The Town Board meeting was called to order by Chairperson Burlingame at 7:00 pm The clerk verified that the proper postings had been made.

Members of the Town Board present: Chairperson Bill Burlingame, Supervisors Jim Brandenburg, Walt Christensen, Stacy Kutz, George Jaeckel, Deputy Clerk Robin Untz and Kim Cheney, Clerk

PUBLIC COMMENTS: Town resident Jae Ames commented on the discussion of the proposed wheel tax. He is opposed to the wheel tax because it doesn’t take in account who actual uses roads to tax them, in particular agricultural vehicles, out of the area drivers, pipeline activity etc. and reminded that when electors were previously polled in the matter, they indicated they were not in support of a wheel tax.

Town resident Greg Wellach voiced his support for a wheel tax due to the levy limits the Town has to work within doesn’t allow for funds needed to repair road adequately. He also felt that borrowing money for fixing roads is not what the town should consider, stating that in his opinion, borrowing money should be for capital expenditures and large projects not to sustain budgets.

TREASURER’S REPORT: Kutz/Christensen motion to evaluate the November 2018 Treasurer’s Report at the January meeting. Motion Carried. Clerk Cheney indicated that the Town has worked with Johnson Block to properly reflect refunds within the accounting and the report needs to be updated to reflect these changes.

APPROVAL OF MINUTES: Christensen/Brandenburg motion to approve the November 14, 15 and 29, 2018 minutes with the correct of the start time of the Nov 14th meeting, and added text clarification requested by Sup. Kutz in the discussion, November 14, of the Koshkonong Lake Estates to list the reasons why the Plan Commission denied the approval of the final plat at their November meeting, and to correct the length for the Fire Contract with the City of Fort Atkinson to one year in the November 15, 2018 minutes. Motion carried.

Discuss/Action of request for a preliminary survey review made by Marvin Graaf Jr. to create a 2 acre (net), A-3 nonprime residential building site in an existing A-1 zone. Property address N1023 County Road K, parcel #016-0514-2231-000. Jaeckel/Brandenburg motion to approve the request for preliminary survey for Marvin Graaf Jr to create a 2 acre, A-3 building site at N1023 County Road K. Motion carried.

Discuss/Action of request for a preliminary survey review made by Dean & Sandra Yandry to create a 2- acre A-3 building in an existing A-1 Zone, located off County Road N. Property address is N1876 Yandry Road, parcel # 016-0514-1241-000 and 016-0514-1214-003. Kutz/Jaeckel motion to approve the request for preliminary survey made by Dean and Sandra Yandry to create a 2 acre, A-3 building site at N1876 Yandry Road. Motion carried.

Discuss/Action of Park Fee for Developer’s Agreement Christensen motion to use the actual sales of lots for calculating the Park fee. Christensen rescind the motion.

Christensen/Brandenburg motion to follow the first method of calculation in the Town ordinance to calculate the park fee for Koshkonong Lake Estates Park Fee which uses the sales of 10% but not more than 15% of the lots sold in the development. Motion carried. During the discussion it was noted that after the Town’s conversation and verbal agreement with Tom Patterson the developer in regards to the park fee the Town received the recommendation from the Town Attorney to follow the Town Ordinance when calculating the park fee. It was also discussed what the park fees could be used for which was clarified as new development, equipment, projects etc. not necessarily to be used for maintenance of current parks.

Discuss/Action of acceptance of Developer’s Agreement for Koshkonong Lake Estates Sub. Kutz/Jaeckel motion to approve and accept the Developer’s Agreement for Koshkonong Lake Estates Subdivision noting that all requirements have been met and or received including the letter of credit, certificates of insurance, covenants, site grading plan, pavement design, park fee calculation determined, ground water/drainage plan and with the agreement that prior to any disturbance of the site the town will receive a commencement plan (4.2) from the developer. Motion carried. It was also noted during the discussion that the developer had provided a list of contractors to the Town.

Discuss/Action of Final Plat for Koshkonong Lake Estates Subdivision Jaeckel/Brandenburg motion to approve the final plat for Koshkonong Lake Estates Subdivision. Motion carried. Town Engineer Tim Hayes submitted for the record the grading and drainage plan as Exhibit B of the Final Plat.

Discuss/Action of Town Wheel Tax Kutz/Jaeckel motion to deny the assessment of a wheel tax. Motion carried. Discussion of the wheel tax took in consideration the comments made by the electors during public comment, the Board weighed the pro’s and con’s of the wheel tax as well as possible alternatives of the wheel tax such as borrowing money or spending CD’s the Town holds, the current political transition at the state level and how it may affect the revenue received by the Town in the future and what past polls/surveys of Town electors resulted in.

Discuss/Action of Dog Service Provider Contract Brandenburg/Christensen motion to approve the 2019 Dog Service Provider contract for $2,000. Motion carried.

Discuss/Action of adoption of 2019 Town Budget Jaeckel/Brandenburg motion to adopt the 2019 Budget. Motion carried.

Discuss/Action of contribution to Jefferson County Clean Sweep Brandenburg/Kutz motion to approve the contribution of $250 to the Jefferson County Clean Sweep Program. Carried.

Discuss/Action of Haight Road snowplowing Brandenburg/Jaeckel motion to approve the request for snowplowing on Haight Road. Motion carried.

Discuss/Action of Town Financial Review from Johnson Block Jaeckel/Christensen motion to accept the Financial Review provided by Johnson Block. Motion carried.

Clerk’s Report: The Town received notice from Jefferson County Sheriff’s Department that two registered sex offenders will be placed at a property on Poeppel Road.

Approve bills: Kutz/Jaeckel motion approve the monthly bills. Motion carried.
Public Comment: Jae Ames thanked the Board for not considering a wheel tax at this time. Sup. Kutz noted that Chair

Don Reese of the Town of Farmington has passed away and condolences should be sent.

FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS: Fee Schedule, Speed Limits on Hackbarth Road and on Town Roads in general, Contribution to Rock River Coalition, Ordinance Book, Public Works employee review, further discussion on borrowing money as a funding alternative or use of CD’s for town road maintenance and repairs

ADJOURNMENT: Jaeckel/Christensen motion to adjourn. Motion carried.
These minutes are unapproved. Any corrections made thereto will be noted in the proceedings of the next meeting in which they are approved.

Robin Untz, Deputy Clerk

Approved: January 9, 2019