Sauk County Board of Supervisors Meeting

SAUK COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS  

JUNE 16, 2015                                                                   

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

 

1)Call to Order and Certify Compliance with Open Meeting Law.  6:00 P.M.

 

2)Roll Call.  PRESENT:  (30) Czuprynko, Kriegl, Meister, Johnson, Lehman, Dietz, Held, Deitrich, Bychinski, Fish, Moore, Giebel, Dent, Vedro, Miller, Von Asten, Lombard, Ashford, Gramling, Kast, Polivka, Riek, Peterson, Alexander, Hambrecht, Wenzel, Stehling, Netzinger, Fordham and Krueger.    

ABSENT:  (1) Peper.

 

3)Invocation and Pledge of Allegiance.

 

4)Adopt Agenda.  MOTION (Moore/Vedro) to approve amended agenda.  Motion carried unanimously.

 

5)Adopt Minutes of Previous Meeting.  MOTION (Alexander/Von Asten) to approve minutes.  Motion carried unanimously.

 

6)Scheduled Appearances.  None.

 

7)Public Comment.  None.

 

8)Communications.

a. Thank you card from Jerry and Connie Lehman was read.

 

9)Bills & Referrals.  None

 

10)Claims.  None

 

11)Appointments.

       a.  Disabled Parking Enforcement Assistance Council:

             Sergeant Jon Hanson, Sauk County Sheriff’s Dept., re-appointment

             Betty Krueger, Baraboo, Citizen member, re-appointment

             Richard Plouffe, Lake Delton, Citizen member, re-appointment

             Steven Pribbenow, Baraboo, Citizen member, re-appointment

             JoEllyn Belka, Merrimac, Citizen member, re-appointment

             Lt. Travis Hillard, Sauk Prairie Police Dept., re-appointment

             Lucinda Wiederhold, Baraboo, Citizen member, new appointment

            

             2- year terms- 06/16/2015 to 06/19/2017

 

            

 

 

 

 

             Disabled Parking Enforcement Assistance Council Alternates:

             Julie Rogers, Citizen member, re-appointment

             Gordon Ringelstetter, Citizen member, re-appointment

             Roger Friede, Sr., Citizen member, re-appointment

   

             2- year terms – 06/16/2015 to 06/19/2017

 

       b.  Sauk County Housing Authority:

            Vern Demers, Spring Green, new appointment

            5- year term – 06/16/2015 to 06/16/2020

 

      c.  Board of Adjustment - Regular Members:

           David M. Allen, Town of Reedsburg, Citizen member, re-appointment

           Nicholas Ladas, Town of LaValle, Citizen member, re-appointment

 

           3- year terms – 06/16/2015 to 06/19/2018

 

MOTION (Moore/Lehman) to approve appointments.  VOTE:  AYES:  (30) Czuprynko, Kriegl, Meister, Johnson, Lehman, Dietz, Held, Deitrich, Bychinski, Fish, Moore, Giebel, Dent, Vedro, Miller,

Von Asten, Lombard, Ashford, Gramling, Kast, Polivka, Riek, Peterson, Alexander, Hambrecht, Wenzel, Stehling, Netzinger, Fordham and Krueger.  NAYS: (0).  ABSENT:  (1) Peper.  Motion carried unanimously.

 

12)Unfinished Business.  None.

 

13)Reports – informational, no action required.

a.  Rebecca A. DeMars, 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):

Petition 11-2015, Applicant: Robert Lueck; Project Location: Town of LaValle; Current Zoning:  Agricultural;  Proposed Zoning:  Commercial.   
Petition 12-2015, Applicant: William and Debbie Kinsman; Project Location: Town of Ironton

Current Zoning:  EA; Proposed Zoning:  Rec-Com.   

Petition 14-2015, Applicant: Sauk County Conservation, Planning and Zoning Department;

Project Location:  Sauk County;  Proposed Zoning:  Zoning Text Change.    

       b.  Supervisor Fordham, Vice Chair – Executive & Legislative Committee.    

       c.   Marty Krueger, County Board Chair

WCA 2015 Annual Conference in La Crosse;
Process for Interim-Administrative Coordinator;
Process for permanent filling of vacancy – Administrative Coordinator.

       d.   Kathryn Schauf, Administrative Coordinator.

     

       *Supervisors Peper arrived at 6:33 p.m.

 

14)Consent Agenda:

EXECUTIVE AND LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEE:

Resolution 56-2015 Resolution Honoring Kathryn Schauf For Over 16 Years Of Service.

 

HUMAN SERVICES BOARD:

Resolution 57-2015 Commending Denise Grinder For Over 38 Years Of Service To The People Of Sauk County.

 

LAW ENFORCEMENT AND JUDICIARY COMMITTEE:

Resolution 58-2015 Commending Dennis J. Anstett For Over Twenty-Two Years Of Faithful Service To The People Of Sauk County.   

 

Resolution 59-2015 Commending Steven L. Pyfferoen For Over Thirty Years Of Faithful Service To The People Of Sauk County.   

 

Resolution 60-2015 Commending Guy E. Matthews For Thirty-Four Years Of Faithful Service To The People Of Sauk County.    

 

MOTION (Wenzel/Meister) to approve consent agendas.

VOTE:  AYES:  (31) Czuprynko, Kriegl, Meister, Johnson, Lehman, Dietz, Held, Deitrich, Bychinski, Fish, Moore, Giebel, Dent, Vedro, Miller, Von Asten, Lombard, Ashford, Gramling, Kast, Polivka, Riek,   

Peper, Peterson, Alexander, Hambrecht, Wenzel, Stehling, Netzinger, Fordham and Krueger.    

NAYS:  (0).  Motion carried unanimously.

 

15)Resolutions & Ordinances:

CONSERVATION, PLANNING AND ZONING COMMITTEE:

Resolution 61-2015 Approving The Purchase Of A Conservation Streambank Easement  For The Myrna L. Armstrong Property Pursuant To The Implementation Agreement Between The Wisconsin Department Of Transportation And Sauk County.   

 

Resolution 62-2015 Approving The Purchase Of A Conservation Streambank Easement For The Daniel Reilly Property Pursuant To The Implementation Agreement Between The Wisconsin Department Of Transportation And Sauk County.

 

Resolution 63-2015 Approving The Purchase Of A Conservation Streambank Easement For The Webb Farms II LLC Property Pursuant To The Implementation Agreement Between The Wisconsin Department of Transportation And Sauk County. 

 

Resolution 64-2015 Approving The Purchase Of A Conservation Streambank Easement For The

David K. And Debra J. Lundgren Property Pursuant To The Implementation Agreement Between The Wisconsin Department Of Transportation And Sauk County.

 

Resolution 65-2015 Approving The Purchase Of A Conservation Streambank Easement For The Joan Martin Property Pursuant To The Implementation Agreement Between The Wisconsin Department Of Transportation And Sauk County.   

 

Resolution 66-2015 Approving The Purchase Of A Conservation Streambank Easement For The Steven A. McArthur Property Pursuant To The Implementation Agreement Between The Wisconsin Department Of Transportation And Sauk County.   

Resolution 67-2015 Approving The Purchase Of A Conservation Streambank Easement For The Marcus And Sharon Wenzel Property Pursuant To The Implementation Agreement Between The Wisconsin Department Of Transportation And Sauk County.   

MOTION (Lehman/Johnson) to consider Resolution 61-2015, Resolution 62-2015, Resolution

63-2015, Resolution 64-2015, Resolution 65-2015, Resolution 66-2015 and Resolution 67-2015 as a group.  Brentt Michalek, Director of Conservation, Planning and Zoning, responded to supervisors’ questions.

VOTE:  AYES:  (29) Czuprynko, Kriegl, Meister, Johnson, Dietz, Held, Deitrich, Bychinski, Fish,   

Moore, Giebel, Dent, Vedro, Miller, Von Asten, Ashford, Gramling, Kast, Polivka, Riek,   

Peper, Peterson, Alexander, Hambrecht, Wenzel, Stehling, Netzinger, Fordham and Krueger.    

NAYS:  (2) Lehman and Lombard.  Motion carried.

 

Ordinance 5-2015 Petition 7-2015.  Approving The Rezoning Of Lands In The Town Of Spring Green From A Resource Conservancy To A Recreation Commercial Zoning District Filed Upon Cari Stebbins, Property Owner.   

MOTION (Johnson/Ashford).  VOTE:  AYES:  (31) Czuprynko, Kriegl, Meister, Johnson, Lehman, Dietz, Held, Deitrich, Bychinski, Fish, Moore, Giebel, Dent, Vedro, Miller, Von Asten, Lombard, Ashford, Gramling, Kast, Polivka, Riek, Peper, Peterson, Alexander, Hambrecht, Wenzel, Stehling, Netzinger, Fordham and Krueger.  NAYS:  (0).  Motion carried unanimously.

 

Resolution 68-2015 Accepting The First Addition to Black Hawk Cemetery.   

MOTION (Ashford/Lehman).  VOTE:  AYES:  (31) Czuprynko, Kriegl, Meister, Johnson, Lehman, Dietz, Held, Deitrich, Bychinski, Fish, Moore, Giebel, Dent, Vedro, Miller, Von Asten, Lombard, Ashford, Gramling, Kast, Polivka, Riek, Peper, Peterson, Alexander, Hambrecht, Wenzel, Stehling, Netzinger, Fordham and Krueger.  NAYS:  (0).  Motion carried unanimously.

 

Resolution 72-2015 Regarding Insertion Of Shoreland Zoning Policy Paragraph 23 Of Motion #520 By The State’s Joint Finance Committee Into The State Of Wisconsin 2015-2017 Budget Bill.   

MOTION (Dietz/Johnson).  VOTE:  AYES:  (25) Kriegl, Meister, Johnson, Lehman, Dietz, Held, Bychinski, Fish, Moore, Giebel, Vedro, Miller, Von Asten, Lombard, Ashford, Gramling, Kast, Polivka, Riek, Peterson, Alexander, Hambrecht, Wenzel, Stehling and Netzinger.  NAYS:  (6) Czuprynko, Deitrich, Dent, Peper, Fordham and Krueger.  Motion carried.

 

HIGHWAY AND PARKS COMMITTEE:

Resolution 69-2015 Approving The American Transmission Company LLC Request To Acquire Transmission Line Easement.   

MOTION (Meister/Polivka).

MOTION (Vedro/Kriegl) to postpone the resolution until the July County Board meeting.  Discussion followed in favor of and opposition to the motion.

VOTE:  AYES:  (0).  NAYS:  (31) Czuprynko, Kriegl, Meister, Johnson, Lehman, Dietz, Held, Deitrich, Bychinski, Fish, Moore, Giebel, Dent, Vedro, Miller, Von Asten, Lombard, Ashford, Gramling, Kast, Polivka, Riek, Peper, Peterson, Alexander, Hambrecht, Wenzel, Stehling, Netzinger, Fordham and Krueger.  Motion failed.

 

MOTION (Kriegl/Von Asten) to amend the resolution to add Easement Description Map (Exhibit “B”) as provided by the American Transmission Company.

 

*At 8:45 p.m. Chair Krueger called a five minute break.  The meeting resumed at 8:50 p.m.

 

VOTE:  AYES:  (28) Czuprynko, Kriegl, Meister, Johnson, Lehman, Dietz, Held, Deitrich, Fish, Moore, Dent, Vedro, Miller, Von Asten, Lombard, Ashford, Gramling, Kast, Polivka, Riek, Peterson, Alexander, Hambrecht, Wenzel, Stehling, Netzinger, Fordham and Krueger.  NAYS:  (3) Bychinski, Giebel and Peper.  Motion carried.

 

Vote on original motion, adding Easement Description Map (Exhibit “B”) as provided by the American Transmission Company to the resolution.

VOTE:  AYES:  (31) Czuprynko, Kriegl, Meister, Johnson, Lehman, Dietz, Held, Deitrich, Bychinski, Fish, Moore, Giebel, Dent, Vedro, Miller, Von Asten, Lombard, Ashford, Gramling, Kast, Polivka, Riek, Peper, Peterson, Alexander, Hambrecht, Wenzel, Stehling, Netzinger, Fordham and Krueger.  NAYS:  (0).  Motion carried unanimously.

 

HUMAN SERVICES BOARD, PERSONNEL COMMITTEE AND FINANCE COMMITTEE:

Resolution 70-2015 Resolution To Abolish The Human Services Department Business Manager Position And Create A Business And Administrative Services Manager Position Outside The 2015 Budget Process.  

MOTION (Alexander/Vedro).  Bill Orth, Director of Human Services, responded to supervisors’ questions.  VOTE:  AYES:  (29) Czuprynko, Kriegl, Meister, Johnson, Lehman, Dietz, Held, Deitrich, Bychinski, Fish, Moore, Giebel, Dent, Vedro, Miller, Von Asten, Lombard, Ashford, Gramling, Kast, Polivka, Riek, Peterson, Alexander, Hambrecht, Wenzel, Stehling, Fordham and Krueger.  NAYS:  (2) Peper and Netzinger.  Motion carried.

 

Closed session pursuant to Wisc. Stats. 19.85 (1) (c) Considering employment, promotion,      compensation or performance evaluation data of any public employee over which the [governmental] body has jurisdiction or exercises responsibility.  Review and consideration of applicants for Interim Administrative Coordinator. 

MOTION (Vedro/Moore)to enter into closed session at 9:12 P.M.,  allowing Assistant Corporation Counsel Alene Kleczek Bolin and former Sauk County Supervisor Jason Lane to remain.

VOTE:  AYES:  (31) Czuprynko, Kriegl, Meister, Johnson, Lehman, Dietz, Held, Deitrich, Bychinski, Fish, Moore, Giebel, Dent, Vedro, Miller, Von Asten, Lombard, Ashford, Gramling, Kast, Polivka, Riek,   

Peper, Peterson, Alexander, Hambrecht, Wenzel, Stehling, Netzinger, Fordham and Krueger. 

NAYS:  (0).  Motion carried unanimously.

 

Reconvene in open session immediately following the closed session.

MOTION (Wenzel/Dietrich) to reconvene in open session immediately following the closed session at 10:15 P.M.  Motion carried unanimously.

 

EXECUTIVE AND LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEE:

Resolution 71-2015 Appointing Interim Administrative Coordinator.   

MOTION (Meister/Fordham).  VOTE:  AYES:  (31) Czuprynko, Kriegl, Meister, Johnson, Lehman, Dietz, Held, Deitrich, Bychinski, Fish, Moore, Giebel, Dent, Vedro, Miller, Von Asten, Lombard, Ashford, Gramling, Kast, Polivka, Riek, Peper, Peterson, Alexander, Hambrecht, Wenzel, Stehling, Netzinger, Fordham and Krueger.  NAYS:  (0).  Motion carried unanimously.

 

 

16)Adjournment to a date certain.  10:18 P.M.  MOTION (Deitrich/Peper) to adjourn until Tuesday, July 21, 2015.  Motion carried unanimously.

                    

Respectfully,

 

      

 

       Michelle A. Commings

       Deputy County Clerk

 

       Minutes Approved July 21, 2015

 

        State of Wisconsin, County of Sauk:  I certify that the above is a true and correct copy of the  

        June 16, 2015, Proceedings of the Sauk County Board of Supervisors.  /s/Rebecca A. DeMars,

        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.

www.co.sauk.wi.us