Town Board Meeting June 9, 2011

Vice-Chair, Jan Cuccia convened the Regular Town Board meeting on Thursday June 9, 2011, at 7:00 pm. Supervisors Sue Warren, Brian Schwab and Jason Kjos were present.  Ray Knapp was absent.

 

The following people signed the attendance sheet:  Jill Berke, Rich Vocovich, Charlie Macdonell and Gary Parent.

 

J. Cuccia invited those present to join in the Pledge of Allegiance to the Flag.

 

APPROVE MINUTES - Minutes of the May 12, 2011 Town Board meeting had been distributed to the board.  S. Warren moved to approve the minutes as presented, seconded by J. Kjos.  Motion passed, all in favor.

 

CITIZEN INPUT – Resident Rick Vocovich addressed the board and would like emergency sirens placed within the Town of Troy, for severe weather warnings.  J. Cuccia stated that as we are in the process of attending training and updating our Emergency management Plan, that perhaps, this could be addressed by the board when the Emergency Management Plan is discussed at an upcoming board meeting.

R. Vocovich also asked why some roads off of CTH F had turn lanes on CTH F, and some didn’t.  We stated that the intersection of CTH F and Glenmont needs a turn lane and mentioned that there was a recent accident there.  J. Cuccia explained that F was a county road and the turn-lane decisions were made by the county. 

 

PARK BOARD REPORT – The June Park Board report and May Park Board minutes were distributed to the board.  Jill Berke stated that trail maintenance is being done at Glover Park and Pembles Access opened for the season on Memorial Day weekend. 

 

Cedar Corp., informed the Park Board at its May meeting, that due to the competitive environment, limited federal and state funds and timing issues, it is not likely that funding will be available to add bike lanes to the North Glover Road project.  The Park Board did recommend that the Town Board transfer all of its county park funds (approximately $95,400) to the general fund to help defray the costs of a paved bike/pedestrian lane along N. Glover Road. 

 

PLAN COMMISSION REPORT – The Plan Commission did not meet in June because there are no new applications.

 

PARK RANGER, HUMANE OFFICER & SHERIFF REPORTS – Copies of the Park Ranger report, Sheriff Report and Humane Officer report were distributed to and reviewed by the board.  J. Cuccia and S. Warren spent most of the day trying to locate the owner of a horse that was found by a troy resident.  The owner was finally located and the town’s humane officer will follow-up on the situation. 

 

DISCUSS & CONSIDER PARK BOARD BUDGET – J. Berke explained that only $250 was budgeted for ramp general maintenance, but $650 is needed for restriping the parking stalls at the ramp.  The Park Board has recommended moving $200 from budget line items dock repair and maintenance and $200 from budget line item rip rap repair to ramp area general maintenance to cover the additional expense.  B. Schwab moved to accept the revised 2011 Park Board Budget as presented, seconded by J. Kjos.  Motion passed, all in favor.

 

DISCUSS & CONSIDER ROAD IMPROVEMENT PLAN FOR 2011 – Gary Parent distributed copies of the notes from the 2011 Road Tour and the 2011 Road Maintenance Plan.  G. Parent explained that some of the cracks in the road that need repair are from the saw cut procedure done when the roads were constructed.  Rob Jones, Cedar Corp. explained the saw cut procedure and why it is done.  G. Parent reviewed the following proposed items with the board:  tree removal, culvert replacement, the entrance to Troy Burne, AMZ, crack filling and seal coating.  J. Kjos moved to approve the road crew’s recommendations for the culvert replacement, tree removals, the AMZ, crack filling and seal coating as presented by Gary on page 1 and 2 of his handout for an estimated cost of $63,763, seconded by S. Warren.  Motion passed, all in favor. 

 

The town board briefly discussed the issue of the playground equipment in the right of way at the Nyberg property that was one of the items on the 2011 Road Tour. S. Warren moved to authorize the town to contact the town attorney to send a letter to try and resolve this issue, seconded by J. Cuccia.  Motion passed, all in favor.

 

The board briefly discussed the snowplowing issues in Troy Burne.

 

UTILITY PERMITS: The following permit was submitted by Cedar Corp.:

U11-005     AT&T                       Underground communication cable                    $200

 

B. Schwab moved to approve permit #U11-005 with the applicant being AT&T WI contingent on the receipt of the check for $200, seconded by J. Kjos.  Motion passed, all in favor.

 

BUILDING PERMITS:  The following permits were submitted by the building inspector and reviewed by the Town Board.

PERMIT #

APPLICANT

ADDRESS

PROJECT

11-124

Clint Ronnestrand

679 Coulee Trl

Addition

11-125

Heather Solie

443 Red Brick Rd

Repair

11-126

David Pritchard

636 Deerwood Dr

Porch

11-127

David Berger

371 Deer Valley Dr

Addition

11-128

Marlyn Jennings

416 Relander Dr

Storage shed

11-129

YMCA Camp St. Croix

532 CTH F

Cabin

11-130

Gerald Mielke

570 White Oak Cir

Storage shed

11-131

Patrick Baillargeon

586 Sykora Ln

Storage shed

11-132

Jeff Brathal

406 South Fork Rd

Storage shed

11-134

Mark Handlos

468 CTH U

Storage shed

11-135

Terry Bailey

390 Deer Valley Drive

Deck repair

11-136

Larry Donna

382 Whitetail Ln

Storage shed

11-139

Dennis Armbruster

418 Jordyn Ln

Deck

11-140

John Weyer

322 Day Farm Rd

Deck

 

DRIVEWAY PERMITS – The following permit was submitted by the Building Inspector and reviewed by the Town Board.

11-102

Matt Gerlach

Coulee Trl

 

APPROVE BIDS & PLAN FOR RECYCLING CENTER – J. Cuccia summarized that the three major items that need to be addressed to fulfill the county requirements for the variance at the Recycling Center are the fencing, the lighting and the CSM. 

 

B. Schwab is working with the county on the town’s plan for fencing and lighting.  A notice for bids for the fencing at the center was published however, no bids were received.  Another notice soliciting bids will be published, with action to be taken at the July Town Board meeting.  S. Warren suggested wood fencing instead of chain-link fencing with slats.  She will work with B. Schwab on a possible alternate bid for wood fencing.  G. Parent reviewed the lighting proposal from Frame Electric. 

 

The town attorney and town engineer are working on the CSM.

 

OPERATOR/ALCOHOL LICENSES - The following licenses were submitted for approval:

 

Class B liquor and Class B Beer license:

Kilkarney Hills Golf Club

163 Radio Road

River Falls, WI

Class B liquor, Class B Beer & Tobacco license:

Troy Burne LLC

295 Lindsay Road

Hudson, WI

 

Operator Licenses:

Dotlich, Jermiah

Fuhrmann, Christey

Funk, Tammy

Funk, Travis

Meyer, Brady

Miesen, Kaitlin

 

J. Kjos moved to approve the Class B liquor and Class B Beer license for Kilkarney Hills Golf Club and the  Class B liquor, Class B Beer & Tobacco license for Troy Burne, LLC and operators licenses for Jermiah Dotlich, Christey Fuhrmann, Tammy Funk, Travis Funk, Brady Meyer and Kaitlin Miesen, seconded by B. Schwab.  Motion passed, all in favor.

 

CLERK/TREASURER REPORT – Copies of the cash reconciliation, legal and engineering fee summary and budget summary were distributed to the board.  S. Provos stated that there will probably be an election on July 12th.  It is unclear at this point whether it will be a primary or not.  She also stated that the town must adopt a ward plan by July 25th.  Copies of the information are in the board member’s baskets.  She asked that they review it before the July Town Board meeting.   

 

BILLS: Checks numbered 023320 - 023379 –and the Elan bill were presented in the amount of $52,428.22.  B. Schwab moved to approve checks 023320 thru 023379 plus the Elan bill of $476.42, for a total of $52,428.22, seconded by J. Kjos.  Motion passed, all in favor. 

 

CORRESPONDENCE –

There is a Challenges & Solutions workshop on the St. Croix River on June 29th at 5:30.

 

St. Croix County is offering Incident Command System Emergency Training for elected officials on June 22 and June 23.

COMMITTEE REPORTS –

J. Cuccia explained that during the closed session Town Board meeting on May 19th, board consensus was to not move forward with a cooperative boundary agreement at this time.  J. Kjos gave a brief summary of the meeting he and R. Knapp had with the City of River Falls, stating that the city was disappointed with the town’s decision.

 

S. Warren updated the board on the recent Hudson Area Joint Fire Board meeting she attended.

 

B. Schwab attended a meeting held by St. Croix County to discuss the proposed cuts to the recycling grants.

 

 

J. Kjos moved to adjourn, seconded by S. Warren.  Motion passed, all in favor.

 

The meeting adjourned at 9:00 p.m.

 

These minutes were taken at a meeting

of the Troy Town Board held on the

9th day of June, 2011.

 

 

 

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Sharon Provos, Clerk/Treasurer

 

 

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Ray Knapp, Town Chairman