10-25-99PROCEEDINGS OF THE CITY COUNCIL
CITY OF JANESVILLE, WISCONSIN
REGULAR MEETING
OCTOBER 25, 1999
VOL. 50
NO. 17
Regular meeting of the City Council of the City of Janesville held in the Municipal building on
October 25, 1999.
The meeting was called to order by Council President Stehura.
Councilmember Noll led the Council in the Pledge of Allegiance.
Present: Council President Stehura, Councilmembers Westphal, Murphy, O’Leary, Brien, Noll, and
Schneider.
CONSENT AGENDA
Minutes of the special meeting of October 6, 1999.
Minutes of the regular meeting of October 11, 1999.
Minutes of the closed session of October 11, 1999.
Minutes of the special meeting of October 18, 1999.
Licenses; and Recommendations of the Alcohol License Advisory Committee.
Financial Statement for the month of September, 1999.
Waiver of special assessment procedure for storm sewer, sidewalk and street light charges for
Certified Survey Map #99043, Goex Corporation.
Council President Stehura stated the consent agenda would be approved if there were no objections.
There were no objections.
OLD BUSINESS
1. Requests and comments from the public on matters which can be affected by Council action.
There were none.
2. Continued public hearing on a proposed revised ordinance rezoning property located within the
3000 block of Palmer Drive from O1 to R3.
Council President Stehura opened the continued public hearing. No one appeared and the hearing was
closed. Council President Stehura stated the applicant had withdrawn the rezoning request and
Council would take no further action. (File Revised Ordinance No. 99-1272)
3. A proposed ordinance rezoning property located at 505 West Delavan Drive from R2 to M2
received its second reading and public hearing. No one appeared for the hearing.
Councilmember Brien moved to adopt said ordinance, seconded by Councilmember Schneider and
passed unanimously. (File Ordinance No. 99-1275)
4. Award of Contracts V (Urban Sewer and Water Replacement: Five Points and River Crossing)
and Y (TIF 22 Detention Pond) and a proposed resolution authorizing a budget adjustment to provide
funds for the replacement of watermain.
Councilmember Murphy moved to award Contract V-1 to Super Excavators, Menomonee Falls, WI
in the amount of $149,181.00; Contract V-2 to E & N Hughes Company, Monroe, WI in the amount
of $132,670.00; Contract Y to Precision Concepts, Clinton, WI in the amount of $109,366.00, as
recommended by the Committee of Public Works and to adopt Resolution 99-2483, seconded by
Councilmember Noll and passed unanimously. (File Resolution No. 99-2483)
NEW BUSINESS
1. A proposed resolution authorizing the City Manager to terminate the Old Armory Lease with the
Rock County Historical Society.
Councilmember Noll moved to adopt said resolution, seconded by Councilmember Murphy and
passed unanimously. (File Resolution No. 99-2463)
2. A proposed resolution designating Alternative No. 6 as the preferred route for the General
Motors Transportation Project.
Councilmember Noll moved to adopt said resolution, seconded by Councilmember Westphal and
passed unanimously. (File Resolution No. 99-2481)
3. A proposed resolution authorizing the issuance of not to exceed $5,000,000 General Obligation
Promissory Notes, Series 1999-A of the City of Janesville, Wisconsin.
Councilmember Noll moved to adopt said resolution, seconded by Councilmember Brien and passed
unanimously. (File Resolution No. 99-2477)
4. A proposed ordinance annexing property near the southeast corner of South Wuthering Hills
Drive and State Highway 11 was introduced and scheduled for public hearing on November 22, 1999.
(File Ordinance No. 99-1278)
5. A proposed ordinance zoning property near the southeast corner of South Wuthering Hills Drive
and State Highway 11 to B4 upon annexation was introduced, referred to the Plan Commission and
scheduled for public hearing on November 22, 1999. (File Ordinance No. 99-1279)
6. Matters not on the Agenda.
Councilmember Brien requested the Administration check the recent advertisements for workers by
the Gillette Company in light of recent layoffs.
7. Closed Session.
Councilmember Noll moved to convene in closed session per Wisconsin Statutes Section 19.85 (1)
(e), for the purpose of deliberating or negotiating the purchasing of public properties, the investing
of public funds, or conducting other specified public business, whenever competitive or bargaining
reasons require a closed session, and 19.85 (1) (g) for the purpose of conferring with legal counsel
for the governmental body who is rendering oral or written advice concerning strategy to be adopted
by the body with respect to litigation in which it is or is likely to become involved, seconded by
Councilmember Schneider and passed unanimously.
There being no further business, Council convened in closed session at 7:40 p.m.
These minutes are not official until approved by the City Council.
Timothy L. Kitzman
Deputy Clerk-Treasurer