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TOWN OF COON ANNUAL MEETING
APRIL 12,2005
THE TOWN OF COON ANNUAL MEETING WAS HELD AT THE TOWN OF COON HALL ON TUESDAY, APRIL 12, 2005 AT 7:30 P.M.
PRESENT: DON WALLACE, ANN WALLACE, ORVILLE STENDAHL, LARRY STRANGSTALIEN, JOSEPH HAUGEN, ERNEST HAUGEN, DAVID LARSON, BARRY BERGUM, CRAIG STORM, JANICE L IHLE, LEON MINOR, ORLAN BAKKUM, LORRAINE BAKKESTUEN, JERROLD NESTINGEN.
ORLAN BAKKUM CALLED THE MEETING TO ORDER.
MINUTES OF APRIL 13, 2004 ANNUAL MEETING WERE READ AS TYPEWRITTEN BU THE CLERK. MOVED BY ANN WALLACE , SECONDED BY DON WALLACE TO ACCEPT THE MINUTES AS READ. ALL AYE. MOTION CARRIED.
THE CLERK READ THE SUMMARY OF THE FINANCIAL RECORDS OF THE TOWN OF COON FOR THE YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31,2004.
ORLAN REPORTED THAT SEALCOATING OF THE ROADS AT $33,000 PER MILE FOR 2005. FOUR PAYMENTS YEARLY OF $124,000 PER YEAR REMAINED ON THE SEALCOAT LOAN. HE ALSO REPORTED THE TRADING OF THE LOADER WITH ST. JOSEPH EQUIPMENT FOR A NEW ONE. THERE WAS A LIABILITY ISSUE WITH THE OLD LOADER AND THE PEOPLE RUNNING IT-A RIDE CONTROL PROBLEM. THREE PAYMENTS OF $17,400 WOULD BE LESS THAN THE AMOUNT PAID FOR THE OLD LOADER. TWO YEAR WARRANTY ON THE NEW LOADER. MOVED BY LARRY STRANGSTALIEN, SECONDED BY JERRY NESTINGEN TO APPROVE THE FINANCIAL REPORT FOR THE TOWN OF COON FOR THE TOWN COON ENDING DECEMBER 31, 2004.
ORLAN SAID THE RESEALING OF ROADS FOR 2005 WOULD BE A LITTLE OVER 11 MILES UNDER THE 5 YEAR PLAN. THE 5 YEAR ROAD PLAN FITS IN WITH THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN FOR SMART GROWTH. THE COST OF RESEALING UP $900.00 FROM 2004. EVERY 2 YEARS THE TOWN OF COON ROADS ARE RATED AND RESULTS SENT TO THE STATE OF WISCONSIN. ANN WALLACE ASKED IF SPECS WERE FOLLOWED AND WHY NOT GET COMPETITIVE BIDS ON THE SEALCOATING ROADS IN ORDER TO GET A BETTER PRICE. ORLAN SAID THAT WOULD BE A GOOD IDEA. BEFORE THEY HAD INVESTIGATED OTHER COMPANIES AND FOUND THEIR WORK TO BE INFERIOR TO SCOTT CONSTRUCTION WORK. SCOTT CONSTRUCTION HAD REDONE A SECTION THAT WAS NOT UP TO PAR.
THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN OF SMART GROWTH, LEON MINOR SAID THEY HD USED THE ANSWERS RECEIVED FROM THE SURVEY THAT HAD BEEN SENT OUT AND RETURNED AND GAVE THE RESULTS TO MEAD & HUNT WHO WERE PREPARING THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. THE PLAN WAS NEAR COMPLETION AND WHEN MEAD & HUNT HIRED SOMEONE OR MADE A DEAL WITH EMPLOYEE OF MEAT & HUNT WHO HAD WORKED ON THE PLAN TO FINISH THE JOB. TOW OR THREE PUBLIC MEETING WOULD BE HELD TO DELETE OR ADD TO THE PLAN BEFORE ADOPTION.
LARRY STRANGSTALIEN ASKED WHAT KIND OF TIME TABLE WAS INVOLVED, LEON STATED BY HEARINGS BY MAY 2005 POSSIBLY. THE COST TO THE TOWNSHIP WAS $2500, WHEN COMBINED WITH THE OTHER TOWNSHIPS AND A GOOD SAVINGS COMPARED WITH THOSE WHO HIRED SOME ONE ALONE. ANN WALLACE ASKED IF THE TOWNSHIP COULD DO IT THEMSELVES. LEON SAID THE STATE SAID YOU WILL AND THE TOWNSHIP HAD TO FOLLOW RULES.
ORLAN SAID THE TOWNSHIP WOULD SEND OUT A JUNE NEWSLETTER AND HAD A WEB SITE FOR THE TOWN OF COON.
ORLAN REPORTED THAT THE FIRE ASSOCIATION HAS HAD 3 GRANTS FROM FEMA IN THE AMOUNT OF $52,000 AND HAD PURCHASED NEW TURN OUT GEAR AND WILDLIFE FIRE FIGHTING GEAR. THE QUALITY OF SAME WAS UPGRADED. NEW PAGERS AND RADIOS AFTER RECEIPT OF A NEW GRANT OF ABOUT $40,000 THIS YEAR. SINCE 1991 ALL MAJOR EQUIPMENT HAS BEEN REPLACED AND PAID FOR. THE COST OF A NEW PUMPER WOULD BE ABOUT $15,000.
THE UNIFORM DWELLING CODE WENT INTO EFFECT ON JANUARY 1, 2005, BRAD SMERCINA HAD TAKEN OVER THE ISSUING OF UNIFORM DWELLING PERMITS AS OF JANUARY 1, 2005. THE TOWNSHIP IS TRYING TO RESOLVE THE ISSUE OF BUILDING PERMITS ON ONE & TWO FAMILY DWELLINGS WHICH THE TOWNSHIP FORMERLY ISSUED AND WHICH GAVE THE TOWNSHIP SOME CONTROL. THE COST FOR INSPECTION BY BRAD SMERCINA IS ABOUT $50 PER SQUARE FOOT.
MOVED BY DON WALLACE ,SECONDED BY LARRY STRANGSTALIEN TO SET THE DATE FOR APRIL 2006 ANNUAL MEETING THE SECOND TUESDAY OF APRIL. ALL AYE. MOTION CARRIED.
ORLAN REPORTED THE TOWN F COON BOARD OF REVIEW WILL MEET MAY 25, 2005 AND ADJOURN UNTIL OCTOBER 19, 2005 FROM 7:00-9:00 AND ADJOURNED AS NEEDED UNTIL LAND OWNERS COULD VOICE THEIR OBJECTIONS TO ASSESSMENTS. OPEN BOOK WOULD BE HELD IN SEPTEMBER. DATE AND TIME WILL BE SET AND SEVERAL DAYS MAY BE REQUIRED SO THAT THE LANDOWNERS CAN INVESTIGATE THEIR ASSESSMENTS ON PROPERTY IN THE TOWN OF COON. THE ASSESSORS WILL CAMP AT THE TOWN OF COON BUILDING SITE. FORMS HAD BEEN SENT OUT WITH THE LAST NEWSLETTER TO BE FILLED OUT ON PASTURELAND. ORLAN SAID THE TOWNSHIP HAD TO HIRE AN ASSESSOR FOR ASSESSING PERSONAL PROPERTY AND MOBILE HOMES BESIDES THE ASSESSOR HIRED UNDER THE STATE CONTRACT FOR REASSESSMENT OF THE TOWN OF COON. HIS NAME IS Bud SCHULTZ.
ORLAN ALSO REPORTED THAT THE WEB SITE WAS OPERATIONAL AND PLAN TO HAVE A LINK WITH THE WESTBY TIMES THE COST OF THE WEB SITE $569.00 AND MAINTENANCE AT THE AMOUNT OF $8.00 PER MONTH. ANN WALLACE DID NOT THINK THEY NEEDED TO HIRE ANYONE FOR MAINTENANCE OF THE WEB SITE ONCE THOSE IN CHARGE OF IT WERE EXPERIENCED IN OPERATING IT.
ORLAN SAID THE THAT THE 1993 ORANGE TRUCK IS WORTH $5000 TO $8000. REPLACING THE GRADER AT 20 YEARS WOULD NOT BE WORTH MUCH AND 9 YEARS WOULD BE WORTH A LOT. ANN WALLACE WONDERED IF THEY COULD LOOK INTO CONTRACTING THE GRADER WORK OR LEASING AND ABOUT BIDS RECEIVED. ORLAN SAID THEY HAD RECEIVE BIDS FROM CATERPILLAR AND JOHN DEERE. THE TOWNSHIP WOULD HAVE A FEW YEARS TO WORK ON THE REPLACEMENT OF THE GRADER.
THE TOWNSHIP IS INVESTIGATING THE REASONABLE COST OF BUILDING A SAND AND SALT SHED WHICH WOULD BE REQUIRED DOWN THE ROAD BECAUSE OF RUN OFF THE SAME. LEON HAD SEEN SOME THAT WERE NOT TOO EXPENSIVE. POSSIBLY ABOUT $7000.
DAVID LARSON ASKED WHEN THE PAYMENT FOR THE LOADER WAS DUE. ORLAN SAID THE LAST PAYMENT WOULD BE AUGUST 2007.
MOVED BY LARRY STRANGSTALIEN, SECONDED BY ANN WALLACE TO CLOSE THE MEETING. ALL AYE. MOTION CARRIED.
PLACED ON THE WEB BY JAN L IHLE
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