Village Board Meeting, February 12, 2007

Village of Elmwood Board Meeting
held at the village hall at 7 pm
Present-- all board members
public- Village engineer Mark, and assistant Angela Copenhaugen
Citizens- Joanne Baier, Mr. & Mrs. Yauch, Neil Boltic, Mr. & Mrs. Talford

Public Input-
Bill Quinn , of the Car Lot located on Main St. in Elmwood, came to the board to let them know the possibilities of the lot being closed down in the next 6 months, if business does not get better. He stated that he has tried to reach out to the community by placing messages in the ad’s being placed into the paper, but that has had no effect so far. He was asking the village board for any input, or ideas to save the business. He also has 2 other car lots located in Durand, and Ellsworth.
Bob Rupakus- responded by telling Bill that if anything was thought of, they would contact him.
note-- posting on Saturday had the next item as School Sign Proposal listed, but as of the board meeting , that was removed from the agenda, without explanation.

Steve’s Scoring Update-
the building plans for the assisted living housing being developed, where brought in and shared with the board. Phase 1 will have a cult a sac being located closer to the building than expected before. The DOT has been in touch , due to the road right of way, was to be all the way through the property, and right now, they are not set up that way. The business is in contact with Sheila Harsdorf to get assistance in pushing the change through for them. Kevin Kitchner, Board President stated that a new Tiff will be needed, and that will have to be done prior to any ground breaking. Public Works committee will have to be informed, and permits will be needed also. He then added, any additional information needed, I can write a letter to Sheila, to help it along.

Park Plan--
The park plan was not given, due to Suzanne Peeples not being present. Mark gave each board member a copy of the plan that was put together by her, but stated he did not know enough about it, to give any presentation info. The Village Clerk stated to the members of the board, go ahead and look at it, and let me know if there are any problems.

Engineering Update-
Mark started by stating that Lower Woodman St. would be getting the added turn lane, and the 5 owners involved in the property, at the work site location, where contacted and informed of the plans to go ahead.
Upper Woodman (the old trailor court) had the landfill issue, and Angela is here to give you information regarding that work. She stated that they had spoken with 3 different DNR agents, and finally where set up to deal with Pat Collins of the Baldwin DNR. He had told Angela that he believed the process would be expedited. She also stated that there where no serious contaminants found at the site. a Form 4400 needed to be filled out. This is a form that is for historical landfill sites. the form will be filled out, and ran through the DNR offices. they expected a reply in a week or so. also the work should be bid capable by April.
Mark then informed the board that the lift station information would be coming to the board next month. and the water testing is still going on with Jamie and Josh from the Village Public Works. The final report should be done this summer.

UWRF- Intern Program-
Kevin and Jodi have had contact with a professor and they have an intern program, in which a student can assist the village with a comprehensive plan. they have a 200 and a 400 hour program. the students are able to put together a rough draft, that can be used in creating the plans needed. The village has been looking into the plan needs, and in the recent past, have stated a need for an 18 month study. Jodi expressed concerns that the intern program is only 8 weeks , and there would not be a good amount of public input in that short amount of time. Bob W. stated, I was going to the meetings, and when you left, you didn’t know any more than when you showed up. It was brought up, that maybe the board should look into the intern program for 2008, instead of 2007. Kevin stated he had spoken with Andy Lamb, and contact with UWRF started from there. He would like to see the students sending applications of such to the village for review. Also the personnel and finance committee would need to look at the costs, and available funding. there was no action taken on the item.

Committee and board reports-
Police committee met just prior to the board meeting, and Bob Rupakus stated, we had the meeting to go over the Chiefs discretionary errors he has been making. we discussed the PR relations.
Parks committee met- to go over the park plans, and put together the 5 yr plan for them. Suzanne will be here in march to go through the final plans with the board. We also discussed repairing the women’s bathroom wall, here in the lobby of the village hall. report given by Mike Sand.
Nursing home report by Pam Marson- we changed insurance company, and have saved some money. we now are with Group Health, instead of Blue Cross. we are still looking for a replacement for the director of nurses.

Payment of bills-
approved

Adjourn at 8 pm

note: Kris asked the board if they have any community service work for individuals that are in need of doing the work. Jodi responded by saying, we have a girl working in the office now, through the county office.