DATE: October 23, 2007
Committee Members Present: Gaalswyk, Sprecher, Ashford, and Wiese.
Others Present: Mark Steward, Brian Simmert, Gina Templin, Pat Dederich and others.
Chairman Wiese called the meeting to order at approximatly 9:00 a.m.
Motion carried 4-0.
Wiese stated that he received a call from the property owners involved in item "g" and it will be removed from the agenda. Motion by Gaalswyk, seconded by Sprecher to adopt the agenda with item "g" removed.
Motion carried 4-0.
Motion by Gaalswyk, seconded by Ashford, to adopt the minutes from the October 9, 2007 meeting.
Motion carried 4-0.
Sprecher spoke of a letter received from Mr. Pratt, Town of Spring Green. The other members present noted that they also receieved the letter.
The Chair signed the PUD application for Arthur Mueller.
The Mapping Department had nothing to report.
Register of Deeds had nothing to report.
Mr. Pat Dederich, County Surveyor, appeared and presented information on the 2008 budget. He spoke of the Finance Committee meeting and a recommendation of removing $10,000 from the contract oversight line item. He discussed with the committee members the possibility of addressing this on the county board floor. The committee requested hearing more information from either Administration or Accounting, which could take place after the public hearing portion of the meeting.
He then reviewed his vouchers in the amount of $1,779.00. He spoke of his involvement with bounty information work, invoicing the county, and the legal opinion regarding his involvement in this work. Motion by Gaalswyk, seconded by Ashford, to approve the vouchers for the surveyors department.
Mark Steward, Planning & Zoning Director, appeared and updated the committee on the issues revolving around the rezoning in the Town of Spring Green. He spoke of the meeting held with town officials and legal counsel on Monday, as well as presenting a legal opinion on the protest submitted by Mr. Pratt. He then provided a memo from Corporation Counsel's office regarding the retaining of the animals that exist depending on the use of the property. He also spoke of those that are currently illegal will remain illegal.
He then spoke of the Malave case status and a US Highway 12 preview and update meeting on October 30th.
The committee then reviewed the vouchers for September and October for the Planning and Zoning Department. Motion by Ashford, seconded by Sprecher to approve the vouchers as submitted.
Motion carried 4-0.
The committee moved to item "f", Town of Merrimac Zoning Amendment. Tim McCumber, Merrimac Town Clerk appeared and presented the town zoning amendment relating to manufacturered (mobile) home parks and subdivisions. The committee discussed and then recommended this item be put on the next meeting agenda for action and submission to the County Board.
Wiese called the public hearing to order at approximately 9:55 a.m.
Petition 16-2007. Templin read the public notice. Simmert appeared and gave the background and history of the Town of Honey Creek's comprehensive planning process, zoning history and designation, and reviewed the staff report and provided the staff recommedation of approval to the committee.
Wiese asked about allowing animals in the areas to be rezoned. Simmert stated that animals will not be allowed in the properties to be rezoned. Wiese mentioned that because none of hte property owners have animals right now, it should not be an issue. Simmert stated that it could be one of the items to be addressed in future rewrites.
Marcus Wenzel, Honey Creek Town Chair, appearing in favor of the request, spoke of meetings and the assembly of the plan, as well as the history of the area and their zoning designations and asked for the committees support and rezoning the property.
Rick Ballweg, appearing in favor of the request, stated that he is here today just for information on how it would affect them as an adjacent parcel to the Village of Leland. Simmert appeared and explained to the committee that the property in question is designated for future development in the comprehensive plan, however, they are not included in the rezoning today.
Seeing as no one else wished to appear, Chairman Wiese closed the public portion of the hearing at 9:25 p.m.
Motion by Gaalswyk, seconded by Sprecher, to approve petition 16-2007, as presented.
Motion carried 4-0.
The committee then discussed the condition use permit to create a 5 acre residential lot owned by Steve Schulenburg in accordinance with the farm consolidation provisions of Sauk County ordinances.
Gaalswyk asked about the descrepancy between the certified survey map and the colored map within the packet. Simmert explained.
Ashford then read the pud qualifications. Motion by Ashford, seconded by Gaalswyk to approve the farm consolidation for Schulenburg, pending town approval.
Motion carried 4-0.
Keri Beghan, Accounting Department, appeared and spoke of the $10,000 amount removed from the budget. Admin, accounting and legal counsel met and determined that they would be changing the salary for an elected official, there is no job description for the county surveyor, and is this what that position does or is it work above and beyond. The determination was made that this should not be considered as additional compensation.
Ashford asked why the money wasn't put back in the original line item. The $100,000 is still in tact in the land records budget versus being in the surveyors budget.
Gaalswyk asked if one of the committee members moved to have that money restored, would the county support that or fight that. Beghin stated that if it remained in the remonumentation line, but adding to the salary would be tricky. She also stated that if the county board as a whole believes that the oversight of the remonumentation is part of the surveyors position, they would address that in the compensation then.
Dederich spoke of the difference in his salary versus his wages for additional work. The committee continued to discuss the possibility of a motion on the county board floor. Motion by Gaalswyk to take action on the county board floor requesting $10,000 to be added back into the remonumentation budget. Motion carried 4-0.
The committee reviewed the subdivision plat for Dix Estates in the Town of Baraboo. Motion by Ashford, seconded by Sprecher, to approve the plat as submitted, pending city and township approval.
Motion carried 4-0.
The committee then discussed the cemetery plat for Walnut Hill for the expansion of 439 plots with a total area of 1.2 acres. Motion by Sprecher, seconded by Gaalswyk to approve the addition to the Walnut Hill cemetery.
Motion carried 4-0.
The committee discussed the meeting time for the November 13th meeting. It was agreed to have the meeting time regular.
Motion by Ashford to adjourn, seconded by Sprecher.
Motion carried.
Respectfully Submitted: Judy Ashford, Secretary