Town of Liberty
Monthly Meeting Minutes10-12-11)
Official
The October meeting was called to order by Fran on ,October 12, 2011 at 7:02 p.m. The chairman, 1st and 2nd Supervisors, clerk, treasurer, and Constable were present.
The minutes from the Sept meeting were read by Heidi Thern. Tom Lambie made a motion to accept the Sept. minutes, seconded by Scott Retzlaff, motion carried.
The Treasurer’s Report was read for the month of Sept.
Money Market Account: $73,212.90
Certificate of Deposit: $103,221.19
Tom made a motion to accept the Treasurer’s report, seconded by Scott, motion carried.
Outagamie County Sheriff Wall had no new business, we had tire issues that we feel is unsafe someone is leaving tires in ditches near the road.
Fran made a motion to dispense with the agenda, seconded by Tom, motion carried.
Building & Assessor’s Report: Permit to remodel the property on Allcan road to make it safe.
Constable & Raft Report: 5 calls on dogs on Liberty Hall Road ,one tire call for tires in the ditch. The rafts will be checked the first week in November. We collected 246 tires this year. Tom made a motion to dispense with the Constables report, seconded by Scott, motion carried.
Planning Commission Report: None
Cemetery Commission Report: None
Mail: Mail was opened and read
Pay Bills: A motion was made by Fran to pay the bills presented, seconded by Scott, motion carried.
New Business: Additional discussion was made on the Mandated Employee Grieving process, only one that needs one is a none elected employee. We also dicussed the “no weapons.”
Old Business: None
Fran made a motion to adjourn the meeting, seconded by Scott.
Submitted by,
Heidi Thern, Clerk
Town of Liberty
Monthly Meeting Minutes(9-14-11)
Official
The Sept meeting was called to order by Fran on Sept 14, 2011 at 7:04 p.m. The chairman, 1st and 2nd Supervisors, clerk, treasurer, and Constable were present.
The minutes from the August meeting were read by Beth Ubl. Tom Lambie made a motion to accept the August minutes, seconded by Scott Retzlaff, motion carried.
The Treasurer’s Report was read for the month of August.
Money Market Account: $79,034.67
Certificate of Deposit: $103,189.53
Discussed the renewal of the tanker fund.
Scott made a motion to accept the Treasurer’s report, seconded by Tom, motion carried.
Fran made a motion to dispense with the agenda, seconded by Tom, motion carried.
Building & Assessor’s Report: None
Constable & Raft Report: Norb brought forth 3 dog calls this month and lots of cats that he brought to the Humane Society. Norb registered 0 rafts this past month.Rafts needs to be out of the water by the 31st of October. Fran made a motion to except the Constables report, seconded by Tom, motion carried.
Planning Commission Report: None
Cemetery Commission Report: None
Mail: Mail was opened and read
Pay Bills: A motion was made by Fran to pay the bills presented, seconded by Scott, motion carried.
New Business: Discussed the Mandated Employee Grieving process, only one that needs one is a none elected employee. Fran will make the grievance up for next meeting.
Ordinance for “No Weapons at Town Hall.” Looking at not even having on the premise ,as well as in the town hall. Next meeting will work on the ordinance.
Old Business: None
Fran made a motion to adjourn the meeting, seconded by Scott.
Submitted by,
Heidi Thern, Clerk
Town of Liberty
Monthly Meeting Minutes8-10-11)
Official
The August meeting was called to order by Fran on Aug 13, 2011 at 7:04 p.m. The chairman, 1st and 2nd Supervisors, clerk, and Constable were present.
The minutes from the July meeting were read by Beth Ubl. Tom Lambie made a motion to accept the July minutes, seconded by Scott Retzlaff, motion carried.
The Treasurer’s Report was read for the month of July.
Money Market Account: $71,24.12
Certificate of Deposit: $103,118.31
Scott made a motion to accept the Treasurer’s report, seconded by Tom, motion carried.
Fran made a motion to dispense with the agenda, seconded by Tom, motion carried.
*Corey Defferding was here for a variance on the set back to a wetland, for a cabin and shed to raised on his land on Hooyman Rd. Tom made a motion to accept his variance request motion seconded by Scott motion carried.
Building & Assessor’s Report:
* Deck permit for Knutzen
* Larry Glander permit for garage,Steve Vandinter permit for garage
* Signed the new oath of office at the meeting
* Asked to extend his contract that expires in 2012, so that he can begin work on the 2013, reason being is because the work for 2013 is very extensive. Scott made a motion to accept the extension of his contract, seconded by Scott motion carried.
Scott made a motion to accept the assessor’s report, seconded by Fran, motion carried
Constable & Raft Report: Norb brought forth 1 dog call this month and also a horse call. Norb registered 2 rafts this past month. River clean up this past weekend was successful, Fran made a motion to except the Constables report, seconded by Tom, motion carried.
Planning Commission Report: Approved the conditional use for Corey Defferding
Cemetery Commission Report: None
Mail: Mail was opened and read
Pay Bills: A motion was made by Fran to pay the bills presented, seconded by Scott, motion carried.
New Business:
*Reflectability needs to be done before end of year.
Old Business: There was a resolution made for Knoke Rd. there was a motion made by Tom to accept the resolution , seconded by Scott, motion carried. We will have the meeting for the resolution on October, 12 at 6:00.
Fran made a motion to adjourn the meeting, seconded by Scott.
Submitted by,
Heidi Thern, Clerk
Town of Liberty
Monthly Meeting Minutes (7-13-11)
Official
The July meeting was called to order by Fran on July 13, 2011 at 7:04 p.m. The chairman, 1st and 2nd Supervisors, and Constable were present. The clerk was absent.
The minutes from the June meeting were read by Beth Ubl. Tom Lambie made a motion to accept the June minutes, seconded by Scott Retzlaff, motion carried.
The Treasurer’s Report was read for the month of June.
Money Market Account: $76,482.25
Certificate of Deposit: $103,118.31
Scott made a motion to accept the Treasurer’s report, seconded by Tom, motion carried.
Fran made a motion to dispense with the agenda, seconded by Tom, motion carried.
* Two Outagamie County Deputies stopped in to check in, no news to report.
Building & Assessor’s Report:
*Garage permit Ryan Kerr.
*Sent letter to resident on Allcan Rd.to contact him if they decided to proceed with work.
* Needs to sign new oath of office next meeting
* Asked to extend his contract that expires in 2012,so that he can begin work on the 2013 state’s assessment data requirements.
Tom made a motion to accept the assessor’s report, seconded by Scott, motion carried
Constable & Raft Report: Norb brought forth 1 dog call o this month Norb registered 1 rafts this past month. Tom made a motion to except the Constables report, seconded by Scott, motion carried.
Planning Commission Report: None
Cemetery Commission Report: Helen Thern stated that Cheryl Hosmer is continuing to enter data in the new software.
Mail: Mail was opened and read
Pay Bills: A motion was made by Fran to pay the bills presented, seconded by Tom, motion carried.
New Business: Approved bartender license for Dawn Doughty
*Discussed steps to discontinue Knoke Rd.Spelling connections and map scale will be added. Resolution scheduled for approval at next meeting.
* Discussed need for a noise ordinance. There was a complaint for Damn Yankees on 6-18-11. Police Dept discussed with Fran the need for a noise ordinance regarding what the town felt was acceptable .Fran will meet with Tom Olk and prep an ordinance for next month.
Old Business: No Wake Ordinance was discussed and approved, Tom made a motion to accept the ordinance, seconded by Scott.
Fran made a motion to adjourn the meeting, seconded by Tom.
Submitted by,
Heidi Thern, Clerk
Town of Liberty
Monthly Meeting Minutes (6-8-11)
Official
The June meeting was called to order by Fran on June 8, 2011 at 7:03 p.m. The chairman, 1st and 2nd Supervisors, Clerk, and Constable were present.
*Visitors - Ken Hager from Admin. of New London talked about the changes going on in New London, the Bowling Alley has an addition, Kwik Trip on south side is going to rebuild Hatten park is looking at bringing baseball back to the park. The town is doing some beautification on the town. Fran said the only thing we have for him is the patching on House Rd. Ken said he’d check into it.
The minutes from the May meeting were read. Tom Lambie made a motion to accept the May minutes, seconded by Scott Retzlaff, motion carried.
The Treasurer’s Report was read by Fran Vorachek for the month of April.
Money Market Account: $80,850.85
Certificate of Deposit: $103,078.77
Scott made a motion to accept the Treasurer’s report, seconded by Tom, motion carried.
Fran made a motion to dispense with the agenda, seconded by Scott, motion carried.
*Outagamie County Deputy , J Schuette said he didn’t have anything new for the town and we only had the speed limit sign on M and the maintenance on the bump on M.
Building & Assessor’s Report: Larry brought some checks for permits for Morack, Leitzke, Olk and Drath. Scott made a motion to accept the assessor’s report, seconded by Tom, motion carried
Constable & Raft Report: Norb brought forth 3 calls on dogs this month Norb registered 3 rafts this past month. Fran made a motion to except the Constables report, seconded by Tom, motion carried.
Planning Commission Report: None
Cemetery Commission Report: None
Mail: Mail was opened and read
Pay Bills: A motion was made by Scott to pay the bills presented, seconded by Fran, motion carried.
Old Business: No wake putting a sign on the bridges and boat landings and where the river leaves on the west side. Scott made a motion to accept the ordinances for the No Wake, seconded by Tom, motion carried.
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New Business: Steve Jordan is looking for a conditional use permit, the supervisors and chairman reviewed the permit and had no questions. Tom made a motion to approve the pond scrape, seconded by Scott motion carried.
*Road work for the town roads Knoke Rd,Old River Rd,and Pump Rd the town would like to vacate these roads to research this further and talk in July.
* New Roof-a motion was made to accept the bid on the roof with Bear Builder’s of Waupaca LLC. A down payment for half of the bid was paid during the meeting
*We dicussed and approved the liquor license for Damn Yankees Scott made a motion to accept the liquor license, seconded by Tom,motion carried.
*The Town paid 70.00 for the
Fran made a motion to adjourn the meeting seconded by Scott.
Submitted by,
Heidi Thern, Clerk
Town of Liberty
Monthly Meeting Minutes (05-11-11)
Official
The May meeting was called to order by Fran on May 11, 2011 at 7:07 p.m. The chairman, 1st and 2nd Supervisors, Treasurer, Clerk, and Constable were present.
The minutes from the April meeting were read. Tom Lambie made a motion to accept the April minutes, seconded by Scott Retzlaff, motion carried.
The Treasurer’s Report was read by Beth Ubl for the month of April.
Money Market Account: $83,742.95
Certificate of Deposit: $103,047.14
Fran made a motion to accept the Treasurer’s report, seconded by Scott, motion carried.
Fran made a motion to dispense with the agenda, seconded by Scott, motion carried.
*Outagamie County Deputy , Andy Raschka said he didn’t have anything, Beth wanted to know about the mailbox’s on Allcan Rd. he stated he doesn’t work in this area very much but he heard it was taken care of.
Building & Assessor’s Report: None
Constable & Raft Report: Norb brought forth two calls from dogs this ya rd. responsibility to keep the dog. He said he checked on the horse situation everything was fine. Norb registered 5 rafts this past month. Tom made a motion to except the Constables report, seconded by Scott, motion carried.
Planning Commission Report: None
Cemetery Commission Report: None
Mail: Mail was opened and read
Pay Bills: A motion was made by Fran to pay the bills presented, seconded by Tom, motion carried.
Old Business:
*Comprehensive Plan- It was said that it was not necessary to spend the $7000 that Dave was looking into. We are just going to make the changes our self by using the discs we have. Scott wanted to know if that is what everyone else is doing, Fran stated as far as he knows. No chairman was yet found.
New Business: No Wake ordinance- Beth wanted to know if we had a no wake ordinance ever before, Norb said 21 years ago he thought they had one. Fran says everyone should read through the ordinance and we will discuss any changes at the next meeting.
* New Roof- the bid from R and B roofing was for 40 year. We called Roger to ask the difference if we were to with the 30 year.$1000 will be the difference. The other bid is coming in at 3000.00 cheaper. Fran will do a little checking on both bids so we make sure we’re comparing apples to apples.
* Board of Review is going to be held on May 24 @5 p.m.
*Road Inspection: Knoke Road the county will patch that road , we should post no trucks or weight limit were the bridge to avoid damages being done to this road. Need to make an ordinance .we will bring it up at next meeting. Getting a bid for smear patching old 54 west of M from the new culvert for ½ mile.
* The new town clerk asked for the town to pay for a training seminar. It was approved for one night for sure, will discuss more at next meeting after its reviewed.
Fran made a motion to adjourn the meeting seconded by Tom.
Submitted by,
Heidi Thern, Clerk