The Town Board of the Town of Sun Prairie met on Monday, September 10,
2007, at 7:30 p.m. at the Town Hall, 5556 Twin Lane Road, Marshall,
WI.
Call to Order The meeting
was called to order at 7:30 p.m. by chairperson Lyle Updike.
Supervisors Vernon Pogue and Doug Yelk and clerk Claudia Quick were
present. Dennis Farrell and Alden Bosben were present for part of the
meeting.
Statement of Public Notice
The chair directed that the minutes show notice of the meeting was
published in the September 6, 2007 issue of The Star; notice
was also faxed to the Capital Times. Copies were also posted
on the three town bulletin boards on September 8, 2007.
Pledge of Allegiance Doug
Yelk led the pledge.
Approve Minutes of Prior Meetings
Moved by Vernon Pogue, second by Doug Yelk to approve
the minutes of the August 27, 2007 Town Board Meeting with the
following correction which relates to Petition # 9607 filed by Jack
Erb. Following to be added to the minutes “additional permitted uses:
limit plant and associated buildings not to exceed 20,000 square feet,
including not more than 3,000 square feet of office space.”
Voting AYE: Updike, Pogue, and Yelk
Voting Nay: none
Absent: none
Motion carried
Presentation from the Public
None.
Consider and Take Action re: Request to Lower Speed
Limit on Bird Street The Clerk received a
complaint, via email, concerning the 55 mph speed limit on Bird
Street. The Board received copies of the correspondence. Following
review and discussion, Vernon Pogue made a motion to let the speed
limit remain at 55 mph. Dennis Farrell the road patrolman noted that
there are close to 7,000 vehicles on that road per day, this is the
only complaint we have received. People tend drive at the speed they
are comfortable, if the limit were lowered, many people would be
driving over the speed limit.
Voting AYE: Updike, Pogue, and Yelk
Voting Nay: none
Absent: none
Motion carried
Consider and Take Action re: County Ordinance Amendment #16, enacting
the Dane County Comprehensive Plan At the
urging of Dane County Towns Association the Town Board reviewed a
resolution urging the County to Respect Town Comprehensive Plans.
Moved Doug Yelk, second by Vernon Pogue to adopt resolution
#9-10-2007.
Voting AYE: Updike, Pogue, and Yelk
Voting Nay: none
Absent: none
Motion carried
Consider and Take Action re: County Ordinance
Amendment #17 Increasing Definition of Land Division and Lot from 35
acres to 160 acres At the urging of DCTA,
motion was made by Doug Yelk, second by Vernon Pogue to adopt
resolution opposing the increase in the number of acres defining a lot
or land division.
Voting AYE: Updike, Pogue, and Yelk
Voting Nay: none
Absent: none
Motion carried
Report on Town Roads
Status Report on LaRue Fields Road
- Dennis Farrell reported that John Belken of Belken
Engineering is overseeing the completion of LaRue Fields Road, and has
reported also that everything is finished, and meets town specs.
Consensus was that the Board would then let the Letter of Credit
expire. No formal action was taken.
Road reconstruction – Mr.
Farrell also reported that the reconstruction project on portions of
Twin Lane and Town Hall and all of Stark and Betlach is finally
finished. The weather made the project a big challenge for everyone
involved. The Twin Lane Road area adjacent to the RR tracks is not
finished, the RR track will be reset and new asphalt added by the Town
when the RR people are finished with their work. That may be in
November.
Consider and Take Action re: Application for Operator Moved by
Doug Yelk, second by Vernon Pogue to grant licenses to Ranjit Singh
and Igbal Singh.
Voting AYE: Updike, Pogue, Yelk
Voting Nay: none
Absent: none
Motion carried
Consider Amendment to Fee for Services, Licenses and
Equipment Hire Ordinance. Moved by Doug
Yelk, second by Vernon Pogue to amend the existing resolution
11-27-2006 to include a line: Reserve “Class B” Liquor License
$10,000.00
Voting AYE: Updike, Pogue, and Yelk
Voting Nay: none
Absent: none
Motion carried
Discuss Budget Timetable
The Board set three dates for budget meetings: October 10, 17 and 29th.
Audit and Pay Bills The
Board reviewed the list of invoices for September. Moved by Vernon
Pogue, second by Doug Yelk to pay the bills with the addition of the
handwritten items.
Voting AYE: Updike, Pogue, and Yelk
Voting Nay: none
Absent: none
Motion carried
Set Next Meeting Date/Adjournment.
The next meeting date was set for September 24, 2007, at 7:30 p.m.
Moved by Vernon Pogue, second by Doug Yelk to adjourn the meeting at
10:30 p.m.
Voting AYE: Updike, Pogue, Yelk
Voting Nay: none
Absent: none
Motion carried
Correct Attest,
Claudia J. Quick, Municipal Clerk
Town of Sun Prairie
