Location:
County Board Room
West Square Building
505 Broadway, Baraboo, WI
Members Present: P. Endres, H. Sprecher, W. Wenzel, C. Montgomery, and V. Hartje.
Others Present: G. Wiegand, B. Mielke, T. Liebman, L. Armbrust, R. Stammen, M. Hafemann, M. Koehler, L. Haugen, C. Ederer-Sklar, L. Gurney, and news media representative.
The meeting was called to order by Chairperson Endres at 9:00 A.M. and compliance with the Open Meeting Law was verified.
Chairperson Endres asked that item #6, Update on Badger, be taken out of order and discussed at a convenient time when Supervisor Haugen could be present. He further noted Mr. Haugen was in the building attending another committee meeting. Motion by Hartje, seconded by Montgomery to approve the agenda for today's meeting, with the ability to take up item #6, at will. Motion carried.
Motion by Wenzel, seconded by Sprecher to approve the minutes of the January 17, 2003 meeting, as mailed. Motion carried.
Public Comment: None.
Communications:
Chairperson Endres presented a communication from the Municipal Taxpayers Commission concerning the governing of vo-tech schools by non-elected Boards. The Commission is working on an alliance to change this procedure. Consensus of the Committee was to forward this matter on to the ICC for review.
B. Mielke, County Clerk, presented her monthly report (including a breakdown on the sale of 2002 dog licenses) and list of bills. Motion by Hartje, seconded by Sprecher to approve the report and list of bills in an amount of $16,654.52. Motion carried.
At this point in the meeting, Supervisor Haugen appeared and presented an update on the Badger property disposition issue. Lance Gurney, Planning and Zoning Director, joined in the discussion and reported negotiations between the DNR and HoChunk nation have broken down and are currently at a standstill. Discussion followed with a general feeling to continue to strive for implementation of the re-use agreement and original footprint as previously approved by the County Board. If this is not an option, the Committee would lend its support to additional land at Badger being acquired by the DNR.
Sheriff Stammen and Captain Mike Haefemann presented information and draft copies of resolutions titled, "Amending the Hiring Date for Jail Nurse to Facilitate an Earlier Fully Operational Opening Date of September 1, 2003" and "Amending the Hiring Date for Clerk Matrons to Facilitate an Earlier Fully Operational Opening Date of September 1, 2003" for the new Law Enforcement Center. Considerable discussion took place in relation to a specific opening date, followed with an appearance by M. Koehler, Personnel Director, regarding the time and testing procedures used on applicants for positions in the new Law Enforcement Center, specifically centering on jailer positions. Motion by Montgomery, seconded by Wenzel to approve forwarding the resolutions, as presented, to the full County Board on February 25th for consideration. Motion carried.
Sheriff Stammen noted he was not prepared at the present time to discuss in detail the need of a dedicated Personnel Specialist for the Sheriff's Department. However, he stated the item was listed on the agenda for informational purposes with a possible future request, given the number of employees and personnel related issues within his department.
Les Armbrust, Veterans Service Officer, presented the monthly report and list of bills for his department. Motion by Montgomery, seconded by Hartje to approve the report and list of bills in the amount of $5,075.62. Motion carried.
Corrine Ederer-Sklar, Deputy Director of the Emergency Management, Buildings & Safety Department, presented the monthly report and list of bills for her department. She presented information on the proposed re-organization of positions within the department and noted a resolution approving same will follow at a later date. Motion by Hartje, seconded by Sprecher to support the office re-organization. Motion carried. Motion by Hartje, seconded by Sprecher to approve the report and monthly list of bills in the amount of $17,912.35. Motion carried.
T. Liebman, Corporation Counsel, presented the monthly report for his department and list of bills. Liebman informed Committee members of a pending need to hire additional support staff, do a small amount of office remodeling, and re-classification of personnel to handle CHIPS cases. A formal request seeking support for these changes will be presented at a later date. Motion by Montgomery, seconded by Wenzel to approve the report and monthly list of bills for this department in an amount of $1,137.79. Motion carried.
Committee members reviewed the annual performance evaluation of the Corporation Counsel. Motion by Montgomery, seconded by Wenzel to approve the Administrative Coordinator's recommendation and assessment of same. Motion carried. All Committee members expressed complete satisfaction with the work performed by the Corporation Counsel.
G. Wiegand, Administrative Coordinator, presented his monthly report and list of bills. Discussion followed on the matter of County Board training, an issue which came out of the Planning and Zoning Committee as a result of COM 83 related material presented at the January County Board meeting. The suggestion was discussed with no recommended follow-up action being taken.
Wiegand indicated plans are in the discussion stage which may lead to the use of an outside firm to handle and monitor County investments. Discussion followed on the merits of using a local banking institution for this task.
Motion by Wenzel, seconded by Hartje to adjourn and set the next, regular meeting date for Tuesday, March 4, 2003 at 9:00 A.M. Motion carried and the meeting adjourned at 12:40 P.M.
Respectfully submitted: Beverly J. Mielke, Sauk County Clerk