06-08-98PROCEEDINGS OF THE CITY COUNCIL
CITY OF JANESVILLE, WISCONSIN
REGULAR MEETING
JUNE 8, 1998
VOL. 49
NO. 5
Regular meeting of the City Council of the City of Janesville held in the Municipal building on June 8,
1998.
The meeting was called to order by Council Vice President Brien.
Present: Council Vice President Brien, Councilmembers Westphal, Murphy, Stehura, Noll, and
Schneider. Absent: Council President O'Leary.
CONSENT AGENDA
Minutes of the regular meeting of May 26, 1998.
Licenses; and Recommendations of the Alcohol License Advisory Committee.
Action on Final Certified Survey Map #98023-C, 4 lots on Newville Road.
Councilmember Westphal asked that Licenses and Recommendations of the Alcohol License Advisory
Committee be taken up separately and stated he would be passing on that item due to a conflict.
Council Vice President Brien stated Licenses and Recommendations of the Alcohol License Advisory
Committee would be taken up separately and the balance of the Consent Agenda would be approved if
there were no objections. There were no objections.
Councilmember Stehura moved to approve all recommended licenses, seconded by Councilmembef Noll
and passed with the following vote: Aye: Council Vice President Brien, Councilmembers Murphy,
Stehura, Noll and Schneider. Pass: Councilmember Westphal.
(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.)
Special Reco~ition: A proposed resolution in commendation of Gene W. Hass' thirty-five years of
service to the City of Janesville.
Councilmember Stehura moved to adopt said resolution, seconded by Councilmember Schneider and
passed unanimously. (File Resolution No. 97-2286)
Special Recognition: A proposed resolution in commendation of Richard D. Bali's thirty-one years of
service to the City of Janesville.
Councilmember Noll moved to adopt said resolution, seconded by Councilmember Stehura and passed
unanimously. (File Resolution No. 98-2320)
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 property located at 2016-2018 & 2024-2026 Green Valley Drive
from Ri to R3 received its second reading and public hearing. No one appeared for the hearing.
Councilmember Noll moved to adopt said ordinance, seconded by Councilmember Schneider and passed
unanimously. (File Ordinance No. 98-1185)
Council Vice President Brien combined action on items 3.4. 5. & 6.
3-4-5-6. Proposed ordinances annexing (98-1188 & 1192) and zoning (98-1189 & 1193) property
located north of Highway 14 and east of Wrip~ht Road received their second reading and public hearing.
No one appeared for the hearing.
Councilmember Noll moved to adopt Ordinance Nos. 98-1192 & 98-1193. seconded by Councilmember
Westphal and passed unanimously. (File Ordinance Nos. 98-1192 & 98-1193'
Council took no action on Ordinance Nos. 98-1188 & 98-1189.
7. A proposed ordinance amending the City of Janesville Electrical Code received its second reading
and public hearing. No one appeared for the hearing.
Councilmember Noll moved to adopt said ordinance, seconded by Councilmember Schneider and passed
unanimously. (File Ordinance No. 98-1179)
8. A proposed ordinance desil~-ating Randolph Road as a connecting arterial street from North Wrip~ht
Road to Holly Drive received its second reading and public hearing. No one appeared for the hearing.
Councilmember Schneider moved to adopt said ordinance, seconded by Councilmember Noll and passed
unanimously. (File Ordinance No. 98-1194)
Council Vice President Brien combined action on items 9 & 10.
9-10. A proposed final resolution for Public Works Pro.am #2-1998 (Resolution No. 98-2317) and
a proposed resolution amending Public Works Pro.am #1-98 (Resolution No. 98-2316).
Council Vice President Brien opened the public hearing. Tim Weber. 3704 Bucking.ham Drive spoke
in favor of deferments proposed for his property. Attorney Fred Wesner. representing Arthur
Donaldson. objected to special assessments proposed on Kennedy Road. The public hearing was closed.
Councilmember Noll moved to adopt Resolutions 98-2316 & 98-2317. with action on the Donaldson
property on Kennedy Road postponed for two weeks, seconded by Councilmember Westphal.
Councilmember Stehura proposed a friendly amendment to include deferments for Tim Weber (10 year.
non-use deferment for sanitary sewer and water main on Rotamer Road, and 10 year. non-use deferment
for sanitary sewer extension on North Wright Road) and Jim Campbell (10 year. non-use deferment on
Greenwood Drive) in the motion. Councilmembers Noll and Westphal accepted the friendly
amendment. Council voted on the motion as amended and passed unanimously. (File Resolution Nos.
98-2316 & 98-2317)
11. A proposed resolution authorizing the issuance of $8,420,000 General Obligation Promissory Notes,
Series 1998, and providing the details thereof.
Councilmember Westphal moved to adopt said resolution and amend by reducing the note issue $20,000
to $8,400,000 to reflect a corresponding reduction for the Ice Arena Cooling Tower, seconded by
Council Vice President Brien.
Councilmember Schneider moved to amend said resolution by eliminating the Ice Arena Cooling Tower.
Motion died for lack of second. Councilmember Schneider moved to amend said resolution by reducing
the note issue $60,000 for play~ound renovation. Motion died for lack of second.
Council voted on the motion as amended and passed with the following vote: Aye: Council Vice
President Brien, Councilmembers Westphal, Murphy, Stehura, and Schneider. Nay: Councilmember
Noll. (File Resolution No. 98-2314)
12. Award of Contracts
Councilmember Westphal moved to award contracts as recommended by the Committee of Public
Works: M. New sidewalk to R.L. Venske & Son in the amount of $42,415.00; N-1. Sanitary sewer
repairs to Visu-Sewer Clean & Seal, Inc. in the amount of $70,536.00; N-2. Sanitary sewer repairs to
Performance Pipelining, Inc. in the amount of $35,482.00; O. Sanitary Manhole Repairs to
Infrastructure Technologies, Inc. in the amount of $33,235.00; P. Ice Arena Evaporative Condenser
to RMC Inc. in the amount of $38,200.00. Seconded by Councilmember Murphy and passed
unanimously.
NEW BUSINESS
1. Committee appointment.
Councilmember Stehura moved to approve the City Manager's appointment of Harold Combs to the
Board of Review, seconded by Councilmember Schneider and passed unanimously.
2. A proposed resolution authorizing a budget amendment to provide funds to install a temporary odor
control system at the sanitary landfill.
Councilmember Stehura moved to adopt said resolution, seconded by Councilmember Noll and passed
unanimously. (File Resolution No. 98-2321)
3. Matters not on the Agenda.
There were none.
4. Closed Session.
Councilmember Noll moved to convene into closed session per Wisconsin Statute Section 19.85 (1)
(e) for the purpose of deliberating or negotiating the purchase 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 Schneider and passed unanimously.
There being no further business, Council convened into closed session at 7:53 p.m.
These minutes are not official until approved by the City Council.
Timothy L. Kitzman
Deputy Clerk-Treasurer