Livingston 

VILLAGE OF LIVINGSTON

REGULAR BOARD MEETING

MONDAY, DECEMBER 5TH, 2011

President Brown called meeting to order at 7:00 PM.

Those in attendance: Brown Yes, Haas Yes, Gluege Yes, Richards Yes, France Yes,Loeffelholz Yes and Warne No . Also present were Gary Stuckey, Bart Nies, BettySchambow, Steve Jones and Ric Riniker.

Clerk Christianson verified the agenda was posted at the Village Post Office, Village Message Board and Village Office on 12/02/11. Board member packets were mailed to all members on 12/02/2011.

Motion made by France to approve minutes from November. Gluege seconded. All in favor, motion carried.

Ric Riniker

Ric suggested that the Village lower their fee and have a set fee for meetings that need

Planning and Zoning and Zoning Board of Appeals. We need to check our ordinance

book to see what it states on prices for meeting and get back in touch with Ric. We will

charge at all meetings. Discussion was had on Ric’s contracted services. His records

indicate that the Village is in 14 months arrears. His W2 should show that his gross pay

from the Village of Livingston is $6400.00. Ric should be getting a check every month

for $400.00 for his zoning services. Ric should be getting a check once a year for his

assessing duties which should be paid after Board of Review. It was stated that in 2001 a

full blown re-assessment was done and then in 2006 some reassessing was done but that

there was an agreement between Ric and the Village for re-assessing on a 5 year plan and

after that there was no contract. Brown made a motion to pay Ric Riniker for backpay

from wages in 2009, 2010 and 2011 in the amount of $5600.00 by December 31st 2011.

Ric stated that he will get in touch with Christina on the Sue Vavricka deal so we can get

a meeting set and scheduled for Zoning Board of Appeals to start the process for the

Variance request Sue is asking for.

Police Report

One complaint was recorded with the Village office. Torry Groves complained on

barking dogs, which he thought was Dan Reuters dogs. A letter was sent to Dan Reuter

to let him know and a copy was sent to Torry Groves along with the ordinance pages as

he requested per phone message. Discussion from members that we are not sure who’s

dogs were actually barking and that it could very well be Scott Wells dogs. Board

instructed Clerk Christianson to send a nice letter to Wells informing him of complaint in

the area on barking dogs.

Discussion was had with Steve Jones on Dog License and photographing them as they

come in to licenses for the year and/or also for Steve to take pictures of the dogs at their

residence. We would then keep a file here with dog information and picture in a 3 ring

binder so when complaints come in for loose dogs, barking dogs, etc. then we know the

person can ID the dog by seeing a picture of it. This may really help clear up some

confusion as to whose dog it really is. There has been a blue heeler on the loose around

town but does not let anyone close to getting it.

Tree Committee

None

Library Report

Betty thanked the Village Board for keeping the budget the same as last year. Betty said

circulation and library visitors has been good. Toddler time was well attended. Safe and

Stable family fund gave a donation of $200.00 to the library. Betty stated that Santa will

visit this Saturday the 10th of December from 11am to 1pm. Lions club brought in a TV

enlarger monitor to use at the library as the person who had been using it at their home is

not in need of it any longer.

Bart Nies-Delta 3 Engineering

Bart addressed the board with a written 2 option estimate for the Hwy 80 project of

replacing the line with 8inch pipe when the state will be re-doing Hwy 80. Based on the

numbers from Bart it makes sense to do this project now at an estimated cost of

$11,875.00. Haas made a motion to approve the first plan to begin reconstruction of

8inch line from Barber Ave intersection thru Hwy 80. Gluege seconded. All in favor.

Motion carried.

Bart stated he will contact the DNR regarding water main replacement pre-construction.

Citizens Concerns

None

Clerks Report/Treasurers Report Motion made by France to approve treasurer report.

Loeffelholz seconded. All in favor, motion carried.

Motion made by Haas for Clerk Christianson to transfer money between accounts for the

Village. France seconded. All in favor. Motion carried.

Bills presented:

1).Baer Insurance for Workman comp and liability for $5336.50. France made a motion

to approve and pay. Loeffelholz seconded. All in favor. Motion carried.

2). Livingston-Clifton Fire Department/ Rock Church Construction in the amount of no

less than $30,000.00 contingent on Jakes review of final bill. Brown made a motion to

approve and pay. Haas seconded. All in favor. Motion carried.

3). Utility Service Co., Inc. for $8197.59. Brown made a motion to approve and pay.

Loeffelholz seconded. All in favor. Motion carried.

The board informed Clerk Christianson to deposit $5000.00 into the LGIP account for

Fire Equipment. It was on the budget for 2011 and has not been done yet.

Presidents Report

France made a motion to accept the Montfort Rescue Squad 2012 Budget with the

Village share being $2500.00 to be paid in December of 2012. Gluege seconded. All in

favor. Motion carried.

France made a motion to approve an operators licenses to Dennis Biba. Brown seconded.

All in favor. Motion carried.

France made a motion to approve Resolution # 2011-D2 to adopt the 2012 Budget for

Village of Livingston. Loeffelholz seconded. All in favor. Motion carried.

New Business

Discussion was had on moving the monthly Village board meeting from the first Monday

of every month to another day. Loeffelholz made a motion to move the monthly

meetings to the seconded Tuesday of every month at 7pm starting January 10th 2012.

France seconded. All in favor. Motion carried.

Discussion was had on raising the sewer rates. Haas made a motion to table further

discussion for January meeting. Gluege seconded. All in favor. Motion carried.

Caucus date was set for January 10th 2011 at 6:30pm.

Old Business

Status of Ball Park Restroom/Concession stand; Gary stated that one door needs to be put in and one wall on the front of building needs to be closed in. He will work on getting that done before the next snow fall.

Maintenance Report

Gary discussed the progress of the Well Head Ordinance he has been working on. Thereare a few adjustments to be made and he and Christina will coordinate with the Planning

& Zoning committee as they need to have a recommendation from the planning and

zoning committee. We will look at setting up the meeting for January 10th, 2012 at 8pm.

Gary also reported that he got 6 new tires on Clems truck. The sludge hauling is all done.

Gary passed his exams, and had his one year anniversary. Leaf/Brush pickup is done for

the year. Picnic tables have all been taken to the plant to be repainted. Two stop sign

stickers have been done and put up at the 4 way stop by village office. We have not

gotten any snowplow bids in writing yet but have talked to two people who called

wanting more information. Gary stated he talked with Clem the other day and Clem said

he would help plow snow. The board told Gary to please let Clem know that before he

comes back to work he needs a release note from his doctor stating he can come back and at what capacity and if there are any restrictions.

Gluege made a motion to go into closed session at 8:40pm. Haas seconded. All in favor.

Motion carried.

Motion made by Loeffelholz to go back into open session at 9:00pm. France seconded.

All in favor. Motion carried.

Loeffelholz made a motion to give Clerk Christina Christianson, Clem Wiegman and

Betty Schambow a .25 cent pay raise increase effective January 1, 2012. France

Seconded. All in favor. Motion carried.

Richards made the motion to adjourn at 9:00 pm. Brown seconded. All in favor. Motion

carried.

Next meeting will be on Tuesday, January 10th at 7pm

Christina L. Christianson

Village Clerk/Treasurer