Livingston 

VILLAGE OF LIVINGSTON

REGULAR BOARD MEETING MINUTES

TUESDAY –FBRUARY 11, 2014

HELD AT VILLAGEHALL-220 W. BARBER AVE, LIVINGSTON, WI 53554

Meeting called to order at 7:00pm by Tom Brown. 

Clerk Christianson verified the agenda was posted at theVillage Post Office, Village Message Board and Village Office on 2/6/2014.Board member packets were delivered to all members on 2/6/2014.

Those in attendance: Loeffelholz-Yes, France-Yes andHaas-Yes, Brown-Yes, Richards-Yes, Walter-Yes & Gluege-Yes. Also presentGreg Marsh, Bart Nies, Jeremy Iverson, Duane Jacobson, Ben Keller, Gary Stuckeyand Clerk Christianson.

Motion made by Loeffelholz to approve January Minutes.  France seconded.  All in favor. Motion passed.

ASSESSOR/ZONINGREPORT

Ric was not at meeting but Christina let the board know thata letter had been sent to Audrey Fecht regarding the extended date in which sheneeds to take down her building, which is April 1, 2014.  Christina did let the board know thatAudrey’s boyfriend, Corey Rundell was in the office asking questions andgetting copies of ordinances regarding building a home or shed.

DELTA 3ENGINEERING REPORT-BART NEIS

Bart discussed the sealed bid process for County Highway Eroad construction that had taken place on February 6, 2014 and had a handoutfor all members regarding the bids. Bids came in lower than estimated.  There was a letter from Rule Constructionthat was read regarding the accepting of both bids from them to do all thework.  Discussion was had regarding thepiping that would be used. It was decided that they Village would go withplastic pipe instead of concrete pipe.

Haas made a motion to award M.Z. Construction contract #1for “County Highway Road E” roadwork. France seconded.  All infavor.  Motion passed.

Loeffelholz made a motion to award Rule Constructioncontract #2 for “County Highway Road E” roadwork.  France seconded.  All in favor. Motion passed.  Bart did statethat Delta Engineering will have someone on construction site approximately20-25 hours a week and if more was needed they would make sure it was done,however those engineering costs were not budgeted for more than 25 hours and ifit was needed it would be an extra cost to the village. Jeremy Iverson wasasked how many people would be on his crew and working.  He stated 8 people with 2 extra doing thelateral work.  He hoped to start on theeast end first and finish on the west end (by the old school).  Jeremy Iverson asked the board how it was tobe expected for project if an extension needed to be done for the work due toweather.  He is hoping to start April 1,2014 but will have to wait and see as it all depends on the weather.

Bart also discussed the TID 1 possible project and wanted toknow if the village wanted to go ahead with the process to fix County HighwayRoad E-East of Highway 80 in Iowa County. He went over the survey results and discussed where the money comes fromwithin the TID district.  Board discussedthe options and expenses.  Bart didindicate he would talk to Iowa County to see if they would be willing to putmoney towards the project. Loeffelholz made a motion to approve the biddingprocess for TID #1 Improvement (County Highway Road E-East of Highway 80-inIowa County).  France seconded.  Roll call vote taken: Gluege-No, Richards-Yes,Haas-Yes, Walter-Yes, France-Yes, Loeffelholz-Yes, Brown-Abstain.  Motion passed.

LIBRARY BOARD

None

NEW BUSINESS

Gluege made a motion to approve a gift certificate fromRebels and a $200.00 gift of money to be given to Mike Mueller-Double M CattleCompany for the use of their gravel pit for village burning for the year.  Haas seconded.  All in favor. Motion passed.

Loeffelholz asked about the lease with Gordon-Flesch Companyfor our copy machine.  Christina willcheck around for competitive prices and get back to the board.

POLICE REPORT

Ben was present and introduced to the board Duane Jacobson,who will be our new officer.  Discussed afew items regarding times Duane will work. Hours will be on the average of 15hours per week and times will be varied. Duane discussed some ordinance violations and fees associated with them.The Village may want to adopt state statue ordinances or we can make a bondschedule for every violation here. Duane would also like to work on getting aneighborhood watch group going this summer and will look into fundingavailable.

TREE REPORT

None

OLD BUSINESS

None

TREASURER REPORT

Motion made by Loeffelholz to approve January Treasurer’sreport. Richards seconded. All in favor. Motion passed.

Motion was made by Loeffelholz to approve clerk to transfermoney between bank accounts.  Franceseconded.  All in favor.  Motion passed.

Bills presented are: Baer Insurance for $6257.00 and Delta 3 Engineering in the total amountof  $21,553.68 ($790.00 out of generalfor TIF-1 related projects and $10631.84 out of general account for County Rd Eproject work, $5065.92 out of Water and $5065.92 out of sewer for County Rd Eproject work).  Gluege made a motion toaccept the bills.  Haas seconded.  All in favor. Motion passed. 

CLERKS REPORT

Loeffelholz made a motion to approve resolution #2014-1A,addendum C to Mutual aid box alarm system agreement with Livingston CliftonFire Dept.  France seconded.  All in favor. Motion passed.

Brown made a motion to have Clerk Christianson attend theMunicipal Treasurers conference in Elkhart Lake from April 30 to May 2,2014.  Loeffelholz seconded.  All in favor. Motion passed.

Haas made a motion to accept and approve the Grant CountySheriff’s Department agreement for officer at Village of Livingston.  Loeffelholz seconded.  All in favor. Motion passed.

PRESIDENT REPORT

None

MAINTENANCE

Gary will be at the Wisconsin Rural Water Associationconference from March 26-28 in Green Bay. Gary discussed and reviewedinformation on the Bobcat the Village is looking into purchasing.

Gluege made a motion to adjourn at 8:50pm.  Walter seconded.  All in favor. Motion passed.

Next Village Board meeting will be on Tuesday, March 11,2014 at 7pm.

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Christina L. Christianson--Village of Livingston,Clerk/Treasurer