Public Hearing & Council Agenda 3/8/2011

Notice of the Public Hearing
And


Regular Council Meeting

Tuesday, March 8th, 2011 at 6:00 p.m.

City Hall, Council Chambers
1210 Main Street
Oconto, WI 54153

AGENDA

This will be an open meeting and notice has been given to the public at least twenty-four (24) hours prior to the meeting by forwarding the complete agenda to the Oconto County Reporter. Copies of the agenda were available for inspection at the office of Administrator and on the City’s
Website calendar: www.cityofoconto.com

5:40 p.m. Public Hearing in the matter of State and Federal Aid for the improvements at the J. Douglas Bake Memorial Airport. The City of Oconto is considering petitioning the State of Wisconsin, Dept of Transportation for state and federal aid to undertake the following development at the Bake Memorial Airport:

Fiscal Year 2011- Install Automated Weather Observing System (AWOS), reconstruct and expand ramp. Feasibility study for Rwy 29/11.

Fiscal Year 2012 – Reconstruct Rwy 29/11, Taxiway and apron. Rehabilitate/replace runway lighting.

Fiscal Year 2013 – Install precision approach path indications (PAPIs), and Runway End Identifier Lights (REILs).
Fiscal Year 2014 – Feasibility study for Rwy 4/22.

Fiscal Year 2015 – Develop hangar area.

Fiscal Year 2016 – Any necessary related work.

Fiscal Year 2017 – Acquire land for development of runway 4/22.

Hearing will be held in Council Chambers. All interested persons are invited to attend and present their views on the need for the proposed airport development.


6:00 p.m. or immediately following the Regular Council Meeting in Council Chambers with the following agenda:

1. Meeting called to order

2. Roll Call

3. Invocation and pledge of allegiance by Alderperson Zahn.

4. Approval of agenda

5. Approval of minutes as presented from the Committee of the Whole,
Council and any Special Council meetings.

6. Approval of department reports as presented.

7. Correspondence/Public Input
a. Mayor - reminder of Chamber of Commerce event for Marinette Marine.
b. Per request current list of all city vehicles.

8. Approval of consent agenda:

a. Authorize Mayor to contact DNR regarding petition on deer problem.

b. Approve of timeline presented by Robert J. Mommaerts, P.E. Director of Public Services for the Brazeau/Smith/Business 41 project and work with him if he needs any help to get this done.

c. Approval of listing of applications for an operators license contingent upon completion of required course.

d. Award 2011 Fuel contract to Staidl Oil LLC.

e. Approval of purchase of a truck by the Park & Rec dept which was budgeted for $7,000 and excess fees of $247.50 will be taken from the park & rec budget.

f. Approve of application for a $15,000 grant from the Leon H. and Clymene M. Bond Foundation, Inc for a fish cleaning station.

g. Approve of contract with Mystic Fireworks, Inc., Five Star Fireworks for the 2011 4th of July display at a cost of $5,000.00.

h. Approve of listing of accts payables for $1,408,882; payroll for $122,566.59 and financial reports as presented.

i. Approve of request for use of Brewery Pit for ATV training, April 16, 2011 from 8:00 a.m. to noon which is a DNR safety sponsored course.

j. Amend the city attorney ordinance to include that the City Attorney shall perform administrative labor issues and such other duties as designated by the Common Council; amend the salary ordinance to reflect that the City Attorney be paid as a accounts payable vendor for $25,000 and not as a salary; and that a memorandum of understanding be in place between our city attorney and labor attorney in case Atty. Calvert would need to confer with Atty. Kalny.

k. Approve of the job description for a Limited Term Position for a Recreation Intern for the Park & Rec dept., which has been budgeted for in the 2011 budget.


9. Discussion/action on:

a. Recommendation from Oconto Utility Commission on proposal
from Mead & Hunt regarding water system analysis.

b. Suspension of the rules for adoption of ordinances.

c. Adoption of ordinance amending the City Attorney position.

d. Adoption of ordinance amending salary ordinance regarding the City Attorney position.

e. Per ordinance not having the Committee of the whole meeting, Tuesday, April 5th, 2011as this is the Spring Election. In past we’ve not had a Com of the Whole meeting as we have the Regular Council meeting on Tuesday, April 12th, and the Reorganizational meeting on Tuesday, April 19th.


10. Adjourn

Dated this 3rd day of March, 2011
Linda M. Belongia
Administrator



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