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October 2, 2008 Special Town Board
TOWN OF FOND DU LAC FOND DU LAC COUNTY SPECIAL BOARD MEETING OCTOBER 2, 2008 5:00 PM The Special Board Meeting was called to order by Chairman Harold Manske. Present were Chairman Manske, Supervisors Phyllis Giese and LeRoy Schmitz, Clerk Patti Supple, Treasurer Jody Roffers, Chris Kaempfer, Attorney John St. Peter and Dave Wagner. Confirmation was made of open meeting notice. Motion was made and seconded to approve the operators license for Ian Sayles for the Top Stick Bar. Motion carried. Motion was made and seconded to approve the Resolution recommending Option 3 Alternative A to the DOT for the Highway 151 bypass by County V and Highway 45. Motion carried. The monthly meeting will be switched from November 10 to November 3 due to meeting conflictions for one of the Board members. Attorney St. Peter updated the Board concerning the litigation with Harry Schmitz. Some of Mr. Schmitz’s property along Highway 175 has been condemned and purchased by the State. The judge has set $41,784.28 be set aside in an escrow account until final action is taken by the Circuit Court concerning the litigation. Dave Wagner presented an update on the water utility financing. He provided several options on repaying the GO debt bond. He added that some prices may change with the change of location of the tower and the mil rate will vary depending on the town wide levy versus utility levy versus combination of both. Since the tower benefits the whole town, it was recommended that the entire Town be levied at least some of the tax. Benefits include growth of commercial and industrial business, growth of residential and lack of need to annex to the City. The District itself benefits with safe water. The letters sent to the FAA opposing the water tower location have caused a new site to be located. The added cost of moving the site could be $750,000.00. The Town has two options, wait for a final ruling by the FAA concerning the site or move on to the new site for approval. It was recommended to approach the County for additional funds to move to the new site. Work has commenced on the Industrial Park Transmission lines and the Distribution system improvements. The Industrial Park work is scheduled for completion by November 3rd. No schedule has been determined for the distribution system due to the lack of ruling on the tower site. The water main information for Newton Road is scheduled to be sent to the DNR for approval. The Wausau-Everest site has been stripped of top soil. Water and sewer lines to the site will be started soon. Design plans have been forwarded to Kaempfer for review. Jeff Wolford will be doing inspections of the site for the Town. The assessment criteria for the Industrial site is being done. There will be two classes for assessment; residential and non-residential. The cost for looping the system through the airport and upsizing of lines will be added to the non-residential assessments. Kaempfer, after Town Board review, will be sending out mailings and maps to residents and businesses in the area concerning the October 28th meeting. The mailing will include information on primary assessments; dwelling unit or equivalent assessed/deferred with simple interest, and secondary assessment; all lands, frontage for future development, not assessed through the primary assessment-deferred without interest. After the first phase from the 1990’s was reviewed, it was noted that over 20 properties have not completed hookup to the system. A decision on what to do with these properties must be determined. Even those residents who choose not to hook up to the water system may be charged for fire protection due to the added availability for water through new hydrants. Motion was made and seconded to authorize Kaempfer & Associates to hire MES Inc. to do soils and materials testing on the new tower site. Motion carried. Motion was made and seconded to adjourn. Motion carried. Submitted by Patti Supple, Town Clerk
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