03-27-1995PROCEEDINGS OF THE CITY COUNCIL
CITY OF JANESVILLE, WISCONSIN
REGULAR MEETING
March 27, 1995
Vol. 45 APPROVED 4-10-95
No. 3 3
Regular meeting of the City Council of the City of Janesville, held
in the Municipal Building, March 27, 1995.
The meeting was called to order by Council President Noll.
Present: Council President Noll, Councilmembers Stehura, Heitzman,
Brien, O'Leary, Schneider and Thomas.
Councilmember Schneider led the Council in the Pledge of
Allegiance.
CONSENT AGENDA
Minutes of the regular meeting held March 13, 1995.
Minutes of the closed session held March 13, 1995.
Licenses; and recommendations of the Alcohol License Advisory
Committee.
Financial statement for the month of January, 1995.
Council President Noll stated that if there were no objections, the
consent agenda would be approved. There were no objections.
(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.)
A proposed resolution in commendation of the 20th anniversary of
the Janesville Fire Department Paramedic Program.
Councilmember Schneider moved to adopt said resolution, seconded by
Councilmember Thomas and passed unanimously. (File Resolution No.
95-1906)
OLD BUSINESS
1. Requests and comments from the public on matters which can be
affected by Council action. There were none.
2. A proposed ordinance rezoning a portion of property at 2116
Center Ave. from B3/R3 to R1, was given its second reading and
public hearing.
Curt Ranum, 2203 South Terrace St., opposed the rezoning of the
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property and the associated extension of Edison Ave. Also, he
provided Council with a list of neighbors who objected to the
development of this property.
Nate Naden, owner of the property at 2116 Center Aw., stated single
family residence is the best use of this property, and the
extension of Edison Av. is required for access.
Councilmember O'Leary moved to adopt said ordinance, seconded by
Councilmember Brien and passed unanimously. (File Ordinance No.
94- 965)
3. & 4. Proposed ordinances annexing property (95-975) and zoning
property (95-976), located in the 3600-3700 block of East Rotamer
Road received their second readings and public hearing. No one
appeared for the public hearing.
Councilmember O'Leary moved to adopt both ordinances, seconded by
Councilmember Schneider and. passed unanimously. (File Ordinances
No. 95-975 and 95-976)
5. A proposed ordinance rezoning property located at 455 North
Parker Dr. from B6 to R4, received its second reading and public
hearing. No one appeared for the public hearing.
Councilmember Schneider moved to adopt said ordinance, seconded by
Councilmember Brien and passed by the following vote: Aye:
Council President Noll, Councilmembers Heitzman, Brien, O'Leary,
Schneider and Thomas. Nay: Councilmember Stehura. (File
Ordinance No. 95-977)
6. A proposed ordinance rezoning properties located at 937, 949
and 959 South Jackson St. from M2 to B3, received its second
reading and public hearing. No one appeared for the public
hearing.
Councilmember Schneider moved to adopt said ordinance, seconded by
Councilmember O'Leary and passed unanimously. (File Ordinance No.
95-978)
7. & 8. Proposed resolutions approving a project plan for proposed
TIF District No. XV to facilitate the expansion of Freedom Plastics
(95-1877), and authorizing the City Manager to enter into a TIF
development agreement with Freedom Plastics on the 25 acre parcel
of land (95-1878).
Councilmember O'Leary moved to adopt both resolutions, seconded by
Councilmember Stehura and passed unanimously. (File Resolutions
No. 95-1877 and 95-1878)
9. A proposed resolution vacating a portion of South Parker Dr.,
between East Court St. and St. Lawrence Av., was given its public
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hearing.
Councilmember O'Leary moved to adopt Revised Resolution No. 95-
1886, subject to the execution of a revised maintenance agreement
acceptable to the City Manager, and the County proceeding with the
County Courthouse expansion project, seconded by Councilmember
Brien and passed unanimously. (File Rev. Resolution No. 95-1886}
NEW BUSINESS
1. A proposed resolution approving the final plat of Briar Crest
East Fifth Addition.
Councilmember O'Leary moved, to adopt said resolution, seconded by
Councilmember Schneider and passed unanimously. (File Resolution
(95-1908)
2. Councilmember O'Leary moved to award Contract J, Alternate A -
Rockport Pool Repainting - to R. M. Tech of Wisconsin in the amount
of $18,872.00, and Contract K, Landfill Gas Extraction System, to
Terra Engineering & Construction Corp. in the amount of
$327,704.00, less a change order of approximately $115,000.00,
which would delete the building that houses the blowers and gas
flares, seconded by Councilmember Heitzman and passed unanimously.
3. A proposed resolution authorizing the leasing of the Wisconsin
Power and Light property located 110-123 South Rlver Street.
Councilmember O'Leary moved to adopt said resolution, seconded by
Councilmember Brien and passed unanimously. (File Resolution No.
95-1904)
4. A proposed resolution acknowledging the Council's review of the
1994 Compliance Maintenance Annual Report of the Wastewater
Treatment Plant.
Councilmember O'Leary moved to adopt said resolution, seconded by
Councilmember Brien and passed unanimously. (File Resolution No.
95-1887)
5. A proposed City Council Policy statement creating a policy to
collect delinquent accounts receivable.
Councilmember O'Leary moved to adopt said policy with the third
category being relabeled from "Policy" to "Procedure", seconded by
Councilmember Heitzman and passed unanimously.
6. A motion to approve street name change from Glenmoor Dr. to
Kingsbridge Dr. in Castlemoor Estates.
Councilmember O'Leary moved to approve the street name change,
seconded by Councilmember Schneider and passed unanimously.
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7. A proposed ordinance rezoning 1300 Norwood Rd. from B3 to M1
was introduced, referred to the Plan Commission and scheduled for
public hearing on April 24, 1995. (File Ordinance No. 95-980)
8. Matters not on the agenda. Councilmember O'Leary inquired
about the need to install sidewalks on Pontiac and Holiday Dr.,
where a recent accident involving a pedestrian occurred.
City Manager Sheiffer stated that a professional traffic engineer
would be engaged to do a traffic study of the traffic problems in
that area.
For the record, Councilmember Heitzman stated the article in the
March 27, 1995 Janesville Gazette crediting Forward Janesville with
its contributions to economic development in the City was
incomplete. Economic development is a partnership between Forward
Janesville, the City administration and the City taxpayers. On a
different subject, Councilmember Heitzman stated that she did not
know the extent of the library demolition project.
Councilmember Stehura requested an adopted 1995 Library Budget, and
a summary of the changes made to the budget by the library board.
Council President Noll scheduled an organizational meeting on April
18, 1995 at 7:30 a.m. The Council waived notice.
9. The Council adjourned their regular meeting and reconvened in
study session to discuss the need to relocate the City's fire
stations at 8:20 p.m.
City Manager Sheiffer and Fire Chief Grorud presented the fire
station relocation study to the Council. The study shows that the
City must relocate our fire stations, if we wish to obtain our
goals of responding to 80% of our emergency calls within four
minutes and minimizing our average response time.
The Council asked various questions concerning the study and
requested additional information, before taking action on this
matter.
Councilmember Brien requested an analysis on our emergency response
time, based on prior years' activities, and whether there is a
concentration of calls in specific areas of the community. In
addition, he requested an analysis of railroad crossings and how
they affect our emergency vehicles response time.
Councilmember O'Leary requested an analysis of response times in
one minute increments, instead of using averages.
City Manager Sheiffer stated that the appropriate charts and
graphics will be prepared to address Council's concerns, and
another study session will be scheduled in 30 to 45 days.
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10. Councilmember Schneider moved to convene into closed session
pursuant to Wisconsin Statute Section 19.85(1)(c), for the purpose
of considering employment, promotion, compensation or performanace
evaluation data of any public employee over which the governmental
body has jurisdiction or exercises responsibility; and Wisconsin
Statute Section 19.85 (1)(9], 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 Heitzman and passed unanimously.
There being no further business, the Council adjourned into closed
session at 9:53 p.m.
These minutes are not official until approved by the City Council.
Jean Ann Wulf
City Clerk