Fort Atkinson City Council - Minutes - 2000

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MINUTES OF THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING

FORT ATKINSON, WISCONSIN

AUGUST 15, 2000

 

 

  1. Call meeting to order.

    A regular meeting of the City Council was called to order by President Day at 7:30 p.m. in the Council Chambers of the Municipal Building.
  2. Roll call.

    On call of the roll members present were:

    Bill Flood
    Loren Gray
    Bruce Johnston
    Mark Zastrow
    Gordon Day Jr.
  3. Also present were the City Manager, City Attorney, City Clerk/Treasurer, City Engineer, Asst. City Engineer, and the Fire Chief.

  4. Approval of minutes of August 1, 2000 regular Council meeting.

    Cm. Gray moved to approve the minutes of the August 1, 2000 regular Council meeting. Motion seconded by Cm. Zastrow. The motion carried on a voice vote.
  5. Public Hearings
  6. None.

     

  7. Petitions, Requests and Communications
  8. a. Request by Chamber of Commerce to use City parking lot at the corner of North Main Street and East Sherman Avenue for Fall Festival activities on September 23, 2000.

    Ms. Carrie Chisholm, Tourism Manager of the Chamber of Commerce, explained that the Chamber would like to use the city parking lot from 7:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. on September 23, 2000, for their downtown Fall Festival. Most of the businesses on Sherman Ave. East have been notified and do not object to the use of the parking lot.

    Cm. Gray, seconded by Cm. Johnston moved to approve the request by the Chamber of Commerce to use the city parking lot at the corner of North Main Street and East Sherman Avenue for Fall Festival activities on September 23, 2000. The motion carried on a voice vote.

  9. Resolutions and Ordinances
  10. None.

  11. Reports of Officers, Boards and Committees

  12. Cm. Johnston, seconded by Cm. Gray moved to accept the minutes from the Board of Zoning Appeals meeting held July 20, 2000; minutes of Historic Preservation Commission meeting held August 2, 2000; minutes of Sign Review Committee meeting held July 31, 2000; Electrical, Building and Plumbing Permit Reports for August, 2000; minutes of Dwight Foster Public Library Board meeting held June 5, 2000; and the minutes of the Special Projects Committee meeting held August 4, 2000. The motion carried on a voice vote.

     

  13. Unfinished Business

a. Review and approve Final Plat for Robert L. Klement Business Park.

City Manager Wilmet and City Engineer Woods reviewed the Robert L. Klement Business Park final plat with the Council.

Cm. Gray, seconded by Cm. Zastrow moved to approve the final plat for Robert L. Klement Business Park. The motion carried on a voice vote.

b. Update on Fire Department project and authorization to let bids.

Fire Chief Emrick and Mr. Peter Weston of The Design Alliance addressed the City Council and reviewed the design for the addition and remodel of the Fire Station.

The plans call for an addition of 24-25 ft. to the apparatus bays to the north with four tall doors. On the east side of the building two-foot jut outs will be done to be able to recess the firemen's lockers into the wall and, therefore, give more room between the lockers and the first row of trucks. A small room is also planned in the northwest corner for clothes, showers for contaminated firemen to clean up, and hose storage. The remodel will also make the bathrooms ADA compliant. The plans are also to have the new addition finished on the outside to blend with the front.
A second, alternate bid is also going to be asked for to get proposals for refinishing and updating the entire outside of the fire station to fit with the look of the new police station. The alternate bid will also include relighting of the entire bay and resurfacing of the floor. Due to the fact that there is only $400,000 in the budget for the remodeling of the Fire Station, it may not be possible to do these projects at this time.

After discussion, Cm. Flood, seconded by Cm. Johnston moved to let bids for an addition and remodeling of the Fire Station to include an addition to the apparatus bay, an equipment room and locker space with an alternate bid for relighting the entire bay, resurfacing the floor, and refinishing the entire outside of the building. On call of the roll, the motion carried unanimously.

    1. AUTHORIZATION TO LET BIDS FOR DEVELOPMENT OF ROBERT L. KLEMENT BUSINESS PARK.

City Manager Wilmet reviewed a copy of the official notice for bid for the Robert L. Klement Business Park development from Earth Tech with the Council. The notice calls for a pre-bid meeting on August 28, 2000 at 1:00 p.m., with bids due August 31, 2000 at 2:00 p.m.

Cm. Flood, seconded by Cm. Gray moved to authorize to let bids for the development of the Robert L. Klement Business Park. On call of the roll, the motion carried unanimously.

  1. New Business

None.

 

10. Miscellaneous

a. Granting operator licenses.


Following a report that the applications had been reviewed and approved for accuracy by the Police Dept., and upon the motion of Cm. Flood, seconded by Cm. Zastrow, the following operator licenses were granted:

PROVISIONAL: Samuel L. Tyler
REGULAR: Duane E. Skibbe
Janet C. Hyde
James W. Rader
Jennifer L. Haupt

The motion carried on a voice vote.

b. Set dates for Capital Improvement Program and Budget meetings and hearings.


Cm. Flood, seconded by Cm. Zastrow moved to set the date for the Capital Improvement Program Workshop for September 25 from 6:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m. and the 2001 Budget Workshop for October 31 and November 1 from 7:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m. and a public hearing on November 21.

The motion carried on a voice vote.

11. Claims, Appropriations and Contract Payments

    1. Verified claims.


Cm. Gray, seconded by Cm. Zastrow moved that the bills in the amounts of $282,128.72 for the City, $114,554.66 for Payroll, $13,468.91 for the Sewer Utility, and $10,059.48 for the Water Utility and $706,871.31 in various Debt Payments as per Schedule L-82 on file in the office of the City Clerk/Treasurer and as audited and approved by the Finance Committee be allowed and orders be authorized drawn on the proper funds for their payment.

On call of the roll, the motion carried unanimously.

 

12. Adjournment


Cm. Flood, seconded by Cm. Johnston moved to adjourn the August 15, 2000 regular City of Fort Atkinson Council meeting at 8:25 p.m. The motion carried unanimously.