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1987-11-30 Council MeetingPROCEEDINGS OF THE CITY COUNCIL CITY OF JANESVILLE, WISCONSIN REGULAR MEETING 30 November 1987 Vol. 38 No. 23 Approved 14 December 1987 Regular meeting of the City Council of the City of Janesville, held in the Municipal Building 30 November 1987 at 7:30 p.m. Council President Pulliam called the meeting to order. Present: Council President Pulliam, Councilmembers Mittness, Collins, Stockwell, Stehura, Pierson and McLean. The minutes of the regular meeting of 16 November 1987 were presented. Councilmember McLean made a motion to approve the minutes of the regular meeting of 16 November 1987 as distributed. Motion was seconded by Councilmember Pierson and adopted unani- mously. The minutes of the special meeting of 9 November 1987 were presented. Councilmember Stehura made a motion to approve the minutes of the special meeting of 9 November 1987 as distributed: Motion seconded by Councilmember Collins and adopted by the following vote: Aye: Council President Pulliam, Councilmembers Mittne'ss, Collins, Stockwell, Stehura and McLean. Pass: Councilmember Pierson. The minutes of the special meeting of 12 November 1987 were presented. Councilmember Stehura made a motion to approve the minutes of the special meeting of 12 November_ 1987 as distributed. Motion was seconded by Councilmember Collins and adopted by the following vote: Aye: Council President Pulliam, Councilmembers Mittness, Collins, Stockwell, Stehura and Pierson. Pass: Councilmember McLean. LICENSES Councilmember Stehura made a motion that the licenses, as listed on the license agenda and on file in the office of the City Clerk, be approved and issued as presented. Motion seconded by Councilmember Pierson and adopted unanimously. (All applications of licenses are on file in the office of the City Clerk and are incorporated by reference herein and may be examined upon request at all reasonable times.) OLD BUSINESS 1. Requests and comments from the public on matters which can be affected by Council action. No one appeared. 2 & 3.- Two proposed ordinances,recommended for approval by the Plan Commission., Number 87-546, annexing territory in Section 8, T.3N., R.13E., Town of Harmony, Rock County, Wisconsin,•and Number,87-547 - establishing the zoning classification of land located along East Rotamer Road and STH 26 within the City of Janesville, were given their second reading by title only and public hearing. Council President Pulliam announced that the public hearings for the two ordinances would be combined. Public hearing was opened at 7:37 p.m. Terry Campbell of 3007 Windsor Lane, petitioner for the annexation, spoke in favor j" of the annexation and offered to answer any questions. There were no questions. Councilmember McLean made a motion to adopt said ordinances as presented. Motion seconded by Councilmember Mittness and adopted unanimously. (File Ordinances No. 87-546 & 87-547) 4. A proposed ordinance raising the bartender (operator) license application fee to $15 with a penalty of not less than $50 nor more than $500 was given its second reading by title only and public hearing. City Manager Sheiffer said the administration would prefer a $25 fee for bartender. Council President Pulliam opened the public hearing at 7:47 p.m. Ed Roudebush of 300 W. Milwaukee St. appeared and stated he could support a $15 fee, but not a $25 fee. Jerry Lynch of 1936 South Walnut appeared and opposed any increase in fee. He suggested a two-year license to cut costs. Bruce Monson of 602 E. Milwaukee St. appeared and opposed any increase. He suggested a two-year license and maybe one fee for the original and a lower fee for the renewal. Councilmember McLean made a motion to adopt said ordinance as presented. Motion seconded by Councilmember Stehura. Councilmember Pierson made a motion to postpone action on this ordinance until the January 11, 1988 Council Meeting. Motion seconded by Councilmember Collins and passed by the following vote: Aye: Council President Pulliam, Councilmembers Collins, Pierson, Stehura and Mittness. Nay: Councilmembers Stockwell and McLean. City Manager Sheiffer told the Council that the administration would supply the Council with information on optional fee plans before the January llth meeting. Councilmember Stockwell requested that the administration supply the Council with samples of educational programs that could be used in the licensing of bartenders. (File Ordinance No. 87-545) 5. Discussion on and adoption of the proposed 1988 General City Budget. Councilmember Mittness made a motion to increase landfill tipping fee for out -of -county users to $25 a ton. Motion died for lack of a second. Councilmember Mittness made a motion to delete $10,303 from the City Council Budget for memberships. Motion died for lack of a second. Councilmember Stehura made a motion to add $2,718 for crossing guard to the Police - Administration Services Budget. Motion seconded by Councilmember McLean and adopted unanimously. Councilmember Stehura made a motion to increase the City Council's Membership Budget by $489. Motion seconded by Councilmember McLean. Motion passed by the following vote: Aye: Council President Pulliam, Councilmembers Collins, Stockwell, Stehura, Pierson and McLean. Nay: Councilmember Mittness. Councilmember Stehura made a motion to reduce the budget by $40,356, because of savings in personnel cost due to turnover since 1 September 1987. Motion seconded by Council - member McLean. Motion passed unanimously. Councilmember Stehura made a motion to reduce Transit Subsidy for radios by $1,000. Motion seconded by Councilmember McLean and passed unanimously. Councilmember Stehura made a motion to increase tipping revenue by $50,000. Motion seconded by Councilmember McLean and passed Unanimously. -2- Councilmember Stehura made a motion to reduce the Liability Insurance Account, Ice Arena Insurance Subsidy, CDA Insurance Subsidy and Transit Insurance Subsidy by a total amount of $109,212. Motion seconded by Councilmember McLean and passed unanimously. Councilmember Pierson made a motion to increase the Protective Employee Retirement contribution by $85,242. Motion seconded by Councilmember Stehura and passed unanimously. Councilmember Collins made a motion to increase the revenue account by $3305 for an increase in bartender application fees. Motion seconded by Councilmember McLean and failed by the following vote: Aye: Councilmember Collins. Nay: Council President Pulliam, Councilmembers Mittness, Stockwell, stehura, Pierson and McLean. Finance Director Herb Stinski reviewed the revenue side of the budget for Councilmembers' benefit. Councilmember McLean made a motion to increase the Tallman Restoration's City Subsidy by $ 5,650 to a total of $55,000. Motion seconded By Council President Pulliam. Motion passed by the following vote: Aye: Council President Pul liam, Councilmembers Collins, Stehura, M ittness, McLean and Pierson. Nay: Councilmember Stockwell. Councilmember Stockwell made a motion to fund the Fire Department Vehicle Replacement Fund at $90,000 for the first year of the fund. Motion seconded by Councilmember Collins and passed by the following vote: Aye: Councilmembers Mittness, Collins, Stockwell and Pierson. Nay: Council President Pulliam and Councilmembers Stehura and McLean. Councilmember Stockwell made a motion that the administration not purchase the ambulance in 1988, unless they have Council approval. Motion seconded by Council President Pulliam and failed by the following vote: Aye: Councilmembers Stockwell and Pierson. Nay: Council President Pulliam, Councilmembers Mittness, Collins, Stehura and McLean. Councilmember Stockwell made a motion -to reduce Leisure Services Division Budget by $10,000. Motion seconded by Councilmember Mittness. Motion failed. Aye: Council - members Stockwell, Stehura and Mittness. Nay: Council President Pulliam, Council - members Collins, McLean and Pierson. Councilmember Mittness made a motion to restore $300 to the budget for putting up the southside decorations. Motion seconded by Councilmember Stehura and failed by the following vote: Aye: Councilmembers Stehura and Mittness: Nay: Council President Pulliam, Councilmembers Pierson , Collins, Stockwell and McLean. Councilmember Mittness made a motion to reduce the budget by $26,700 for parking en- forcement. Motion seconded by Councilmember Stockwell and failed: Aye: Councilmember Mittness. Nay: Council President Pulliam, Councilmembers Collins, Stockwell, Stehura, Pierson and McLean. Councilmember Pierson made a motion to add $4,010 to the Parks Budget for the City's share of two sets of bleachers at Traxler Park. Motion seconded by Councilmember Stehura and passed: Aye: Council President Pulliam, Councilmembers Mittness, Stehura, Pierson and McLean. Nay: Councilmembers Collins and Stockwell. Councilmember Stehura made a motion to adopt the 1988 General Fund Budget as amended. Motion seconded by Councilmember McLean and passed by the following vote: Aye: Council President Pulliam, Councilmembers Collins, stockwell, Stehura, Pierson and McLean. Nay: Councilmember Mittness. Councilmember Stehura made a motion to adopt the 1988 Library Budget as amended. Councilmember Stockwell seconded the motion. Councilmember Stehura made a motion to amend the motion to add $17,672 to the Library Budget. Motion seconded by Councilmember McLean. -3- Councilmember Pierson made a motion to amend the amendment by changing the amount of $17,672 to $14,449. Motion to amend the amendment seconded by Councilmember Stockwell, and was adopted by the following vote: Aye: Council President Pulliam, Councilmembers Collins, Stockwell, Stehura, Pierson and McLean. Nay: Councilmember Mittness. Councilmembers then voted on the motion to amend the main motion with the amount changed from $17,672 to $14,449, and it passed by the following vote: Aye: Council President Pulliam, Councilmembers Stehura, Mittness and McLean. Nay: Councilmembers Collins, Stockwell and Pierson. Councilmembers then voted on the original motion to adopt the Library Budget as amended (further amended with the increase of $14,449). The motion passed with the following vote: Aye: Council President Pulliam and Councilmembers Mittness, Collins, Stockwell, Stehura and McLean. Nay: Councilmember Pierson. NEW BUSINESS 1. A proposed resolution to vacate a portion of Burbank Avenue located in the SW� of Section. 7, T.2N., R.13E., of the 4th P.M. in the City of Janesville, Rock County, Wisconsin, pursuant to Wisconsin Statutes 66.296 was introduced by Council President Pulliam and referred to the Plan Commission for a report and recommendation. A public hearing was set for 11 January 1988 at 7:30 p.m. (File Resolution No. 87-1041) 2. A proposed resolution, recommended for approval by the Administration, authorizing and directing the administration to execute the Tallman House Property Lease Agreement. Council President Pulliam stated that the following changes should be made to Section 3 of Appendix A of the lease as a result of the Councils' recent action on the 1988 budget: the figure of "$44,850"should.be changed to "$50,500", whenever it appears, and "73" percent should be changed to "82" percent. Councilmember McLean made a motion to adopt said resolution with those changes. Motion seconded by Councilmember Collins and adopted unanimously. (File Resolution No. 87-1036) 3. A proposed ordinance increasing the fee charges for the deposit of waste at the landfill, with a penalty range of $100 to $300 for each violation was introduced by Council President Pulliam and given its first reading by title only. A public hearing was set for 14 December 1987 at 7:30 p.m. (File Ordinance No. 87-550) 4. Approval of a Certified Survey Map of Lot 20 of Damrow's First Addition, located in the SWi of the NEB of Section 12, T.2N., R.12E., of the 4th P.M., City of Janesville, Rock County, Wisconsin. Councilmember Stehura made a motion to approve Certified Survey Map 87035-C and accept the utility easements. Motion seconded by Councilmember McLean and adopted unanimously. (File CSM No. 87035-C) 5. Matters not on the Agenda. Councilmember McLean requested that the administration seek a legal opinion concerning the probability of success in seeking recovery of administrative expenses related to the option to purchase the Rock River Manufacturing property by Mr. Kruger and Mr. Douglas. City Manager Sheiffer suggested the Council meet at either 7:30 a.m., 12 noon, or at 5:00 p.m. on 7 December 1987 to consider the resolution setting the 1988 tax levy and the 1987 tax rate. Councilmembers agreed to meet at 7:15 a.m. on 7 December. All Councilmembers waived the notice of special meeting. There being no further business, the meeting was adjourned at 10:54 p.m. These minutes are not official until approved by the City Council. Frank L. Spoden City Clerk -4-