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May 9, 2011 Regular Meeting - Cobb Village Board
MINUTES
Village of Cobb – Regular Board Meeting
Village Office, Monday May 9, 2011 6:00-7:16p.m.
Members Attending: President - Robert Roelli, Trustees – Richard Campbell (arrived at 6:06pm), Russell Zingg, Donald Ritchie, Arnold Fritsch, Kristen Schoville (arrived at 6:01pm), Mark Esser
Members Absent: none
Staff Present: Village Clerk – Lori Breiwa, Public Works Director – Mark Flanagan
Citizens and Delegations- None
Public Notices: MOTION (Roelli, Esser): motion carried by unanimous voice vote
Minutes: MOTION (Zingg, Fritsch): motion carried by unanimous voice vote
Treasurers Report:
General Checking Account Balance $20,963.43
Outstanding Checks $ 997.60
FPSHA Fire Truck Account $10,000.00
Checking – Operating Account $ 9,965.83
Checkbook Balance $19,965.83
Petty Cash $ 25.00
General Prime Flex Account $179,006.95
General Prime Flex Savings $174,928.36
FPSHA Prime Flex Savings $ 4,078.59
Water Department Account $27,731.64
Outstanding Checks $ 0
Checkbook Balance $27,731.64
Water Prime Flex Account $98,414.81
Sewer Department Account $32,008.39
Outstanding Checks $ 0
Checking – Operating Account $32,008.39
Checkbook Balance $32,008.39
Sewer Prime Flex Account $127,594.92
(Sewer Savings = $86,993.04)
MOTION (Zingg, Schoville): motion carried by unanimous voice vote to accept treasurers’ report
Schoville Arrived
COMMITTEE & COMMISSION REPORTS
Library Board – February 15th minutes were reviewed. No update from Village Board Liaison Donald Ritchie.
Cobb-Highland Recreation Commission March 9th minutes were reviewed
Public Works Committee- May 5th minutes were reviewed
UNFINISHED BUSINESS
Campbell Arrived
Community Center Parking Lot-Discussion was held on the curb in from of the fire station and whether to replace the 1/3 of it that is most damaged or to replace the whole curb.
MOTION (Campbell, Zingg); motion carried by (7-0) roll call vote to replace the 1/3 worst portion of the curb in from of the fire station.
Delta 3 Engineering sent the request for payment from Pustina Construction for the first portion of the community center parking lot project.
MOTION (Zingg, Fritsch); motion carried by (7-0) roll call vote to pay the presented bill from Delta 3 to Pustina Construction in the amount of $41,294.70
General Obligation Promissory Note- The Clerk presented the board with the documents that Attny Eileen Brownlee had prepared for the Community Center Parking Lot Loan.
MOTION (Zingg, Fritsch); motion carried by (7-0) roll call vote allowing the village president and village clerk to sign the required documents to complete the loan.
Board of Review- The Clerk reminded the board that Board of Review is scheduled for Monday May 16th from 4:00-6:00pm
School Parking Lot- Discussion was held on the condition of the school parking lot. Mark Flanagan will check a few spots and report back at the next board meeting.
Plow Truck- Discussion was held on the two bids that the village received for a 2011 Ford F450 truck. Price from Hallada was $30,080.00 and price from Fillback was $29,984.30. Mark Flanagan presented the prices from Grant County Trucking and Madison Truck for the plow and box.
MOTION (Roelli, Zingg); motion carried with (6-1) roll call vote with Ritchie voting no to purchase the 2011 Form F450 from Fillback at a price of $29,984.30 because they were the lower bidder and purchase the 9‘Pro Plus Plow with 2/3 yard Rugby Box Under tailgate spreader from Grant Co for $16,135.00
Discussion was held on the current plow truck. Russ Zingg spoke about ‘Wisconsin Surplus’ which is an auction site on the internet that we could list the truck for sale. There is no cost to municipalities to do this. We will wait until we know when the new truck will be arriving before we list it for sale.
NEW BUSINESS
Committee Appointments
Farm Committee - *Campbell, Zingg, Esser
Village Building & Maintenance - *Zingg, Campbell, Schoville
Solid Wast Committee - *Schoville, Roelli, Zingg
Public Works Committee - *Roelli, Ritchie, Campbell
Personnel Committee - *Fritsch, Esser, Schoville
Cobb Library Board *Sherry Nagel, Library Director
Donald Ritchie, Village Board Representative
Paul Korb, President
LaNell Wagner, Vice President
Linda Gard, Treasurer
Linda Tucker, Secretary
Carolyn Laufenberg, School Representative
Renee Linscheid, Trustee
Cob-Highland Recreation Commission - Tom Jenks, Glen Gard, Al Forbes, Jerry Hasburgh, Kristen Schoville
Cobb-Eden Fire District Board - Lorraine Fritsch, Nick Klaas
Weed Commissioner - Russ Zingg
Fire Inspector - Cobb-Eden Fire District
Building Inspector - Dennis Hampton
Zoning Administrator - Mark Flanagan
Village Planning Commission and Board of Zoning Appeals - Village Board
Board of Review - Village Board (the following members are certified; Lori Breiwa (as of 4/27/11), Russ Zingg, Donald Ritchie and Arnold Fritsch (as of 5/3/11)
Village Attorney - Kramer & Brownlee, LLC
Village Assessor - Gardiner Appraisal
Village Clerk/Treasurer - Lori Breiwa
Bank Depository - Royal Bank
MOTION (Zingg, Fritsch); motion carried by unanimous voice vote to accept the presented committee appointments for the 2011-2012 term.
Community Center Costs- The Clerk presented the board with a spreadsheet with the expenses from the community center from 2007 through 2010. Discussion was held on the rent the village charges for the Cobb-Eden Fire District’s use of the building.
MOTION (Schoville, Esser); motion carried by a (6-0) roll call vote with Ritchie abstaining to increase the rent charged to the Fire District to $13,000 for 2012 and an additional increase of $500 for each of the next 5 years beginning in 2013. The village board will review the rent again at that time. The Clerk was instructed to mail out a letter to the Fire District letting them know of the rent increase
Library Request-The Cobb Library is requesting use of the small village park for a summer concert in July
MOTION (Roelli, Campbell); motion carried by unanimous voice vote to approve the Libraries request to use the park.
Clerks Institute in Green Bay- The Clerk requested to attend the Clerk & Treasurers Institute in Green Bay from July 9-15. This will be her 2nd year of schooling and she will be sharing a room with the clerk from Mineral Point.
MOTION (Campbell, Zingg); motion carried by (7-0) roll call vote to approve the clerk’s attendance at the Clerk & Treasurer’s Institute in Green Bay.
Bathrooms at Scheper Park- Mark Flanagan informed the board the he received an estimate from Esser Electric to install motion detector lights in the bathrooms at Scheper Park. Currently someone has to go into the bathroom and reach around the corner to turn the lights on and they are being left on. The Estimate from Esser Electric was $202.00 including labor and materials.
MOTION (Zingg, Esser); motion carried by (7-0) roll call vote to approve Esser Electric installing the motion detectors in the bathrooms at Scheper Park.
Cleaning and televising of storm & sanitary sewers- Mark Flanagan provided the board with some information on having sanitary & storm sewers cleaned and televised. The price from Cruzer from Kieler is $.95/foot for cleaning of the sanitary sewers and $.55/foot for televising of the storm sewers.
MOTION (Campbell, Fritsch); motion carried by (7-0) roll call vote to have Cruzer from Kieler clean the sanitary sewers from the intersection of Hwy 18 & Water Street to the intersection of Clifton Street & Mifflin Street as well as have the storm sewer televised from behind Betty Gardinier’s property to behind Godfrey’s property.
Electrical Box at Ballpark- Mark Flanagan presented the board with an estimate from Esser Electric for replacement of the electrical box at the ball park. The estimate includes 400 amp 125/250 volt Alliant approved meter control cabinet, new and longer wire, proper bonding and grounding of the service for $1,995.00
MOTION (Zingg, Schoville); motion carried by (7-0) roll call vote to approve Esser Electric installing the new electrical box at the ball park as presented.
eCMAR- Tabled till next months meeting
CORRESPONDENCE & COMMUNICATIONS
Clerks Attendance at Treasurers Institute - Lori informed the board that she did attend the Treasurers Conference at Elkhart Lake - there were numerous informative speakers in attendance
Village Wide Garage Sales - June 9, 10 and 11th
ZONING PERMITS
Todd Upmann - Deck and Chain Link Fence
Jacob Manske - Fence
APPROVAL OF BILLS
MOTION (Fritsch, Campbell): Motion carried by unanimous voice vote to approve the bills as presented.
ADJOURNMENT
MOTION (Roelli, Zingg): Motion carried by unanimous voice vote to adjourn the regular monthly meeting of the Village of Cobb at 7:16 p.m.
Respectfully Submitted
Lori L. Breiwa, Village Clerk / Treasurer
Archive:
March 12, 2012 Regular Meeting
February 13, 2012 Regular Meeting
January 9, 2012 Regular Meeting
December 12, 2011 Regular Meeting
November 14, 2011 Regular Meeting
July 6, 2011 Regular Meeting - Cobb Village Board
June 13, 2011 Regular Meeting - Cobb Village Board
May 9, 2011 Regular Meeting - Cobb Village Board
April 11, 2011 Regular Meeting - Cobb Village Board
March 14, 2011 Regular Meeting - Cobb Village Board