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March 10, 2010 Monthly Town Board Meeting 03/2010
TOWN BOARD MEETING TOWN OF CASEY Casey Town Hall Wednesday, March 10, 2010 7:00 p.m. Minutes 1. Call the town board meeting to order. At 7:02 p.m., the town board meeting was called to order by Chairperson Gene Bethel, at the Casey Town Hall. 2. Confirmation of proper meeting notice. Chairperson Bethel posted the meeting notice and agenda on March 7, 2010, in the posting cabinets located at the town hall, at the junction of Dunn Lake and Island Lake Roads, at the junction of Pair O Lakes Road and County Trunk E, and at the junction of Blackburn Road and County Trunk E between the hours of 7:00 a.m. and 8:00 a.m. 3. Roll call. Roll call taken. Present: Gene Bethel, Chairperson; Danny Swearingen, Supervisor; Michael Wallace, Supervisor; Corinne Slabaugh, Clerk; Cherie Luell, Treasurer arrived at 7:40 p.m. Also in attendance: Mary Emerson and Betty Seckora. 4. Approval of the agenda. Discussion and action. Discussion followed, move item #6 and #11 between #16 and #17. On motion by Wallace / Swearingen to approve agenda as modified. Motion carried. 5. Minutes of February 10, 2010 town board meeting. Discussion and action. Clerk Slabaugh read the minutes of February 10, 2010 town board meeting. Chairperson Bethel asked for additions or corrections to the minutes. None given. On motion by Wallace / Swearingen to accept minutes as read. Motion carried. 7. Zoning permits. Discussion and action. None given. 8. Public comments. None given. 9. Road maintenance. Discussion and action. a. Approve bulletin advertising for bids to blacktop, re-engineering, and crack sealing projects. Discussion followed. On motion by Wallace / Swearingen to put advertisement for road projects in the Spooner Advocate for two weeks – March 18, 2010 and March 25, 2010. Motion carried. b. Update winter road projects. Supervisor Swearingen and Chairperson Bethel gave an update on winter road projects. c. Complaints and compliments. None given. 10. Bonding for Town Treasurer and Clerk. Discussion and action. Discussion followed. 12. Set dates and times for open book (Saturday May 8th proposed) and board of review (Wednesday May 19th proposed). Discussion and action. Discussion followed. On motion by Bethel / Wallace to set Saturday, May 8, 2010 from 10:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. for open book and Wednesday, May 19, 2010 from 6:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m. for board of review. Motion carried. 13. Consideration allowing town hall to be used for garage sales. Discussion and action. Discussion followed. On motion by Bethel / Wallace to table until a response is received from Wisconsin Towns Association. Motion carried. 14. Update on spring election. Discussion and action. Public test of voting equipment will be March 30, 2010 at 8:00 a.m. and spring election will be April 6, 2010. 15. Proposed spring newsletter components. Discussion and action. Discussion followed. On motion by Wallace / Swearingen to make modifications to the proposed spring newsletter. Motion carried. 16. Report on workshops attended and those who will be attending upcoming workshops. Discussion and action. There will be a Road Maintenance workshop on March 17, 2010 at Hayward. On Wednesday, March 17, 2010 – WisLine – Conducting Local Elections that Clerk Slabaugh and the chief elections inspectors will attend. 6. Treasurer’s report, tax collection report, and report on account receivable. Discussion and action. Treasurer Luell gave the following report: In Johnson Bank – as of 01/31/10 in the checking account was $1,069,997.03. General Deposits $21,963.28. Tax Deposits $209,124.86. Interest $627.78. Total Credits $1,301,712.95. Checks Returned $1,040,285.49. Bank Statement Balance on 02/28/10 $261,427.46. Outstanding Checks $19.66. Reconciled Balance on 02/28/10 $261,407.80. Discussion followed. On motion by Wallace / Swearingen to accept treasurer’s report as read. Motion carried. 11. Audit of Town Clerk’s and Town Treasurer’s books. Discussion and action. Books of Town Clerk and Town Treasurer audited. The books of the Clerk and Treasurer balanced and were signed by the Town Board. 17. Correspondence. Action and filing. Correspondence read by the board. On motion by Wallace / Swearingen to file correspondence. Motion carried. 18. Paying of bills. Discussion and action. Bill numbers 5219 – 5231 submitted to the board for approval. The board discussed and initialed each bill approved. On motion by Bethel / Wallace to pay bill numbers 5219 – 5231. Motion carried. 19. Set date for next monthly town board meeting. Next Town Board meeting will be, Wednesday, April 14, 2010, following the Annual Town meeting, which will start at 7:00 p.m., at the Casey Town Hall. 20. Adjournment. At 8:27 p.m., on motion by Bethel / Swearingen to adjourn. Motion carried. Submitted by Corinne Slabaugh, Clerk