Executive & Legislative Committee

10/04/11 Minutes (53 KB)

Members Present: Krueger, Alexander, Bach, Wenzel, and Fordham

Members Absent: None

Others Present: R DeMars, K Schauf, S Pate, T Liebman and J. Schernecker

Chair Krueger called the meeting to order at 8:00 A. M. and compliance with the Open Meeting Law was verified. Motion by Bach, seconded by Fordham to approve the agenda noting the correction in the word meeting to” meetings” in item # 3. Motion carried unanimously.

Motion by Alexander, seconded by Bach to approve the minutes of the regular September 6, and special September 20, 2011 meetings. Motion carried unanimously.

Public Comment:
None

Communications:
Letter from Chair Krueger to Nathan White, Office of Detention Facilities, Wi-DOC offering apologies on behalf of Sauk County regarding the misconduct of Supervisor Kriegl at a recent Law Enforcement meeting.
Chair Krueger provided a copy of a letter dated June 8, 2005 from Gene Wiegand, Administrative Coordinator addressed to Supervisor Kriegl regarding concern of this same unacceptable behavior to management staff.

Consideration of procedure and further action regarding possible letter of concern for certain county board supervisors:
Chair Krueger addressed the Committee regarding Supervisor Kriegl’s behavior noting this was not an isolated incident of inappropriate behavior. Committee members expressed their concern with this incident and prior incidents involving supervisors providing an overview of past attempts to stop such behavior. Todd Liebman, Corporation Counsel informed the committee members of the potential possibility of large claims being filed against Sauk County due to Supervisor Kriegl’s actions. Chair Krueger proposed preparing a letter with Corporation Counsel’s assistance to Supervisor Kriegl outlining the particular incidents and requesting such behavior must stop or further action may be taken.

MIS Department:
S. Pate, MIS Director, presented the monthly report and list of bills for his departments. Motion by Wenzel, seconded by Alexander to receive the report and approve bills in the amount of $69,279.45. Motion carried unanimously.

Computer Donation Requests:
S. Pate, MIS Director presented a request from our Department of Human Services for one computer, monitor and key board to assist a client in continuing her volunteer work at work. Motion by Bach, seconded by Fordham to approve this request. Motion carried unanimously.

Review of departmental budget following Finance review:
S. Pate, MIS Director, advised no changes were made to his budget.

County Clerk Department:
R. DeMars, County Clerk, presented the monthly report and list of bill for her department. Motion by Bach, seconded by Fordham to receive the report and approve bills in the amount of $1,130.45. Motion carried unanimously. A suggestion was made regarding preparing County Board minutes to keep them in chronological order as they occur and possibly highlighting in bold that item or wording that has occurred differently from the original agenda order.

Review of departmental budget following Finance review:
R. DeMars, County Clerk, advised no changes were made to her budget.

Corporation Counsel Department:
T. Liebman, Corporation Counsel, presented the monthly report and list of bills for his department. Motion by Alexander, seconded by Fordham to receive the report and approve bills in the amount of $1,063.44. Motion carried unanimously.

Review of departmental budget following Finance review:
T. Liebman, Corporation Counsel, advised no changes were made to his budget.

Administrative Coordinator Department:
K. Schauf, Administrative Coordinator, presented the monthly report. She had no bills to present for her department for the month. Motion by Wenzel, seconded by Bach to receive the report. Motion carried unanimously.

Review of departmental budget following Finance review:
K. Schauf, Administrative Coordinator, advised no changes were made to her budget.

County Board Chair:
Chair Krueger reported on his monthly activities, specifically noting:
     WCA has commented that this Sauk County has presented one of the best conferences ever held here at the Kalahari.
     Chair Krueger advised he was interviewed with WCA on September 9th for the position of 2nd Vice President. He has taken office and is serving in that capacity. He assured the committee that his first priority and responsibility will be to Sauk County and to its citizens.
     He participated in the Sauk County Health Care Center walk for Alzheimer and worked at the Pizza Ranch raising money for this cause.
     He participated in interviews to appoint a replacement for Supervisor Zowin’s District # 1.  They are down to 2 candidates and hope to have someone chosen by Friday, October 7th.
     He noted the Christmas Mountain property has sold. Sauk County has approximately $25-30,000 dollars invested. The property sold for $117,000.
     TMG Committee met a couple times – continuing with restructuring process within Sauk County.
     Advised committee he received an invoice from Carr Valley Cheese as part of Sauk County’s nutritional snack at the WCA Conference. Motion by Bach, seconded by Wenzel to approve paying Carr Valley Cheese invoice. Motion carried unanimously.

Review of County Board budget following Finance review:
Chair Krueger advised cost for a new voting system in the County Board room was not put in the budget.  He did talk with Victor Kluck, who provided estimated costs of $35-40,000 for a system and $1,000 per station. As much as we all may want a new system, he could not justify requesting this amount. No changes have been made.

Motion by Wenzel, seconded by Fordham to adjourn and set the next regular meeting date for November 1, 2011 at 8:00 A.M. Motion carried and the meeting adjourned at 10:01 A.M.

Respectfully submitted:

Rebecca A. DeMars, County Clerk/Secretary