Property & Insurance Committee Meeting

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SAUK COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
PROPERTY AND INSURANCE COMMITTEE MEETING
August 06, 2013
         Approved Minutes
Members Present:  Virgil Hartje, David Riek, John Miller, Scott VonAsten, George Johnson
Others Present: Timothy Stieve, Carl Gruber, Elizabeth Geoghegan, Julie Hyser, Brentt Michalek,
Steve Hanson

1. Meeting called to order by Riek at 3:30 p.m. Compliance with Open Meeting Law was met.

2.  Adopt Agenda:  Motion by Johnson, 2nd by VonAsten to adopt Agenda.  Motion Carried.

3. Adopt draft minutes of July 08, 2013 meeting.  Motion by Hartje, 2nd by Johnson to adopt the minutes. Carried
4. Public comment: Steven Hanson was in attendance, he noted he would like to renovate the property located at
1208 Oak Street, Baraboo, (The Old Hospital) into an assisted living type facility.
5.   Communications:   Leopold Memorial Reserve – notice of sale.  Brentt Michalek, Conservation, Planning and
Zoning Director provided information given by the Aldo Leopold Foundation regarding the sale of 1024
acres for $5.6 Million. The foundation inquired whether or not the County would be interested in purchasing the property. The committee did not express any interest in purchasing the property.
   6. Business Items:
        a. Treasurer’s Report – Liz reported the Corporation Counsel Todd Liebman informed her that the 1208 Oak Street property, as he had reported to the committee at the July meeting, did escheat to the State of Wisconsin in court action.  No more need for the county to pay out school taxes or concerns about the property coming back as a tax deeded property.  Dave Rick inquired if there has been progress on the Dellwood Properties; Liz note there has been no status change.
        b. Discussion of Building Security issues – Tim reviewed the survey results.  Discussion followed. Carl and Tim provided information and details about employee training regarding an Active Shooter held on 7-31-2013.  Part of the training was for the departments to discuss/work on a plan for their specific department.  Tim suggested the next step would be to contact the department heads to see what they may have identified as potential issues and report back at the October meeting.
  7. Departmental Updates - Risk Management (Carl Gruber)
a. Monthly Report – Carl reviewed his monthly report.
b. Review and Approval of Deductibles.  Motion by Johnson, 2nd by VonAsten to approve the  deductibles.   Carried.
Departmental Updates – Tim Stieve
a. Monthly Report – Tim reviewed his monthly report.
b. Clean-up of Old Shooting Range. Tim gave an overview of the process to clean up the old shooting range as required by the DNR. Step 1 is to select a firm to define the area that needs to be cleaned up.  Tim had proposals from TRC & SCS.  Motion by Hartje, 2nd by Miller to move forward with hiring TRC to complete step 1.  Carried. Vote: Yay, Hartje, Miller, Riek; Nay, Johnson, VonAsten.
c. Review and Approval of 2014 Building Services, Insurance Fund & Landfill Budgets. Tim reviewed the 2014 Budget and outlined where the differences are between the 2012 & 2013 budgets.  Dave Riek expressed concern over the utilities being budgeted.  The committee chose to wait until the September meeting to discuss and approve the budget.
d. Review and Approval of vouchers.  Motion by Johnson, 2nd by VonAsten to approve the vouchers.  Motion Carried
9. Next Meeting date: Regular meeting is set for September 03, 2013 at 3:30 p.m.
10.  Adjourn:  Motion by Johnson, 2nd by Hartje to adjourn. Motion Carried.