Council Minutes

Minutes of the Regular Council Meeting held on Tuesday, April 13th, 2010 pursuant to notice duly given.

1. Meeting called to order at 6 p.m. by Mayor Nerenhausen.
2. Roll call: Mayor Nerenhausen, Ed Young, Ken Exferd, John Wittkopf, Al Schreiber, Joe Stiloski, Dick Doeren, Jack Maas and Atty. Mraz. Excused: Marlene Zahn, Tom Fulton and Jim Stiloski. Also present: Linda Belongia Administrator and as recording secretary.
3. Invocation and pledge of allegiance given by Pastor Craig Alwin.
4. Moved by Schreiber seconded by Exferd to approve of the agenda as presented.
Motion carried upon verbal voice vote. 7 ayes
5. Moved by Doeren seconded by Schreiber to approve of the minutes as typed and place on file.
Motion carried upon verbal voice vote. 7 ayes
6. Moved by Maas seconded by Exferd to approve of the reports as presented and place on file.
Motion carried upon verbal voice vote. 7 ayes
7. Correspondence: Insurance renewal information; Legislative Bulletins; Davis & Kuelthau annual meeting; correspondence from Charter Communications.
8. Discussion/action on:
a. Moved by Wittkopf seconded by Exferd to approve of the amendment to our sign ordinance which has been posted since 3/10/2010.
Motion carried upon electronically recorded vote. 7 ayes

b. Moved by Maas seconded by Doeren to accept recommendation from Finance and approve of the listing contract with the Davis Agency
changing the acreage to approx. 9.5 acres and approx 12 acres and filling
in the time length of this contract to one year.

Wittkopf stated how we can vote on any of the issues from the finance meeting that was held tonight before this meeting, we have no minutes to
review;

Moved by Wittkopf seconded by Joe Stiloski to refer agenda items 8 b, c, d, e & f to the May Committee of the Whole.
Motion carried upon electronically recorded vote.
5 ayes: Young, Exferd, Wittkopf, Schreiber and Stiloski.
2 no: Doeren and Maas

g. Moved by Wittkopf seconded by Exferd to accept recommendation from
Plan Commission and approve of the CSM for Thomas and Bobbi Jo
Christopherson.
Motion carried upon electronically recorded vote. 7 ayes

h. Discussion on lease agreement for Kiwanis for storage bldg on Evergreen Rd; Mayor stated currently the lease requires a one million
dollar liability in coverage; Kiwanis built the building and has a lease
agreement with the city; Mayor stated the request from the Kiwanis is to
drop or allow them to reduce the amt of required coverage…the individual
groups renting storage space carry insurance for their contents being
stored; Maas questioned why should city pay for this; Mayor stated if they
could just reduce the amt required that would help with the cost;
Discussion; what could happen; what is value of contents stored;
suggestion $200,000 maybe more reasonable; Wittkopf questioned Atty.
Mraz on amt we should have? Atty. Mraz stated he is not an insurance
representative, but the city maybe could look at $250,000; Joe Stiloski
questioned what does our insurance representative recommend? Atty. Mraz stated, they probably will say one million;

Moved by Maas seconded by Schreiber to table this to the 4/20 meeting and have Belongia check with city’s insurance carrier.
Motion carried upon electronically recorded vote. 7 ayes

i. Moved by Wittkopf seconded by Exferd to approve of the
recommendation from the Park & Rec and Harbor Commission on the
forms for special permits, donations and fishing tournaments.
Wittkopf commended Proksch on a good job creating these forms and the others involved;
Motion carried upon electronically recorded vote. 7 ayes

j. Moved by Doeren seconded by Maas to accept recommendation from
Harbor Commission and approve of the Oconto Walleye Classic
estimating 25 boats at an entry fee of $200 = $5,000; of that $3,750 will be
paid out in prize money with a voucher being given to the winners and
checks will be issued through the normal city process and mailed; 4 hotel
rooms for one night at $64 each; food and beverage vendor to provide
own certificate of insurance to the city; and the costs of $200 for this
tournament and the mailing fees and that the Harbor Commission will
evaluate the tournament after the event and determine the future of
holding such a tournament again.
Wittkopf questioned $64 vs. $41 for hotel lodging; Doeren stated Mr.
Coon from TFM Promotions told the Harbor Commission he will pay the
difference as they want to stay at the Riverview Inn Suites; discussion on
still unknown costs; waiving of fees? Belongia stated this was not recommended from Harbor Commission, only council can waive the fees,
but request will come from Harbor Commission to do this at next meeting;
Wittkopf stated he is in favor of the tournament, but concern that this was
not brought to the council before entering into the agreement with the
Promotions Company; Atty. Mraz questioned if we need a special
endorsement insurance? Belongia will check with our insurance and
report back; Maas stated we are already committed at this point;

Moved by Wittkopf seconded by Schreiber to amend of the motion and approve of the Harbor Commission’s request with the understanding that
all funding for this tournament come from the Harbor Commission budget.
Motion carried upon electronically recorded vote.
6 ayes 1 no Joe Stiloski

Vote on original motion.
Motion carried upon electronically recorded vote.
6 ayes 1 no Joe Stiloski

k. Moved by Exferd seconded by Wittkopf to accept recommendation from BPW and approve of closure of streets surrounding the Beyer Home for
7/3/2010.
Motion carried upon electronically recorded vote. 7 ayes

l. Moved by Wittkopf seconded by Schreiber to accept recommendation from BPW to schedule a joint meeting with Council & BPW regarding
reconstruction of Business 41.
Motion carried upon electronically recorded vote. 7 ayes

m. Moved by Wittkopf seconded by Exferd to accept recommendation
from BPW to approve of change order # 2 decreasing the contract for the
Public Works bldg by $416.70.
Motion carried upon electronically recorded vote. 7 ayes

n. Moved by Maas seconded by Doeren to accept recommendation from
BPW to approve of request from Bond Community Center for a 5K
Run/walk on 6/5/2010 for Park, Bitters, Superior and Main.
Motion carried upon electronically recorded vote. 7 ayes

o. Moved by Wittkopf seconded by Exferd to accept recommendation from
BPW to approve of request from Nautical Inn to close portion of Huron Ave for bicycle poker run on 5/22/2010.
Motion carried upon electronically recorded vote. 7 ayes

p. Moved by Exferd seconded by Schreiber to accept recommendation
from BPW to approve of request from Oconto Trailbusters to close off
Harbor Road for truck pulls on 6/11/2010.
Motion carried upon electronically recorded vote. 7 ayes

q. Moved by Wittkopf seconded by Schreiber to approve of ordinance
amending the boulevard or terrace areas which has been posted since
3/10/2010.
Motion carried upon electronically recorded vote. 7 ayes

r. Moved by Wittkopf seconded by Exferd to approve of
Ordinance amending Title 12 Parks & Navigable Waters changing reference in that section from Director of Public Services and Board of Public Works to
Park & Recreation Director and the Park & Recreation Committee or
Harbor Commission.
Motion carried upon electronically recorded vote. 7 ayes


s. Moved by Wittkopf seconded by Schreiber to approve and place on file
the report of the Board of Canvassers for the 4/6/2010 Election results for
the City of Oconto.
Motion carried upon electronically recorded vote. 7 ayes

t. Moved by Young seconded by Schreiber to accept recommendation
from Mayor on appt of Richard Pinkart to the Bd of Review and Katie
Scheffen to the Promotions Committee.
Motion carried upon electronically recorded vote. 7 ayes

u. Moved by Wittkopf seconded by Schreiber to approve of applications for a Temp Class B license.
Motion carried upon electronically recorded vote. 7 ayes

9. Mayor stated the Council may vote to convene into Closed Session pursuant to notice duly given and as allowed by Wis. Stats. 19.85 (1) (e)
for discussion on recommendation from the Industrial Development
Commission on RLF #2010-01.
Moved by Wittkopf seconded Schreiber to convene into Closed Session at 6:40 p.m.
Motion carried upon electronically recorded vote. 7 ayes

Closed Session

10. Moved by Doeren seconded by Wittkopf to reconvene into Open Session
at 6:48 p.m. pursuant to notice duly given and as allowed by Wis. Stats.
19.85(2) for the remainder of the agenda.

11. Moved by Maas seconded by Wittkopf to accept recommendation from
the Industrial Development Commission and approve of a line of credit of
$25,000 for RLF # 2010-01.
Motion carried upon electronically recorded vote.

12. Moved by Wittkopf seconded by Schreiber to adjourn. M/C
Meeting adjourned at 6:50 p.m.
Minutes submitted by
Linda M. Belongia,
Administrator