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September 14, 2011 Monthly Town Board Meeting - 09 / 2011
TOWN BOARD MEETING TOWN OF CASEY Casey Town Hall Wednesday, September 14, 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 September 10, 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 3:00 p.m. and 4:00 p.m. 3. Roll call. Roll call taken. Present: Gene Bethel, Chairperson; Dan Swearingen, Supervisor; Mike Wallace, Supervisor; Corinne Slabaugh, Clerk; Cherie Luell, Treasurer. Also in attendance: Mary Emerson, Lee Norton, James Block, and Craig Solum. 4. Approval of agenda. Discussion and action. On motion by Wallace / Swearingen to approve agenda. Motion carried. 5. Minutes of August 10, 2011 town board meeting. Discussion and action. Clerk Slabaugh read the minutes of August 10, 2011 town board meeting. Chairperson Bethel asked for additions or corrections to the minutes. None given. On motion by Wallace / Swearingen to accept minutes as read. Motion carried. 6. Treasurer’s report and report of accounts receivable. Discussion and action. Treasurer Luell gave the following report. In Johnson Bank – as of 07/31/11 $237,407.82. General Deposits $102,040.80. Interest $96.27. Total Credits $339,544.89. Checks Returned $10,551.74. Bank Statement Balance 08/31/11 $328,993.15. Outstanding Checks $25.00. Reconciled Balance 08/31/11 $328,968.15. Discussion followed. On motion by Wallace / Swearingen to accept treasurer’s report as read. Motion carried. 7. Public comments. Mary Emerson reported on the Casey Plan Commission Meeting held on Monday, September 12, 2011. Casey Town Clean-up day will be Saturday, September 24, 2011, from 8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. and Sunday, September 25, 2011 from 8:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. 8. Zoning permits. James Block Section 31 (Big McKenzie Lake) request condition use for short term rental of house, Gretchen Section 23 (Dunn Lake) variance to modify non-conforming structure. Discussion and action. a. Conditional use application for James Block. Map# CA799b/record ID# 33850 - .9 acres, Part of Gov’t. Lot 1, Section 31-40-13. Requesting to have a conditional use permit for rental of house for short term use. Discussion followed. On motion by Swearingen / Wallace to approve the conditional use permit application for James Block. Motion carried. b. Variance application for Carolyn and Barry Gertschen (represented by Craig Solum). A request to have an After-the Fact variance to modify and/or replace more than 25% of the structural members of the external walls and roof and add on to an existing non-conforming structure that is 58’ from the ordinary high water mark of Dunn Lake (normally 75 feet from the ordinary high water mark.) Sec. 38-594 (2) (b) (2). Location Map# CA529/Record ID# 8653 – part of Gov’t Lot 4, Sec.23-40-13. Discussion followed. On motion by Bethel / Swearingen to approve the variance application for Carolyn and Barry Gertschen. Motion carried. 9. Road maintenance. Discussion and action. a. Complaints and compliments. None given. b. Monthly report on road projects including patching, chip-sealing, fogging, crack filling, storm debris clean-up, and mowing. Chairperson Bethel gave an update on road projects including patching, chip-sealing, fogging, crack filling, storm debris clean-up, and mowing. c. Update on road re-engineering projects on Medley and Island Lake Roads. Chairperson Bethel gave an update on road re-engineering projects on Medley and Island Lake Roads. 10. Applications for Liquor, Cigarette, and Operators Licenses. Examination and action. None. 11. Determine what to do with the town safe. Discussion and action. Discussion followed. 12. Report on workshops attended and those who will be attending upcoming workshops. Discussion and action. Chairperson Bethel attended and reported on the Fire District Long Range Planning meeting held, August 22, 2011. Clerk Slabaugh and Chief Election Inspectors will be attending upcoming WisLine - Conducting Local Elections. 13. Correspondence. Action and filing. Correspondence read by the board. On motion by Wallace / Swearingen to file correspondence. Motion carried. 14. Paying of bills. Discussion and action. Bill numbers 5571 – 5590 submitted to the board for approval. The board discussed and initialed each bill approved. On motion by Bethel / Swearingen to pay bill numbers 5571 – 5590. Motion carried. 15. Set date for budget workshop (tentatively October 19th), board of review (tentatively October 5th), and next town board meeting. The budget workshop will be Wednesday, October 19, 2011, at 6:00 p.m., board of review will be Wednesday, October 5, 2011, from 6:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m., and the next town board meeting will be Wednesday, October 12, 2011, at 7:00 p.m., at the Casey Town Hall. 16. Adjournment. At 8:43 p.m., on motion by Wallace / Swearingen to adjourn. Motion carried. Submitted by Corinne Slabaugh, Clerk