HomeMy Public PortalAbout20231129102636683A special meeting of the Common Council was called o order by Mayor
Lewis for the purpose of acting on a resolution calling he leasing of
its present vocational school facilities, transfer its quipment, a:nd
to: transfer all assets and liabilities held in the name of the present
Vocational School. Board to the newly established Vocational, Technical an
Adult Education tchool District.
Roll -was called with the following aldermen presenta Bohne, Church,
Johns, Kunach, Lawrence 8 Petta. Ald. Grant & Pecor came in late. City
officials present included= Comptroller Smith, Attorney Krueger and Clerk
Protogere. C . Rowe, director of the Vocational School was also present.
aid. Lawrence, chairman of the committee for higher education, explained
the proposed resolution in great detail. He stated that the lease called
for an annual rental of $1.001 and would be in force until the new district
has a building ready for occupancy. The equipment in the present school
building was purchased with federal, state and city funds, however the city's
equity is practically nil. Assets of the present board total about $40,000
from this year's budget and about $16,000 in federal funds.
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C.W. Rowe explained that most the city equipment is old and obsolete.
He further explained that the $40,0 will be used mostly on local students.
A letter was read from the present board urging the passage of the resolution.
Ald. Lawrence further stated that if this resolution is not passed, this
area can forget about having a college locate& here.
A aiOTION TO ADOPT THE RESOLUTION was made by Ald. Church and seconded
by Ald. Petta. On roll call, motion carried 6 to 2 with Aid. Bohne and
Pecor voting No. Ald. Bohne stated for th record that he was not opposed
to the college, but he was opposed to the use of local funds in the district
where the other participants would not be contributing until January 1, 1968.
RESOLUTION
BE 1T RESOLVED BY THE COMMON COUNCIL of the City of Rhinelander, Wis—
consin, THAT WHEREAS, Chapter 292, Laws of 1965, provides for the organizat—
ion of the State of Wisconsin into Area Vocational;, Technical and.dult Ed—
ucation Districts by July 1, 1970; and
W' 'S9 such organization would enable the expansion and improvem°° nt
of vocational and technical opportunities to all of the people of Wiscon—
sin;. and
WHEREAS, Chapter 292, Laws of 1965, provides that the governing body
of a county may eledt single or in contiguous combination to be constituted
such a school district; and.
WHEREAS, the Oneida Vilas—Forest County Boards and the Tomahawk School
District in Lincoln County have taken the necessary steps to ha ve these
counties and this school district designated as a Vocational, Technical and
Adult Area. School District by passing a resolution to that effect; and
WHEREAS, it is deemed in the best interest of both the Counties and
the Tomahawk School District and the City of Rhinelander, that such an ar
school district be stablished;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Common Council of the City of
Rhinelander, that in the event a county —wide Vocational Technical nd .Adult
School District is established then, in that event, the City of Rhinelander
is willing to lease all of the vocational, technical and adult facilities
for an annual r ntal of One Dollar and other valuable considerations and to
transfer all the equipment to the newly established Vocational, Technical.
and adult Education. School District.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the City of Rhinelander is also willing to
transfer all assets and liabilities held in the name of the present Board of
Vocational, Technical and Adult Education and its interest in all of the
unexpended State and Federal Government funds which are claims of the present
Board, and all other claims due the present Board nd in theevent an Area.
Vocational, Technical and Adult Education District is created.
Since the purpose of this special meeting was accomplished,
adjourned the meeting a:t approximately 5:00 P.M
Date of Pub,iication: July 3, 1967
A regular meeting of the Common Council was called to order by Mayor
Lewis. Aldermen present included: Bohne, Church, Grant, Johns, Kunach,
Lawrence, Pecor & Petta. City Officials present included: Police Chief
Paris, Fire Chief Manning, Comptroller Smith, Public Works Director Wood-
ward, Assessor Honrath, City Attorney Krueger, Clerk Protogere & Inspector
Treu.
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A MOTION WAS MADE by Aid. Bohne and seconded by Ald. Grant to dispense
h a reading of the minutes of the last regular meeting and accept them
published. Motion carried unanimously.
COMMUNICATIONS
A request was read from Mrs. Aileen Jenkins, Administratrix for the
estate of the late Jewell Jenkins, fora 90 day extension of time before the
issuance of the Class "BB" license for Jeweils Recreation. Ald. Johns,
chairman of the Protection Of Persons & Property Committee, stated that the
matter was brought before his committee and they favored the extension.
Ald. Pecor favored pro -rating of licenses and felt that the beer and liquor
licenses should be paid for and picked up prior to July 1. He further
stated that any extensions should be granted after the licenses are picked
up. A MOTION WAS MADE by Ald. Kunach and seconded by Ald. Lawrence to
grant the Jenkins extension. On roll call, carried with Ald. Pecor voting
No. Ald. Pecor wished to abstain from voting on this issue but was instructed
that he had to vote.
OLD BUSINESS
ORDINANCE 6-67
AN ORDINANCE TO REPEAL AND RECREATE SECS 16.06 of the Municipal.
Code of the City of Rhinelander providing for increased and additional per-
mit fees for plumbing permits.
THE COMMON COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF RHINELANDER DO ORDAIN AS FOLLOWS;
That all existing ordinances or codes or portions thereof in conflict here-
with are hereby repealed, and more specifically Section 16.06 is repealed
and recreated to read as follows:
Section 16.06. PERMIT F Permit fees to be paid shall be $5.00 for
each residence plus $2.0O for each additional family unit inmultiple family
dwelling; $2.00 for each room or unit of a. hotel, motel, school, places of
detention, etc.; $5.00 for each new mercantile building; $10.00 for ind-
ustrial buildings.
For eadi inspectionafter the first necessary to, enforee ordered cor-
rections, the fee shall be $2.00.
No permit will be required to replace fixtures only, in residential
occupancies.
A MOTION TO ADOPT 6-67 was made by Ald. Church and seconded by Ald.
Petta. On roll call, carried unanimously.
BUSINESS
RESOLUTION
BE IT HEREBY RESOLVED that George Protogere, City Clerk of Rhinel nder
is hereby authorized to request from the Wisconsin Department of Taxation,
Madison, Wisconsin, the printouts of individual and corporate taxpayers
having tax allocated to the City of Rhinelander in the year of 1965.
A MOTION TO ADOPT the above resolution was made by Ald. Bohne and sec-
onded by Ald. Lawrence. Motion carried unanimously.
ORDINANCE Z,-2-67 zoning from R2 District to Business 3 Districtuse,
property on N. Stevens & Pelham Sts. owned & near the Quality Chevrolet Used
Car lot, WAS SET FOR A PUBLIC HEARING FOR FINAL ACTION on a motion by Ald.
Lawrence and second by Ald. Grant. Motion carried unanimously. The public
hearing is to be scheduled during the regular August council meeting.
COMMISSION & BOARD REPORTS
PARKING UTILITY
Recommended that the City Attorney be instructed to proceed with.
condemnation proceedings against the Sadie Marks property on Anderson St.
which is needed for parking area. It was explained that at a recent Park=
ing Utility meeting, Mrs. Marks was offered $13,000 'the average of three
appraisals) for her property. This offer '*as refused as Mrs. Marks contended
that she had $16,000 invested.
Mrs. Marks, who was in the audience, stated that when she purchas-
ed the property from the railroad, she was unaware that the city wanted it
for parking purposes. The property was purchased because her building was
on it and the land was leased from the railroad. During the discussion, it
was brought out that when Mrs. Marks purchased the land, the building should
have been removed from the Personal Property Tax roll as it was added to
the Real Estate Tax Roll with the land. This not being done resulted in a
double tax being paid by Mrs. Marks. The mayor assured Mrs. Marks that a
tax refund would be forth -coming.
A motion was made by Ald. Pecor not to proceed with the condemn-
ation, however this motion lost for lack of a second. A MOTION TO ACCEPT
the committee recommendation was made by Ald. Petta and seconded by Ald.
Bohne. On roll call, a tie vote resulted with Ald. Johns, Kunach, Lawrence
and Pecor voting No. In voting for the condemnation, Mayor Lewis commented
that he had to go along with the Utility's recommendation. Ald. Lawrence
noted that the $3,000 difference in price is too small to begin legal proceed-
ings for and an attempt should be made to reach a fair figure. Mayor Lewis,
who is chairman of the Parking Utility, stated that every effort will be made
to each an agreement with Mrs. Marks before the condemnation proceedings are
started.