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March 9, 2011 Monthly Town Board Meeting 03 / 2011
TOWN BOARD MEETING TOWN OF CASEY Casey Town Hall Wednesday, March 9, 2011 7:00 p.m. Minutes 1. Call the town board meeting to order. At 7:00 p.m. the town board meeting was called to order by Chairperson Gene Bethel, at the Casey Town Hall. 2. Confirmation of proper meeting notice. Chairperson Bethel posted the meeting notice and agenda on March 6, 2011, in the posting cabinets located at the town hall, at the junction of Dunn Lake and Island Lake Roads, at the junction of Pair O Lakes Road and County Trunk E, and at the junction of Blackburn Road and County Trunk E between the hours of 7:00 a.m. and 8:00 a.m. 3. Roll call. Roll call taken. Present: Gene Bethel, Chairperson; Danny Swearingen, Supervisor; Michael Wallace, Supervisor; Corinne Slabaugh, Clerk; Cherie Luell, Treasurer. Also in attendance: Mary Emerson. 4. Approval of the agenda. Discussion and action. On motion by Wallace / Swearingen to approve agenda. Motion carried. 5. Minutes of February 9, 2011 town board meeting. Discussion and action. Clerk Slabaugh read the minutes of February 9, 2011, town board meeting. Chairperson Bethel asked for additions or correction to the minutes. None given. On motion by Wallace / Swearingen to accept minutes as read. Motion carried. 6. Treasurer’s report, tax collection report, and report of accounts receivable. Discussion and action. Treasurer Luell gave the following report. In Johnson Bank – as of 01/31/11 $1,086,554.58. General Deposits $20,943.44. Tax Deposits $215,608.02. Refund of check charge $94.26. Interest $484.21. Total Credits $1,323,684.51. Checks Returned $992,125.47. Total Debits $992,125.47. Bank Statement Balance 02/28/11 $331,559.04. Outstanding Checks $1,028.09. Reconciled Balance 02/28/11 $330,530.95. Discussion followed. On motion by Wallace / Swearingen to accept treasurer’s report as read. Motion carried. 7. Zoning permits. Discussion and action. None given. 8. Public comments. None given. 9. Road maintenance. Discussion and action. a. Approve bulletins for road blacktopping, re-engineering, crack-filling and seal-coating. Discussion followed. b. Update winter road projects. Chairperson Bethel and Supervisor Swearingen gave an update on winter road projects. c. Complaints and compliments. Roads in good shape. 10. Bonding for Town Treasurer and Clerk. Discussion and action. Discussion followed. This will be an agenda item for April 2011. 11. Audit of Town Clerk’s and Town Treasurer’s books. Discussion and action. Books of Town Clerk and Town Treasurer audited. The books of the Clerk and Treasurer balanced and were signed by the Town Board. 12. Applications for Liquor, Cigarette, and Operators Licenses. Examination and action. None given. 13. Consideration allowing vacation Bible School Frank Distad. June 27th thru July 1st (first choice), June 13th thru 17th (alternate). Discussion and action. Discussion followed. On motion by Wallace / Swearingen authorizing Chairperson Bethel to write a letter of concerns that were voiced and confirm the date of June 27th thru July 1st. Motion carried. 14. Consideration of proposal for increases in charges for ambulance service and coverage. Discussion and action. Discussion followed. On motion by Swearingen / Wallace to support the $3.71 per capita increase in the ambulance subsidy that has been requested by North Memorial Ambulance effective January 1, 2012, and deny the Optional $1.50 per capita increase in the ambulance subsidy being proposed by North Memorial Ambulance to increase staffing to 24/7 on-premise staffing verses the current 16 hours per/day model. Motion carried. 15. Update on spring election. Discussion and action. Spring Election will be April 5, 2011. There will be three election workers per shift. 16. Report on workshops attended and those who will be attending upcoming workshops. Discussion and action. On March 23, 2011, there will be a WisLine for Clerk Slabaugh and Chief Election Inspectors. 17. Correspondence. Action and filing. Correspondence read by the board. On motion by Wallace / Swearingen to file correspondence. Motion carried. 18. Paying of bills. Discussion and action. Bill numbers 5475 – 5495 submitted to the board for approval. The board discussed and initialed each bill approved. On motion by Bethel / Wallace to pay bill numbers 5475 – 5495. Motion carried. 19. Set date for next monthly town board meeting. Next Town Board meeting will be, Wednesday, April 13, 2011, following the Annual Town meeting, which will start at 7:00 p.m., at the Casey Town Hall. 20. Adjournment. At 8:52 p.m., on motion by Wallace / Swearingen to adjourn. Motion carried. Submitted by, Corinne Slabaugh, Clerk