April 8, 2008 and the regular Board Meeting will be immediately following the Annual Meeting.

 

Correspondence – Patsy Peters wrote a note thanking the citizens of Lake Tomahawk in supporting her at the primary election held on Feb. 19 and asked for their continued support.  A letter was also received from the TLPOA thanking us for our support.

 

County Representative – Bob Metropulos said they will be having a meeting next week.  They also have hired and Invasive Species Coordinator.

 

Motion by Ed Coffen at 8:25 P.M. to adjourn, seconded by Dunbar.  Motion carried.

 

 

Respectfully submitted,

Patricia Christy, Clerk