11-14-94PROCEEDINGS OF THE CITY COUNCIL
CITY OF JANESVILLE, WISCONSIN
REGULAR MEETING
November 14, 1994
APPROVED NOVEMBER 28, 1994
Vol. 45
No. 20
Regular meeting of the City Council of the City of Janesville, held
in the Municipal Building, November 14, 1994.
The meeting was called to order by Council President Noll.
Present: Council President Noll, Councilmembers Stehura, Heitzman,
Brien, O'Leary, Schneider and Thomas.
Councilmember Stehura led the Council in the Pledge of Allegiance.
CONSENT AGENDA
Minutes of the regular meeting held October 24, 1994.
Minutes of the closed session held October 24, 1994.
Minutes of the special meeting held October 26, 1994.
Minutes of the special meeting held October 29, 1994.
Minutes of the special meeting held November 7, 1994.
Licenses; and recommendations of the Alcohol License Advisory
Committee.
Waiver of a special assessment procedure for sewer, water and
gravel roadway charges for Enterprise Drive.
Certified Survey Map 94030-C, 2 lots on West State Street.
Certified Survey Map 94032-C, 1 lot on Rockshire Drive.
Certified Survey Map 94059-C, 2 lots in the 400 block of North
Terrace°
Certified Survey Map 94066-C, 3 lots on Kellogg Avenue°
Council President Noll stated that if there were no objections, the
consent agenda would be approved. There were no objections.
(Ail 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. There were none~
2. Public hearing on 1995 proposed City and Library budgets.
Jim Hartwig, 3929 Parkview Drive, and Dale Plumb, 3108 East
Milwaukee St., requested the Council reinstate the mowing of the
green belt trails in the City of Janesville.
Bob Kolarik, representing the new owners of the building located at
101 East Milwaukee, stated his support for the funds budgeted for
the repair and renovation of the parking ramp
Ed Pulliam, representing the Library Board, stated his support for
the library budget as presented. In his opinion, the money
allocated for staff's compensation parity, CD Rom hardware and
software and retaining sufficient undesignated fund balance was
essential to the operations of the library.
Bill Mears, President of Forward Janesville, stated his support of
the tourism budget.
Councilmember Stehura requested that the library director prepare
a report analyzing the increase in staff productivity and the cost
savings achieved with their computer system.
3. A proposed ordinance increasing the transit fares received its
second reading and public hearing.
John Wittlief, 2617 Cedar Pointe Dr., presented the Council with a
study on the advantages and disadvantages of transit fare increase.
Councilmember O'Leary moved to adopt said ordinance, seconded by
Councilmember Thomas and passed unanimously° (File Ordinance NOo
94-952)
NEW BUSINESS
1. Consideration of the Janesville Board of Education request for
the use of a portion of Palmer Park as a site for a middle school,
and the referral of said site to the Plan Commission.
David Barry, 303 East Holmes, supported the Palmer Park site for
the construction of the new middle school.
Janet Seaton, 2328 Ruger Avenue, and Barbara Brackett, 2403 Ruger
Avenue, stated the need for the community to work together on the
selection of a middle school site and requested more information,
before any site was eliminated from the process.
The following citizens stated their opposition to Palmer Park as
the next middle school site: Sheri Kelts~ representing the Camden
Board of Directors; Greg Smith, 613 East Van Buren St.; Jason Dowd,
24 South Pine St.; Tom Murray, 432 South Blackhawk St., Bob Gordon,
3319 Van Allen Rd.; Alice Wilson, 1415 Josephine St.; Karen
Hedgecock, 1109 Bingham Av.; Marvin Roth, 1533 Tyler St.; Alex
Cunningham, 623 East Court St.; Karen Goelzer, 1183 Columbus Ct.;
Jim Bahler, 404 North Washington St.; Margaret Reisenauer, 1810
Meadow Lark Dr.; LaVonne Swanson, 514 North Garfield Av.; Merrill
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Horswill, 2328 Hillcrest Dr.; Sam Nitz, an Edison Middle School
student, and Gary Utterberg, 1029 North Pine St.
Councilmember Schneider moved to deny the school board request for
the use of a portion of Palmer Park as a site for a new middle
school, seconded by Councilmember Heitzman and passed unanimously.
2. A proposed resolution authorizing the administration to lease
City owned land adjoining 634 South River St. to Marling Lumber Co.
Councilmember Schneider moved to adopt said resolution, seconded by
Councilmember Noll.
Councilmember Brien requested that the lease be renegotiated so
that it would include revenue to recover the costs of removing the
railroad tracks located on that property.
Councilmember Schneider withdrew his motion and Council President
Noll withdrew her second.
Council President Noll postponed action on this resolution for two
weeks.
3. & 4. No action was taken on the 1995 Library budget or the 1995
City budget.
5. A proposed ordinance amending the zoning code to include
shoreland-wetland overlay district was introduced, referred to the
Plan Commission and scheduled for public hearing on December 12,
1994. (File Ordinance No. 94-953)
6. A proposed ordinance rezoning property located at 702 South
Washington Street from R2 to B3 was introduced, referred to the
Plan Commission and scheduled for public hearing on December 12,
1994. (File Ordinance No. 94-955)
7. A proposed ordinance amending text to allow production of
cabinets, countertops and other household furnishings for retail
sale only was introduced, referred to the Plan Commission and
scheduled for public hearing on December 12, 1994. (File Ordinance
No. 94-957)
8. Matters not on the agenda. Councilmember Stehura requested
that the administration check to see if the telephone company will
be digging up our new bike trail located near the No. 6 Tee at
Blackhawk Golf Course to install fiber optic telephone cable.
Also, he requested that the City Manager try to resolve the problem
concerning the drainage trench between Mrs. Marcks and Mro
Salzmann's property on North Parker Dr.
Councilmember Heitzman requested that the Council Policy Statement
concerning the placement of crossing guards be revised, so that
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criteria is established for the discontinuation of such services.
9. Councilmember O'Leary moved to convene into closed session
pursuant to Wisconsin Statute 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, seconded by Councilmember Brien and passed
unanimously.
There being no further business, the meeting was adjourned into
closed session at 10:07 p.m.
These minutes are not official until approved by the City Council.
Jean Ann Wulf
City Clerk
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