Com of the Whole Minutes

Minutes of the Committee of the Whole meeting held on Tuesday, June 1st, 2010 at city hall pursuant to notice duly given.

1. Meeting called to order at 6 p.m. by Mayor Fulton.
2. Roll call: Mayor Fulton, Ed Young, Roger Reed, John Wittkopf, Al Schreiber, Joe Stiloski, Marlene Zahn, Dick Doeren, Jim Stiloski, Jack Maas and Atty. Calvert. Absent: Pete Nelson. Linda Belongia Administrator also present as the recording secretary.
3. Mayor stated on the addendum item # 1 and on the Com of the Whole item # 5(i) was pulled. Mayor stated item 5 (i) was pulled because Chief Phillips wanted additional amendments to the ordinance and addendum #1 was pulled for more information.
Moved by Wittkopf seconded by Schreiber to approve of the agenda as addendum as presented and amended.
Motion carried upon verbal voice vote. 9 ayes

4. Public appearances/correspondence: Belongia stated included in the
committee packets were copies of the previous month’s meeting minutes;
Legislative newsletters and read aloud was a letter from the Chamber of
Commerce informing the committee of the chambers events for
Copperfest Weekend.

5. Discussion/recommendation on:
a. Mark Teuteberg updated the committee on the boundary line issue between the Airport property and Richter and Joyce Richter; back in 2002
the airport commission had the airport property surveyed before putting up
the steel fence; the transaction took more property than the Richter’s
intended; the county board and city council need to approve of a deed
back to the Richter’s and then the Richter’s will deed back to the airport
the property where the fence sits, which is approx 2 ¼ acres; Teuteberg
stated the Richter’s will deed this property to the airport at no cost.

Moved by Jim Stiloski seconded by Wittkopf to recommend to Council approval of the Resolution regarding the J. Douglas Bake Memorial Airport
Boundary Line Alteration.

Zahn questioned how much property does the airport own? Teuteberg
estimated over 100 acres;
Motion carried upon electronically recorded vote. 9 ayes

b. Moved by Maas seconded by Doeren to accept recommendation from
Finance and recommend to Council approval of Change Order # 5
regarding the Harbor project.
Motion carried upon electronically recorded vote.
8 ayes 1 no – Joe Stiloski and 1 absent Nelson


c. Moved by Joe Stiloski seconded by Reed to accept recommendation
from Finance and recommend to Council approval of entering into fuel
contract with New Energy, LLC.
Motion carried upon electronically recorded vote. 9 ayes

d. Moved by Maas seconded by Doeren to accept recommendation from Finance and recommend to Council approval of the contract with Stewart
Heating & Cooling in the amt of $3,885 for heating unit for the public works
garage areas.

Jim Stiloski questioned if this was put out for bid? Mayor stated yes.

Motion carried upon electronically recorded vote. 9 ayes

e. Moved by Wittkopf seconded by Maas to accept recommendation from
Finance and recommend to Council approval of the 2010 construction
projects.

Joe Stiloski questioned what has changed…stated Mr. Maas should not
be micro-managing; Belongia pointed out areas deleted at the BPW
meeting; Maas stated we had to cut some areas to stay within financing allowed; Joe Stiloski stated this is borrowed money…should be used for
streets; Belongia referenced handout showing where the funding was
coming from, some was borrowed, but some is state road aid money;
Zahn questioned if the projects are ready to go? Mayor stated yes the
projects are shovel ready; Jim Stiloski questioned what will be done on
Superior Avenue…heard we are narrowing that area…is already a
problem area with parking, hate to see this area narrowed anymore;
Mayor stated we are not going to narrow this area;

Motion carried upon electronically recorded vote.
7 ayes 2 no: Young and Joe Stiloski and 1 absent – Nelson

f. Moved by Jim Stiloski seconded by Zahn to accept recommendation from Finance and recommend to Council approval of the final pay request
to United Construction for $6,250 for the public works building.
Motion carried upon electronically recorded vote. 9 ayes

g. Moved by Maas seconded by Zahn to accept recommendation from Finance and recommend to Council approval on the listing of accounts
payable for $1,403,070.43; payroll for $109,893.76 and financial reports
as presented.
Motion carried upon electronically recorded vote. 9 ayes

h. Moved by Jim Stiloski seconded by Zahn to accept recommendation from BPW and recommend to Council approval of the street closures on
Congress St from Main to Ellis from 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. on August 6th, 2010
for the Chamber of Commerce street dance.
Motion carried upon electronically recorded vote. 9 ayes

i. Draft amending Sec 5-2-9 (a)(1) Open Burning Ordinance was pulled from the agenda.

j. Moved by Wittkopf seconded by Reed to recommend to Council approval of closing city hall parking lot for the National Night Out
activities August 3rd, 2010.
Motion carried upon electronically recorded vote. 9 ayes

k. Moved by Wittkopf seconded by Schreiber to recommend to Council approval of a Class A Beer and Class A Liquor for Shopko Stores
Operating Co., LLC 126 Charles Street, Oconto, WI for Shopko Hometown
#602 beginning 7/26/2010 through 6/30/2011.
Motion carried upon electronically recorded vote. 9 ayes

l. Moved by Schreiber seconded by Wittkopf to recommend to council approval of an operators license contingent upon completion of the
required operators beverage training course for: Shelley Brusky; Christine
Busch; Michael Calvert; Kristin Heroux; Jaime Hornblad; Jacqueline
Kapla; Leslie Linney; Lisa McFadden; Anna Olson; Ashley Pecha; Joseph
Van Norman; Patricia Volk; Karrie DeHut; Richard Anderson; and Kayleigh
Stewart.
Motion carried upon electronically recorded vote. 9 ayes

m. Mayor gave update on sign issue; Joe Stiloski suggested annexing the
property; Schreiber also suggested buying the property; Mayor stated we
will continue to work through this and bring information back to council;

Addendum

1. Recommendation from GRAEF was pulled from this agenda for
more information.

2. Mayor stated we met with the Commodore for the Yacht Club; they will be coming to the Plan Commission with their request for a conditional use
permit which is allowed per the zoning for this property;

3. Moved by Wittkopf seconded by Schreiber to recommend to Council to accept letter from Karl Ballestad asking not to be reappointed at the end of
his term 6/30/2010 on the Farnsworth Library Board.
Motion carried upon electronically recorded vote. 9 ayes

6. Moved by Maas seconded by Jim Stiloski to change the starting time for the June 8th, 2010 Council meeting from 6 p.m. to 5 p.m.
Motion carried upon electronically recorded vote. 9 ayes

7. Moved by Zahn seconded by Wittkopf to adjourn. M/C
Meeting adjourned at 6:37 p.m.


Minutes submitted by
Linda M. Belongia,
Administrator