Council 1/11/2011

Minutes of the Regular Council meeting held on Tuesday, January 11, 2011 pursuant to notice duly given.

1. Meeting called to order at 6:00 p.m. by Mayor Fulton
2. Roll call: Mayor Fulton, Ed Young, John Wittkopf, Al Schreiber, Joe Stiloski, Marlene Zahn, Dick Doeren, Jim Stiloski, Jack Mass and Atty. Calvert. Also present Bob Mommaerts and Carol Stewart, Deputy Clerk/Treasurer as recording secretary, Jim and Diane Younger. Excused: Terri Berth and Roger Reed
3. Invocation and pledge of allegiance given by Alderperson Schreiber
4. Mayor asked for the following items be pulled from the agenda: 8 (c) and 9 (f);
Moved by Zahn seconded by Wittkopf to approve agenda as amended.
Motion carried upon verbal voice vote. 8 ayes
5. Moved by Schreiber seconded Doeren to accept the minutes as presented and place on file.
Motion carried upon verbal voice vote. 8 ayes
6. Moved by Schreiber seconded by Wittkopf to accept the department reports as presented and place on file.
Motion carried upon verbal voice vote. 8 ayes
7. Correspondence/Public Input: Mayor Fulton presented Jim Younger with a plaque and thanked him for his 30 years of dedicated service to the Oconto Street Dept.
Bill Borneman of the Oconto County Reporter suggested to address pushing for the building site for the Oconto County Jail…in support of building on our site…have as an agenda item at the next Committee of the Whole meeting; Mayor Fulton stated he was meeting with the County Law Enforcement Committee to discuss that very issue;
8. Mayor read aloud the Consent Agenda: Approve of purchasing used grader in the amount of $63,000.00; Approve proposal received from Midwest Engineering in the amount of $2,235.00 for monitoring well installations; Deny approval of contracting with Five Star Fireworks for 4th of July fireworks display…Atty. Calvert stated the company is no longer operating…trying to funnel through a new company, which has no license; Approve of listing of accounts payable for $379,699.33; payroll for $119,299.74 and financial reports as presented; Approve of not recommending amending the housing code creating a section of Occupancy Permits; Approve of applications of operator’s license and Temporary Class B for Oconto Youth Center; Approve of Mayor’s appointment of Gary Bancroft to Board of Public Works for a term to expire 4/19/11 and Jessica Honish to the Farnsworth Library Board for a term to expire 7/1/11;
Moved by Zahn seconded by Jim Stiloski to approve of the Consent Agenda as read;
Motion carried upon electronically recorded vote 8 ayes
Maas commented the housing ordinance code was not being denied but was recommended to be turned back over to Community Enrichment Committee for further review;
9. Discussion/action on:
a. Moved by Schreiber seconded by Jim Stiloski to accept recommendation of Plan Commission to approve CSM submitted by Paul Shallow for Tom and Lisa Shallow.
Motion carried upon electronically recorded vote 8 ayes
b. Moved by Wittkopf seconded by Schreiber to accept recommendation of Plan Commission to approve CSM submitted by Paul Shallow for Jamie and Rebecca Schlueter.
Motion carried upon electronically recorded vote 8 ayes
c. Moved by Doeren seconded by Maas to accept recommendation from the Harbor Commission to approve Final Pay Request, #10 to McMullen & Pitz in the amount of $44,000.20 ;
Motion carried upon electronically recorded vote 8 ayes
Discussion: Wittkopf commented that everything is done except putting in dock
along riverside; Mayor stated the money for the dock/installation was part of the
grant money and will not be at the city’s expense;
d. Moved by Doeren seconded by Wittkopf to accept recommendation from the Harbor Commission to approve of Change Order #8 which reflects the formal deletion of materials purchased by the city plus miscellaneous credits;
Motion carried upon electronically recorded vote 8 ayes
e. Moved by Doeren seconded by Jim Stiloski to accept recommendation from the Harbor Commission to approve Certificate of Substantial Completion;
Motion carried upon electronically recorded vote 8 ayes
f. The Mayor stated he requested the recommendation on the addendum to the Fire contract be pulled to allow for further discussion;
10. February Committee of the Whole meeting will be held Tuesday, February 1, 2011 at
6:00 p.m.
11. Move by Zahn seconded by Wittkopf to adjourn M/C
Meeting adjourned at 6:20 p.m.

Minutes submitted by:
Carol Stewart
Deputy Clerk/Treasurer