DATE: November 13, 2006
Committee Members Present: Gaalswyk, Sprecher, Ashford, and Wiese.
Committee Member Absent: Lehman
Others Present: Lance Gurney, Mary White, Lowell Haugen, Pat Dederich, Brent Bailey, Chairman Krueger and Admin. Coordinator Schauf
Chairman Wiese signed PUD's for Midthun and Wyttenbach and a CUP for Luck.
Chairman Wiese called the meeting to order at 9:00 a.m. and compliance with the open meetings law was noted.
Motion by Ashford, seconded by Sprecher to adopt the agenda.
Motion carried 4-0.
The minutes from the October 24, 2006 Committee meeting were not available for approval.
Chair Krueger and Administrative Coordinator Schauf appeared and briefly discussed the grievance process for non-represented employees. Recommended board development action items were also discussed. Committee meeting vouchers were briefly reviewed.
No report was given for the Mapping Department.
Register of Deeds, Brent Bailey appeared. Document numbers are still up. The department received two new copiers. Costs and revenues were reviewed and a slight fee increase for on-line services was discussed.
Register of Deeds' vouchers were reviewed. Motion by Gaalswyck, seconded
by Ashford to approve the vouchers in the amount of $5,711.37.
Motion carried, 4-0.
Mr. Lance Gurney, Planning and Zoning Director, reported on revenue through the end of October. DNR staff regulation on land spreading sites was discussed. It was proposed that the county take over this program. DNR will be increasing staffing so the recommendation is to wait and see what the state is going to do. The groundwater surcharge and increasing pumpers' licensing fees were reviewed.
The next items for discussion were two rezoning requests approved by the
Town of Delton. The first was a request by Steve Dennison, agent for Kathy
Ott-owner, to rezone property from an Industrial zoning district to a Commercial
zoning district. The purpose was to establish a used car dealership. Motion
by Sprecher seconded by Gaalswyck to approve the Dennison rezoning.
Motion carried, 4-0.
The second request was by Bruce and Joan Trager, Luke Jesse and Darlene
Bayer to rezone property from Agriculture to Single Family Residential.
Motion by Gaalswyck, seconded by Ashford to approve the Trager request.
Motion carried, 4-0.
Mr. Gurney stated that he would be using the recommended board action items for the adoption of a new model flood plain ordinance and a non metallic mining ordinance.
The next item for discussion was a PUD/Farm Consolidation for Elsing Holding
Company, LLC. Mr. Gurney gave a brief report on the background information
and the findings of fact. The Committee determined that the conditional
use permit standards were met and the conditions were reviewed. Motion
by Gaalswyck, seconded by Ashford to approve the conditional use permit.
Motion carried, 4-0.
Mr. Pat Dederich the County Surveyor then appeared. Monumentation and
GPS was discussed. He had one invoice for the monumentation of two corners.
Motion by Ashford, seconded by Gaalswyck to approve the voucher in the
amount of $1,000.
Motion carried, 4-0.
Mr. Dave Lenz wanted to address the Committee regarding land division concerns in the Town of Winfield, but did not appear. Certified surveys were discussed.
Motion by Gaalswyck, seconded by Ashford to adjourn.
Motion carried, 4-0.
Respectfully submitted: Judy Ashford, Secretary