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July 12, 2010 July 12, 2010 Regular Monthly Meeting
TOWN OF APPLE RIVER REGULAR BOARD MEETING. JULY 12TH 2010 Present: Rick Scoglio, Chair; Ansel Johnson, Supervisor; Dave Waterman, Supervisor; Tom Sykes, Clerk, Linda Peterson, Treasurer. Meeting called to order by the Chair at 7:00 p.m. Verification of Public notice was declared by the Clerk and affirmed by the Chair. Minutes of the June 14th 2010 meeting minutes were read by the Clerk. Minutes were approved as read. Public Input: No input. Clerk report: Clerk reported that the gift to the cemetery is being contested by family members and that the estate allocation determination has been transferred to a court in St Croix County; that a special exception application (zoning) has been applied for regarding land usage and will be determined at the county level; WITC is requesting nominations for board appointments; the town hall was cleaned this afternoon and the clerk has recommended that the board allow for two hours per month to include half the travel time of the contractor. After discussion the board agreed to the above recommendation. Report by Treasurer: The Treasurer made the following financial report: Our beginning balance was $156,052.86; income for the month was $30,306.68; with expenses of $15,482.56; available funds are $151,445.12. The motion was made and seconded to accept Treasurer’s Report as read. Motion carried. County Report: Steve Arduser reported that at their last meeting they discussed preserving agricultural land and setting up technical advisory groups. Next meeting is July 28th at 6:30pm and the topic will be agriculture and residential use Vouchers: The Treasurer presented vouchers to the town Board. Chair and supervisors reviewed the vouchers and Chair read all vouchers aloud. The Motion was made and seconded to approve vouchers as presented. Motion carried. Election Committee Report: No report. Ambulance Committee: Did not meet this month. Cemetery: .A grave stone was straightened and concern was expressed regarding several (11) wooden crosses that are rotting in the ground—need attention. For 100 dollars apiece they could be replaced with stone markers. Fire Department: Jamie reported that there were nine runs including three medical runs; all members have completed and successfully passed CEVO; got 8 SCBA units valued at $2,500 at no cost to us; are actively pursuing grants to aid in funding first responders; have had two new personal join EMS staff in last 30 days with 8 ready to begin training. They are waiting on concrete replacement bids. From now on, fire and first responders report will be together. Highway: Greg reported that first mowing was completed by the 4th of July and that next mowing would begin in a couple of weeks. Discussed pothole problem in parking area and it will be dealt with. PlanningCommission: No report. Items to Be Reviewed: 2010 Road Projects: The shouldering work has not been done on 150th yet nor the road damage. Work has been done on 101st , Bids need to go out for shoulder work on “Woodleys”; Supervisor Waterman will get the specifics to the Clerk for bid purposes. Paving of the parking lot: The Chair is currently getting rough estimates to determine how much we can do this year, will break the parking area into three sections and have bids available for next month. We will focus on the front area for this year. Motion was made to have the Clerk advertise for bids to be opened at next month’s meeting. Motion was made and seconded to divided the whole parking lot into three sections and if the front portion is under the prevailing wage that we will advertise for bids on the front section and award at next board meeting. Motion carried. Chair suggested that the town also consider some gravel work that should be done. Resident drainage concern: Both Chair and Supervisor Johnson visited the drainage problem on separate occasions after a significant downpour and reported that they did not feel that anything should be done at this time. Motion was made and seconded to resend last month’s motion regarding the drain tile. Motion carried. Supervisor’s Reports: Supervisor Johnson expressed concern regarding where the utilities were laying cable and that they were not following the town ordinance. The board authorized Supervisor Johnson to find out what was going on and to invite them to our next meeting. Next Month agenda items; Excel report on cable laying/ordinance; complete road projects for 2010; open road bids. Public Comments: None. Next Month’s meetings will be: August 9th, 2010, at 7:00 p.m. Motion made and approved to adjourn meeting at 8:05 p.m.