The Meeting of the Common Council was called to order at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday, May 9, 2006. It was noted that the meeting had been announced and a notice posted at City Hall. Roll call was taken, with the following members present: Mayor Jim Bialecki, Ald. Mike Giese, Ald. Diane Oldani Wulf, Ald. Gary Gonczy, Ald. Jim Olson, Ald. Kim Smith, Ald. Clarence Stellner, City Clerk Cari Burmaster, Financial Services Director Fred Buehler, and City Engineer Jarrod Holter. Land Use Development Director Jason Gilman was absent and excused. Item 2 - Pledge of Allegiance The Pledge of Allegiance was declared. Motion by Ald. Olson, second by Ald. Gonczy, to approve the minutes from the previous meeting as printed and on file in the City Clerk’s Office. On voice vote, motion carried. Motion by Ald. Smith, second by Ald. Olson, to approve Vouchers No. 873 through No. 1101, expended since the last Common Council meeting of April 11, 2006, in the amount of $1,623,139.10. On voice vote, motion carried. Motion by Ald. Smith, second by Ald. Stellner, upon recommendation from Fred Buehler and Cari Burmaster, to approve the hiring of Theresa Nau for transcription services for 2006-2007. On voice vote, motion carried. Motion by Ald. Smith, second by Ald. Olson, to deny the request for a contribution. On voice vote, motion carried. Motion by Ald. Smith, second by Ald. Gonczy, upon recommendation of the Finance Committee, to dispose of the pick up truck. On voice vote, motion carried. Motion by Ald. Smith, second by Ald. Wulf, upon recommendation of the Finance Committee, to approve the contract for 2006 through 2007. On voice vote, motion carried. Motion by Ald. Smith, second by Ald. Olson, upon recommendation of the Finance Committee, to accept the memorandum of understanding with La Crosse County and the City of Onalaska for the Bear Cat vehicle. On voice vote, motion carried. Motion by Ald. Smith, second by Ald. Gonczy, to take the Emergency Operations Plan Draft under review for 30 days at the request of the Fire Chief. The Fire Chief requested that everyone verify that they have received this document and will take it up for further discussion. On voice vote, motion carried. Motion by Ald. Smith, second by Ald. Stellner, upon recommendation of the Finance Committee, to continue with the current system for mail sorting. On voice vote, motion carried. Motion by Ald. Smith, second by Ald. Stellner, upon recommendation of the Personnel Committee, to approve the out-of-state travel requests for Officer Troy Miller and Terry Lund to attend the GREAT Regional Conference in LaQuinta, California, from July 25 to July 28, 2006. This travel would occur at no net cost to the City. On voice vote, motion carried. Motion by Ald. Smith, second by Ald. Olson, upon recommendation of the Personnel Committee, to accept the performance based pay evaluation form. On voice vote, motion carried. Motion by Ald. Smith, second by Ald. Stellner, upon recommendation of the Personnel Committee, to approve the sabbatical leave for the Recreation Supervisor. On voice vote, motion carried. Motion by Ald. Smith, second by Ald. Olson, to proceed with hiring a limited, full time employee for 42 weeks at a salary range of $19,100, and to proceed with posting and advertising the position. On voice vote, motion carried. Motion by Ald. Gonczy, second by Ald. Giese to deny the sabbatical compensation payments for the person that is on sabbatical leave. Motion passes: Four yes, one abstention – Ald. Wulf; one no – Ald. Smith. Motion by Ald. Smith, second by Ald. Stellner, upon recommendation of the Personnel Committee, to accept the resignation of the Fire Chief. On voice vote, motion carried. Motion by Ald. Smith, second by Ald. Olson, upon recommendation of the Personnel Committee, to set the salary range for the new Fire Chief to be $65,000 to $69,000, annually. On voice vote, motion carried. Motion by Ald. Smith, second by Ald. Wulf, to adopt the proposed time line for replacement of the Chief that is included in the packet. On voice vote, motion carried. Motion by Ald. Smith, second by Ald. Stellner, upon recommendation of the Personnel Committee, to proceed with the posting and advertising of the Fire Chief position. On voice vote, motion carried. Motion by Ald. Smith, second by Ald. Olson, to accept the job description as stated in our packet. On voice vote, motion carried. Motion by Ald. Gonczy, second by Ald. Smith, with the recommendation to establish a hiring rate of between $10.00 and $12.00, based on experience, and then to refer future compensation and guidelines for other part time employees that we hire back to F & P Committee to determine that. On voice vote, motion carried. Motion by Ald. Smith, second by Ald. Stellner, to proceed with the posting and advertising of the Administrative Secretary position at a salary range of $10 to $12 per hour. On voice vote, motion carried. Motion by Ald. Gonczy, second by Ald. Wulf, to approve operator’s licenses listed on the memorandum dated April 27, 2006, of which there are seven names included in the packets. On voice vote, motion carried. Motion by Ald. Gonczy, second by Ald. Stellner, to approve the Carnival permit for A & P Enterprise Shows for Sunfish Days on May 25 to May 28, 2006. On voice vote, motion carried. Motion by Ald. Gonczy, second by Ald. Wulf, to approve run permit for back road events for Relay Event from La Crosse to St. Paul, MN, on August 25-26, 2006. On voice vote, motion carried. Motion by Ald. Giese, second by Ald. Wulf, to approve 2-hour parking on the west side of 16th Avenue South from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. On voice vote, motion carried. Motion by Ald. Giese, second by Ald. Gonczy, to approve cost share proposal for County Highway S with La Crosse County, limited to the section of road from SN to Riders Club Road. The fiscal note is that the cost is at $150,000. On voice vote, motion carried. Motion by Ald. Giese, second by Ald. Olson , to accept Jarrod’s recommendation to move ahead with consideration for a report back at next month’s meeting. On voice vote, motion carried. Motion by Ald. Giese, second by Ald. Gonczy, to approve Savannah Oaks utility plan. On voice vote, motion carried. Motion by Ald. Giese, second by Ald. Gonczy to approve 2nd Avenue North/State Trunk Highway 35 - Wisconsin Department of Transportation project agreement which has a fiscal note to the City of $86,641. On voice vote, motion carried. Motion by Ald. Giese, second by Ald. Gonczy, upon recommendation to approve Shelly Addition 1 - storm sewer reimbursement consistent with city policy. This comes with a fiscal note of $3,298.40. On voice vote, motion carried. Motion by Ald. Giese, second by Ald. Stellner, upon recommendation to approve standard operational procedure for tree pruning. On voice vote, motion carried. Motion by Ald. Giese, second by Ald. Gonczy, upon recommendation to approve request from CenturyTel to install underground cable at various locations. On voice vote, motion carried. Motion by Ald. Giese, second by Ald. Gonczy, upon recommendation to approve the 2006 Chip Seal Program. Past amounts suggest that it will come in under the budgeted amount of the fiscal estimate of $107,406.00. On voice vote, motion carried. Motion by Ald. Giese, second by Ald. Gonczy, to approve the 2006 Crack Filling in an amount of $40,000.00 for various spots throughout the city. On voice vote, motion carried. Motion by Ald. Giese, second by Ald. Gonczy, to approve the request for qualifications for the consultants as it relates to SCADA which would be utilized within the water utility system. On voice vote, motion carried. Motion by Ald. Giese, second by Ald. Gonczy, upon recommendation of the committee, the approval to retain Mead & Hunt at a cost of $118,950.00 for Well #10 - facility equipment replacement consultant selection. Motion by Ald. Giese, second by Ald. Gonczy, to advance Mead & Hunt is withdrawn. Motion by Ald. Gonczy, second by Ald. Olson, to retain S E H at a maximum of $128,690. On voice vote, motion carried. Motion by Ald. Smith, second by Ald. Wulf, to refer a conditional use permit application filed by Cingular Wireless, Dick Rogers, for a stealth tower located at 1380 Sand Lake Road, Onalaska (City reservoir site) (Parcel #18-4529-0) back to the Planning Commission. On voice vote, motion carried. Motion by Ald. Giese, second by Ald. Olson, to approve a PUD amendment requested by Onalaska T-1, LLC (Teddy Thompson), 533 Losey Boulevard North, La Crosse, WI 54601, for the purpose of amending the Final Implementation Plan for Barson Square between the 1300 block of Wilson Street and the 1300 block of Pinecrest Lane, (Parcel #18-1002-11 & 18-1002-10) upon recommendation with eleven conditions. On voice vote, motion carried 5 to 1. Five yes and one no. Motion by Ald. Giese, second by Ald. Smith, approve a PUD request filed by Savannah Development LLC and Intrust Development LLC, 1860 Wood Run Place, Onalaska, for a mixed use neighborhood development at the former Charles Pierce Farm, Green Coulee Road, Onalaska (Parcel #10-1-0, 10-5-1, 10-1314-0, 10-5-0, 10-2-0, 10-1317-0, 10-1324-4 & 10-1326-0 upon recommendation with thirteen conditions. On voice vote, motion passes 5 to 1. Motion by Ald. Giese, second by Ald. Olson, upon recommendation for approval of a Conditional Use Permit application filed by Elmwood Partners, 2700 National Drive, Suite 103, Onalaska, for the purpose of using a garage for storage on the lot located at 205 Marcou Road with no present principal structure (Parcel #18-3626-0) with nine conditions. On voice vote, motion carried. Motion by Ald. Giese, second by Ald. Wulf, upon recommendation for approval of a Conditional Use Permit application filed by Elmwood Partners, 2700 National Drive, Suite 103, Onalaska, for the purpose of using a pole building for storage at N4628 Marcou Road with no present principal structure (Parcel #18-4479-0) with nine conditions. This is further down into the Elmwood Valley than the previous item we looked at. During the public hearing, there was some opposition from citizens to this. The initial recommendation for approval was amended to limit the conditional use through the end of the year 2007. On voice vote, motion carried. Motion by Ald. Giese, second by Ald. Olson, to approve Annexation Petition filed by Savannah Development LLC and Intrust Development LLC, 1860 Wood Run Place, Onalaska, for 153.866 acres located at the former Charles Pierce Farm. (Parcel #’s 10-1314-0, 10-5-0, 10-1317-0, 10-1324-4, 10-1326-0, 10-1-0, 10-2-0, 10-2-3 &10-1333-0) with twelve conditions. On voice vote, motion carried. Motion by Ald. Giese, second by Ald. Gonczy, to approve Annexation Petition filed by Savannah Development LLC and Intrust Development LLC, 1860 Wood Run Place, Onalaska, for 153.866 acres located at the former Charles Pierce Farm. (Parcel #’s 10-1314-0, 10-5-0, 10-1317-0, 10-1324-4, 10-1326-0, 10-1-0, 10-2-0, 10-2-3 &10-1333-0) with the forty three conditions. Mayor Bialecki suggested, “If you want to make an amendment to that condition and then add it to that proposed motion, that is appropriate”. Motion by Ald. Gonczy to amend Condition 31 to read “due to signal lights not being installed in 2006 at Green Coulee Road and these Main Street ownership cost share for a designated right turn lane and signalization at Green Coulee Road to Highway 53 Northbound on the ramp”. On voice vote, amendment to the motion carried. Motion by Ald. Giese, second by Ald. Gonczy, to approve Certified Survey Map (CSM) request and Planned Unit Development (PUD) amendment filed by Mike Hoppens, Hoppens Realty, 1802 East Main Street and Terry Herbst for Lot 18 of Nathan Hills Estates for construction of a twin home (Parcel #18-5958-0) with eight conditions. On voice vote, motion carried. Motion by Ald. Wulf, second by Ald. Gonczy, to give Ordinance No. 1259-2006 to annex lands located in the Southwest ¼ of the Northwest ¼, the Southwest ¼ of the Northeast ¼ and the Northwest ¼ of the Southeast ¼ all in Section 3, Township 16 North of Range 7 West from the Town of Onalaska to the City of Onalaska a(Elmwood Annexation its third and final reading. On voice note, motion carried. Motion by Ald. Wulf, second by Ald. Stellner, upon recommendation to give Ordinance No. 1260-2006 to annex lands located in the Northwest ¼ of the Northeast ¼ of Section 32, Township 17 North of Range 7 West from the Town of Onalaska to the City of Onalaska (LB White/Dairyland Annexation), its third and final reading. On voice vote, motion carried. Motion by Ald. Wulf, second by Ald. Stellner, upon recommendation to give Ordinance No. 1261-2006 to rezone property located in Section 11 Township 16, Range 7 in the City of Onalaska, La Crosse County Wisconsin from M-1 Industrial District to R-4 Multi-Family Residential District (Sopher Rezoning), its third and final reading. On voice vote, motion carried. Motion by Ald. Wulf, second by Ald. Stellner, upon recommendation to give Ordinance No. 1262-2006 to rezone property located in Section 33 Range 7 in the city of Onalaska, La Crosse County, Wisconsin from R-1 Single Family Residential District to R-2-3 Single Family and Duplex Residential District (Elmwood Rezoning), its third and final reading. On voice vote, motion carried. Motion by Ald. Wulf, second by Ald. Olson, upon recommendation to give Ordinance 1263-2006 to amend Section of Title 5 of the Code of Ordinances of the City of Onalaska relating to Public Safety (Fire Code), its third and final reading. On voice vote, motion carried. Motion by Ald. Wulf, second by Ald. Gonczy, upon recommendation to give Ordinance No. 1265-2006 to amend Section 2-2-11 of the Code of Ordinance of the City of Onalaska relating to special City Council Meetings its third and final reading. On voice vote, motion carried. Motion by Ald. Stellner, second by Ald. Olson to continue the name as Onalaska/Holmen/West Salem Transit. On voice vote, motion carried. Motion by Ald. Stellner, second by Ald. Olson, to accept the financials. On voice vote, motion carried. Motion by Ald. Smith, second by Ald. Stellner, to authorize the exceptions to the above ordinances for the festival. On voice vote, motion carried. Motion by Ald. Smith, second by Ald. Stellner, upon recommendation by the Park and Recreation Committee, to award the contract to Design Photography. This occurs at no cost to the city. The city elects a photographer and there is no cost to the city. On voice vote, motion carried. Motion by Ald. Smith, second by Ald. Wulf, upon recommendation by the Park and Recreation Committee, to approve. On voice vote, motion carried. Motion by Ald. Smith, second by Ald. Gonczy, upon recommendation by the Sub-Committee and the Library Commission to recommend Engberg Anderson for the architect to assist with the designing construction of the library expansion. On roll call vote: Ald. Smith-aye; Ald. Gonczy-aye; Ald. Wulf-aye; Ald. Olson-aye; Ald. Giese-aye; Ald. Stellner-aye. Motion carried. Motion by Ald. Stellner, second by Ald. Gonczy, to convene in Closed Session as is stated in the agenda. On roll call vote: Ald. Smith, Ald. Gonczy, Ald. Stellner, Ald. Olson, Ald. Giese, Ald. Wulf, motion carried to convene in Closed Session. Motion by Ald. Clarence Stellner, second by Ald. Kim Smith to create the Citizen Complaint and Internal Investigations Policy as approved by Common Council for the Police Department at the Common Council meeting of May 9, 2006 with the initial date of issuance, date drafted and date presented being noted as May 9, 2006 on policy. On voice vote, motion carried. Motion by Ald. Jim Olson, second by Ald. Clarence Stellner to deny Claim #CC-84-12192005 for damaged sprinkler at 17th Avenue South and Jennifer Court. On voice vote, motion carried. Motion by Ald. Gary Gonczy, second by Ald. Diane Wulf to adjourn at 10:10 pm. On voice vote, motion carried. Common Council of the City of Onalaska Tuesday, May 9, 2006 7 Reviewed 5-15-06