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Fort Atkinson City Council - Minutes - 2001

CITY COUNCIL MINUTES

FORT ATKINSON, WISCONSIN

JANUARY 16, 2001

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.

ROLL CALL

On call of the roll members present were:

Bill Flood

Loren Gray

Bruce Johnston

Mark Zastrow

Gordon Day Jr.

Also present were the City Manager, City Attorney, City Clerk/Treasurer, and the Building Inspector.

3. APPROVAL OF MINUTES OF JANUARY 4, 2001 REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING

Cm. Johnston moved to approve the minutes of the January 4, 2001 regular Council meeting. Motion seconded by Cm. Gray. The motion carried on a voice vote.

PUBLIC HEARINGS

None.

5. PETITIONS, REQUESTS AND COMMUNICATIONS

(a) COMMUNICATION FROM WISCONSIN ELECTRIC ON SOIL REMEDIATION PROJECT AT 206 WEST MILWAUKEE AVENUE.

Mr. David E. Barkei, Manager of Regulatory Compliance for the Wisconsin Gas Company addressed the Council. Mr. Barkei introduced Chemist Jim Lingle. Mr. Lingle explained the history of the property at 206 West Milwaukee Avenue. He reported that from 1910 to 1929, gas was manufactured at a plant at this site. The gas was produced using a process in which coal or coke was heated in a generator. A by-product of this process was coal-tar. Wisconsin Electric has conducted extensive investigations of its sites and soil samples of the Fort Atkinson site revealed coal-tar is present in the subsurface area of the former gas plant. Groundwater contamination has been detected but monitoring shows that the concentrations already are below Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources standards at the property boundary and continue to decrease. These contaminants do not pose an immediate threat to human health or the environment. However, Wisconsin Electric is going to do remediation of this site to help support the city's redevelopment efforts in the area.

Mr. Lingle stated that Wisconsin Electric is going to excavate the soil from 4 to 14 feet deep on the site. The soil will be put through a process called thermal desorption, a technology that uses heat to destroy contaminants. Beginning around mid-January 2001, Wisconsin Electric will remove a portion of a vacant building that is on the site and begin excavating 18,000 tons of soil from the site. The soil will be taken by truck on Hwy. 26 to Wisconsin Electric's Fort Atkinson Service Center, located at 1300 Janesville Avenue. The trucks will haul soil from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m., six days a week. A maximum of 45 truckloads will be hauled each day. The excavation process is expected to last about two months. Once the soil is at WE's Service Center, it will be loaded into a thermal desorption unit. This treatment system will clean about 20 tons of soil per hour and operate 24 hours a day, seven days a week.

When asked if the use of the additional gas needed to run the thermal desorption unit would impact on the already rising cost of natural gas in the area, Mr. Barkei stated that the gas used to power the treatment unit will not detrimentally impact gas supply in the area, and Wisconsin Electric will have to pay for the gas they use. It is an expense that has been figured into their remediation costs.

Discussion was also held regarding the fact that Wisconsin Electric is also going to bring in some soil loads from Kenosha and Waukesha from two smaller sites that they are remediating. Mr. Barkei assured the Council that they would determine the best truck routes to the thermal desorption site to stay away from the downtown when possible.

Cm. Flood, seconded by Cm. Zastrow moved to accept and file the communication from Wisconsin Electric on the soil remediation project at 206 West Milwaukee Avenue and moved to authorize staff to work with potential developers on an exchange of property with Bicentennial Park.

Cm. Flood stated that he is glad Wisconsin Electric is doing this remediation. He believes this site as a park will have better access, however, Cm. Flood does have some concerns that this site will become hidden behind commercial buildings.

Pres. Day called for a voice vote on the motion to accept and file the communication from Wisconsin Electric and authorizing staff to work with potential developers on an exchange of property with Bicentennial Park. The motion carried on a voice vote.

(b) REQUEST BY CITY CLERK TO CHANGE REGULAR COUNCIL MEETING OF FEBRUARY 20, 2001 TO FEBRUARY 22, 2001 DUE TO PRIMARY ELECTION.

City Clerk Elford explained that the Spring Primary Election is set for the third Tuesday of February, which would be a regular Council meeting night.

Cm. Zastrow, seconded by Cm. Johnston moved to change the February 20, 2001 Council meeting date to Thursday, February 22, 2001. The motion carried on a voice vote.

RESOLUTIONS AND ORDINANCES

(a) PRELIMINARY RESOLUTION FOR 2001 STREET AND SIDEWALK PROGRAMS.

The following resolution was displayed on the overhead projector at this time.

CITY OF FORT ATKINSON

RESOLUTION NO. 1001

PRELIMINARY RESOLUTION DECLARING INTENT TO EXERCISE

SPECIAL ASSESSMENT POWERS UNDER SECTION 66.60, WIS.

STATUTES OF 1997-98

RESOLVED, by the City Council of the City of Fort Atkinson, Wisconsin:

1. The City Council hereby declares its intention to exercise its police power pursuant to Sec. 66.60, Wisconsin Statutes to levy special assessments upon property fronting upon the following streets and alleys as stated, namely:

A. Level 1 Street Maintenance for the following named streets:

Banker Road Madison Avenue to W. Cramer St.

West Cramer St. Banker Road to McCoy Park Rd.

Lexington Blvd. Madison Avenue to Commonwealth Dr.

Coventry Circle Lexington Blvd. south to end

Commonwealth Dr. Lexington Blvd. to Elsie St.

The assessment for said Level 1 Street Maintenance shall be $1.50 per front foot.

B. Level 3 Street Maintenance for the following named streets:

Robert St. Madison Avenue to W. Cramer St.

Garfield St. Monroe St. to Robert St.

Taft St. Monroe St. to Short St.

The assessment for said Level 3 Street Maintenance shall be $4.00 per front foot.

C. Alley Reconstruction for the following named alley sections:

The alley between Adams St. and Washington St. from Madison Avenue to Linden St.

The assessment for said Alley Reconstruction shall be $4.10 per alley foot.

2. The City Engineer is directed to prepare a report consisting of the following:

A. Plans and specifications;

B. Cost of the entire project;

C. For each parcel of property:

1. Assessment of benefits;

A copy of said report is to be filed with the City Clerk for public inspection.

3. Upon receiving the report, the Clerk is directed to have notice of a public hearing on such report as specified in Sec. 66.60 (7), Wisconsin Statutes.

Said hearing is to be held in the Council Chambers at a time set by the Clerk in accordance with Sec. 66.60 (7), Wisconsin Statutes.

Cm. Johnston, seconded by Cm. Flood moved to accept and adopt Resolution No. 1001 the Preliminary Resolution for 2001 street and sidewalk programs and to set the public hearing on this resolution for February 22, 2001.

Cm. Flood stated that he would like to see Wilson Avenue upgraded and properly widened. With the high school on the west side of town, there is more car and foot traffic along Wilson than ever before and pedestrians have nowhere to walk but in the roadway.

City Manager Wilmet stated that portions of Wilson Avenue are in the township and it would require a combined effort with Koshkonong Township to upgrade Wilson Avenue.

Roll was called on the motion to accept and adopt Resolution No. 1001, the Preliminary Resolution for 2001 Street and Sidewalk Program. On call of the roll, the motion carried unanimously.

(b) RESOLUTION PETITIONING STATE ELECTIONS BOARD TO ALLOW CITY TO USE PAPER BALLOTS FOR FEBRUARY 20, 2001 PRIMARY ELECTION.

The following Resolution was displayed on the overhead projector at this time.

CITY OF FORT ATKINSON

RESOLUTION NO. 1002

WHEREAS, there will be a statewide Primary Election held Tuesday, February 20, 2001; and

WHEREAS, the only State office to appear on this ballot will be the State Superintendent of Public Instruction; and

WHEREAS, the only local office to appear on this ballot will be one seat for the Fort Atkinson School Board; and

WHEREAS, these are important State and Local offices, however, history has shown that a single State and Local office on the ballot causes low voter turn out; and

WHEREAS, the cost of the Mark Sense Ballots exceed that of paper ballots by a substantial amount; and

WHEREAS, the estimated low voter turn out will not cause a problem for election inspectors to tabulate the results; and

WHEREAS, the efficiency of the election from the voters view point will not be compromised; and

WHEREAS, this petition is allowed under Wisconsin State Statute 5.40(5M);

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the City Council of the City of Fort Atkinson hereby petitions the State Elections Board to allow the City of Fort Atkinson to use paper ballots for the February 20, 2001, Primary Election.

City Clerk Elford explained that the Spring Primary Election ballot would consist of only two races - the State Superintendent of Public Instruction and one seat on the Fort Atkinson School Board. Therefore, historically voter turn out will be down and it will be more economical to use paper ballots rather than having the electronic voting machines programmed and their special ballots printed. This resolution is required by state law to request the use of paper ballots with the State.

Cm. Flood, seconded by Cm. Johnston moved to accept and adopt Resolution No. 1002 petitioning the State Elections Board to allow the City to use paper ballots for the February 20, 2001 Primary Election. On call of the roll, the motion carried unanimously.

The following Resolution was displayed on the overhead projector at this time.

CITY OF FORT ATKINSON

RESOLUTION NO. 1003

BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Fort Atkinson pursuant to Section 5.15(6)(b), Wisconsin Statutes, that the wards in the City of Fort Atkinson shall be combined as follows for the February 20, 2001 Spring Primary Election.

WARDS 1, 2, 3

WARDS 4, 5, 8

WARDS 6, 7, 9

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the combined wards shall use common ballot boxes and voting machines and that separate returns shall not be maintained for the combined wards at said election, but separate ballots shall be maintained for each separate ballot required under Section 5.58 and 5.64.

City Clerk Elford explained to the Council that with the lighter turn out expected for the Spring Primary, she is requesting that the Wards be combined and, therefore, fewer voting stations need to be set up and fewer election workers will be needed for the election.

Cm. Johnston, seconded by Cm. Zastrow moved to combine wards for the February 20, 2001, Spring Primary Election. On call of the roll, the motion carried unanimously.

7. REPORTS OF OFFICERS, BOARDS AND COMMITTEES

Cm. Gray, seconded by Cm. Flood moved to accept the minutes of the Planning Commission meeting held January 9, 2001 and the minutes of the Dwight Foster Public Library Board meeting held December 4, 2000. The motion carried on a voice vote.

8. UNFINISHED BUSINESS

(a) REQUEST TO SOLICIT BIDS FOR ROBERT STREET PROJECT (2001 STREET AND SIDEWALK PROGRAM).

City Manager Wilmet stated that the consultant is completing the plans for the street, storm and water work that will need to be done on Robert Street. This street and storm work is in the 2001 Street and Sidewalk Program, and therefore, staff is requesting authorization to solicit bids for the work on Robert Street.

Cm. Zastrow, seconded by Cm. Gray moved to approve the request to solicit bids for the Robert Street Project. The motion carried on a voice vote.

(b) RECOMMENDATION FROM PLANNING COMMISSION TO APPROVE PRELIMINARY CERTIFIED SURVEY MAP CREATING ONE LOT AT NORTHWEST CORNER OF ENDL BOULEVARD AND HACKBARTH ROAD.

City Manager Wilmet reported that the Plan Commission did review and is recommending the Certified Survey Map creating one lot at the northwest corner of Endl Boulevard and Hackbarth Road, however, there was one addition after Plan Commission. For street maintenance reasons a hammerhead turnaround was added at the end of Dommo Dr. This adjustment is acceptable to the owners of the property.

Cm. Gray, seconded by Cm. Zastrow moved to accept and approve the certified survey map creating one lot at northwest corner of Endl Boulevard and Hackbarth Road with the addition of the hammerhead turnaround. The motion carried on a voice vote.

(c) RECOMMENDATION FROM PLANNING COMMISSION TO APPROVE PRELIMINARY CERTIFIED SURVEY MAP CREATING TWO LOTS ON HEDRICK DRIVE (EXTRA-TERRITORIAL).

City Manager Wilmet stated that the Plan Commission has reviewed and is recommending approval of the certified survey map.

Cm. Zastrow, seconded by Cm. Gray moved to accept the recommendation from the Planning Commission to approve the preliminary certified survey map creating two lots on Hedrick Drive (extra-territorial). The motion carried on a voice vote.

(d) RECOMMENDATION ON APPOINTMENT OF MEMBERS OF AD HOC COMMITTEE TO DISCUSS WEST SIDE DEVELOPMENT, AND NEED FOR MASTER PLAN UPDATE.

City Manager Wilmet stated that at the December 1, 2000, regular Council meeting, a motion was made to create an Ad Hoc Committee to review the City's west side Master Plan and to discuss the future plans for water and sanitary sewer extensions in that area. Staff is recommending the following committee members:

City Council Member Mark Zastrow

Plan Commission Member Loren Gray

Citizen Representative LaVerne Behrens

City Representative City Manager Wilmet

City Representative City Engineer Woods

Cm. Flood, seconded by Cm. Gray moved to approve the appointment of the members of the Ad Hoc Committee to discuss west side development, and the need for a master plan update.

Cm. Flood stated that he would like to see the committee tackle the questions of 1) the cost of utility infrastructure on the west side of the city; 2) development of a frontage road on the south side of Madison Avenue; 3) find out from the DOT their plans for the traffic at the intersection of bypass Hwy. 26 and Hwy. 12 when the bypass of Highway 12 is done; and 4) the current Master Plan has the area of bypass Hwy. 26 and Hwy. 12 designated as an industrial park and recommendations should be made for changing that designation if another industrial park area is not needed.

Cm. Gray and Cm. Zastrow also stated that this is not a Walmart Committee. This committee will be looking at updating the Master Plan for whoever may want to develop the area.

The motion to appoint the Ad Hoc Committee carried on a voice vote.

(e) REVIEW AND AWARD BIDS FOR ASBESTOS ABATEMENT AT FORMER BOWLING ALLEY AND THEATER ON EAST MILWAUKEE AVENUE.

The City Manager explained that as part of their contract with the City, TriMedia Consultants has solicited bids for the asbestos abatement of the former Arcadia Bowling Alley and Fort Theater. Three bids were received with the following results:

Asbestos Removal, Inc. $32,450.00

AAC Environmental Group $10,197.25

Balestrieri Environ. & Dev. Inc. $9,008.00

Discussion was held regarding that this abatement is only of the Arcadia Bowling Alley and the Fort Theater. There may be further remediation needed in the future of the other city properties in the area.

Cm. Flood, seconded by Cm. Zastrow moved to approve the bid from Balisteri Environ. & Dev. Inc. for the asbestos abatement of the Arcadia Bowling Alley and the Fort Theater for an amount not to exceed $9,008. On call of the roll, the motion carried unanimously.

(f) APPOINTMENT OF PLANNING COMMISSION MEMBER TO FILL UNEXPIRED TERM.

City Manager Wilmet explained that Robert Simonini resigned form the Plan Commission and has moved to Texas. The following people responded to our advertisement to serve the unexpired term:

Dennis Rybicke

Kenneth Pattow

Dean Brown

LaVerne Behrens

Ronald Chisholm

President Day and the City Manager are recommending the approval of Dean Brown. His term would expire in May, 2003.

Cm. Zastrow, seconded by Cm. Johnston moved to approve the appointment of Dean Brown. The motion carried on a voice vote.

9. NEW BUSINESS

(a) WASTEWATER UTILITY DISCHARGE PERMIT RENEWAL NOTICE.

City Manager Wilmet stated that the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources has reissued our permit for discharge effective January 1, 2001 through December 31, 2005. The City Manager pointed out the one major change, the addition of total phosphorus as a new final effluent limitation. Page 8 of the permit lists the schedule for submitting plans and specifications for any necessary construction, commencement and completion of the construction and compliance deadlines.

The City Manager also noted that the City will be working with our local industries to lower their levels of phosphorus and that a new study will need to be done on the expansion needed to treat phosphorous.

Cm. Flood, seconded by Cm. Gray moved to accept and file the Wastewater Utility Discharge Permit renewal. The motion carried on a voice vote.

(b) REVIEW AND APPROVE DEVELOPER'S AGREEMENT WITH ST. JOSEPH'S CATHOLIC CHURCH.

City Manager Wilmet reviewed the Developer's Agreement between the City and St. Joseph's Catholic Church with the Council. The agreement is for the development on the extension of Endl Boulevard. The construction that is covered on the extension is street, water, sanitary sewer, and storm sewer. Also included is the extension of the water main on Hackbarth Road, from east of the water tower to the intersection with Endl Boulevard. The agreement itself is the standard form and covers letter of credit, sidewalks, park fee, inspection, building permits, over sizing reimbursements and maintenance. The over sizing reimbursements are for street, water and storm sewer on Endl Boulevard and also reimbursement for the water main on Hackbarth Road. The reimbursements will be made as monies can be budgeted and will be based on actual construction costs.

Members of the Construction Committee for St. Joseph's were present and discussion was held regarding the exchange of the usual park fees for public use of St. Joseph's planned green space and playground. The Committee was also concerned with the 80 foot right-of-way for Endl Boulevard.

After further discussion and upon recommendation of the City Attorney, Cm. Flood, seconded by Cm. Gray moved to table the Developer's Agreement until the unresolved issues regarding the park fees and the width of the street right-of-way are resolved. The motion carried on a voice vote.

(c) REQUEST BY CONTRACTOR WORKING AT 228-234 SOUTH MAIN STREET FOR EXTENSION OF WORKING HOURS.

Mr. Craig Ellsworth addressed the Council to ask for the extension of working hours at the 228-234 South Main Street construction project. The Sawfish Construction LLC has been hired to dig out the basement of this building and is requesting to work from 4:00 p.m. to 2:00 a.m. A skid loader will be used and will be bringing debris out to a dump truck in the alley.

After discussion, Cm. Flood, seconded by Cm. Johnston, moved to allow demolition work at 228-234 South Main beyond 5 p.m. to 11 p.m. from January 17 until January 31 unless staff gets complaints of noise, then the construction company will have to go back to regular hours. The motion carried on a voice vote.

10. MISCELLANEOUS

(a) SET LICENSE COMMITTEE MEETING TO REVIEW CHANGE INLICENSE FOR 225 SOUTH WATER STREET EAST.

Members of the License Committee agreed to meet on January 22, 2001 at 1:00 p.m.

(b) 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. Gray, the following operator licenses were granted:

Jose B. Rubio

Davette K. Baker

The motion carried on a voice vote.

(c) REVIEW 2000 YEAR-END OVERDRAWN ACCOUNTS.

The City Manager reviewed the following overdrawn accounts with the Council. It was noted that last year the overdrawn accounts were between $80,000 to $90,000. Also approximately $75,000 of the overdrawns are due to snow removal.

Acct. #	Account Description	Amount
01-51-5132-0900	City Manager - Telephone	82.92
01-51-5143-0200	Elections - Salaries/Poll Workers	560.65
01-51-5143-0600	Elections - Supplies	325.13
01-51-5143-2500	Elections - Benefits	155.86

01-51-5171-0200	Municipal Building - Salaries/Part-Time
135.52 01-51-5171-1100	Municipal Building - Fuel	339.60
01-52-5211-0200	Police Dept. - Overtime	22,465.44
01-52-5211-0300	Police Dept. - Holiday Pay	1,646.10
01-52-5211-0500	Police Dept. - Dispatch/Overtime	16,332.63
01-52-5211-1000	Police Dept. - Electricity/Water	2,624.32
01-52-5211-1100	Police Dept. - Fuel	4,171.34
01-52-5211-1400	Police Dept. - Conference/Dues Exp.	17.63
01-52-5211-1700	Police Dept. - Uniform Allow.	2,076.54
01-52-5211-1900	Police Dept. - Metro Drug Unit	1,229.10
01-52-5217-0000	School Patrol	436.87
01-52-5231-0200	Fire Dept. - Salaries/Overtime	2,396.64
01-52-5231-0600	Fire Dept. - Supplies	122.72
01-52-5231-1000	Fire Dept. - Electricity/Water	51.90
01-52-5231-1100	Fire Dept. - Heating	24.21
01-52-5231-2500	Fire Dept. - Benefits	678.68
01-52-5241-1200	Building/Plumbing - Print Codes/Permits	3.12
01-52-5242-0800	Electrical Dept. - Diggers Hotline	45.28
01-52-5242-1300	Electrical Dept. - Tools	79.94
01-54-5411-0100	Street Machinery - Salaries	9.68
01-54-5411-0600	Street Machinery - Supplies	5,947.22
01-54-5411-0900	Street Machinery - Radio Maintenance	93.81
01-54-5411-1100	Street Machinery - Gas & Oil	13,154.79
01-54-5412-0100	City Garage - Salaries	1,567.29
01-54-5412-0600	City Garage - Supplies	444.47
01-54-5412-0900	City Garage - Telephone	43.74
01-54-5412-1000	City Garage - Electricity/Water	1,658.51
01-54-5412-1100	City Garage - Fuel	1,898.24
01-54-5412-1700	City Garage - Safety Supplies	980.95
01-54-5421-0200	City Engineer - Salaries/Assistant	748.25
01-54-5431-0100	Street Maintenance - Salaries	8,641.97
01-54-5431-0600	Street Maintenance - Supplies	3,533.74
01-54-5431-2500	Street Maintenance - Benefits	2,239.75
01-54-5434-0100	Street Cleaning - Salaries	3,081.59
01-54-5434-2500	Street Cleaning - Benefits	1,155.40
01-54-5435-0100	Snow & Ice Control - Salaries	27,702.71
01-54-5435-0700	Snow & Ice Control - Sand/Salt	29,786.30
01-54-5435-2500	Snow & Ice Control - Benefits	13,513.42
01-54-5441-0100	Traffic Control - Salaries	317.96
01-54-5441-1000	Traffic Control - Electricity	1,132.24
01-54-5441-2500	Traffic Control - Benefits	261.18
01-54-5445-0100	Storm Sewer - Salaries	524.69
01-54-5471-0500	Recycl. & Refuse Collect.-Compost Facility	2,418.13
01-54-5471-0700	Recycl & Refuse Collect.-Sanitary Landfill	2,378.88
01-55-5512-0900	Museum - Telephone	137.53
01-55-5513-0100	Youth Center - Salaries/Full-Time	420.36
01-55-5513-0200	Youth Center - Salaries/Part-Time	353.56
01-55-5513-2500	Youth Center - Benefits	208.00
01-55-5516-0100	Senior Center - Salaries/Director	355.12
01-55-5516-0200	Senior Center - Salaries/Custodian	125.09
01-55-5516-0600	Senior Center - Supplies	16.16
01-55-5516-0900	Senior Center - Telephone	75.64
01-55-5516-1200	Senior Center - Seminars	75.25
01-55-5521-0400	Recreation Dept. - Salaries/Rec. Supervisor	420.14
01-55-5521-0900	Recreation Dept. - Telephone	65.96

01-55-5521-2500	Recreation Dept. - Benefits
783.51 01-55-5523-0300	Aquatic Center - Part-Time Mechanic	1,836.75
01-55-5523-0600	Aquatic Center - Supplies/Maintenance	98.09
01-55-5523-0900	Aquatic Center - Telephone	145.80
01-55-5523-1200	Aquatic Center - Natural Gas	97.81
01-55-5534-0100	Celebrations & Entertainment - Salaries	58.91
01-55-5541-0100	Parks - Salaries/Full-Time	2,442.85
01-55-5541-0200	Parks - Salaries/Part-Time	1,696.39
01-55-5541-0600	Parks - Supplies	784.08
01-55-5541-1000	Parks - Electricity/Water/Sewer	1,492.73
01-55-5541-1100	Parks - Equipment Maintenance	32.70
01-55-5541-1300	Parks - Electrical Work	1,225.42
01-55-5541-2500	Parks - Benefits	211.58
01-56-5611-0100	Forestry - Salaries	2,020.88
01-56-5611-2500	Forestry - Benefits	170.96
01-56-5614-0100	River Bank - Salaries	998.92
01-56-5614-0600	River Bank - Supplies	31.85
01-56-5614-2500	River Bank - Benefits	593.36
01-60-0064-3101	Road Outlay - Madison Ave.	858.45
01-60-0065-4100	Outlay - Parks	306.40
01-60-0065-4108	Outlay - Rock River/Rotary Shelter	447.55
		$ 197,824.85

Cm. Flood, seconded by Cm. Zastrow moved to accept the report on the 2000 year-end overdrawn accounts. On call of the roll, the motion carried unanimously.

(d) REVIEW OF HISTORICAL SOCIETY TRUST FUND REPORTS AS OF DECEMBER 31, 2000.

City Manager Wilmet reviewed the Historical Society Trust Fund reports from Premier Bank. There are two funds, one managed by the City, and the other by the Historical Society Board. The City's portion was completely funded by the Mary Hoard Estate. The original gift was $737,738, the market value as of December 31, 2000 is $789,501.29. The Historical Society portion was funded with a $526,956 bequest from the Mary Hoard Estate combined with the existing Historical Society Trust Fund money. The market value as of December 31, 2000 is $649,142.11.

Cm. Gray, seconded by Cm. Johnston moved to accept and file the Historical Society Trust Fund reports as of December 31, 2000. The motion was carried on a voice vote.

11. CLAIMS, APPROPRIATIONS AND CONTRACT PAYMENTS

(a) VERIFIED CLAIMS.

The following is a list of bills to be approved by the Council.

CITY, SEWER, WATER

AGA Gas Inc Cutting torch, oxygen, cyclinder rent $ 142.53

A T & T Long distance service 12 of 12 256.83

Aearo Safety Co Schuette, Cloute, Heesacker - safety glasses $ 565.00

Ameritech Intoxilizer line, Ralph Pk phone 49.27

Aramark Uniform Services Services 1,639.06

Ascom Hasler Mailing Sys Oct. - Dec postage meter rent 127.50

Badger Meter Inc Meters repaired 1,156.04

Barth True Value Inc Supplies 605.53

Brooks Tractor Inc Cutting edge, bit 349.95

Brown Cab Dec subsidized taxi service 13,578.22

Chamber of Commerce 4^th qtr room tax allotment 13,649.97

DT Screen Printing Print t-shirts 1,277.80

Daily Jefferson Co Union Publications 1,500.58

Decker Supply Co Inc Plywood 510.00

Diggers Hotline Inc Dec service, 55 tickets 72.05

Evans Industrial Comm Inc Radio parts 17.86

F.A.S.T. Corporation Deposit on pool duck slide 4,150.00

Fastenal Company Tools 147.13

Five Alarm Fire & Safety Equip 100' yellow hose; 4-50' hose lengths 968.34

Ft Atkinson Mem'l Health 2 blood alcohol tests 44.60

Ft Auto Supply Auto parts, battery, clip 618.18

Havill-Spoerl Ford Mercury Truck bumper painted 80.00

Hadinger/Mooren LTD Down payment carpeting 3,359.79

Jaeckel Bros Satterlee - service repair 944.00

Jefferson Co Treasurer Jail assessments (Nov & Dec) 2,303.68

Jonas Office Products LTD Office supplies, paper, 3 office chairs, printer stands 1,878.07

Mid State East Inc Snow blower parts 54.28

Monroe Truck Equip Inc Lift gate bumper 130.31

Morton International 180.97 tons road salt 5,501.49

Nasco Tubing, soil tips 81.35

Pepsi-Cola Co Youth Center - soda 376.15

State of Wisconsin Penalty assessments (Nov & Dec) 4,368.23

Streichers Practice ammo, solvent 862.70

Superior Services Dec solid waste pickup, multi-family, tote 38,535.92

Thomas Products LTD Flow switch 137.37

Traffic & Parking Control Street name signs, lane signs 575.30

Tuttle's Pharmacy Inc Battery, film 33.24

US Cellular #12 for 2000 cell phone service 280.34

WI Dept of Justice/Crime One record check Dec 2000 5.00

WI Electric Power Co Electricity, natural gas 37,349.47

Zarnoth Brush Works Inc Conveyor belt, dirt shoes, 3 gutter brooms 841.75

TOTAL CITY ACCOUNTS $ 127,982.89

TOTAL SEWER ACCOUNTS 1,501.61

TOTAL WATER ACCOUNTS 9,640.38

Cm. Johnston, seconded by Cm. Flood moved that the bills in the amounts of $127,982.89 for the City, $1,501.61 for Sewer Utility, and $9,640.38 for the Water Utility as per Schedule L-92 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. Zastrow, seconded by Cm. Gray moved to adjourn the January 16, 2001 regular City of Fort Atkinson Council meeting at 9:35 p.m. The motion carried unanimously.

CITY CLERK

APPROVED:

PRESIDENT OF THE COUNCIL