Livingston 

Meeting called to order at 7:00 pm by Village President, Thomas Brown.

Motion was made by Haas, seconded by Loeffelholz to nominate Trustee France as acting clerk in Christina Christianson’s absence. All in favor. Motion passed.

Agenda was verified to be posted at the Village Post Office, Village message board, and at the Village office. Those in attendance: Brown- Yes, Gluege- Yes, France- Yes, Haas- Yes, Loeffelholz- Yes, Richards- Yes, Walter – absent. Also present, Scott Bolstad, Gary Stuckey, Ben Keller, Kristi Loeffelholz and Lee McCarville.

Motion was made by Loeffelholz to approve minutes. Gluege seconded. All in favor. Motion passed.

ASSESSOR/ZONING REPORT None

DELTA 3 ENGINEERING

Brown made a motion to approve financing through CDBG-PF and Livingston State Bank for County Rd E project. France seconded. All in favor. Motion passed. Signature and motion needed to allow the state to deposit grant money into the Livingston State bank for the County E project. Motion made by Loeffelholz, seconded by Richards to deposit grant monies into Livingston State Bank. All in Favor. Motion passed.

Motion made by Brown to authorize Bart Nies to proceed to request Grant funds from CDBC. Seconded by Loeffelholz. All in favor. Motion passed.

NEW BUSINESS Motion was made by Loeffelholz to approve a 3% simplified water rate increase effective by December 2013 or January 2014. Haas seconded. All in favor. Motion passed.

Trustee Loeffelholz and France spoke to board about the bathrooms at Memorial Park. Discussion was had regarding replacement of the floors and fixing up the interior. Also discussed was relocating a memorial marker and putting up signs for curfew and park rules.

Scott Bolstad, Wisconsin Outreach Director for Senator Ron Johnson was present to thank the board for what they do for the community. Bolstad spoke about needing to be accountable to the residents as well as available to answer questions about their concerns. Board gave Bolstad approval to hold a meeting in the near future to meet with the public. Date and time of the meeting will be posted.

Lee McCarville from the Tri-State ATV club was present to ask permission to obtain access to specific village streets for the ATV Club. The club is expanding its route to Livingston and eventually beyond Livingston. He was

asking permission to access streets within the Village for the shortest route to food and gas. Board shared concerns with late night/early morning ATV’s coming into town. McCarville will post all ATV signs throughout the route, and rules for within the village for riders. Discussed a possible fee for ATV use within the Village. This will be discussed with Village Attorney and looked at with the ordinance we currently have and possibly adding it to the fee schedule in ordinance book. This will be looked into and discussed further at a later date.

Motion made by Loeffelholz to restrict ATV riders to enter the village on the west end of Cty E, traveling east, turning north onto Grand st., proceed one block turning East onto Barber St. and Continuing to the end of Barber Street with a speed limit of 10 M.P.H. through town. No ATV’s would be allowed on designated streets from the hours of 10:00 pm to 7:59 am. Seconded by Haas. All in Favor. Motion passed.

TREE COMMITTEE None

OLD BUSINESS Gary contacted other surrounding Villages to see if they wanted to help fund a portable flushing system. No other Villages were interested. At this time, we, the Village, will not purchase this device and continue to monitor the situation.

TREASURER’S REPORT Motion by Loeffelholz to approve Treasurer’s report. Seconded by Gluege. All in favor. Motion carried.

No bills to approve.

Motion by Gluege to transfer monies from Livingston State Bank to LGIP. Seconded by Haas. All in Favor. Motion passed.

POLICE REPORT Ben Keller, Grant Co. Officer, working for the Village, gave a brief history of calls from our village. Recently he has had a few curfew issues and some ATV instances were brought to his attention. Officer Keller is also obtaining contact information for all businesses, in the event when he does his security checks and finds an issue, he knows who to contact.

LIBRARY Betty Schambow reported the library has been busy this summer. The summer programs have concluded as of August 14th. Toddler time will start in September. Library will be purchasing new furnishings. Some ideas are newspaper stands, DVD player and possibly a projector.

PRESIDENTS REPORT Tom Thompson would like to rent out the former “Jake Daddy’s.” The front part of the store would be an antique store; the back would be a residence for the renter. The board will give the request to the assessor, Ric Rinicker.

Helen Kenny requested the Village reimburse her for $151.18 for a thermostat on her water heater that went out at approximately the same time Joann Marshall’s tree fell. Mrs. Kenny feels a power surge caused her need for repairs on her water heater. Surrounding neighbors to Mrs. Kenny did not have any sort of power outage or other electrical issues. The only block that was affected by the power outage was the block where the tree fell. The board feels there is not enough evidence to prove the tree that fell on County E, was the cause of her power surge. Mrs. Kenny will need to submit to the board valid proof that the tree fall did cause her electrical problem.

Health insurance will increase for village employees. Board will ask Clerk to check with other agencies and compare policies and prices. Board will table until next meeting.

MAINTENANCE REPORT

Tom Esser Electric replaced the electrical line at Memorial Park on July 23rd. Also installed a new fire hydrant on S. Clifton st. near Ken Ley’s home on August 9th. Clem and Gary have been exercising water valves and curb stops. They have been putting locations and how they operate in a notebook. There are numerous valves that do not operate. This may be a budget item for 2014 to repair or replace.

Jim Bier from Crane Engineering was notified about some sewer screens that need to be replaced at the sewer plant. This needs to be done by fall. Estimated cost is $2567.00. Three tanks at the sewer plant have chains and paddles that move the sludge around. The chain and paddles all need to be replaced. They are obsolete and will have to be specially made. Total cost of chain, paddles and wear shoes will be $9075.00. Motion by Brown to accept Crane Engineering’s two proposals for repairs. Seconded by Haas. All in Favor. Motion passed.

Motion by Loeffelholz to adjourn at 8:50 pm. Seconded by Brown. All in favor. Motion passed.

Draft copy until next board meeting

Christina Christianson

Village of Livingston-- Clerk/Treasurer