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OFFICE OF THE COUNTY CLERK
COURTHOUSE
CHIPPEWA FALLS, WISCONSIN 54729
October 31, 2003
The Chippewa County Board of Supervisors will hold a Special Meeting on
Thursday, November 6, 2003, at 7:30 p.m. in Room 200 of the Chippewa County
Courthouse, 711 N. Bridge Street, Chippewa Falls, WI. The agenda will be as
follows:
1. Call to Order and Pledge of Allegiance
2. Roll Call
3. Approval of Minutes of October Meeting
4. Public Hearing – 2004 Budget at 7:30 p.m.
5. Close Public Hearing
6. Resolution No. 53-03 – Resolution to Use Sales Tax
Revenue to
Replace the AS/400 Mainframe Computer System
7. Resolution No. 54-03 – Allocation of Sales Tax Funds
for Capital
Improvements – Highway Construction
8. Resolution No. 55-03 - County Aid Construction and
Maintenance –
2004
9. Resolution No. 56-03 – County Aid Bridges - 2004
10. Adopt Budget
11. Adjourn
Sincerely,
Kathleen M. Bernier
County Clerk
NOVEMBER
2003 MEETING
SPECIAL COUNTY BOARD MEETING
November 6, 2003
7:30 p.m.
Meeting called to order by Chairman Michael J. Murphy. Roll Call. All
Supervisors present.
Motion (King/Schunk) to approve the minutes of the October Meeting.
Passed without negative vote.
NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING
Pursuant to Sec. 65.90 of the Wisconsin Statutes, notice is hereby given that a
public hearing on the proposed 2004 Budget for Chippewa County will be held at
the Courthouse in the Chambers of the County Board of Supervisors, City of
Chippewa Falls, at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday, November 6, 2003. Budgets may be
picked up at the Office of the County Clerk during regular office hours.
Kathleen M. Bernier, County Clerk
Copies of the proposed budget were handed out to all Board members, and given or
sent to members of the public that requested them.
Randy Bembnister addressed the Board regarding Airport funding. He would rather
that the County get out of the three way airport plan entirely.
Dan Hamilton from the City of Chippewa Falls addressed the Board. He was reading
something about the taxes going up 7% and he is tired of his taxes going up
every year. His taxes are going up faster than his wager. His insurance and his
gas have gone up, and he can’t go to his employer and ask for his wages to go
up to cover these increases.
Richard Eslinger addressed the Board to voice his opinion against allotting
$101,750 to the Eau Claire Airport. They have a chance, with a new contract
coming up shortly, to reduce this amount of money or get out entirely. He would
like the Finance Committee and the Board to take a look at this. When he was on
the County Board years back, they voted not to get involved in that airport.
The public hearing was closed at 7:45 p.m.
McDowell passed out a 12-page handout on the budget. On the last page is an
amendment they need to make from the Finance Committee. When the budget was
published, they originally intended to include $100,000 for a computer upgrade.
They agreed to use sales tax to do that. The allocation was made from sales tax
to the General Fund, but he overlooked the fact that the $100,000 was not
included in the Information Systems budget. The amendment takes a small
contingency of $29,968 away, the computer outlay budget will go in for $100,000,
and the tax levy in the General Fund will be $70,032. That will be offset by a
decrease in the tax levy of $70,032 from the vacation and sick leave fund.
Page 1 of the handout is the sheet used in Finance to monitor their changes and
adjustments. Line 7 is the 2003 budget. Lines 14 and 15 are the limitations by
ordinance, with a debt levy and without. What the state allows is listed on
lines 17 and 18 for operating and debt levy. The final budget is shown on line
20 and is what was recommended by Finance, a tax levy of $12,007,789, which is a
$849,892 increase, or 7.62% in dollars. The equalized value went up by 7.66%.
The mill rate remains at $3.76.
Line 36 shows where they started the budget. The lines below that are the
changes made during the budget process. On the last day there was a change in
the direction they were heading through the budget process, and it was decided
to keep the mill rate even and put the difference into operational or debt levy
to make the $3.76. He put in a contingency fund of $29,968 and a debt levy of
$246,007. Then they got a state special charge of $2,248 that had to be added
in. They ended up at $12,007,789 for a tax levy, or an increase of $849,000+.
Half of that increase was the $381,000 put in to fill the hole in Human
Services. That was a problem they had been studying for the past year and they
took the time to make sure they didn’t do a knee jerk reaction in the last
budget session. The levy was increased $381,000 to cover a two year period. The
Springsted study that they will have presented to them shortly will tell them
they have underfunded that department. They will also see they are down to
mandated services. They aren’t funding any preventative programs, just what
the state tells them they have to do. Had they not had that increase, they would
have a 3.8% increase, which would be more livable.
When they come up with these numbers it means something else. When they look
down the road to 2005, they have to eliminate 10 jobs through an attrition
process. That needs to be done as soon as possible in order to meet the 2005
initial budget projection. They are estimating $50,000 per position, so if they
make amendments as they go through the budget tonight, for every $50,000 they
reduce, that is another job. Over the next three years, they have about 57 full
time people that will be eligible either partially or fully for retirement.
Page 3 and 4 are the calculations for their levy limit at the state. The amount
allowable by ordinance is $11,291,689, and they are at $11,166,402, which is
roughly $130,000 under what their ordinance requires. The operating levy is
$3.49, and there is a debt levy from page 4 of .077. Then there are the special
purpose levies, these are things not taxable over the entire county. The total
of those is $595,380, for another $.186, for a total mill rate of $3.76 per
$1,000. The debt levy is applied to the vacation/sick leave fund. They are about
70% funded on it now and they were trying to get it to 80-90%.
Page 5 shows how the sales tax is applied. The sales tax ordinance says what you
earn in one year cannot be spent until the following year. The amount of the
property tax credit adjusted for inflation is $1,179,960. There is $100,000 for
the computer upgrade, $375,000 for Highway catch up, $100,000 for debt service
for the vacation/sick leave fund, and then there are three bond payments for the
Jail and Highway bonds. There is $276,320 that is savings they get from
stretching the bond term from 15 to 20 years. They are keeping the savings from
the reduced payment to try to pay off in 15 years instead of 20. The total sales
tax transfer is $3,185,901.
Page 9 is the capital improvement plan. Page 10 is a comparison of counties
around us and what has happened with their budgets. The State of Wisconsin is
probably going to look at this and go down the column for all counties and see
the double digit increases and the legislature has already said they would look
at locking down the levies. There is probably a pretty good chance that there
will be further restriction on property tax levies from the state. That is
something to consider.
Page 11 is a breakdown of what percentage of the budget is allocated to certain
areas. It gives them an idea by area where they spend their money. The last page
is the amendment proposed.
Motion (Kellen/Marquardt) to approve the amendment as presented. Carried by Roll
Call. All Supervisors present voting Aye.
Holte asked for an explanation of where the $849,892 increase came from, and how
the $553,000 contingency fund from last year was spent. McDowell stated $381,000
was moved to plug a hole they should have plugged two years ago in Human
Services. There was another issue with the Guidance Clinic that was not funded
by property tax, $150,000 was funded through a non-lapsing fund to study that
for one more year. The $553,000 that they cut from departments last year and put
into a contingency fund to address this budget for 2004 was used to address an
$800,000+ health insurance increase, plus wage increases. If you net it out
against the $553,000, that is another $300,000 that makes up the increase. The
rest is in the smaller departments in wages and fringes. Holte asked if the
$553,000 was gone, and McDowell stated it is built into the budget for 2004, and
the money will close into General Fund at the end of the year. There has been a
suggestion to pay off the State Trust Fund loan with that money instead to save
them 4.75% interest.
There was discussion about airport funding. Murphy stated he had nine letters
from area businesses including ITW Deltar, Cray, Darley Pump, Kell Container,
Heyde Center, St. Joseph’s Hospital, SGI, Celestica and Bauman Construction
asking for the county’s continued support of the airport. Goodman stated he
has people stopping him on the street saying they don’t use it because they
can’t make their time out. The simple fact is in five years they have not
grown. They have added a second carrier that has 4 flights per year, that is not
outstanding growth and they have given them $500,000 in five years. They are
utilizing 900 acres of county land which they receive no payment for. When they
negotiated the latest contract, they are giving them $100,000 a year. Dunn
County is giving less than half of what they gave before. Schafer stated the
airport is a very important part of Chippewa County as well as Eau Claire
County. They need to pay their fair share of that airport. They have a good
working relationship with Eau Claire County on this and they need to continue to
do that. Most importantly, they need to think about the message they are sending
to the businesses by cutting $100,000 out of their funding. Goodman stated
leaving it in will tell the taxpayer that they are willing to tax at a 7.6%
increase. They have more than given them a fair shake. They have been supportive
of this airport for five years and given them five years of taxpayers’ money
to give them some result.
Motion (Goodman/Schunk) to remove $101,750 from the budget for the airport
funding. Defeated by Roll Call. All Supervisors present voting for Defeat except
Supervisors McIlquham, Price, Goodman, Rineck, Schunk, Stoll, Boettcher and
Dixon. Defeated by a 21 to 8 vote.
RESOLUTION
NO. 53-03
RESOLUTION TO USE SALES TAX
REVENUE TO REPLACE THE AS/400
MAINFRAME COMPUTER SYSTEM PURSUANT TO SEC. 3.16(1)(d)3,
OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES
NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that the
Chippewa County Board authorizes the transfer of $100,000 from Sales Tax Fund
#230-02-59306-300 to Information Systems Fund #100-09-49105-000 for budget year
2004 to finance the purchase of an AS/400 Model 750.
Dated this 6th day of November, 2003.
INFORMATION SYSTEMS COMMITTEE
Motion (Schunk/Goodman) to adopt. Carried by Roll Call. All Supervisors present
voting Aye. Adopted 11/6/03.
RESOLUTION
NO. 54-03
ALLOCATION OF SALES TAX
FUNDS FOR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that the sum
of Three Hundred Seventy-five Thousand and no/100 Dollars ($375,000) be
appropriated from the Sales Tax Property Relief Fund number 230-02-59306-301 to
number 701-28-49107-000 in the Highway Fund to be used for County Trunk Highway
construction.
Dated this 6th day of November, 2003.
HIGHWAY COMMITTEE
Motion (Kellen/Ludwigson) to adopt. Carried by Roll Call. All Supervisors
present voting Aye. Adopted 11/6/03.
RESOLUTION
NO. 55-03
COUNTY AID CONSTRUCTION AND MAINTENANCE
DURING THE CALENDAR YEAR 2004
SECTION I. The County Board of Supervisors
of Chippewa County, Wisconsin regular assembled does hereby ordain that such
funds that may be made available to the County for highway work in the year 2004
under provision of the Wisconsin Statutes and the additional sums herein
appropriated, shall be expended as hereinafter set forth:
SECTION II. COUNTY TRUNK ALLOTMENT. WHEREAS the Wisconsin Department of
Transportation has notified Chippewa County that a sum of money estimated to be
One Million One Hundred Ninety-nine Thousand and no/100 Dollars ($1,199,000)
will become available during the fiscal year under the provisions of the
Wisconsin Statutes, for the County Trunk Highway System in Chippewa County.
BE IT RESOLVED that the County Highway Committee is authorized and directed to
expend the said sum to the extent required to match and supplement Federal Aid
for construction, right of way and other costs on any Federal Projects located
on the County Trunk Highway System of said County, which are not recovered from
Federal Funds, and to expend any balance for construction, repairing and
maintaining such County Trunk Highway System and Bridges thereon, including snow
and ice removal and control, as directed in Section 83.015(2) of the Statutes,
and to reimburse the general fund for any expenditure that may be made there
from pursuant to Section 83.01(6) of the Statutes. The distribution to such
purposes is estimated, but not specifically directed, to be as follows:
A. For General Maintenance on the County Trunk Highway System the sum of One
Million One Hundred Ninety-nine Thousand and no/100 Dollars ($1,199,000).
SECTION III. WHEREAS it appears that certain additional highway improvements in
the County are necessary and warranted.
BE IT RESOLVED that the County Board does hereby appropriate the following sums
for the purpose hereinafter set forth:
1. The sum of Thirty-six Thousand Nine Hundred Five and no/100 Dollars ($36,905)
for the improvement to CTH 'P', beginning near the intersection of CTH 'OO' and
CTH 'P', thence northerly to near relocated STH 29; a distance of approximately
.48 miles,
2. The sum of Twenty-two Thousand Five Hundred Eighty-three and no/100 Dollars
($22,583) for the improvement to CTH 'J', beginning near the intersection of
relocated CTH 'OO' and CTH 'J', thence northerly to the cul de sac at relocated
STH 29; a distance of approximately .50 miles,
3. The sum of Eleven Thousand Two Hundred Ninety-two and no/100 Dollars
($11,292) for the improvement to CTH 'J', beginning near the intersection of STH
124 and CTH 'J', thence southerly to the cul de sac at relocated STH 29; a
distance of approximately .25 miles,
4. The sum of Fifty-eight Thousand Four Hundred Sixteen and no/100 Dollars
($58,416), for the improvements of CTH 'X', beginning near the intersection of
CTH 'G' and CTH 'X', thence westerly to near the intersection of CTH 'D'; a
distance of approximately 2.0 miles,
5. The sum of One Hundred Four Thousand Four Hundred Forty-two and no/100
Dollars ($104,442) for the improvement of CTH 'Y', beginning near the
intersection of STH 178 and CTH 'Y', thence northerly to near the intersection
of 175th Street; a distance of approximately 1.2 miles,
6. The sum of Two Hundred Nine Thousand One Hundred Forty and no/100 Dollars
($209,140) to be added to sales tax proceeds for the improvement to CTH 'F',
beginning near the intersection of STH 64 and CTH 'F', thence northerly to near
the intersection of CTH 'M'; a distance of approximately 7.2 miles,
7. The sum of One Hundred Ninety-eight Thousand Seven Hundred Sixty-four and
no/100 Dollars ($198,764) for the improvements to CTH 'D', beginning near the
intersection of STH 64 and CTH 'D', thence southerly to near the intersection of
190th Avenue, a distance of approximately 3.3 miles,
8. The sum of Two Hundred Eighty-nine Thousand Eight Hundred Fifty-three and
no/100 Dollars ($289,853) for the improvements to CTH 'X', beginning near the
STH 29 and CTH 'X' interchange at Boyd, thence westerly to near Bridge ID B140;
a distance of approximately 3.2 miles,
9. The sum of Seventy-seven Thousand Seven Hundred Forty-two and no/100 Dollars
($77,742) for the improvement of the intersection of CTH 'M' and CTH 'G' south,
10. The sum of Seventeen Thousand Five Hundred and no/100 Dollars ($17,500) for
the improvement of the intersection of CTH 'OO' and 20th Avenue,
11. The sum of Thirty-three Thousand Four Hundred Ninety-five and no/100 Dollars
($33,495) for the spot improvement of CTH 'M', located approximately 1.4 miles
east of the intersection of STH 40 and CTH 'M',
12. The sum of Three Hundred Thirteen Thousand Five Hundred Eight-one and no/100
Dollars ($313,581) for bituminous seal coating portions of the following County
Trunk Highways: CTH 'G', CTH 'M', CTH 'O', CTH 'H', CTH 'D', CTH 'T', CTH 'N',
and CTH 'MM',
13. The sum of Twelve Thousand Eight Hundred Fifty-seven and no/100 Dollars
($12,857) for designing improvements to CTH 'P', beginning near the intersection
of CTH 'P' and CTH 'OO', thence southerly to near the Eau Claire County line; a
distance of approximately 3.0 miles,
14. The sum of Twenty Thousand and no/100 Dollars ($20,000) for designing the
improvements to CTH 'P', beginning near the intersection of relocated STH 29 and
CTH 'P', thence northerly to the Chippewa Falls City Limits; a distance of
approximately 1.0 miles,
15. The sum of Fifteen Thousand and no/100 Dollars ($15,000) for designing the
improvements to CTH 'OO', beginning near the intersection of CTH 'OO' and CTH
'P', thence westerly; a distance of approximately .5 miles,
16. The sum of Two Hundred Eighty-eight Thousand Eight Hundred Eighty-two and
no/100 Dollars ($288,882) for construction supervision,
17. The sum of Seventy-four Thousand Five Hundred Sixteen and no/100 Dollars
($74,516) for Bridge Construction, Design Engineering, Painting and Repairs on
the County Trunk Highway System,
18. The sum of Seven Hundred Sixty-five Thousand and no/100 Dollars ($765,000)
for Winter Maintenance on the County Trunk Highway System,
19. The sum of Fifty-one Thousand and no/100 Dollars ($51,000) for General
Maintenance on the County Trunk Highway System,
20. The sum of One Hundred Four Thousand Seven Hundred Two and no/100 Dollars
($104,702) for the County's share of County Aid Bridge Construction under
Section 81.38 of the Wisconsin State Statutes,
21. The sum of Two Hundred Seventy-four Thousand and no/100 Dollars ($274,000)
for Administration including the salaries, per diem, office and travel expense
of the County Highway Committee, County Highway Commissioner, clerks and
assistants not paid from the construction or maintenance funds,
SECTION IV. WHEREAS appropriations are made herein, in addition to the amounts
to be received from the State and available for work in the County under
Wisconsin Statutes,
BE IT RESOLVED that the County Board does hereby levy a tax on all of the
property in the County to meet such appropriations as follows:
A. For the various purposes as set forth in Section III hereof, the sum of Two
Million Nine Hundred Seventy-nine Thousand Six Hundred Seventy and no/100
Dollars ($2,979,670).
SECTION V. WHEREAS the various highway activities for which provision is made in
this resolution are continuous from year to year, and the exact cost of any work
cannot be known at the time of making the appropriation thereof,
BE IT RESOLVED that the County Board does hereby direct that any balance
remaining in any appropriation for a specific highway improvement after the same
shall have been completed may be used by the County Highway Committee to make up
any deficit that may occur in any other improvement, which is part of the same
item in the County Budget, for which provision is herein made, and any balance
remaining at the end of the year in any Highway Fund shall remain and be
available for the same purpose in the ensuing year.
SECTION VI. WHEREAS the funds that will become available from the State for
highway purposes in the County under Wisconsin Statutes will be received in
equal quarterly payments.
BE IT RESOLVED that the County Treasurer is hereby authorized and directed to
make payments for the purpose for which funds are to be used, as herein before
authorized, from any funds in the County Treasury that are not required for the
purpose for which appropriated, and to reimburse such funds in the County
Treasury from the sums received under Wisconsin Statutes.
Submitted this 6th day of November, 2003.
HIGHWAY COMMITTEE
Motion (Kellen/Goettl) to adopt. Supervisor Hillman
pointed out the fiscal impact is the amount the state gives them, it should be
$2 million. McDowell stated that would be the property tax impact. Line 31
should read $2,979,670 instead of $1,199,000. Motion as amended carried by
Roll Call. All Supervisors present voting Aye. Adopted 11/6/03.
RESOLUTION
NO. 56-03
COUNTY AID BRIDGES
WHEREAS the various
towns hereinafter named have filed Petitions for County Aid in the construction
of bridges and culverts pursuant to Section 81.38 of the Wisconsin Statutes,
said petitions are hereby granted and the County's share is appropriated as
follows:
Amount of
Amount raised County Aid
Town
Location
by local unit Granted
Arthur Sec. 31/36, T30N,
R6W
1164.98 1164.98
Arthur Sec. 31/36, T30N,
R6W
750.00 454.92
Arthur Sec. 8/9, T30N,
R6W
750.00 433.80
Arthur Sec. 19, T30N,
R6W
2500.00 2500.00
Arthur Sec. 12, T29N,
R7W
1500.00 1500.00
Birch Creek Sec. 24, T32N,
R7W
23442.18 21121.50
Bloomer Sec. 29, T31N,
R9W
24112.46 15913.89
Bloomer Sec. 8/9, T31N,
R9W
1266.13 1266.13
Bloomer Sec. 22/27, T31N,
R9W
972.90 972.90
Bloomer Sec. 21/28, T31N,
R9W
865.84 865.84
Bloomer Sec. 21/28, T31N,
R9W
938.75 938.75
Bloomer Sec. 21/28, T31N,
R9W
965.33 965.33
Bloomer Sec. 8/17, T31N,
R9W
1304.29 1304.29
Bloomer Sec. 22, T31N,
R9W
3250.00 3250.00
Bloomer Sec. 22, T31N,
R9W
2000.00 2000.00
Bloomer Sec. 22, T31N,
R9W
2000.00 2000.00
Cleveland Sec. 26, T31N,
R8W
1000.00 1000.00
Cooks Valley Sec. 12/13, T30N,
R10W
1308.92 1308.92
Cooks Valley Sec. 31/32, T30N,
R10W
1712.81 1712.81
Cooks Valley Sec. 31, T30N,
R10W
1250.00 1250.00
Cooks Valley Sec. 2/3, T30N,
R10W
1000.00 1000.00
Delmar Sec. 19, T29N,
R5W
1426.43 1426.43
Delmar Sec. 19, T29N,
R5W
1095.30 1095.30
Edson Sec. 26/35, T28N,
R6W
12105.80 9735.55
Edson Sec. 3, T28N,
R5W
1130.00 1130.00
Edson Sec. 10, T28N,
R5W
750.00 400.00
Edson Sec. 13, T28N,
R5W
755.00 755.00
Edson Sec. 36, T28N,
R6W
750.00 400.00
Edson Sec. 10, T28N,
R6W
755.00 755.00
Edson Sec. 3, T28N,
R5W
1035.00 1035.00
Edson Sec. 9, T28N,
R6W
750.00 180.00
Edson Sec. 23, T28N,
R6W
750.00 180.00
Goetz Sec. 18, T29N,
R6W
19627.86 745.85
Hallie Sec. 25, T28N,
R9W
1750.00 1750.00
Howard Sec. 22/23, T29N,
R10W
1500.00 1500.00
Howard Sec. 3, T29N,
R10W
750.00 650.00
Howard Sec. 24, T29N,
R10W
750.00 350.00
Howard Sec. 6, T29N,
R10W
800.00 800.00
Howard Sec. 6, T29N,
R10W
750.00 750.00
Ruby Sec. 4, T32N,
R5W
750.00 666.49
Sigel Sec. 24, T28N,
R7W
2500.00 2500.00
Tilden Sec. 6, T29N,
R9W
7500.00 7500.00
Wheaton Sec. 7/18, T28N,
R9W
1829.37 1829.37
Wheaton Sec. 8/9, T28N,
R9W
1393.49 1393.49
Wheaton Sec. 30/31, T28N,
R10W
1000.00 1000.00
Wheaton Sec. 30/31, T28N,
R10W
750.00 750.00
Wheaton Sec. 4, T28N,
R9W
2500.00 2500.00
TOTAL $104,702
NOW, THEREFORE BE IT
RESOLVED that the Chippewa County Board of Supervisors does hereby levy a tax to
meet such appropriations on all of the property in the County, which is taxable
for such purposes. The Total amount is already included in the 2004 proposed
Highway Department Budget #701-28-53182 County Aid Bridges as a property tax
levy funding source.
Submitted this 6th day of November, 2003.
HIGHWAY COMMITTEE
Motion (Kellen/Sedlacek) to adopt. Carried by Roll Call. All Supervisors present
voting Aye.
Motion (Ludwigson/Conley) to adopt the budget as amended. Carried by Roll Call.
All Supervisors voting Aye except Supervisors Maloney, McConville, McIlquham,
Price, Rineck, Krass, Stoll, Willkom, and Goodman. Adopted by a 20 to 9 vote on
11/6/03.
Motion (Schunk/Brost) to adjourn. Carried. Meeting adjourned at 9:10 p.m.
SEAL
Kathleen M. Bernier
County Clerk
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