UW Campus Commission

Members Present: Wedekind, Brophy, Geimer, Giese, Janke, Mielke, Griffith, Haugen, and Liston.

Members Absent: Burke.

Others Present: C. Davis.

Chairperson Wedekind called the meeting to order at 9:00 A.M. and compliance with the Open Meeting Law was verified.

Motion by Geimer, seconded by Giese to approve the agenda for today's meeting, as mailed.
Motion carried.

Motion by Mielke, seconded by Geimer to approve the minutes of the March 16, 2006 meeting, as mailed.
Motion carried.

Election of Officers:

Robert Janke conducted the election of Chairperson.

Chairperson:

Motion by Wedekind, seconded by Geimer to nominate Lowell Haugen as Chairperson. Motion carried. Motion by Geimer, seconded by Liston to nominate Phil Wedekind as Chairperson. Motion carried. Motion by Geimer, seconded by Mielke to close nominations. Motion carried. Paper ballot vote was taken with the following results: Haugen 2 and Wedekind 4.
Phil Wedekind was elected Chairperson for the ensuing one year term of office and resumed conducting the meeting.

Vice-Chairperson:

Motion by Geimer, seconded by Liston to nominate Lowell Haugen as Vice-Chairperson. Motion carried. Motion by Geimer, seconded by Liston to close nominations and declare Lowell Haugen elected Vice-Chairperson. Motion carried.

Public Comment:

None.

Communications:

Letter dated April 13, 2006 from Dean Brophy indicating his resignation, effective August 1, 2006.

Financial Report:

C. Giese, City Clerk, distributed a financial report from 1/1/06 to 4-30/06 which indicated an unencumbered balance of $129,753.57 and a capital equipment fund balance sheet which indicated a balance of $109,930.27 (not including $25,000.00 from the 2006 budget).

Maintenance Report and Approval of Bills:

Robert Griffith presented the monthly maintenance report and list of bills. Motion by Haugen, seconded by Geimer to approve the report and list of bills in an amount of $1,105.00.
Motion carried.

Carolyn Davis, Assistant Dean, and Cheryl Giese gave a report and presented information on elevator maintenance proposals recently received. As previously discussed, the City of Baraboo included elevators located at the Campus in a proposal for an elevator maintenance contract agreement. The Campus previously had no elevator maintenance program, however in discussing the matter with service companies, it was determined a quarterly maintenance inspection would be sufficient, based upon elevator usage. The proposals received offered a substantial savings by going to a five year contract and 3% prepayment plan. Motion by Haugen, seconded by Geimer to accept the Schumacher proposal for elevator maintenance.
Motion carried.

Dean's Report:

• Dean Brophy expanded on his departure plans and activities for the coming four months and indicated he expects the announcement of an Interim Dean to occur very soon.
• The following were his recommended nominees for upcoming appointments to the Campus Commission: Phil Wedekind and Ann Burke (City of Baraboo) and Lowell Haugen and Marcy Huffaker (County of Sauk). Official appointment and confirmation will be done by governing boards of both the City and County.
• The 2007 - 2009 Capital Projects plan was explained, noting a recommendation will be forthcoming to the Commission at the May meeting recommending improvements to the physics and chemistry labs.
• The Living and Learning Center Building Committee is in the process of being appointed with the first meeting to take place in May. It was noted the County Board has approved the appointment of Tom Geimer and Marcy Huffaker to this Committee. Commissioner Haugen stated he moved for postponing this appointment but his motion was not adopted by the County Board. He indicated his reason for making the motion was relative to concerns with the Open Meeting Law. Dean Brophy assured the Commission that any meetings of the Building Committee would be properly noticed and posted.

Motion by Mielke, seconded by Giese to adjourn and set the next, regular meeting date for Thursday, May 18, 2006 at 9:00 A.M. Motion carried and the meeting adjourned at 9:30 A.M.

Respectfully submitted: Beverly J. Mielke, Sauk County Clerk