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Village of Roberts Village Board Meeting
Apr 12, 2010

The Village Board Meeting was called to order at 7:00 PM by President Moeri.

The meeting was properly noticed in the Central St. Croix News and posted in three locations in the Village of Roberts.

Members Present: Willard Moeri, Rand Waughtal, Terry Dull, Chuck Pizzi, Nathan Stork, Scott Gerhardt and Katy Kapaun.

Visitors: Dan Burgess, Peter Tharp, Brenda Hackman, Trisha Kremer, Rick Borg, Dave Kremer, Kyle Hinrichs, Jess Keyes, Todd Shafer, Linda Esch, Angela Rehmus, Jim Zeller, Allen Steinhauer, Mike Steinhauer, Maddie Skaalrud, Gaozong Her and Julia Young-Ybarro.

Meeting Minutes

Motionto approve Meeting Minutes of Regular Board Meeting on March 8, 2010 and the Special Meeting April 1, 2010 by Waughtal, seconded by Dull. Motion carried.

Treasurer’s Report

Motionto approve Treasurer’s Report by Dull, seconded by Gerhardt. Motion carried.

Public Concerns

Communications

Congratulate the winners of the election – Nathan Stork, Rand Waughtal and Peter Tharp.

Terry Dull thanked the Board and Employees for the last four years.

Department Reports

Police Department – Dan Burgess

Reviewed the monthly report.
Completed the hiring process – hired Kyle Hinrichs and Todd Shafer.
Motorcycle run was in town on Saturday with minimal problems.
Discussed Sex Offender Ordinance recently passed and actions taken since that time.
Discussed Statutes the Police Department would like to have adopted into our ordinances. Also discussed the smoking ban and if the board wanted to adopted this ordinance.
Thefts have started to occur. Reminder to lock your vehicles.
Video cameras are in and operating.

Director of Public Works – John Bond

New recycling program will start this week – bin will be delivered tomorrow.
GIS Mapping will start Friday. We hired a person from UW-RF.
There have been requests for tours for Girl and Boy Scouts at the WWTP in the evenings. John will donate his time.
John discussed the public hearing on April 27 regarding Phosphorus rule changes. He also explained the process that would be necessary to do this process at a very large cost.

Committee Reports and Recommendations

Park Board – Chuck Pizzi

New playground equipment is ordered and discounted. It will be installed in early May.
Restrooms will be opened when ball starts.
Two new benches will be purchased. We will also purchase six more picnic tables.
Working on a Memorial Tree Program for the Village.

Plan Commission

Building Inspector Report– Reviewed
Plan of Business Operation – RTDT, Inc. dba The Barn Board Grill & Saloon

Tabled until Wednesday, April 24 at 6:00 PM.

CDA Board – Rand Waughtal

Reviewed the 2009 revenues and expenses. Current 2010 revenue and expenses were discussed.
Discussed parameters of development with DSZ.

Public Safety – None

Public Works Committee – None

Fire Association – Meeting on April 21, 2010.

Library Board – Brenda Hackman/Katy Kapaun

Introduced two new part time personnel – Linda Esch and Angie Rehmus.
Change order for drainage of the roof has been approved.
Pending change orders were discussed. Counter tops and window sills will be granite. Also a change order for the circulation desk changes.
Trim is going up; well drilling for geo-thermal is completed. Next week they will be pouring concrete for the floor. This week the upper windows may be put in.
This is National Library Week. Next week is National Volunteer Week.

Old Business

New Business

Employee Education Requests and Expense Reports

Motionto approve Education Requests for Doreen Kruschke and John Bond by Pizzi, seconded by Gerhardt. Motion carried.

Operator’s License

Motion to table Operator’sLicenses until Wednesday, April 14 by Kapaun, seconded by Pizzi. Motion carried.

Roberts Lions Club – Request For Good Neighbor Days – June 3-6

Motion to approve Roberts Lions Club for GND by Dull, seconded by Kapaun. Motion carried.

Sidetrack Saloon – Liquor License Extension – June 4-7

Motionto approve Liquor License Extension for Sidetrack Saloon for June 4-7 by Gerhardt, seconded by Pizzi. Motion carried. Stork - Abstain

L&M’s Bar & Grill – Liquor License Extension – June 4-6 & June 12

Motionto approve L&M’s Bar & Grill Liquor License Extension for June 4-6 and June 12 by Gerhardt, seconded by Dull. Motion carried.

YMCA – Renewal of Contract – Jess Keyes

The contract would be for the 2010-2011 School year. Jess would like to bring back the morning program next year with late starts being on Tuesdays.

Motionto approve YMCA Contract with an increase in fee to $150 per month by Dull, seconded by Stork. Motion carried.

2009 Audit Report – Tom Kortas

Tom discussed the audit report. The General Fund is healthy. The Water Utility should be looking at a full rate case. The earliest that this could be implemented would be fourth quarter. At minimum, a simplified rate case should be considered. The Sewer Utility is also showing a loss and should be considered for an increase. Different options for rate increases for the utilities were discussed. This will be discussed at Public Works.

Plan of Business Operation – Health Partners Clinic

Motionto approve the Plan of Business Operation for Health Partners Clinics- Hudson Hospital & Clinics in Roberts by Kapaun, seconded by Pizzi. Motion carried.

Pay Request – Red Wing Construction

Motionto approve pay request for Red Wing Construction in the amount of $52,796.50 by Kapaun, seconded by Dull. Motion carried.

Payment of Bills

Motionto approve the bills by Dull, seconded by Pizzi. Motion carried.

Any Other Business

Motionto adjourn at 9:15 PM by Pizzi, seconded by Gerhardt. Motion carried.

Doreen Kruschke, WCPC, CMTW Date Adopted

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