Finance Committee Meeting Minutes 2008


Wednesday, December 3rd, 2008
5:00 PM at City Hall

Members Present: Dan Jahnke, Butch Chase, JoAnne Link, Paul Marose, Dennis Sheldon and Mayor Bosak
Member Absent: None
Also Present: Curt Ninmann

The meeting was called to order at 5:00 PM, and roll call was taken.
Link/Chase to approve the agenda. Motion carried 3-0.
Link/Chase to approve the minutes of Special Meeting, Tuesday, November 4 th, 2008. Motion carried 3-0.

Fire Truck Lease.
Chase/Link to recommend to the Common Council to approve the Fire Department lease to purchase a 2008 Peirce Enforcer Pumper to replace 1981 pumper and 1982 rescue truck. See attached documents. After 7 payments of $39,767.25 with a total cost approximately of $430,000.00. Motion carried 3-0.

Chase/Link to recommend to the Common Council to authorize Fire Chief Ninmann to utilize $30,000.00 of the fire department’s contingency money to be used to purchase needs for installing supplied items and for item already installed on the new truck. Motion carried 3-0.

Wage Recommendations from Personnel. See attached.
Link/Chase to increase EMS base salary by $50.00. Motion carried. 3-0.

Link/Chase to increase EMS Coordinator, Secretary/Treasurer and Maintenance Person base pay by $100.00. Motion carried 3-0.

Chase/Link in increase all city department head wages by .50 cents per hour. Motion carried 3-0.

Chase/Link to increase Police Officer Pay on July 1 st, 2009 by .50 cents and Administrative Assistant by .25 cents. Motion carried 3-0.

Chase/Link to give part-time police officers an increase to equal Fire Department call pay which is $14.19. Motion carried 3-0.

Jahnke/Link to recommend to the Common Council to give all part-time employees with no benefits to be included in the wage increase of .35 cents per hour effective January 1 st, 2009. Motion carried 3-0.

Gift Certificates. See attached.
Chase/Link to approve all city employees to be given a $20.00 Christmas gift certificate from Piggly Wiggly. Motion carried 3-0.

Intergovernmental Agreement – Special Assessments and Charges. See attached.
Link/Chase to receommend to the Common Council to approve new Contract/Intergovernmental Agreement (Special Assessments & Special Charges). Motion carried 3-0.

Pepsi Credit Application.
Link/Chase to ok City to fill out credit application for Pepsi to set up account for Addie Joss Stand. Motion carried 3-0.

2008 Budget Monitoring. See attached.
Reviewed 2008 Budget. Looking right now to be right on target come year end. Will have to amend some areas.

Tax Bill Inserts.
Will do two mailing. One with tax bills and another to get information to renters. Will need information from Department Heads to put on the back of agenda. Dennis to check into bulk mailing.

Set date and time for next meeting. January 7 th, 2008 at 5:00 PM.

Link/Chase to adjourn the meeting at 6:22 PM. Motion carried 3-0.

Minutes Reported By:
Dan Jahnke


Special City Finance Committee
Tuesday, November 4th, 2008
5:00 PM at City Hall

Members Present: Dan Jahnke, Butch Chase, JoAnne Link, and Dennis Sheldon,
Member Absent: Paul Marose and Mayor Bosak
Also Present: None

The meeting was called to order at 5:00 PM, and roll call was taken.
Link/Chase to approve the agenda. Motion carried 3-0.
Chase/Link to approve the minutes from Wednesday, October 29 th, 2008. Motion carried 3-0.

Fire Truck Leasing Options. (AMENDED 11-3-08 at 4:15 PM)
Discussed lease options. Will review. Curt to keep us informed on the new truck.

Link/Chase to adjourn into closed session as per §19.85 (1)(c) considering employment, promotion, compensation or performance evaluation date of any public employee over which the government body has jurisdiction or exercises responsibility. Motion carried 3-0.

Wage Adjustments.

Chase/Link to reconvene into open session as per §19.85 (2) and disclose findings if any. Motion carried 3-0.

Chase/Link to award merit wage increase to Pam Bunkoske effective January 1 st, 2009 from

22-A $17.80 current to 22-C $18.06 for the outstanding job she does for the city with a recommendation from her supervisor. Motion carried 3-0.

Link/Chase to forward Police Department wage proposal to City Personnel Committee for review and to have the Committee send back to the Finance Committee with their wage increase recommendation based on pay review and evaluations. Please see Dennis Sheldon on budget number. Motion carried 3-0.

Set date and time for next meeting. December 2 nd, 2008 at 5:00 PM.

Link/Chase to adjourn the meeting at 5:35 PM. Motion carried.

Minutes Reported By:
Dan Jahnke


Wednesday, October 29th, 2008
5:00 PM at City Hall

Members Present: Dan Jahnke, Butch Chase, JoAnne Link, Dennis Sheldon and Mayor Bosak
Member Absent: Paul Marose
Also Present: Edward Oestreich, Dave Beal, Curt Ninmann, Sue Ludtke, Barb Smith

The meeting was called to order at 5:02 PM, and roll call was taken.
Link/Chase to approve the agenda. Motion carried.
Link/Chase to approve the minutes from Monday, October 13 th Special Meeting. Motion carried.
Chase/Link to approve the minutes from Monday, October 16 th Special Meeting. Motion carried.

5:00 Edward Oestreich

5:10 Dave Beal

Dave requested taking $500.00 out of siren funds and moving to his wage line and cutting siren fund to $3,000.00.

5:20 Curt Ninmann

5:30 Sue Luedtke

Link/Chase to forward to the Personnel Committee EMS Wage increases for 2009. $50.00 for EMT base salaries, $100.00 for EMS Coordinator, Secretary/Treasurer, and Maintenance Person. Motion carried 3-0.

5:40 Barb Smith

Approve To Set Public Hearing for 2009 Budget. See attached.
Link/Chase to move $10,000.00 to the Police Auto Contingency and $2,000.00 to the Library Fund. This $12,000.00 comes out of the Public Works Department Capital Truck Replacement, which now should have $8,500.00 for their new truck. November 20 th, 2008 at 6:30 PM will conduct Public Hearing for the budget. Motion carried 3-0.

Approve Purchase of Hickey Park Equipment. See attached.
Chase/Link to recommend to the Common Council to purchase playground equipment for $7,500.00 for Hickey Park. This money has been budgeted with contingency Recreation donation fund. Motion carried 3-0.

Approve Audio Conference Training for City Hall Stall. See attached.
Chase/Link to approve W2/1099 training for city hall staff. Motion carried.

Set date and time for next meeting. Tuesday, November 4 th, 2008 at 5:00 PM.

Link/Jahnke to adjourn the meeting at 6:26 PM. Motion carried.

Minutes Reported By:
Dan Jahnke


Special City Finance Committee
Thursday, October 16 th, 2008
5:00 PM at City Hall

Members Present: Dan Jahnke, Butch Chase, JoAnne Link, Paul Marose, Dennis Sheldon and Mayor Bosak
Member Absent: None
Also Present: None

The meeting was called to order at 5:00 PM, and roll call was taken.
Chase/Link to approve the agenda. Motion carried 3-0.

2009 Budget. See attached.
Reviewed budget. Will meet October 29 th to answer any department head questions and to approve the budget and to send to a public hearing.

Set date and time for next meeting. October 29 th, 2008 at 5:00 with all department heads.

Link/Chase to adjourn the meeting at 5:31 PM. Motion carried 3-0.

Minutes Reported By:
Dan Jahnke


Special City Finance Committee
Monday, October 13th, 2008
5:00 PM at City Hall

Members Present: Dan Jahnke, Butch Chase, JoAnne Link, Paul Marose, Dennis Sheldon, and Mayor Bosak
Member Absent: None
Also Present: None

The meeting was called to order at 5:00 PM, and roll call was taken.
Link/Jahnke to approve the agenda. Motion carried 2-0.
Link/Jahnke to approve the minutes from Tuesday, October 7 th, 2008. Motion carried 2-0.

Approve Long Distance Contract. See attached.
Link/Jahnke to approve long distance contract with Power Com. Motion carried. Does not go to the Common Council. Motion carried 2-0.

2009 Budget. See attached.
Reviewed budget and proposed additional cuts. Dennis to run then numbers.

Set date and time for next meeting. October 16 th, 2008 at 5:00. 

Jahnke/Link to adjourn into closed session as per §19.85 (1)(c) considering employment, promotion, compensation or performance evaluation date of any public employee over which the government body has jurisdiction or exercises responsibility. Motion carried 3-0.

Merit Pay

Chase/Link to reconvene into open session as per §19.85 (2) and disclose findings if any. Motion carried 3-0.

Chase/Link to grant Pam Bunkoske a merit wage increase effective November 1 st, 2008 from 22A $17.80 to 22C $18.06 based on a recommendation from her supervisor. In 2007, a recommendation was not given. Pam has done as outstanding job for the city and over this past year has gone over and above her call of duty with her outstanding performance with FEMA’s paperwork with our flooding disaster, as well as the time spent on benefits for the Public Safety and Personnel Committee. Motion carried 3-0.

Chase/Link to adjourn the meeting at 6:04 PM. Motion carried.

Minutes Reported By:
Dan Jahnke


Special City Finance Committee
Tuesday, October 7 th, 2008
5:00 PM at City Hall

Members Present: Dan Jahnke, JoAnne Link, Dennis Sheldon and Mayor Bosak
Member Absent: Butch Chase and Paul Marose
Also Present: None

The meeting was called to order at 5:00 PM, and roll call was taken.
Link/Jahnke to approve the agenda. Motion carried 2-0.

Link/Jahnke to approve Minutes of Special Meeting, Monday, September 22 nd. Motion carried 2-0.
Link/Jahnke to approve Minutes of Special Meeting, Thursday, September 25 th. Motion carried 2-0.  

Discuss Garbage/Recycling Pick Up Issues.
One phone call that someone was missed. No other calls.

Approve EMS/Fire Pay Method.
Link/Jahnke Recommend to the Personnel Committee to authorize new pay method for Fire Department only. To offer annual or monthly pay out to the employees, starting in January 2009 and this will be on a one year trial basis. Will authorize all details at 2009 year end. Survey from Department showed 25 out of 27 do not want to get paid monthly. This would also save money on checks. Motion carried 2-0.

Discuss Telephone System.
Haven’t seen anything yet. Still waiting.

Approve Police Department Pay Raise. See attached.
Tabled at this time.

2009 Budget.
Started to review.

Set date and time for next meeting. October 13 th, 2008 at 5:00 PM.

Link/Jahnke to adjourn the meeting at 5:00 PM. Motion carried.

Minutes Reported By:
Daniel J. Jahnke


Special City Finance Committee
Thursday, September 25 th, 2008
5:00 PM at City Hall

Members Present: Dan Jahnke, Butch Chase, JoAnne Link, Dennis Sheldon and Mayor Bosak
Member Absent: Paul Marose
Also Present: Barb Smith, Wayne Bubolz, Dave Beal, Robert Buhr, and Sue Ludtke

The meeting was called to order at 5:00 PM, and roll call was taken.
Chase/Jahnke to approve the agenda. Motion carried.

2009 Budgets:
5:00 Barb Smith – Reviewed Budget 2009

5:15 Wayne Bubolz – Reviewed Budget 2009

5:30 Dave Beal – Reviewed Budget 2009

5:45 Robert Buhr – Reviewed Budget 2009

6:00 Sue Ludtke – Reviewed Budget 2009

6:15 Dennis Sheldon

A. General Fund Revenues
Not looking good- period.

B. Telephone System
No report on that yet.

2009 Budget Overview.
Not looking good at all.

Set date and time for next meeting. October 7 th, 2008 at 5:00 PM.
Chase/Link to adjourn the meeting at 6:42 PM. Motion carried.

Minutes Reported By:
Dan Jahnke


Tuesday, September 2nd, 2008
5:00 PM at City Hall

Members Present: Dan Jahnke, Butch Chase, JoAnne Link, Paul Marose, and Dennis Sheldon
Members Absent: Mayor Bosak
Also Present: None

The meeting was called to order at 5:00 PM, and roll call was taken.
Chase/Link to approve the agenda. Motion carried.
Link/Chase to approve the minutes from Monday, August 4 th, 2008. Motion carried.

Discuss Garbage/Recycling Pick Up Issues:
Tom Nehls still has not received larger containers. No calls lately. Beaver Dam doesn’t furnish to businesses. Does furnish to non-profit organizations. 20 yard received. How long can we do this yet? Will keep the gate open.

Discuss 2007 Delinquent Personal Property Taxes. See attached.
Taken care of. Attorney Sciascia has sent out the letters.

Approve EMS/Fire Pay Method.
Dan is to get some input from the fire department. Vote to be taken.

Approve Addie Joss Field Light Repairs. See attached.
Chase/Link to pay for the additional light that was fixed at the Addie Joss field for $510.25. This is still under budget. Motion carried 3-0. Dan Wegener found another bad light.

Approve Special Charges for 2008 Tax Roll. See attached.
Chase/Link to put unpaid invoices from 233 W. Street from snow removal and lawn mowing care in the amount of $439.02 on the 2008 tax roll. Motion carried 3-0.

Approve Assessor Contract for 2009 . See attached.
Chase/Link to approve the assessor contract for 2009 awarded to Bowmar Appraisal, Inc. for the amount of $4,600.00. Motion carried3-0.

2009 Clerk/Treasurer Budgets. See attached.
Presented City Hall, Clerk budget to the committee. Reviewed all documents.

Update on Utility Refinancing.
Upcoming clean water fund refinancing coming up in the future.

Set Dates For Special Meeting With Budget Managers.
September 22 nd at 6:30 PM and September 25 th at 5:00 PM to meeting with all department heads.

Set date and time for next meeting. Regular meeting at 5:00 PM on October 7 th, 2008.
Chase/Link to adjourn the meeting at 6:10 PM. Motion carried 3-0.

Minutes Reported By:
Daniel P. Jahnke


Monday, August 4th, 2008
5:00 PM at City Hall

Members Present: Dan Jahnke, Jo Anne Link, Paul Marose, Dennis Sheldon, and Mayor Bosak
Members Absent: Butch Chase
Also Present: None

The meeting was called to order at 5:00 PM, and roll call was taken.
Link/Jahnke to approve the agenda. Motion carried.
Link/Jahnke to approve the minutes from Tuesday, July 1 st, 2008. Motion carried.

Discuss Garbage/Recycling Pick Up Issues
Discussed current issues.

Update on CDBG Loan Application. See attached.
No funds available.

Update of E. Center Street BIDS. See attached.
Link/Jahnke to recommend to Public Works to accept Dodge Construction low bid of $108,600 for E. Center Street Pavement Project. Motion carried 2-0.

Discuss 2007 Delinquent Personnal Property Taxes. See attached.
Recommend to have Joe Sciascia draft letter and send out to delinquent customers.

2009 Budgeting Guidelines. See attached.
Discussed all guidelines. Dennis explained Fund Structure items.

2008 Budget Monitoring. See attached.
Currently at 47.8% budget used vs. 45.9 in 2007 and 44.3 in 2006. Looks to be right on line.

Approve Budget Preparation Timetable. See attached.
Recommend to Public Works to set a Joint Meeting with Public Works/Finance/Utility to renew and recommend a 5-year plan for road/street improvements.

Fire Department Truck Replacement Fund. See attached. Amended 8-1-08.
Link/Jahnke to recommend to Council to put $1,643.31 receipt from Watertown Tire Fire in the Truck Replacement Fund. Motion carried 2-0.

Set date and time for next meeting. September 2 nd, 2008, at 5:00 PM.
Link/Jahnke to adjourn the meeting at 6:13 PM. Motion carried.

Minutes Reported By:
Dan Jahnke


Tuesday, July 1st, 2008
5:00 PM at City Hall

Members Present: Dan Jahnke, Butch Chase, JoAnne Link, Paul Marose, Dennis Sheldon, and Mayor Bosak
Members Absent: None
Also Present: None

The meeting was called to order at 5:00 PM, and roll call was taken.
Link/Chase to approve the agenda. Motion carried.
Link/Chase to approve the minutes from Tuesday, June 3 rd, 2008. Motion carried.

Discuss Garbage/Recycling Pick Up Issues – Todd Metke
Get list of people getting charged for containers in the city. Send Todd e-mail people requesting larger containers. When it quiets down will go through contract to straighten out all issues.

Approve Bulk Pick Up Date.
Chase/Link to approve bulk pick up date for the City Of Juneau on September 18 th pending Veolia checking this date. Motion carried 3-0.

Approve 2008 Funding for ECG Lease Debt – Jim Burke – See attached.
Chase/Link to take at the maximum of $7,850.04 out of the state money to take care of 2008 payment for new ECG lease debt. Motion carried 3-0.

Discuss Addie Joss Field funding.
Link/Chase to purchase two pallets ground clay to restore Addie Joss. Money to be out of Recreation and Public Works Department or General Fund.

Approve Line of Credit at Farmers and Merchants Bank.
Link/Chase to approve the line of credit for $250,000.00. Motion carried 3-0

Discuss Fire Department Payroll Frequency. See attached.
Waiting on Joe Sciascia. Dennis states current process is working fine. Tracks hours in payroll system.

Approve Budget Preparation Timetable. See attached.
Dennis presented timetable. Looks good.

Approve Addie Joss Field Lighting Upgrade. (AMENDED 6-30-08 at 2:45 PM)
Chase/Link to recommend to Common Council to approve price quote of $2,041.00 to replace (4) ballasts at Addie Joss Baseball Diamond from Wegener Electric and Plumbing and use of volunteer help and ladder truck from Juneau Fire Department. Motion carried 3-0.

Chase/Link to adjourn into closed session as per §19.85 (1)(e) 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. Motion carried 3-0.

Renewal of outsourced/contracted services.

Chase/Link to reconvene into open session as per §19.85 (2) and disclose findings if any.

Discussed contracted vendors.

Set date and time for next meeting. August 4 th, 2008 at 5:00 PM.

Chase/Link to adjourn the meeting at 6:12 PM. Motion carried.

Minutes Reported By:
Dan Jahnke


Tuesday, June 3 rd, 2008
5:00 PM at City Hall

Members Present: Dan Jahnke, Butch Chase, JoAnne Link, Paul Marose, Dennis Sheldon, and Mayor Bosak
Members Absent: None
Also Present: Dennis Druecke

The meeting was called to order at 5:00 PM, and roll call was taken.
Chase/Link to approve the agenda. Motion carried 3-0.
Link/Chase to approve the minutes from Tuesday, May 6 th, 2008. Motion carried 3-0.

Discuss E. Center Street Funding.
1. Final Paving. See attached.
Chase/Link to recommend to the Public Works Committee to pave Center Street in 2008. Take out $60,000 from special assessment fund and to borrow the rest. Recommend to send out bid for the project. Approve cost at $90,000.00. Motion carried 2-1.

A. Topsoil and Water Use By Residents.
B. Water provided by the city.
C. Topsoil if they need it.

Discuss Garbage/Recycling Pick Up Issues. See attached.
Invite Todd to the next meeting.

Update on ECG Machine Purchase.
We have the copies of meetings notes from the villages and townships. The contract is signed and product is ordered.

Discuss Delinquent Personal Property Taxes. See attached.
Dennis to send out another delinquent letter. This will be the second notice.

Approve Training Request For Joe Sciascia. See attached.
Chase/Link to authorize Joe Sciascia training for municipal attorney’s institute. Cost is $230.00 for business registration, $240.00 for lodging. Motion carried 3-0.

Approve Juneau August Fest Donation. See attached.
Link/Chase to authorize the donation of $600.00 for Juneau August Fest 2008. Motion carried 3-0.

Approve City Hall Remodeling Costs From 2007 Borrowing. See attached.
Current cost is $20,620.10 with more coming in. Carpeting will not be replaced.

Approve Renewal of Line of Credit at Farmers and Merchant Bank.
Link/Chase to authorize the line of credit with Farmers and Merchants Bank. Motion carried 3-0.

Approve Funding For Camera Purchases at Parks. See attached.
To send to CDA to see if they could help out in any way for park improvement for the purchase of cameras.

Discuss Repayment of Advance to TIF #2
Dennis to check out some possible situations.

Set date and time for next meeting. July 1 st at 5:00 PM.

Chase/Link to adjourn the meeting at 6:18 PM. Motion carried.

Minutes Reported By:
Daniel Jahnke


Tuesday, May 6th, 2008
5:00 PM at City Hall

Members Present: Dan Jahnke, Butch Chase, JoAnne Link, Paul Marose, Dennis Sheldon, and Mayor Bosak
Members Absent: None
Also Present: Jim Ronge

The meeting was called to order at 5:00 PM, and roll call was taken.
Chase/Link to approve the agenda. Motion carried.
Chase/Jahnke to approve the minutes from Wednesday, April 2 nd, 2008. Motion carried.

Approve Server Replacement – Klass Act Solutions
Chase/Link to recommend to the Common Council the purchase of a new server at a cost of $7,207.48 from Klass Act Solutions. Shipping is not included. Motion carried 3-0.

Approve Purchase of ECG Machines. See attached.
Link/Chase to recommend to the Common Council to proceed with the purchase of two (2) ECG machines from Phillips Medical Capital with monthly payments of $1,308.30 for thirty-six (36) months for a total cost of $43,680.00. Payments will be through a billing service. Motion carried pending signed township and village contracts 3-0.

Discuss Garbage/Recycling Pick Up Issues.
This was discussed. Dennis is to contact Todd regarding the large dumpsters. Twenty (20) people have requested these and have not received them.

Discuss E. Center Street Funding. See attached.
Chase /Link to recommend to the Public Works Committee to hold off on the second coat of asphalt till after the detour is complete. Motion carried 3-0.

Approve Quotes for Addie Joss Field upgrade. See attached.
Chase/Link to approve the additional cost of infield upgrade. The cost may not exceed $1,100.00. Motion carried 3-0.

Approve Police Mobile Data Computer Purchase. See attached.
Chase/Link to purchase Mobile Data Computer at a cost of $7,700 for the Police Department. There was $8,000.00 in the budget for this. Motion carried 3-0.

Approve Delinquent Personal Property Tax Write Off. See attached.
Have city attorney contact curves for women to see if city can get delinquent amount of $151.36. Report back in June.

Budget Monitoring – First Quarter, 2008. See attached.
The budget is on track through the first quarter.

Set date and time for next meeting. June 3 rd at 5:00 PM.

Chase/Link to adjourn the meeting at 6:00 PM. Motion carried.

Minutes Reported By:
Daniel P. Jahnke


Wednesday, April 2nd, 2008
4:30 PM at City Hall

Members Present: Dan Jahnke, Butch Chase, John Schuster, Paul Marose, Dennis Sheldon, and Mayor Ron Bosak
Members Absent: None
Also Present: Jim Burke, Jim Ronge

The meeting was called to order at 4:30 PM, and roll call was taken.
Schuster/Chase to approve the agenda. Motion carried 3-0.
Chase/Schuster to approve the minutes from Thursday, March 6 th, 2008. Motion carried 3-0.

Invoice Cancellation. See attached.
Schuster/Chase to write off past due invoice #6836 in the amount of $25.76 for snow removal due to circumstances. Motion carried 3-0.

Pre-Application for 2008 CDBG Housing Funds. See attached.
Chase/Schuster to approve CDBG Housing application. Motion carried 3-0.

Training Request for Pam Bunkoske. See attached.
Chase/Schuster to approve 2008 Wisconsin Clerks/Treasurer’s Finance Officers Institute registration fee of $85.00, plus $62.00 per night for two nights for lodging from June 18 th – 20 th, 2008. Motion carried 3-0.

Official Depositories.
Dennis is to check into Dodge Central Credit Union.

Credit Card For Public Safety Building. See attached.
Chase/Schuster to deny a credit card for the Public Safety Building. Must use City Hall’s credit card. Motion carried 3-0.

City Hall Cleaning.
Need to clean City Hall after construction. Jahnke/Chase to approve Sharkey’s Cleaning for $481.11 to clean City Hall and to clean carpets. Motion carried 3-0.

Purchase of ECG Machines.
Directed to get townships directives and to see how they feel when we increase their rates.

5:00 PM Garbage/Recycling Pick up Issues – Todd Metke. See attached.
Jahnke left at 5:05, Chase assumed the position of Chairman.

Reviewed list of complaints and customer education issues. Consensus was to have 6 yard recycling dumpster at the city garage for cardboard. If garbage and recycling is not picked up and not tagged we are to contact Veolia because they are obligated under contract to fix it.

Lifequest Credit Card Agreement.
Schuster/Chase to recommend to the Common Council to establish a Merchant Account for Lifequest credit card collections. Motion carried 2-0.

Funding for E. Center Street Final Paving.
We have $38,000.00 available from the borrowing. City Hall will take $20,000.00 to $25,000.00. Need some estimates of final paving costs to decide how to approach funding.

Set date and time for next meeting. May 7 th, 2008 at 4:30 PM.

Schuster/Chase to adjourn the meeting at 5:49 PM. Motion carried.

Minutes Reported By:
Dan Jahnke/Dennis Sheldon


Thursday, March 6th, 2008
5:00 PM at City Hall

Members Present: Dan Jahnke, Butch Chase, John Schuster, Dennis Sheldon, and Mayor Bosak
Members Absent: Paul Marose
Also Present: Jim Burke and Jim Ronge

The meeting was called to order at 5:00 PM, and roll call was taken.
Schuster/Chase to approve the agenda. Motion carried 3-0.
Schuster/Chase to approve the minutes from Tuesday, February 5 th, 2008. Motion carried 3-0.

Purchase of ECG Machines.
Discussed and will look at new supplier in Phillips. Jim Ronge will get a price quote. Feelings are “Zoll” is lacking communication so EMS is checking other avenues.

Purchase of New Stryker Cot. See attached minutes from Public Safety- Wednesday, February 27 th, 2008) Schuster/Chase to recommend to the Common Council to purchase the demo cot for $9,802.00 with $8,000.00 in budget and $1,802.00 out of state money. Motion carried 3-0.

Payment by Credit Card.
Dennis to check further into more details to see what other options are out there.

Approve Parliamentary Procedure Wisline for Dennis Sheldon. See attached..
Schuster/Chase to approve Dennis Sheldon to attend Parliamentary Procedure Wis Line Training at a cost of $75.00 April 1 st, 8 th, 15 th and the 22 nd. Motion carried 3-0.

Discuss Garbage/Recyling Complaints.
Have had a lot of complaints of all types. Will invite Todd to the next meeting. Major issues all need to be addressed. Send letter to Todd to invite him on April 2 nd, 2008.

Set date and time for next meeting. 5:00 PM at April 2 nd, 2008.

Schuster/Chase to adjourn the meeting at 5:44 PM. Motion carried.

Minutes Reported By:
Dan Jahnke


Tuesday, February 5th, 2008
5:00 PM at City Hall

Members Present: Jahnke, Chase, Schuster, Marose, Sheldon and Mayor Bosak
Members Absent: None
Also Present: Jim Burke

The meeting was called to order at 5:00 PM, and roll call was taken.
Schuster/Jahnke to approve the agenda. Motion carried.
Schuster/Jahnke to approve the minutes from Tuesday, December 4 th, 2007. Motion carried.

Veolia Contract Update – Todd Metke
Reviewed current status. Have had some miscellaneous questions regarding pick ups. Review and send letter by July 31 st. Put on July meeting agenda.

Two yard dumpster at the Public Safety Building will be moved to the Juneau Community Center and will do some compensation. They need a larger one. Juneau Community Center was not on a contract for a dumpster. All businesses have to be on there own. Check on issue with 6 unit apartments. Check on trying to come up with a plan to inform everyone.

Purchase of ECG Machines. See attached.
Discussed and looking for financial option for ECG machine. Jim Ronge to contact them. Will set for a new meeting when the information arrives.

Accounting for Accounts Receivable.
Have quite a few outstanding EMS billings out there and will have to collect within 60 days. But many are over 90 days. Looks like we will have to take the hit on revenues. Everything has been sent to Life Quest including past due billings.

2007 Budget Amendment. See attached.
Chase/Schuster to approve 2007 budget amendments. Motion carried 3-0

Sale of Surplus Fire Department Equipment. See attached.
Chase/Schuster to allow surplus of selling their old equipment. Turn out gear/air packs to be put into their uniform account. Motion carried 3-0.

Department Head Attendance at Council Meetings. See attached.
This has already been approved.

2009 Sponsorship for “Farm Technology Days”. See attached.
Send to CDA for possible sponsorship. The CDA may possibly benefit from this.

2007 Contribution to CDA. See attached.
Will contribute $33,000.00 which is the same as in 2006.

Capitalization Threshold Policy Under GASB 34. See attached.
Schuster/Chase to approve new capitalization threshold under GASB 34 and recommend to the Common Council for approval. Motion carried 3-0. See attached policy.

Update – Credit Card Payment of Property Taxes.
One individual has used the credit card system to pay property taxes. This is set for next year.

Approve January 29 th, 2008 Training for Jane Fude. See attached.
Chase/Schuster to approve training for Jane Fude on January 29 th, 2008 to train Poll Workers in the amount of $20.00. The was pre-approved by Dennis via phone call to Dan Jahnke. Motion carried 3-0.

Set date and time for next meeting. March 5 th, 2008 at 5:00 PM.

Schuster/Chase to adjourn the meeting at 6:36 PM. Motion carried.

Minutes Reported By:
Daniel Jahnke