E & L Committee

December 3, 2013 E&L Meeting Minutes (137 KB)

MINUTES

Executive & Legislative Committee

Tuesday, December 3, 2013, 8:00 A.M.

Sauk County West Square Building, 505 Broadway, Room 213, Baraboo, WI

Members Present:  Krueger, Fordham, Wenzel, Lane

Members Absent:  Stevens  

Others Present:  Schauf, Pate, Liebman, DeMars and Michalek

Chair Krueger called the meeting to order at 8:04 A.M. and compliance with the Open Meeting Law was verified.

MOTION (Fordham/Wenzel) to adopt the agenda.  Motion carried unanimously.

MOTION (Lane/Fordham) to approve minutes of the regular meeting on November 4, 2013.  Motion

carried unanimously.

Public Comment:  None

Communications.   

Chair Krueger shared the following:

1. Letter of resignation from Ron Snyder from the Sauk County Housing Board as of 12/31/2013.
2. Letter from Taylor County Board Chairman requesting support for a resolution requiring creation of a new nonpartisan procedure for the preparation of legislative and congressional redistricting plans.
3. Letter of resignation from Steven J. Bach as commissioner of Sauk County Housing Authority

effective12/31/2013.

1. E-mail from Marty Krueger to Laura Olah and Mike Ivey in response to Cap Times article of ATV riders hopes for trail at Badger Ammo site.
2. E-mail response from Laura Olah.
3. Letter to Secretary Ben Brancel from Marty Krueger requesting consideration of support to certify the PUD program.
4. Letter from Department of Natural Resources (DNR); re: Floodplain Zoning Ordinance Approval.
5. Letter from United States Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA); re: Compliance with Landfill gases.
6. Letter from Department of Agriculture, Trade & Consumer Protection (DATCP); re: County Zoning Ordinance Density Standards Reporting Requirements.

MIS Department.

1. S. Pate, MIS Director, presented the monthly report and list of bills for his department.

MOTION (Wenzel/Fordham) to receive the report and approve bills in the amount of $ 69,790.88.                      Motion carried unanimously.                                                                                                     

1. Computer Donations.  None.
2. Resolution Authorizing the Purchase of a Centralized Network Storage Device from EMC Corporation.

      MOTION (Fordham/Lane) to approve resolution and forward to the County Board for consideration at the

      December 17, 2013 meeting.   Motion carried unanimously.

County Clerk Department:

1. R. DeMars, County Clerk, provided the monthly report and list of bills for her department.

            MOTION (Wenzel/Lane) to receive the report and approve bills in the amount of $ 2,522.81.  

            Motion carried unanimously.

Corporation Counsel Department:

1. T. Liebman, Corporation Counsel, presented the monthly report and list of bills for his department.

MOTION (Lane/Wenzel) to receive the report and approve bills in the amount of $ 601.92.

Motion carried unanimously.

Administrative Coordinator Department:

1. K. Schauf, Administrative Coordinator, presented the monthly report and list of bills for her department. 

MOTION (Wenzel/ Fordham) to receive the report and approve bills in the amount of $ 202.76.

Motion carried unanimously.

County Board Chair Report: 

1. Chair Krueger presented his monthly report of meetings, activities and concerns over the past month.  He commented to please have any interested parties for the two vacancies on the committees mentioned earlier to please contact him.   

      At this time, B. Michalek, Conservation, Planning & Zoning Administrator, presented the background of

      Sauk County’s Farmland Preservation Plan and requirements pursuant to Wi Stats. 91; which will be going

            before the County Board at their December 17, 2013 meeting for approval.

1. Commendations/Memoriams for former County Board Supervisors:

Chair Krueger explained he recently learned he violated past policy of the Executive & Legislative Committee according to minutes from 11/01/2004 by sending flowers to the family of Charlie Montgomery. 

The approved minutes allow for only providing a monetary or floral tribute to those who pass away while serving as active members; in cases where a former Board member had passed away, a sympathy card was sent to the family. Discussion followed.  Marty thought that a County Board chair should be able to decide.  Consensus of the Committee is to have a policy drafted between Corporation Counsel and County Board Chair.

Consideration and discussion of the Rules of the Board.

Consensus of Committee is to proceed with essentially the same timelines and process as 2 years ago.  Individual supervisors will be allowed to provide recommendations in writing to Corporation Counsel no later than Wednesday, January 15, 2014.   Corporation Counsel will forward the recommendations to this committee to be reviewed at a special meeting tentatively scheduled before January County Board or before February Executive & Legislative meeting.  Continued consideration will be given to the need to have special meetings to discuss structure and / or rule changes allowing revisions to be available in March, adoption in April.

MOTION (Wenzel/Fordham) to adjourn until Tuesday, January 7, 2014 at 8:00 A.M.  Motion carried unanimously and the meeting adjourned at 10:05 A.M.

Respectfully submitted:

Rebecca A. DeMars, County Clerk/Secretary