Minutes from 9/1/09 Finance Mtg

Minutes of the Finance Committee meeting held on Tuesday, September 01, 2009 at city hall pursuant to notice duly given.

1. Meeting called to order at 5:05 p.m. by Chairperson Maas.
2. Roll call: Jack Maas, Dick Doeren, Ed Young, Joe Stiloski and Tom Fulton. Mayor Nerenhausen and Linda Belongia Administrator and as recording secretary also present.
3. Moved by Doeren seconded by Stiloski to approve of the agenda as presented.
Motion carried upon verbal voice vote. 5 ayes
4. No correspondence or public input.
5. Discussion/recommendation on:
a. Tax Exempt properties; Ron Banach assessor provided a report with his estimate on an assessed value for these properties; discussion on
letter being sent to owners of the tax exempt properties stating the
services they receive and asking for a contribution such as a payment in
lieu of tax, realizing that is a voluntary contribution; Belongia to come
back at next meeting with a draft letter and a report showing what type of
tax dollars these properties would be assessed same as other taxable
properties in the city and also showing what the PILOT would be on just
the city millage;

b & e per Belongia was not recommended from BPW at this time, further information was requested at the committee level at the meeting held on 8/31/09.

c. Moved by Young seconded by Fulton to accept recommendation from
BPW and recommend to Com of the Whole approval of the final pay request to DMK, Inc Oconto Falls, WI for crushing recycled material in the
amt of $500.00.
Motion carried upon verbal voice vote. 5 ayes

d. Moved by Fulton seconded by Doeren to accept recommendation from BPW and recommend to Com of the Whole approval of advertising for
sale two trucks and a lawn mower. Revenues received will go into the
city’s general fund.
Motion carried upon verbal voice vote. 5 ayes

e. Maas questioned if our Public Works employees could remove the two existing gates and install the new slide gates instead of paying for this to
be done by an outside vendor? Belongia will forward this to Mr.
Mommaerts for the next BPW meeting.

f. Moved by Doeren seconded by Fulton to accept recommendation from
the Police & Fire Commission and recommend to Com of the Whole to
accept the proposal from Resource Management Associates from Tinley Park, IL for the audit of the Police of the Police & Fire Dept for $11,600.
Council previously approved of $10,000 for this study and the
recommendation from PFC includes that the additional $1,600 can be
allocated with ambulance funds.
Motion carried upon verbal voice vote. 5 ayes

g. Moved by Doeren seconded by Fulton to recommend to Com of the Whole to collect beginning in 2009 the property tax equivalent for the
water utility as stated in the Public Service Commission report for the
Oconto Utility Commission.
Motion carried upon verbal voice vote. 4 ayes 1 no – Joe Stiloski

h. Mayor stated the pilings for the three community sensitive signs need to have the pilings raised from 6’ to 16’ so the signs will be highway level; we
will need to bring the area up with fill.
Moved by Fulton seconded by Doeren to recommend to Com of the Whole
to allocate from the general fund $3,550 for the additional pile lengths for
the signs.
Motion carried upon verbal voice vote. 5 ayes

i. Moved by Stiloski seconded by Fulton to recommend to Com of the Whole approval of waiving the $150 for an ambulance call due to patient
meeting the HUD low income guidelines.
Motion carried upon verbal voice vote. 5 ayes

j. Moved by Doeren seconded by Young to approve and recommend to Com of the Whole the listing of accts payables for $345,199.94; payroll for
$188,946.23 and financial reports.
Motion carried upon verbal voice vote. 5 ayes

6. Moved by Stiloski seconded by Fulton to adjourn. M/C
Meeting adjourned at 5:30 p.m.


Minutes submitted by
Linda M. Belongia,
Administrator