Ozaukee County, Wisconsin - Minutes - Highway Committee

August 19, 2004

Port Washington, WI

Chairman Kaul called the meeting of the Ozaukee County Highway Committee to order at 9:00 a.m. Present were committee members Kaul, Hilber, Grosklaus, Uselding and Kletti, Commissioner Dreblow and Office Manager Carroll. Also present was County Board Supervisor Tom Richart. Moved by Grosklaus and second by Uselding to approve the minutes of the August 2^nd and August 5^th meetings as printed. All members present voting aye, the motion was adopted. Richart asked the committee if they had any influence regarding improvements to Cedar Creek Road from CTH ‘O’ to Fifth Avenue. The committee explained that that section of Cedar Creek Road is under the jurisdiction of the town of Cedarburg, the town of Grafton and the village of Grafton. Richart was advised that any improvements to the road would be a local issue. Richert left the meeting.

Correspondence and communications were reviewed.

Railroad Hearing – Kaul attended the hearing, in Random Lake on August 16^th, regarding the abandonment of the railroad between Saukville and Kiel.

Restructuring of County Board Committees – Grosklaus has been asked to sponsor a resolution to disband the Buildings Committee and add the Buildings Committee duties to the Highway Committee duties. Dreblow advised the committee that it has the ability to effectively handle those functions.

County Board Road Trip – Dreblow will prepare an itinerary for the September 22 road trip.

City of Port Washington, Round About Presentation – Kaul and Dreblow attendant the presentation. There is currently no round about, for a four-lane divided highway, in the state. The committee agreed that this intersection would not be the best suited for this type of construction.

Marquette Interchange – Dreblow reported that WisDOT had a model of the proposed interchange at the State Fair.

WisDOT Connector Express – Seat belt use (72%) is at its highest use ever.

Dreblow reviewed the meeting with the County Administrator and Finance Director regarding the proposed 2005 Highway budget. The county will contribute $200,000 from the Capital Improvement fund and the Highway Department will use $52,396 of it reserves, thereby reducing the proposed levy for County Roads and Bridges by $252,396. This will result in a proposed levy request, for 2005, of $2,492,966.

Personnel issues were discussed. Keith Wipperfurth will retire, as an equipment operator, effective September 3^rd. Moved by Kletti and second by Grosklaus to approve filling the vacant position. All members present voting aye, the motion was adopted. Dreblow will request the Human Resources committee approve the hiring of a replacement employee for Wipperfurth’s position.

Dreblow requested that the committee authorize Mark Banton to attend the Carte-Graph User Conference, October 12^th thru the 14^th, in Dubuque. Cost of the training is as follows: Registration - $395.00 and Hotel - $89 per night. Moved by Grosklaus and second by Uselding to approve Banton’s attendance at the conference. All members present voting aye, the motion was adopted.

Superintendent Tackes joined the meeting.

Construction and Maintenance projects were reviewed.

CTH ‘W’ Seal coating – Tackes advised the committee that do to the difficulties arising in high traffic locations, from the use of a polymer asphalt oil and boiler slag as a cover material, future seal coating projects will be limited to rural areas. An overlay of hot mix asphalt will be used in high traffic locations.

CTH ‘I’ – Paving from CTH ‘H’ to Shady Lane should be completed next week.

Accounts Payable batch #38432, batch #38433 and batch 38438 were audited. Moved by Kletti and second by Hilber to approve accounts payable totaling $73,734.07. All members present voting aye, the motion was adopted.

Kaul left the meeting, Grosklaus assumed the chair.

Moved by Hilber and second by Kletti to adjourn the meeting at 11:30 a.m. All members present voting aye, the motion was adopted.

Respectfully Submitted,

Georgia Carroll, Office Manager