MONROE - In a meeting Tuesday, the City of Monroe Common Council:
- Set a public hearing for May 15 for changes to the city ordinances regarding large vehicle and trailer parking restrictions.
- Approved unanimously changes to banking signatory cards with First National Bank and Trust because of city staff changes.
- Approved $424,990 to pay bills.
- Approved events for Carenet Pregnancy Center of Green County; Cystic Fibrosis Foundation; Main Street Monroe; UW Alumni Club/UW Scholarship Foundation, Inc. of Green County; and Monroe Chamber of Commerce.
- Granted an electrical contractor license to Benjamin Gabor.
- Approved 8-0-1 a pond dredge and temporary access agreement with Monroe Country Club, Inc. Michael Boyce, as a county club board member, abstained.
- Accepted bids and awarded a contract for country club pond dredging to Mini-Dredge Inc. for $122,600, on a vote of 8-0-1. Boyce abstained.
- Approved unanimously change orders for the Lakeside Heights project contracts to extend work on Country Lane: an additional $3,120 with E & N Hughes Co. and $3,260 with Iverson Construction, LLC.
- Unanimously approved combing all nine wards in the city to have one election result total for the recall primary May 8 and the recall general election June 5. Separate returns will not be maintained for each ward.
Mayor Bill Ross noted the council members' desks had been rearranged on a trial basis, on suggestion of the mayoral ad hoc committee last summer, to facilitate viewing between the members and the public.
Ross announced he would be setting up a strategic planning team for the city in the next couple of months to investigate how the city could be more effective with its labor time and other resources. The team will include aldermen, department heads and the city administrator.
Ross spoke for several minutes about the civil conduct expected of the council members. He urged members to keep an eye on current and future issues; accept and uphold the decisions of the council as a whole; take a team approach to the work of the city; and bring back respect for each other and city employees.
City Administrator Phil Rath announced the refinancing of $4 million in general obligation bonds for Tax Increment District No. 7 was postponed until May 2. The large number of municipalities in the market place created too much competition and unfavorable conditions for the City of Monroe on May 1.
Rath announced a change to department heads' meetings. Those meetings will now be scheduled for Wednesdays preceding council meetings. The change will accommodate the staff time needed to produce agendas and supporting materials for council and committee meetings.
Rath also distributed a proposed timeline for preparing the 2013 budget. A draft of the new annual budget is expected reach the Finance and Taxation Committee by Sept. 18.
Police Chief Fred Kelley presented life-saving awards to Al Dierckman; Dave Plenge, Mark Dombkowski; Michelle Kump and Jacob Teasdale. The officers were involved in a life-saving rescue requiring CCR on Feb. 24 in the 3000 block of 16th Street.
MONROE - In a meeting Tuesday, the City of Monroe Finance and Taxation:
- Discussed the audit agreement with Reffue Pas, the firm that will begin the city's 2011 audit by May 21. The audit will be finished no later than Aug. 31. City staff has been compiling information for the audit and forwarding it to the auditor since February.
- Discussed the need for special services from Reffue Pas and recommended the city use Reffue Pas at $144 per hour to verify the city's "form C" required to be submitted to the state by May 15. Information on the form is used by the state to determine the amount of state general transportation aid to be distributed to the city and incorrect information could cause a penalty to the city. To have Reffue Pas complete the form for the city would have cost an estimated $7,000. Comptroller Bridget Schuchart assured the committee that the form could be completed by city staff and reviewed in time to meet the deadline.
- Set a public hearing for May 15 for changes to the city ordinances regarding large vehicle and trailer parking restrictions.
- Approved unanimously changes to banking signatory cards with First National Bank and Trust because of city staff changes.
- Approved $424,990 to pay bills.
- Approved events for Carenet Pregnancy Center of Green County; Cystic Fibrosis Foundation; Main Street Monroe; UW Alumni Club/UW Scholarship Foundation, Inc. of Green County; and Monroe Chamber of Commerce.
- Granted an electrical contractor license to Benjamin Gabor.
- Approved 8-0-1 a pond dredge and temporary access agreement with Monroe Country Club, Inc. Michael Boyce, as a county club board member, abstained.
- Accepted bids and awarded a contract for country club pond dredging to Mini-Dredge Inc. for $122,600, on a vote of 8-0-1. Boyce abstained.
- Approved unanimously change orders for the Lakeside Heights project contracts to extend work on Country Lane: an additional $3,120 with E & N Hughes Co. and $3,260 with Iverson Construction, LLC.
- Unanimously approved combing all nine wards in the city to have one election result total for the recall primary May 8 and the recall general election June 5. Separate returns will not be maintained for each ward.
Mayor Bill Ross noted the council members' desks had been rearranged on a trial basis, on suggestion of the mayoral ad hoc committee last summer, to facilitate viewing between the members and the public.
Ross announced he would be setting up a strategic planning team for the city in the next couple of months to investigate how the city could be more effective with its labor time and other resources. The team will include aldermen, department heads and the city administrator.
Ross spoke for several minutes about the civil conduct expected of the council members. He urged members to keep an eye on current and future issues; accept and uphold the decisions of the council as a whole; take a team approach to the work of the city; and bring back respect for each other and city employees.
City Administrator Phil Rath announced the refinancing of $4 million in general obligation bonds for Tax Increment District No. 7 was postponed until May 2. The large number of municipalities in the market place created too much competition and unfavorable conditions for the City of Monroe on May 1.
Rath announced a change to department heads' meetings. Those meetings will now be scheduled for Wednesdays preceding council meetings. The change will accommodate the staff time needed to produce agendas and supporting materials for council and committee meetings.
Rath also distributed a proposed timeline for preparing the 2013 budget. A draft of the new annual budget is expected reach the Finance and Taxation Committee by Sept. 18.
Police Chief Fred Kelley presented life-saving awards to Al Dierckman; Dave Plenge, Mark Dombkowski; Michelle Kump and Jacob Teasdale. The officers were involved in a life-saving rescue requiring CCR on Feb. 24 in the 3000 block of 16th Street.
MONROE - In a meeting Tuesday, the City of Monroe Finance and Taxation:
- Discussed the audit agreement with Reffue Pas, the firm that will begin the city's 2011 audit by May 21. The audit will be finished no later than Aug. 31. City staff has been compiling information for the audit and forwarding it to the auditor since February.
- Discussed the need for special services from Reffue Pas and recommended the city use Reffue Pas at $144 per hour to verify the city's "form C" required to be submitted to the state by May 15. Information on the form is used by the state to determine the amount of state general transportation aid to be distributed to the city and incorrect information could cause a penalty to the city. To have Reffue Pas complete the form for the city would have cost an estimated $7,000. Comptroller Bridget Schuchart assured the committee that the form could be completed by city staff and reviewed in time to meet the deadline.