Town of Blooming Grove Board Meeting Minutes – February 9, 2010

Chair Johnson called the meeting to order at 6:30pm. Board members in attendance were Chair Johnson, Supervisor Linzmeier and Supervisor McLaughlin. Supervisor Berg and Supervisor Young were absent. Also in attendance were Clerk/Treasurer/Administrator Mike Wolf, Dane County Board Supervisor John Hendrick, Dean Larson and Deborah Sellers.

The pledge of allegiance was recited. Chair Johnson asked if the meeting notice had been properly posted, and Mike Wolf stated it had been. The agenda was changed as follows:

2a. Class B Beer and Class C Wine Licenses: Chair Johnson made a motion to defer this to a future Board meeting (as the license applications have not yet been submitted). Supervisor Linzmeier seconded the motion and it passed 3-0.

2d. Dane County Ordinance Amendment #21, 2009-2010: Supervisor McLaughlin stated that the Plan Commission unanimously recommended approval of this amendment. Supervisor McLaughlin made a motion to approve Dane County Ordinance Amendment #21, 2009-2010, regarding residential uses in the A-1Ex Exclusive Agriculture Zoning District. Chair Johnson seconded the motion and it passed 3-0.

2b. Town Snow Emergency: Chair Johnson made a motion to set up a Public Hearing for a proposed ordinance to allow for a snow emergency. Supervisor McLaughlin seconded the motion and it passed 3-0.

2c. Location and Date of Annual Clean Sweep: Supervisor McLaughlin made a motion to have the Town's annual Clean Sweep be in Thurber Park on Saturday, May 15, 2010. Chair Johnson seconded the motion and it passed 3-0. The office staff will notify residents of both Gallagher Plat and Gallagher Garden of this event.

2e. N. Fair Oaks Avenue Road Project: Chair Johnson made a motion to approve cost-sharing this project with the City of Madison as presented (thus having the Town pay for 17.1642% of the actual cost, currently estimated to be $115,000), and to have the Town's share paid in installments: 2/3 in 2011 and 1/3 in 2012. Supervisor Linzmeier seconded the motion and it passed 3-0.

2f. Reappointment of Carol Loomis: Supervisor McLaughlin reported that the Plan Commission unanimously recommended that Carol be appointed to another 3-year term on the Plan Commission. Chair Johnson made a motion to appoint Carol Loomis to another 3-year term on the Plan Commission beginning May 1, 2010 and ending April 30, 2013. Supervisor Linzmeier seconded the motion and it passed 3-0.

2g. Cigarette License Fee: Supervisor McLaughlin made a motion to increase the cigarette license fee to $50.00 effective July 1, 2010. Chair Johnson seconded the motion, and it passed 3-0.

2h. Letter of Support for Town's Stormwater Management Grant: Supervisor McLaughlin made a motion to approve the letter of support for the Town's Stormwater Management Grant as presented. Supervisor Linzmeier seconded the motion and it passed 3-0.

3a. Minutes of January 26, 2010 Town Board Meeting: Supervisor Linzmeier made a motion to approve the minutes of the January 26, 2010 Town Board Meeting as presented. Supervisor McLaughlin seconded the motion and it passed 3-0.

3b. Minutes of February 3, 2010 Town Board Meeting: Supervisor McLaughlin made a motion to approve the minutes of the February 3, 2010 Town Board Meeting as presented. Chair Johnson seconded the motion and it passed 3-0.

3c. Vouchers: Supervisor McLaughlin made a motion to approve the vouchers as presented. Chair Johnson seconded the motion and it passed 3-0.

3d. Property Tax Refunds: Supervisor Linzmeier made a motion to approve the property tax refunds as presented. Supervisor McLaughlin seconded the motion and it passed 3-0.

4. Public Comment: Deborah Sellers would like the “Welcome to Blooming Grove” sign just south of the railroad tracks on N. Fair Oaks Avenue cleaned up. Deborah also mentioned that the fire hydrants at the corners of Thurber and N. Fair Oaks , and Powers and Furey, are buried under snow.

Dean Larson said that he would be in favor of a No Parking ordinance that doesn't allow parking on streets at all, year ‘round, without a permit. He said Green Bay does this, and there's no reason we couldn't.

Supervisor McLaughlin thanked Chief Linzmeier and Chris Astrella for their efforts in 2009 to save the town money (by garnering radio grants), and for raising additional revenue (by working for other towns), respectively.

5. Adjournment: Supervisor McLaughlin made a motion to adjourn the meeting. It was seconded by Chair Johnson and passed 3-0 at 6:51pm.

Minutes written by Michael J. Wolf, Clerk/Treasurer/Administrator