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MEETING MINUTES
August 7, 2006
Item #1 Rasmussen
brought the meeting to order at
#2 Motion by
Item #3 Motion
by Wunnicke, seconded by Clausius to approve the July 10 and
Start of Public Hearing 1:
Item #4 The committee heard the petition of Dennie Jax to rezone
approximately 10 acres from Agriculture/Forestry to Agriculture/Residential in
Section 27 of Henrietta Township. Jax
explained to the committee he purchased the Baas property which had 110
acres. He would like to sell
approximately 10 acres with the house and outbuildings. There already is access to this parcel. Starnes stated that a neighbor would like to
buy the remaining acres on the same side of the road as the house is on. Pedley stated that we had received notice
from the town and they had no opposition to this. Motion by Clausius, seconded by Wunnicke to
approve the rezone request of approximately 10 acres from Agriculture/Forestry
to Agriculture/Residential in Section 27 of Henrietta Township. Motion carried. Pedley stated she would need the survey to
her by Tuesday the 8th to make it to
Item #5 The
committee heard the petition of Gordon and Marsha Keller to rezone
approximately 15 acres from Agriculture/Forestry to Agriculture/Residential in
Section 10 of Orion Township. The
Keller’s explained that for banking purposes they need to apply for this
rezone. With the lay of the land the
survey is complete with 13.09 acres. The
Town of
Item #6 The committee was to hear the petition of Freeman Decorah to rezone 5 acres from Agriculture/Forestry to Agriculture/Residential in Section 7 of Westford Township. No action taken as there was no one present.
End of Public Hearing
Item #7 Discussion/action on zoning office personnel changes/adding a seasonal employee and changing the job description of Zoning Technician to GIS Technician – Pedley explained to the committee what she foresees might be a good direction for the office to take. There was discussion between the committee and Pedley on this matter. Pedley was advised by the committee to write the new job descriptions, put together the wages and other pertinent information and present it to the committee. Personnel Committee meets on August 28th.
Item #8 Preliminary review of 2007 budget – Pedley stated that the budget sheets are blank at this time as she was waiting to see how Item #7 would go.
Item #9 Friends
of Richland County vs.
Item #10 Comprehensive Planning – Pedley said she has been reading every plan and making comments to the towns. She would like to invite the town’s planning commissions and town boards to a special meeting in mid-September to go over things with all at one time since a lot of their plans have some of the same ideas corporated into their plans.
Item #11 Zoning Violations – Nothing to report at this time
Item #12 Report from zoning administrator
a. Set date for special budget meeting (August 28th) – opinion of the committee that they will not have a special budget meeting date
b. Discussion of sign ordinance – this does not need to be acted upon now as the situation bringing this up has changed.
c. Definition of “park models” – this also does not need to be acted upon now as the situation bringing this up has also changed. It was asked by a member of the committee what is a “park model” and Pedley explained it is sort of a cross between a mobile home and a camper.
Item #13 The
next meeting will be