6/2/09 Com of the Whole Minutes

Minutes of the Committee of the Whole Meeting held on Tuesday, June 2nd, 2009 at city hall pursuant to notice duly given.

1. Meeting called to 6:00 p.m. by Mayor Nerenhausen.
2. Roll call: Mayor Nerenhausen, Ed Young, Lloyd Heier, John Wittkopf, Al Schreiber, Joe Stiloski, Marlene Zahn, Dick Doeren, Tom Fulton, Jim Stiloski, Jack Maas and Atty. Mraz. Linda Belongia Administrator also present as recording secretary.
3. Moved by Maas seconded by Doeren to approve of the agenda as presented.
Motion carried upon verbal voice vote. 10 ayes
4. Public Appearances/Correspondence: Eric Schauau stated he has an item on the agenda 5 h. regarding the purchase of Outlot 1; stated his
father is moving back to this area and he is looking at renovating the
adjacent property but would like to purchase the Outlot to allow egress to
the water; understands the lot was a gas station and under went a big
clean up; Schauau stated to justify the amount it will take to renovate the
home, he would like to purchase the city lot;

Belongia provided copies of the league bulletin and meeting minutes to the alderpersons in their packets.

5. Discussion/recommendation on:
a. Mayor stated the Board of Public Works denied at committee level installing a gate on Wedgewood Avenue at Fifth Street as this is a public
road.

b. Maas stated at the Finance meeting tonight we discussed that we’ve
been notified that the grant application we applied for which was supposed
to help fund 75% for the public works building, they have changed how
they are allocating and we can only receive a maximum of $100,000; no
action needed; Wittkopf stated the Bd of Public Works told Bob Mommaerts to bring plans on what building costs would be to a future a
future meeting, those plans then would have to be, if they went that way
the plans would to be sent out for approval;

c. Moved by Maas seconded by Fulton to accept recommendation and recommend the same to Council to approve of proposal from Quarles &
Brady for legal services creating TID No. 4.
Wittkopf questioned the boundaries of the TID. Mayor stated this item is for the legal services creating the TID.
Motion carried upon verbal voice vote. 10 ayes

d. Maas stated the electronic voting is something we should look at…over the years we’ve has some controversial issues, the County has electronic
voting;
Moved by Fulton seconded by Doeren to accept recommendation from Finance and recommend to Council approval of purchasing the
ElectroVote for Council Chambers for $3,990 using funds within the
budget.
Motion carried upon verbal voice vote.
7 ayes 3 no: Schreiber, Joe Stiloski and Jim Stiloski

e. Maas stated the soil boring tests will give us a report so we can give this to developers;
Moved by Fulton seconded by Maas to accept recommendation from Finance and recommend to Council to accept the proposal from UP
Engineers and Architects to do six soil boring tests and provide a report on
the results for the property at 235 Cook Avenue, Oconto, WI at a cost not
to exceed $4,800.

Schreiber stated soil conditions…; Al Walker from UP Engineering and
Architects stated just in walking the site it looks good, soil borings will tell
us everything we need to know.

Motion carried upon verbal voice vote. 10 ayes

f. Moved by Doeren seconded by Young to accept recommendation from Finance and recommend the same to Council to approve of the listing of
accounts payables for $996,075.99; payroll for $112,907.93 and financial
reports.
Motion carried upon verbal voice vote. 10 ayes

g. Discussion on Todd Rasmussen property at 314 Brazeau Avenue;
Wittkopf questioned why are we going to pay to have it torn down; Mayor
stated we want to clean up that area; Belongia updated the committee
members on discussion had with Stephenson National Bank regarding
mortgage still owed on the property; also back taxes and some additional
costs incurred by the county;

Moved to refer the Todd Rasmussen property at 314 Brazeau Avenue to the Industrial Development Commission for further investigation to see if
it’s feasible or not for the city to pursue this property.

Jim Stiloski stated we’ll end up with another Kelly Pickle.

Fulton stated the city has an ongoing clean up…it’s a forward movement for Oconto…should check things out…see if we have everything we need
to know….sending it to IDC is the right way to go.

Motion carried upon verbal voice vote. 10 ayes

h. Discussion on request from Eric Schauau to purchase Outlot 1. Mayor stated we do have wells on this property…and indicated Mr. Schauau
would also consider being given permission just to use the area; Jim
Stiloski stated this area is used for fishing; Maas questioned how long do
we hold this lot…questioned Schauau does the house sale hinge on
getting this lot? Atty. Mraz stated the property is contaminated need to get
closure…will need to check with the DNR…may have to cap and close
wells…will require some research; Joe Stiloski stated we are not in the
real estate business…this lot should remain as city property; Schauau
stated he will contact the DNR…if contaminated will look to see if it will
take care of itself; Mayor stated this should be referred to the Plan
Commission; Doeren stated has been talked about for sometime about a
future riverwalk; Schauau stated he would like egress to have a removable
dock; Atty. Mraz stated having that on city property would be a liability
issue;

Moved by Maas seconded by Doeren to refer the request from Eric Schauau to the Plan Commission.
Motion carried upon verbal voice vote. 10 ayes

i. Moved by Maas seconded by Jim Stiloski to recommend to Council to
schedule a public hearing on the request from Frank and Donna Bickel for
a rezoning of the property they own at 6315 Van Hecke Avenue, Oconto,
WI from Rural Development (RD) to General Industrial (IG).
Motion carried upon verbal voice vote. 10 ayes

j. Moved by Doeren seconded by Fulton to recommend to Council to post the draft ordinance creating an Ordinance for Covenants.
Motion carried upon verbal voice vote. 10 ayes

k. Moved by Maas seconded by Jim Stiloski to accept recommendation from Plan Commission on the proposed layout for TID No. 4. Mayor
stated this is the preliminary boundaries need to keep value within
guidelines; this is a preliminary, will be public hearings and procedures
coming back to Council.
Motion carried upon verbal voice vote. 10 ayes

l. Moved by Heier seconded by Wittkopf to accept recommendation from
Plan Commission and recommend to Council to schedule the public
hearing to change the zoning from IG General Industrial to CH Highway
Commercial for proposed TID No. 4 area.
Motion carried upon verbal voice vote. 10 ayes

m. Discussion on offer to purchase from Keystone Development. Maas stated this development is something we voted to accept before;

Moved by Maas seconded by Zahn to recommend to Council approval of the Offer to Purchase from Keystone Development for a parcel located in
the NW corner of the property at 235 Cook Avenue, Oconto, WI.

Schreiber questioned if we will be holding something back in a
reversionary clause…developer could sit on this property and then would
revert back to city and we’d be held up and having to pay him back; Maas
stated this is the exact same offer we had last fall….stimulus funds have
now become available for the developer…something we voted and
approved before…is a win-win situation and is still needed for our
community; Zahn questioned if the dates will have to be changed in the
offer; Belongia stated the dates and reference to creating TID NO. 4 will
be changed and added to offer; Fulton questioned a completion date;
Mayor stated a construction schedule is part of the offer; Wittkopf
questioned if the zoning will fit this development? Mayor stated yes;

Motion carried upon verbal roll call vote.
8 ayes 2 no: Young and Schreiber

n. Moved by Wittkopf seconded by Heier to accept recommendation from BPW and OUC to adopt the preliminary resolution for the Michigan
Avenue project and schedule the public hearing as allowed under Wis.
Stats. 66.0703 to levy special assessments.
Motion carried upon verbal voice vote. 10 ayes

o. Moved by Jim Stiloski seconded by Maas to recommend Council
approval of the following an operators license contingent upon completion
of the required operator’s beverage training course: Nicole Harris,
Whitney Olson, Mary Jo Hipke, Kimberly Anderson, Carrie Lade, Nicole
Van Hulle and Allison Ladwig.
Motion carried upon verbal voice vote. 10 ayes

p. Moved by Fulton seconded by Heier to recommend Council approval of the Mayor’s appointment of Dave Rosenfeldt to the American with
Disabilities Compliance Act Committee.
Motion carried upon verbal voice vote. 10 ayes

6. Moved by Heier seconded by Schreiber to adjourn. M/C
Meeting adjourned at 6:45 p.m.

Linda M. Belongia,
Administrator