Executive & Legislative Committee

October 2, 2013 Approved E & L Minutes (142 KB)

 MINUTES

Executive & Legislative Committee

Wednesday, October 2, 2013, 8:00 A.M.

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

Members Present:  Krueger, Fordham, Wenzel, Lane and Stevens

Members Absent:    

Others Present:  DeMars, Schauf, Pate and Liebman

Chair Krueger called the meeting to order at 8:00 A.M. and compliance with the Open Meeting Law was verified.

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

MOTION (Fordham/Lane) to approve minutes of the Regular September 3^rd and Special September 17^th, 2013 meetings with a correction to September 17^th  minutes removing conscious authority  and replacing it with “conscience”.  Motion carried unanimously. 

Public Comment:  None.

Communications.    

Chair Krueger shared the following:

1. 9/27/13 Chair’s email response to Elizabeth Onheiber, Freelance Journalist for Baraboo News Republic;

re - Interview request on Frac-sand mining in Sauk County.

MIS Department.

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

MOTION (Wenzel/Lane) to receive the report and approve bills in the amount of $ 48,860.80.  Motion carried unanimously.                                                                                                       

2. Computer Donations.  None. 
3. 2014 Budget.

Pate reported no changes to his budget after Finance Committee review.

County Clerk Department:

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

            MOTION (Lane/Stevens) to receive the report and approve bills in the amount of $ 2,783.64.   Motion carried  

            unanimously.

2. 2014 Budget.

DeMars reported no changes to her budget after Finance Committee review.

Corporation Counsel Department:

1. T. Liebman, Corporation Counsel, presented the monthly report and list of bills for his department.  He advised 98% of FOIA documents in Ho-Chunk Trust Land Application case have been received.  MOTION (Fordham/Stevens) to receive the report and approve bills in the amount of $ 642.23 .   Motion carried unanimously.
2. 2014 Budget.

Liebman reported no changes to his budget after Finance Committee review. 

Administrative Coordinator Department:

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

MOTION (Stevens/Fordham) to receive the report and approve bills in the amount of $257.41.  Motion carried unanimously.

2. 2014 Budget.

Schauf reported no changes to her budget after Finance Committee review. 

County Board Chair Report:

1.   Chair Krueger presented his monthly report of meetings, activities and concerns over the past month: 

      9/3  Town of Dellona, C, P & Z, and A. Kleczek; re - residency of individuals in excess of four months at

              Christmas Mountain Campground.

      9/4   Meeting with Corporation Counsel, Administrative Coordinator and R. Szweda; re - public comment at            

              8/20/13 County Board meeting, Chair sent follow-up letter to supervisors.

              Dr. Jack Daniels III at MATC-Reedsburg

      9/6   Meeting with Mayor Palm

      9/9   Interviews (2) for County Board Supervisor District 1

      9/10 UW Campus Commission

              Meeting Mayor Palm and City Administrator Ed Geick; re – campus projects

      9/11 Final Interview for County Board Supervisor District 1

              Meeting with Dr. Ray Cross, Rick Klemme and Supervisor Ashford; re-county operations and processes

      9/12 Vet & Finalize Board agenda.

              W. Czuprynko appointment.

              WCA Nominating Committee at Stevens Point

      9/13 WCMIC at Stevens Point

      9/14 Lake Virginia Annual Meeting

      9/16 WCA Strategic Plan at Waukesha

              Sauk County Development Corporation meeting

      9/17 Sauk County Board meeting

      9/18 Justice Continuum

              Orientation, Oath and Dept. Head meeting for Czuprynko

      9/19 UW Campus Commission

      9/20 Bray & Associates Architects

      9/22-9/24 WCA Annual Business meeting

      9/25 -9/26 Finance – Budget

      9/27 Inter-Governmental meeting

      9/30 Finance – Budget

              Economic Development Committee

     10/4  WCA here for “cover” shoot/interview with WCA President Krueger 

             Chair noted a future meeting tentatively scheduled with Ho-Chunk after County Board, 2^nd Annual Business

             meeting of SCDC on 10/17, Courthouse Security meeting next Monday

2. 2014 Board Chair Budget.

Chair Krueger reported no changes to Chair budget or Committee/Commissions Budget after Finance Committee review.

3. Discussion regarding process for considering the Rules of the Board:

Chair Krueger began discussions entertaining feedback from each committee member.  After discussion the committee consensus agreed to follow the same timeline process as last time:

a) introduce to the board in December,

b) rollout process in December, January at Executive & Legislative

c) draft process to Executive & Legislative in January, February to review/discuss and allow time to rollout draft in March to the board.

Discussion and consideration of Lake Delton TID #4:

K. Schauf advised Sauk County has not been provided much information nor will we have any project plans in hand to see what TID’s are affected until October 10.  The next Joint Review Board meeting is on October 15.  The Hiawatha Residence Hall  -  A Unit Dormitory Complex & Community Building is the subject of discussions.  It is anticipated that the community building could be allowed for wedding receptions, etc.   Questions for us are 1) how is the current TID performing as different TID’s have different legal requirements and  2) clarification that TID # 4 will follow all legal requirements.  Schauf advised she will report back again with the outcome of the Joint Review Board.

Chair Krueger announced receiving a letter this morning, 10/2/13 from Mayor Palm, City of Baraboo to withdraw their request for financing from Sauk County for the UW-BSC Science Building.  

MOTION (Stevens/Wenzel) to adjourn until Monday, November 4, 2013 at 4:00 P.M.  Motion carried unanimously and the meeting adjourned at 9:55 A.M. 

Respectfully submitted:

Rebecca A. DeMars, County Clerk/Secretary