Town of Cooks Valley

Regular Town Board Meeting

December 13, 2010

Chairman David Clements called the meeting to order on December 13, 2010 at 7:30 pm.   The supervisors present:  Gary Yakesh and John Sykora.  Other officers present were:  Victoria Trinko-Clerk and Eunice Steinmetz-treasurer. See attached list for delegation present.
PUBLIC COMMENT:  Darrel Fehr announced he has declared his candidacy for the office of chairman for the Town of Cooks Valley and has filed his nomination papers with the town clerk.
Gary Yakesh made a motion to approve and place on file the minutes of November 8, 2010 regular town board meeting and the minutes from the November 9, 2010 special town board meeting. John Sykora seconded the motion.  The motion carried 3-0. 
John Sykora made a motion to approve the December financial report.  Gary Yakesh seconded the motion.  The motion carried 3-0. 
Gary Yakesh made a motion to approve the November bills.  John Sykora seconded the motion.  The motion carried 3-0.     
Discussion and possible action on budget categories:  Gary Yakesh made a motion to transfer of $294.96 from B-072 to B-071 leaving $135.04 in B-072, and $196.26 from non-allocated funds to E-113 leaving $6958.74 in non-allocated funds, the transfer of $30.50  from non-allocated funds to T-092 treasurer supplies leaving $6928.24 in non-allocated funds, and $778.22 from non-allocated funds to Highway construction leaving a balance of $6150.04 in non-allocated funds.  John Sykora seconded the motion.  The motion carried 3-0.
Building Permits:  Damien Prince applied for a building permit for the construction of a shed.
Discussion and possible action on building permit refusal-Marie Anderson:   David Clements made a motion to postpone this item until the January monthly town board meeting.  Gary Yakesh seconded the motion.  The motion carried 3-0.
Possible approval of applications for operators licenses:  Gary Yakesh made a motion to approve the applications for operators licenses of Charles Durch and Jamie Buchholtz.  John Sykora seconded the motion.  The motion carried 3-0.
Chairman’s Report:

•  Our appeal on the ruling on our Non-Metallic Mining Ordinance has been filed.  It has not been placed on the docket but the ruling is expected to occur next summer.
• Residents of Deerhaven requested the town to plow their cul-de-sac but this is a private road.  Therefore, Patti Anderson has agreed to have the plowing bill placed on her tax roll and then split between the other owners for the snowplowing done by the Chippewa County Highway Dept.  The highway dept. will tabulate the time of operation which will be charged hourly.  The Chairman will request this agreement in writing from Patti Anderson. 
• Sam LaGesse has started logging the next 15 acres.
• Brochure from Cooper Engineering offering to engineer the town roads and bridges.
• The chairman accompanied a county inspector to inspect the bridges in the township.  The inspector indicated all the bridges were approved and he will be sending a report on the inspection of the bridges.
• Residents have called the chairman concerning the plowing of their driveways.  The chairman informed residents to place a red flag on their mail box if they want to have their driveway plowed and they will be billed $30.00 for each time.  They should remove the red flag to prevent unwanted plowing.  Earl Hassemer questioned the need for a button on the website explaining the charges for plowing and sanding and the method of requesting the county to plow the driveway.
• No fires were reported in Cooks Valley.
• Gary Yakesh commended the residents of Cooks Valley for demonstrating sensible and safe driving as no one was involved in an accident or ran in the ditch during the snowstorm.
• David Clements made a motion to place $30,000.00 in a 12 month CD for the fire/ambulance fund.  Gary Yakesh seconded the motion.  The motion carried 3-0.

Dissemination of Information: 

• Discussion about an article in WTA concerning the placing of weight limits on trucks on town roads..
• Thanksgiving card from the Peoples State bank.
• Information and map concerning the location of the Broadband fiber and towers..
• Minutes of the meeting of the City of Bloomer and towns.
• WTA sent a calendar of events of towns, the state and county.

FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS AND BUSINESS

• The next regular monthly town board meeting will be January 10, 2011 at 7:30 pm.
• Discussion and possible action on budget categories.
• Marie Anderson-building permit refusal
• Building permits

ADJOURN:  Gary Yakesh made a motion to adjourn the meeting at 8:27 pm.  John Sykora seconded the motion.  The motion carried 3-0.

Typed December 14, 2010                                                          Respectfully submitted,  
Approved  January 10, 2011                                                                         Victoria Trinko, town clerk