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Town of Fox Lake Monthly Board Meeting Monday, December 12, 2011 at 7:30 p.m. Chairman Streich called the Town Board meeting to order with all officers present and 11 other citizens. The Fox Lake Fire Association will meet Tuesday, December 13, 2011 at 4:00 p.m. The next Town Board meeting will be January 9, 2012 at 7:30 p.m. The Fox Lake Fire Association will meet Tuesday, January 10, 2012 at 4:00 p.m. The Randolph Fire Association will meet Wednesday, January 11, 2012 at 7:00 p.m. Supervisor Babros made a motion seconded by Supervisor Kok to accept the minutes of the Town Board Meeting of November 14, 2011. All in favor motion carried. Supervisor Babros made a motion seconded by Supervisor Kok to accept the minutes of the Special Electors Meeting of November 14, 2011. All in favor motion carried. The Treasurer’s report as of November 30, 2011 showed receipts for November, 2011 of $43,454.90, disbursements of $57,249.30, with a balance in the regular checking account of $290,098.92. The LGIPF account had interest receipts for November of $22.45 with a balance of $195,058.62. The Tax Savings Account had no activity with a balance of $6,627.60. The Municipal Court Savings Account had receipts in fines and assessments of $1,654.60 with a balance of $4,370.77. Supervisor Alsteen made a motion, seconded by Supervisor Babros to accept the Treasurer’s report. All in favor motion carried. Under public input Dale Paul presented an open records request to Supervisor Alsteen “requesting a copy of all correspondences from the date you started in your duties as town supervisor to the date that all records are delivered to me.” A proposed Land Division for George Eisenga was considered. This property is located in the NE1/4 of, Section 8, T13N, R13E in the Town of Fox Lake on Blanecae Road, currently parcel number 018-1313-0811-001. Scott Hewitt of Grothman Associates provided the Town with a copy of the proposed land division. Supervisor Babros made a motion seconded by Supervisor Kok to support the George Eisenga land division into 2 parcels as presented by Grothman Land Surveyors and to inform the Dodge County Land Resources & Parks Department of such support. All in favor motion carried. Officer-in-charge Gebhardt presented the Police report. In November, 2011 the police officers worked 107.5 hours, responded to 1 complaint, assisted other agencies 4 times, issued 2 warnings and 7 citations, and responded to 4 accidents. Officer Gebhardt informed the Board that Town officers would be on duty New Year’s Eve and New Years Day. Chairman Streich reviewed that the traffic sign inventory and felt that we should replace stop and stop-ahead signs in poor or non-reflective condition. Supervisor Alsteen made a motion seconded by Supervisor Kok to purchase and replace 4 stop signs and 10 stop-ahead signs. All in favor motion carried. Two large dead trees at the Fox Lake Boat Landing could result in damage if not removed. Supervisor Alsteen made a motion seconded by Supervisor Flemming to contract with Dan’s Tree service for the removable of the trees at a cost of $700.00. All in favor motion carried. Supervisor Alsteen has had to find a new supplier for the sea level datum signs to be placed at the Fox Lake Dam and Chief Kuno Trail. Proposals will be presented at the January, 2012 meeting. E-mails from Uriah Monday of MSA indicated that the Fox Lake Dam Failure analysis has been completed, he will try to attend the January meeting to update the Board on the new floodplain maps and the $5,300 payment has been made to the National Flood Insurance Program for the FEMA review of the new floodplain maps. Clarence Feucht and Tom Wissing volunteered to perform oxygen testing on Lake Emily and Fox Lake during the winter of 2011-12 and to operate the aeration equipment. Supervisor Kok indicated he could get volunteers to assist in placing the markers warning of open water when the aerators are started and the marked areas will be from shoreline to shoreline surrounding the open water. Chairman Streich presented a packet of information including 2 documents and 4 photos received from Supervisor Alsteen accusing him of altering and falsifying documents because Supervisor Alsteen felt the estimate of material to be removed (17,412 cubic yards) as presented at the November meeting was not accurate. Sylvester Okon from New Frontier Land Surveying explained the method used to arrive at the estimate of 17,412 cubic yards of material included in the bog. Supervisor Alsteen made a motion seconded by Supervisor Kok to contract with New Frontier Land Surveying to provide a survey of the bog to determine its volume. All in favor motion carried. The portage around the Fox Lake Dam will have a take out on the upstream side at the far right corner. Supervisor Kok made a motion seconded by Supervisor Alsteen that downstream from the dam the access will be placed between the dam and culverts under County Road P. All in favor motion carried. Supervisor Alsteen presented a proposal to reduce the number of buoys placed in Fox Lake. Supervisor Kok made a motion seconded by Supervisor Alsteen to place 50 no-wake, 30 no-anchor, 20 rock and 8 channel buoys in Fox Lake in 2012. All in favor motion carried. Supervisor Alsteen made a motion seconded by Supervisor Kok to revise the 2011 expense budget by changing the General Government (51000) budget from $116,650 to $136,650, the Public Safety (52000) budget from $152,177 to $144,177 and the Public Works (53000) budget from $396,358 to $384,358 with the total expense budget remaining at $711,060. All in favor motion carried. Candidates seeking election for Town Board Supervisor positions #3 and #4 may pick up papers from the Clerk-Treasurer and begin circulating nomination papers on December 1, 2011 with all paper work returned to the Clerk-Treasurer by January 3, 2012. Supervisor Alsteen made a motion seconded by Supervisor Babros to permit the Lake Emily Fishing Club to use the Town container for soliciting donations for the improvement of Lake Emily during the 2011-12 ice fishing season. All in favor motion carried. Supervisor Flemming made a motion seconded by Supervisor Babros to revise Town Ordinance to permit water skiing on Lake Emily between sunrise and sunset and to permit jet skiing on Lake Emily between the hours of 10:00 A.M. and sunset. All in favor motion carried. Supervisor Babros made a motion seconded by Supervisor Kok to write a letter to the City of Fox Lake recommending that the Harriet O’Connell Historical Room to maintained at the Fox Lake Public Library and not be moved to the vacated United Church of Christ. All in favor motion carried. Supervisor Alsteen made a motion seconded by Supervisor Kok to approve the following election inspectors for 2012-13: Joy Pufahl - Chief Inspector, Elaine Labs - Chief Inspector, Lois Babros, Ron Babros, Barbara Heckl, Sandy Meekma, Joan Carlin, Judy Salaj, Lou Benter, James Herbrand, Carol Herbrand, Bev Helsdon, Jack Helsdon, Sue Vanderwerff, Dennis Vanderwerff, Sharon Martin and Richard Martin. 4 in favor 1 abstention (Supervisor Babros) motion carried. Supervisor Kok made a motion seconded by Supervisor Flemming that pursuant to s. 7.32, Wis. Stat., the minimum number of election officials required to work at the polling place during a town election is three (3). However, the clerk-treasurer may assign additional poll workers if he/she believes they are needed for a given election. The number of poll workers assigned shall always be an odd number. All in favor motion carried. Supervisor Alsteen made seconded by Supervisor Babros to donate $500.00 to the Beaver Dam Lake Improvement Association. All in favor motion carried. Chairman Streich, Supervisor Flemming, Supervisor Babros, Supervisor Alsteen and Clerk-Treasurer Benter will attend the 2012 WTA District Meeting at Ripon on February 24, 2012. Supervisor Kok will attend the District Meeting to be held in Depere on March 16, 2012. Supervisor Babros made a motion seconded by Supervisor Kok to pay bills subject to audit. All in favor motion carried. Supervisor Alsteen made a motion, seconded by Supervisor Flemming to adjourn. All in favor motion carried. Respectfully submitted, Edwin W. Benter, Town Clerk-Treasurer