January, 2012 Regular Monthly Meeting Minutes

Wednesday, January 4, 2012 – 6:30 PM

The regular monthly meeting for January was called to order by Chair Doug Reeson at 6:30 PM on Wednesday, January 4, 2012 in the meeting room of the Barneveld Brigham Municipal Building located in Barneveld Wisconsin.

In attendance besides Chair Reeson were: Supervisor Jerry Davis, Supervisor Scott Gaffney, Clerk/Treasurer Audrey Rue, Public Works Supervisor Jeff Jenson, Mary Davis, Jason Carden, Patti Williams and Jeff Reynolds (real estate agent for Patti Williams).

The Public Notice was approved on motion by Supervisor Gaffney, seconded by Supervisor Davis and Carried.

The December meeting minutes were approved on motion by Supervisor Davis, seconded by Supervisor Gaffney and Carried.

Don Cameron Property/Patti Williams buyer and Jeff Reynolds (real estate agent) were present, applying for a driveway and building site.

Plan Commission Chair Jason Carden presented the Plan Commission’s recommendation to approve the application.

Patti Williams explained they are not building for 5 years and they plan to run cattle on the property in the meantime.

Supervisor Davis moved to approve the application of Scott & Patti Williams for a driveway and a land division of 21.587 acres upon land formerly owned by Don Cameron; building site and rezone from A1 to AR1. Motion was seconded by Supervisor Gaffney and Carried.

Resolution for Parcel # 004-0049 and 004-0049.A: This is a result of an error on the part of Randy Edge, Town Assessor whereas a house of Greg Hilden’s was assessed when it wasn’t on the parcel. Corrections have been made. A resolution needs to be done to begin correcting the process. The clerk will need to do a rescinded tax process on the Statement of Assessment next year and also follow through on the chargeback process next year.

A motion was made to adopt Resolution # 2012-001 by Supervisor Gaffney, seconded by Supervisor Davis and Carried.

Town Board Action For/Against a Grant for land to The Nature Conservancy: The Board discussed the purchase of land by TNC with monies from a State Grant. The Town Board suggested an email be sent to Mary Zickerman recommending they check with the DOT to see what they have in mind for re-routing traffic on Hwy K. Otherwise, board had no opinions one way/or another.

Vouchers: A motion was made by Supervisor Gaffney to pay the bills presented. Motion was seconded by Supervisor Davis. Motion Carried.

Public Comment: Jeff Jenson reminded the Town Board that the Firemen’s Game Feed is Saturday, January 21st.

There was some discussion on fire sign numbers on multi-user roads.

At this point the Board took a short recess. The board reconvened at 8:04 PM.

Jeff Jenson asked about requiring multi-user’s to have 2 signs to assist EMT Personnel.

Jeff Jenson asked to have mower bids on the next months’ agenda.

Supervisor Davis asked if Jeff Jenson could update the board on winter/road activities and dead end road snowplowing. Jeff noted things are not much different and that they are only going on dead end roads once.

Chair Reeson noted the town budget came in $39,000 in the “black”. Chair Reeson thanked Jeff, Dean and Audrey for their part in making this happen.

Adjournment: Supervisor Reeson moved to adjourn at 8:17 PM. Motion was seconded by Supervisor Gaffney and Carried.

Respectfully Submitted,

Audrey Rue, Clerk/Treasurer