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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. (' 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. a 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.