August 18, 2005
Legals / For the Record
Prescott Police Report
August 9
11:11 p.m. Joshua J. Pender, 30, Prescott, was cited for failure to stop at a stop sign.
August 11
6:44 a.m. Kyle D. Taysom, 20, River Falls, was cited for a speeding violation.
7:06 a.m. Chad J. Peterson, 29, Beldenville, was cited for a speeding violation.
7:21 a.m. Joseph J. Leblanc, 26, Hudson, was cited for a speeding violation.
7:39 a.m. Michael T. Berg, 26, Ellsworth, was cited for a speeding violation.
8:18 a.m. Robert W. Newton, 29, Prescott, was arrested on an outstanding warrant.
7:25 p.m. Nicholas L. Linquist, 19, Hager City, was cited for driving with an expired license.
August 12
7:30 a.m. Michael R. Krause, 21, River Falls, was cited for a speeding violation.
August 14
10:10 p.m. Matthew D. Wolfe, 26, River Falls, was arrested on an outstanding warrant out of St. Croix County and was cited for operating a vehicle after revocation.
August 15
8:52 p.m. Benjamin J. Plunkett, 32, River Falls, was cited for a speeding violation.
Pierce County Court Report
August 5
Michael A. Powell, 27, River Falls, was sentenced to 90 days in jail for disorderly conduct, which Powell pled guilty to on May 17, 2004.
August 8
Joseph D. Coburn Jr., 25, Prescott, had a pretrial set for Sept. 2 on charges of possession of tetrahydrocannabinols and possession of drug paraphernalia in an incident that occurred on July 2 in Elmwood.
Sean M. Wolf, 19, Jordan, Minn., had a plea hearing set for Sept. 19 on a charge of criminal damage to property in an incident that occurred on March 5 in River Falls.
Nathan D. Melstrom, 20, Hager City, had a plea hearing set for Sept. 20 on a charge of criminal damage to property in an incident that occurred on Sept. 11, 2004, in Trimbelle.
Zane E. Ringhand, 19, Madison, had a plea hearing set for Sept. 19 on charges of two counts of criminal damage to property in incidents that occurred on March 5 in River Falls.
Brian J. Edgington, 31, Welch, Minn., pled guilty to criminal damage to property; sentenced to one year probation, sentence withheld.
Troy A. Stumpf, 29, Red Wing, Minn., pled guilty to criminal damage to property; sentenced to one year probation, sentence withheld.
Christopher M. Kirchner, 24, Ellsworth, had a pretrial set for Aug. 22 on a charge of misdemeanor battery in an incident that occurred on June 14 in Ellsworth.
Robert D. Heesch, 23, Ellsworth, had a pretrial set for Aug. 29 on a charge of misdemeanor theft in an incident that occurred on June 2 in Ellsworth.
Henry L. Lazarz, 50, Ellsworth, had a pretrial set for Aug. 26 on charges of negligent handling of a weapon and possession of a firearm while intoxicated in an incident that occurred on May 28 in Trimbelle.
Kevin J. Wirth, 47, Plum City, had a pretrial set for Sept. 2 on a charge of disorderly conduct in an incident that occurred on May 30 in Salem.
Dale J. Hanson, 40, Ellsworth, had a pretrial set for Aug. 26 on a charge of disorderly conduct in an incident that occurred on June 5 in Ellsworth.
Jerome S. Kern, 19, Plum City, had a pretrial set for Aug. 29 on a charge of possession of drug paraphernalia in an incident that occurred on May 23 in Union.
Melvin B. Woods, 22, River Falls, had a pretrial set for Aug. 29 on charges of fourth-degree sexual assault and disorderly conduct in an incident that occurred on June 6 in River Falls.
Donald Anderson, 18, Arkansaw, had a pretrial set for Aug. 29 on a charge of misdemeanor theft in an incident that occurred on June 16 in Union.
August 11
Jon J. Dahl, 25, Bay City, pled guilty to disorderly conduct; sentenced to one year probation, sentence withheld.
Reggie D. Gilbertson, 30, Hudson, had a preliminary hearing set for Aug. 22 on charges of possession of narcotic drugs, possession of drug paraphernalia and two counts of resisting an officer in an incident that occurred on Aug. 10 in Trimbelle.
Michael R. Foster, 21, Prescott, had a pretrial set for Aug. 29 on a charge of disorderly conduct in an incident that occurred on Aug. 6 in Prescott.
Robert W. Newton, 29, Prescott, had a pretrial set for Sept. 2 on a charge of issuing a worthless check in an incident that occurred on Dec. 27, 1999, in Ellsworth.
CITY OF PRESCOTT, WISCONSIN
Unabridged August 8, 2005
Regular City Council
Meeting Minutes
Pursuant to due call and notice thereof, a regular meeting of the Prescott City Council was held Monday, August 8, 2005 in the Prescott Municipal Building, 800 Borner Street North, Prescott, WI 54021.
Call to Order/Roll Call: Mayor Mike Hunter called the meeting to order at 7:00 p.m. Councilpersons present John MacLennan, Stan Johnson, Joan Hendrickson, Tom Geistfeld, Randy Hendrickson and John Oney. Also present Public Works Director Jerry Killian, City Administrator Jack Davis, Consultant David Watling, City Attorney Greg Amann and Zoning Administrator Jayne Brand.
Johnson/MacLennan motion to approve the consent agenda and the recommendation of the committees contained in the minutes in the consent agenda which included the approval of the July 25, 2005 regular city council meeting minutes, acceptance of the August 1, 2005 plan commission meeting minutes, acceptance of the August 2, 2005 finance committee meeting minutes, approval of payable and a review of the receivables passed without a negative voice vote.
David Watling presented the cash balance to the council for the month of July.
Watling presented to the council a response to the 2004 audit management letter. He addressed items regarding internal controls and fraud prevention.
August 18, 2005 at 7:00 p.m. has been set for the date to begin the budget planning process for 2006.
Roger Hulne, Superintendent of the Prescott School District presented information on the school aid in regards to the Prescott School District. The school district has a revenue cap of $10,000,000. A portion of this revenue comes from state aid and the balance for local property taxes to make up the cap. Property rich districts have more wealth to levy against property taxes therefore the city receives less state aid. The state considers Prescott to be property-rich. TIF districts were discussed. TIF do not impact the school districts to a large degree. They can actually help as the property value of the TIF remains the same but the school district may have increased enrollments.
Discussion was held on the concept plan for building located in the E 1/2 of Lot 5 in the industrial park belonging to Bill Early. The building will be used as a storage building for his business. The building as proposed meets all of the setbacks. Geistfeld/Johnson motion to approve the concept plan for the building located in the E 1/2 of Lot 5 in the industrial park passed without a negative voice vote.
R. Hendrickson/J. Hendrickson motion to table item 2 through 9 under planning commission passed without a negative voice vote.
Jim Anderson of Jordon Architects presented information on concept plan for building located at 1020 Highway 10. The building proposed to be a six story condominium with 55 to 60 units. The building height is proposed to be 65 feet. The construction of the building will be concrete and steal. The building will be stand piped and sprinkled for fire protection. The market for these condos would be empty nesters, snowbirds and your professionals. The developer is not as for any TIF money or tax breaks in regards to the project. The building construction would not start until 50% of the units are presold. All of the units would face to the west. There is proposed to have two floors that will face to the east which will be used as community space for residents. There is also the proposal to have some retail businesses for the residents. The second floor facing to the east will be used as office condominiums. There will be underground parking also as part of the project. The plan commission felt that a market study was not needed since 50% of the units will be presold before construction is started. Wisconsin Department of Transportation is suggesting that the city have a traffic impact analysis done as part of this project. There would need to be water main work done for large lines and a looped system.
Jim Shiely a Lake Street resident stated that they would be able to see this building from Lake Street. He questioned what the view would be from the river. He felt that the building would not be friendly to the neighborhood. Who would monitor the presales and what does a presale consist of? The city would need to purchase a ladder truck and then also need to construct an area to put the ladder truck. Franz Altpeter stated that the building should not be approved just because it is bringing more taxes to the community. He questioned shadows and more traffic. He doesn't feel that a six story condominium fits the City of Prescott image. Roger Santelman stated that he agreed that this property could use some updating but questioned the scale of the building in regards to its surrounding properties. Michael Schifsky stated that this type of building doesn't fit within this community. He see Prescott as a river valley community. Ed Wuoremna also agreed with this building not fitting into the community. He questioned if it makes sense to add another building when we already have two buildings that we can't defend for a fire. Gene Ruhr questioned the amount of traffic that would be generated by the new development. Todd Langenfeld questioned the taxes. Would the amount of taxes receive cover cost such as fire equipment and sewer infrastructure. Alderperson Geistfeld stated that he received 11 calls on this project of which 7 were against the project all together, 3 would look at 4 stories, 1 would be okay with 5 stories provided that there was a large green space. Jim Anderson reiterated that it would not be economical feasible for a building that would be less than six stories.
Joan Hendrickson will be abstaining from the vote due to the fact that her husband may be working on the project. Geistfeld/Johnson motion to table the proposed 6 story building but to have the developer work on a building that would work in the neighborhood for four stories or less passed unanimously via roll call vote with J. Hendrickson abstaining. Alderperson Oney stated that he would like to see some rendering drawings of the building including something that would show the scale of the building in connection with the existing neighborhood.
Johnson/R. Hendrickson motion to approve pay request number 2 for the Great River Learning Center in the amount of $81,741.80 passed unanimously via roll call vote.
R. Hendrickson/J. Hendrickson motion to approve bid for the purchase of doors for the municipal building in the amount of $3,829.85 passed without a negative voice vote.
Discussion was held on amenities for Freedom Park. The proposal is to have the group viewing area completed along with limestone over slab and limestone piers. The Friends of Freedom Park would like to see these done right along with the rest of the park. The total costs of these additions would be approximately $109,502. There still needs to be discussion with the railroad in regards to the fence. Geistfeld/J. Hendrickson motion to approve the extra amenities for Freedom Park to include the group viewing area, limestone over slab and limestone piers for the approximate cost of $109,502 passed by a majority roll call vote with Johnson voting nay.
The council reviewed the bid for wireless equipment for the council chambers. The approximate cost will be $455. J. Hendrickson/Geistfeld motion to approve the bid for wireless equipment for the council chambers in the approximate cost of $455 passed without a negative voice vote.
Geistfeld/R. Hendrickson motion to accept the 1st reading and waive the 2nd and 3rd reading and approve ordinance 16-05 "Camping" passed by a majority vote with Oney and MacLennan voting nay.
Johnson/J. Hendrickson motion to approve Temporary Class "B" beer licenses for Prescott Daze Committee, Prescott Daze Fishing Contest and the Prescott Fire Department for September 9, 2005 through September 11, 2005 passed without a negative voice vote.
Alderperson Johnson explained to the council that the license committee meet with Thomas Petroske in regards to his operator's license application. He has several violations on his application. Petroske told the license committee that these violations were when he was 17 & 18 years old. He is currently 32 years old and has a wife and two children and has been living in Prescott for the past 3 years. Alderperson Geistfeld stated that he would like more information on the felony firearm. Johnson/J. Hendrickson motion to approve operator license for Thomas Petroske passed by a majority vote with Geistfeld voting nay.
Johnson/J. Hendrickson motion to approve operator licenses for Tana Hayden and Tammy Johnson passed without a negative voice vote.
Geistfeld/MacLennan motion to approve the use of public property as requested by the Prescott Daze Committee passed without a negative voice vote.
Geistfeld/R. Hendrickson motion to go into closed session per Wisconsin Stats. 19.85 (1)(e) deliberating or negotiating the purchasing of public property, the investing of public funds or conducting other specified public business, whenever competitive or bargaining reasons require a close session passed unanimously via roll call vote.
Geistfeld/R. Hendrickson motion to come out of closed session passed unanimously via roll call vote.
R. Hendrickson/Oney motion to adjourn passed without a negative voice vote.
Respectfully Submitted,
Jayne M. Brand
Notice of the Board of Review
For the Town of Oak Grove
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Board of Review for the Town of Oak Grove, of Pierce County, shall hold its first meeting on Wednesday, August 24, 2005, from 5:00-7:00 p.m. at the town hall, N5495 Co. Rd. QQ, Prescott, WI. Open book dates will be on Wednesday, August 24 from 1:30 to 4:30 p.m. also at the town hall.
Please be advised of the following requirements to appear before the Board of Review and procedural requirements if appearing before the Board:
No person shall be allowed to appear before the Board of Review, to testify to the Board by telephone, to contest the amount of any assessment of real or personal property if the person has refused a reasonable written request by certified mail of the Assessor to view such property.
After the first meeting of the Board of Review and before the Board's final adjournment, no person who scheduled to appear before the Board of Review may contact, or provide information to, a member of the Board about the person's objection except at a session of the Board.
No person may appear before the Board of Review, testify to the Board by telephone or contest the amount of assessment unless, at least 48 hours before the first meeting of the Board or at least 48 hours before the objection is heard if the objection is allowed because the person has been granted a waiver of the 48 hours notice of an intent to file a written objection by appearing before the Board during the first two hours of the meeting and showing good cause for failure to meet the 48 hours notice requirement and files a written objection, that the person provides to the clerk of the Board of Review notice as to whether the person will ask for removal of any Board members and, if so, which member will be removed and the person's reasonable estimate of the length of time that the hearing will take.
When appearing before the Board, the person shall specify, in writing, the person's estimate of the value of the land and of the improvements that are the subject of the person's objection and specify the information that the person used to arrive at the estimate.
No person may appear before the Board of Review, testify to the Board by telephone or subject or object to a valuation; if that valuation was made by the Assessor or the Objector using the income method; unless the person supplies the Assessor all of the information about income and expenses, as specified in the manual under Sec. 73.03 (2a), that the Assessor requests. The Town of Oak Grove has an ordinance for the confidentiality of information about income and expenses that is provided to the Assessor under this paragraph and shall provide exemptions for persons using information in the discharge of duties imposed by law or of the duties of their office or by order of a court. The information that is provided under this paragraph, unless a court determined that it is inaccurate, is not subject to the right of inspection and copying under Wisconsin State Statutes 19.35(1).
The Board shall hear upon oath, by telephone, all ill or disabled persons who present to the Board a letter from a physician, surgeon or osteopath that confirms their illness or disability. No other persons may testify by telephone.
Respectfully Submitted,
Town of Oak Grove
Laurie Unseth
Town Clerk
PUBLISHED: August 18, 2005.
TOWN OF CLIFTON
Board of Appeals
The Clifton Board of Appeals will meet on August 23, 2005 at 7:30 P.M. at the Clifton Town Hall, corner of FF and QQ for discussion and action on a variance from the setback from the town road for the addition of a deck on the home of Matt Forsythe.
Judy Clement-Lee
Clerk/Treasurer
PUBLISHED: August 18, 2005.
Notice for
Annual District Meeting
(Section 120.08(1))
Notice is hereby given to the qualified electors of the School District of Prescott that the annual meeting of said district for the transaction of business, will be held at the Prescott High School library, on the 24th day of August, 2005 at 7:30 p.m.
Nancy Paulson
School Board Clerk
Prescott School District
PUBLISHED: August 11 and 18, 2005.
School District of Prescott
ANNUAL MEETING
High School Library
Wednesday, August 24, 2005
7:30 P.M.
AGENDA
A. Call to Order - Mark Helmer, Board Chairman
B. Pledge of Allegiance
C. Elect Chairperson
D. Adopt Agenda
E. Minutes - Nancy Paulson, Board Clerk
F. Good News - Roger Hulne, Superintendent
G. Presentation of Budget - Roger Hulne, Superintendent
H. Budget Hearing (the School Board has the authority to adjust the levy by November 1, 2005 in necessary)
I. Regular Business
1. Resolution A - Adoption of Tax Levy - $6,043,894
a. Operation - $4,962,507
b. Non-Referendum Debt Service - $51,000
c. Referendum Debt Service - $970,387
d. Community Service - $60,000
2. Resolution B - Salaries of Board Members
3. Resolution C - Reimbursement of Board Members' Expenses
4. Resolution D - Disposal of Surplus Property
5. Set Annual Meeting Date, 2006
J. Information and Discussion
1. Discuss the Progress on Renovation of and Addition to the Middle School and the Maintenance Project at the High School
K. Other Business
L. Adjournment
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