Sauk County Board of Supervisors - Annual Meeting

November 10, 2020 Sauk County Board of Supervisors Annual Meeting Minutes (172 KB)

MINUTES

SAUK COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS  

NOVEMBER 10, 2020                                                     

WEST SQUARE BUILDING, 505 BROADWAY, ROOM 326, BARABOO, WI

This meeting was open to the public. However, in light of the COVID-19 pandemic, members of the public could watch the meeting on streaming video which was found on the County’s webpage at  http://sauk.granicus.com/ViewPublisher.php?view_id=2.  No one should have attended the meeting if they were experiencing COVID- or flu-like symptoms, have a fever, sore throat or recently experienced a loss of taste or smell.  Masks were encouraged but not required. Social distancing of 6 feet was required.

6:00 PM – PUBLIC HEARING ON PROPOSED 2021 SAUK COUNTY BUDGET:  Pursuant to Wis. Stats. § 65.90, for the purpose of soliciting comments from the public regarding the 2021 Sauk County Budget.

1.  Convene Public Hearing on the proposed 2021 Sauk County Budget: Tim McCumber, County Board Chair.

2.  Budget Presentation: Kerry Beghin, Finance Director and Supr. Marty Krueger.

3.  Public Comment: regarding the proposed 2021 Sauk County Budget – 3 minute limit.  Turn in  Registration Form to the County Board Vice-Chair. (Forms on table in gallery of the Board Room)

a.  Jim Cauley, re: SCDC.  (Comment submitted in written form)

b.  Dan Bullock, re: Sauk County Development Corp.  (Comment submitted in written form)

4.  Close Public Comment:  MOTION (Curry/Reppen) to close public comment.  Motion carried  unanimously.

5.  Adjourn Public Hearing: MOTION (Klitzke/Deitrich) to adjourn Public Hearing.  Motion carried unanimously.  Public Hearing adjourned at 6:24 P.M.

ANNUAL MEETING:  SAUK COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS

1.  Call to Order and Certify Compliance with Open Meeting Law: 6:25 P.M.

2.  Roll Call.  PRESENT (In person):  (25) Czuprynko, Eberl, Rego, Kinsman, Klitzke, Deitrich, Bychinski, Krueger, Flint, Curry, White Eagle, Gibson, Dorner, Reppen, Nelson, Hazard, Stevens, Polivka, Peper, Gruber, Detter, Chrisler, Stehling, McAuliffe, and McCumber.  PRESENT (Virtually):  (6) Spencer, Scanlon, Schell, Bushweiler, Riek and Lohr.          

Staff present:  Brent Miller, County Administrator; Kerry Beghin, Finance Director; Jacob Curtis, Interim-Corporation Counsel; Becky Evert, County Clerk; and Michelle Commings, Deputy County Clerk.

3.  Invocation and Pledge of Allegiance.  Invocation given by Supr. Deitrich.

4.  Adopt Agenda.  MOTION (Klitzke/Bychinski) to adopt agenda.  Motion carried unanimously.

5.  Adopt the minutes.  MOTION (Deitrich/Curry) to adopt the minutes from the previous meeting. Motion carried unanimously.

6.  General Consent Agenda Items.

     HUMAN SERVICES BOARD:

Resolution 134-2020 Commending Ann Leake For Over 30 years Of Service To The People Of Sauk County.  MOTION (Gruber/Czuprynko) to approve General Consent Item.  Motion carried unanimously.  (Verbal vote).              

7.  Scheduled Appearances.  None.     

8.  Public Comment.  None.     

9.  Communications.  (All communications are attached to Granicus)

     a.  10/27/2020 e-mail from Maureen Bula, re: Constituent e-mail.

     b.  10/29/2020 e-mail from Cheryl Eastman, re: COVID.

     c.   11/6/2020 letter from Craig Thompson, Wis. DOT, re: Funding for County Highway A.

10.  Appointments.

       a.  Comprehensive Community Services (CCS)/Families Come First Coordinating Committee:

             Robert Churchill, Re-Appointment, Citizen Member

             2 – Year Term – 11/10/2020 – 11/08/2022

        b.  Pink Lady Rail Transit Commission:

              Alan Anderson, Re- Appointment, Citizen Member

              Ed White, Re- Appointment, Citizen Member

              John Geoghegan, Re- Appointment, Citizen Member

              2 – Year Term – 11/10/2020 – 11/08/2022

MOTION (Klitzke/Nelson) to approve all appointments.  Motion carried unanimously.  (Verbal)

11)  Bills.  None.

12)  Claims.  None.  

13)  Elections.  None.

14)  Proclamations.  None.              

15)  Reports – informational, no action required.

        a.  Rebecca C. Evert, Sauk County Clerk – Rezoning petitions filed with the office of the Sauk County Clerk as  a requirement of Wisconsin State Statutes 59.69(5)(e): 

i. Petition 26-2020, Applicant:  Green Tech/Jerome Woetzel; Project Location: Town of Ironton; Current Zoning: Farm land/old quarry; Proposed Zoning: Agriculture.   

ii. Petition 28-2020, Applicant:  Sarah Celeste; Project Location: Town of Winfield; Current Zoning: Family home/vacation home; Proposed Zoning:  Single family residential.   

b.  Tim McCumber, County Board Chair, re: Report on the Board Chair’s decision to allow remote  participation in Rule IV.Q. County Board Meetings and Committee Meetings.      

c.  Brent Miller, Administrator.

d.  Jacob Curtis, Interim Corporation Counsel, re: Report on 2017 Act 184/Wis. Stat. 980.08(4) Regarding Sauk County’s Obligations for Supervised Release and Community Placement of Sexually Violent Persons.

e.  Kerry Beghin, Finance Director, re: Third Quarter 2020 Financial Report.

16) Unfinished Business.  None.   

17)  New Business.         

        EXECUTIVE & LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEE:

Resolution 135-2020 Authorizing A Contract For An Election Security Risk Assessment. MOTION (Czuprynko/Gruber).  VOTE:  AYES (In person):  (25) Czuprynko, Eberl, Rego, Kinsman, Klitzke, Deitrich, Bychinski, Krueger, Flint, Curry, White Eagle, Gibson, Dorner, Reppen, Nelson, Hazard, Stevens, Polivka, Peper, Gruber, Detter, Chrisler, Stehling, McAuliffe, and McCumber.  AYES (Virtually): (6) Spencer, Scanlon, Schell, Bushweiler, Riek and Lohr.  NAYS:  (0).  Motion carried unanimously.  (Verbal vote)

Ordinance 10-2020 Amending Sauk Co. Code, Chapter 1, Supervisory District Plan, Changing Supervisory District Boundaries Resulting From City Of Reedsburg, Annexation.  MOTION (Czuprynko/Gruber).  VOTE:  AYES (In person):  (25) Czuprynko, Eberl, Rego, Kinsman, Klitzke, Deitrich, Bychinski, Krueger, Flint, Curry, White Eagle, Gibson, Dorner, Reppen, Nelson, Hazard,  Stevens, Polivka, Peper, Gruber, Detter, Chrisler, Stehling, McAuliffe, and McCumber.  AYES (Virtually): (6) Spencer, Scanlon, Schell, Bushweiler, Riek and Lohr.  NAYS:  (0).  Motion carried unanimously.  (Verbal vote).  Ordinance effective upon passage pursuant to 59.02(2), of the Wisconsin State Statutes, November 10, 2020.

LAND RESOURCES AND ENVIRONMENT COMMITTEE:

Ordinance 11-2020 An Ordinance Approving A Map Amendment (Rezoning) Of Lands In The Town Of LaValle From An Agriculture To A Commercial District Upon The Petition Of John Bartz, LaValle Telephone Cooperative Agent.  MOTION (Kinsman/Nelson).  VOTE:  AYES (In person):  (25) Czuprynko, Eberl, Rego, Kinsman, Klitzke, Deitrich, Bychinski, Krueger, Flint, Curry, White Eagle, Gibson, Dorner, Reppen, Nelson, Hazard, Stevens, Polivka, Peper, Gruber, Detter, Chrisler, Stehling, McAuliffe, and McCumber.  AYES (Virtually):  (6) Spencer, Scanlon, Schell, Bushweiler, Riek and Lohr.  NAYS:  (0). Motion carried unanimously.  (Verbal vote).  Ordinance effective upon passage pursuant to 59.69(5)(e)(6), of the Wisconsin State Statutes, November 10, 2020.

FINANCE COMMITTEE:

Resolution 136-2020 Establishing Taxes To Be Levied In Sauk County For The Year 2021. MOTION (Krueger/Flint).

 *Supervisor Deitrich was excused at 7:33 P.M.

MOTION (Gruber/Reppen) to amend the 2021 Proposed Budget, adopting the amendment put forth by Supervisor Nelson (see chart below), contingent on matching funds from other municipalities and no funds would be given to the Sauk County Development Corp until verification was received from a municipality by the County Administrator that they had given their funds to the Sauk County Development Corp, up to $25,000.

**CHART INSERTED HERE.  SEE ATTACHED PDF.

Friendly amendment put forth that the $348.00 to Contingency Fund to offset sales tax revenue.

VOTE:  AYES (In person):  (22) Eberl, Rego, Kinsman, Klitzke, Bychinski, Krueger, Flint, Curry, White Eagle, Gibson, Dorner, Reppen, Nelson, Hazard, Stevens, Polivka, Gruber, Detter, Chrisler, Stehling, McAuliffe, and McCumber.  AYES (Virtually):  (6) Spencer, Scanlon, Schell, Bushweiler, Riek and Lohr.  NAYS (In person):  (2) Czuprynko and Peper.  ABSENT:  (1) Deitrich (Excused).  Motion carried.  (Verbal vote).       

MOTION (Rego/Gibson) to amend the 2021 Proposed Budget, as recommended by the Finance Committee to increase the Public Health salary and benefits by $6,368 by offsetting it with the Public Health project supplies.  Does not affect the tax levy. It is already in the budget.  The funding is actually money that is from the offsetting of tax levy by the maintenance of effort funding for medical assistance cost report (Nurse Family Partnership and Pre-Natal Child Care programs).

VOTE:  AYES (In person):  (1) Rego.  NAYS (In person):  (22) Czuprynko, Eberl, Kinsman, Klitzke, Bychinski, Krueger, Flint, Curry, White Eagle, Dorner, Reppen, Nelson, Hazard, Stevens, Polivka, Peper, Gruber, Detter, Chrisler, Stehling, McAuliffe, and McCumber.  NAYES (Virtually): (6) Spencer, Scanlon, Schell, Bushweiler, Riek and Lohr.  ABSTAIN (In person):  (1) Gibson.  ABSENT:  (1) Deitrich (Excused).  Motion failed.  (Verbal vote). 

MOTION (Krueger/Flint) to adopt Resolution 136-2020, as amended, Establishing Taxes To Be Levied In Sauk County For The Year 2021.  Levy rate, including special purpose levies, of $4.33 per $ 1,000.00 ($0.12 decrease)

Total levy dollars raised of $32,260,337

VOTE:  AYES (In person):  (21) Czuprynko, Eberl, Rego, Kinsman, Klitzke, Bychinski, Krueger, Flint, Curry, White Eagle, Dorner, Reppen, Nelson, Hazard, Stevens, Polivka, Gruber, Detter, Chrisler, Stehling, McAuliffe, and McCumber.  AYES (Virtually):  (5) Spencer, Scanlon, Schell, Bushweiler, and Lohr.  NAYS (In person):  (2) Gibson and Peper.  NAYS (Virtually):  (1) Riek.  ABSENT:  (1) Deitrich (Excused).  Motion carried.  (Verbal vote).     

18) Referrals.

19) New Agenda items (no discussion).  Submit in writing or by e-mail new business items to the County Administrator as soon as possible for Rule III.A. referral.

20)  Adjournment to a date certain: 8:02 P.M.  MOTION (Reppen/Klitzke) to adjourn until Tuesday,  December 15, 2020 at 6:00 P.M.  Motion carried unanimously.

Respectfully submitted,

Michelle A. Commings

Deputy County Clerk

Minutes Approved:  December 15, 2020.

State of Wisconsin, County of Sauk:  I certify that the above is a true and correct copy of the November 10, 2020 Proceedings of the Sauk County Board of Supervisors.  /s/Rebecca C. Evert, Sauk County Clerk.

Original documents on file @ Office of the Sauk County Clerk West Square Building, 505 Broadway, Room #144, Baraboo, WI  53913.  608-355-3286

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