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April 8, 2003 ANNUAL TOWN MEETING

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TOWN OF GRAFTON
ANNUAL TOWN MEETING
Official Minutes

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a Town of Grafton Annual Town Meeting was held on Tuesday,
April 8, 2003, at 8:00 pm, at the Grafton Town Hall, 1230 11th Ave., Grafton, WI. The following were
present – Chairman Lester Bartel, Supervisors – Bill Grunwald, Tim Kaul, Nancy Rogers, Town
Engineer – Jon Edgren, Town Clerk – Cathi Miller, Town Treasurer – Jan Strachota, Building
Inspector – Rick Fellenz, Admin. Asst. – Lila Schwan

1.) OPENING COMMENTS & INTRODUCTIONS
Meeting was called to order at 8:00pm by Chairman Bartel. Chairman Bartel opened with a moment
of silence for Military Families. Chairman Bartel led the Pledge of Allegiance.

2.) REVIEW MINUTES/FINANCIAL REPORT
a)Two sets of minutes to be reviewed.
1. 2002 Annual Meeting Minutes
2. Minutes of the Special Meeting of the Electors held in conjunction with the Budget meeting in
November 2002.
Motion made by Mr. Musbach to accept the minutes. Seconded by Mr. Behrens.
Supervisor Kaul requested a change in the 2002 Annual Meeting minutes – Item 13 Land
Preservation/Development Rights Survey Report – Change the following sentence: His report said
PDR was not too feasible for the Town, because of the high development values. TO – Land in the
Town of Grafton has quite high speculative values and purchasing development rights, a
considerably cheaper option to protecting land than buying land, will still be rather costly in the Town
Land Use Trajectory.
Motion made by Supervisor Kaul to amend minutes as read. Seconded by Mrs. Manley.
Motion carried unanimously. Motion carried unanimously to file minutes as amended.
b) Town Clerk, Cathi Miller explained the Financial Reports. Statement of all Bank Accounts &
Income Statement. Audit at end of year showed Town Books in order and balanced. Motion made
by Mr. Musbach to accept the Financials as is. Seconded by Mr. Wolf. Motion carried
unanimously.

3.) FIRE DEPARTMENT REPORT – Chief David Harvey
Chief Harvey has been with the Fire Dept. since 1990. The last 2 years as Assistant Chief. We have
a very good cooperation between the Town and the Fire Dept. Number of calls they have needed to
respond to has gone down in the last year. In 2002 responded to 56 fire calls in Town, in Village 89
fire calls for total of 145 calls. This is down from about 170. Dept. has 2 staff inspectors. They do
monthly inspections of all commercial buildings and apartment buildings in the Village and Town.
The study that was done was done at Departments request to see if they are meeting the needs of
the Village and Town. The consultant rated GFD in the top 5% of volunteer depts. The one concern
the Dept. has is meeting the EMS (Emergency Medical Services) during daytime hours. Consultant
recommended going to a part-time paid staff of EMT’s to cover daytime. Dept. has 85 members. Of
those, 31 are EMT certified. 4 are going to school now.
Mr. Wolf asked about the Homeland Security Act. GFD is working very closely with Ozaukee County
Emergency Government.

4.) SHERIFF’S REPORT – Lt. Edward Hermann
Sheriff’s Dept. is primary law enforcement agency for the Town. In January, they retired their K-9
unit. A trained dog only has a few years of usefulness. Decided not to get another dog. Town of
Jackson just acquired a dog, which if needed the Dept. could use it. With the nice weather, bicycle
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traffic will pick up on Lakeshore Road. Dept. will step up patrols in that area. The Tour de Cure is
coming up on May 18th, starting at 7:30am at MATC-Mequon & goes to Port. Dept will have 5
deputies on this to direct traffic. Interurban bike trail opened in September. People are coming up
from Illinois to use the trail.

Statistics for the whole County for 2002
• Total Incidents – 7895, up 1%
• Traffic Citations – 4565, up 29%
• Ordinance Citations – 347 down 21%
• Warnings issued – 6398 up 26%
• Repair Notices – 1674 up 34%
• Custodial Arrest – 834 up 25%
• Crashes – 779 up 7%
Left a copy of the Annual Report. Also put cards on table with web site address on. Sheriff’s Dept.
has been planning for the Harley Fest for the last 2 months. Most of the events will be in Thiensville.
Dept’s main concern is traffic. All the Dealer’s are doing something special. Elkhart Lake is having
camping.
The group the Dept. has been working with in regards to traffic planning is The Traffic Management
Enhancement Group. It’s Freeway operations. All surrounding counties are involved. They meet
monthly.
When an incident happens on the freeway, they use the temporary ramp gates to limit the amount of
traffic on the freeway to avoid a secondary incident. These save a lot of time.
Supervisor Grunwald would like the Speed Board put up on River Bend Road by the soccer fields.
Citizen’s Academy – they try to run at least one a year. Try to gear it towards government officials.
Also they do ride alongs. Chairman Bartel sent the Town’s regards to Sheriff Straub and all the
Deputies in the Dept. for a job well done!

5.) REPRESENTATIVE MARK GOTLIEB – Working on the State Budget. It is a long way from
adoption. Facing a $3.2 billion deficit. State spends about $12 billion a year. About $1 billion is in
Shared Revenue. In 2003 the Town will get $127,868 in Shared Revenue, which is about 16% of
Town’s budget. Governor is proposing a 7% reduction in Shared Revenue. The reduction is not being
applied equally across the board. The greatest reduction would happen in the areas with the largest
tax base, which would include Ozaukee County. The Governor’s proposal is actually a 49% reduction
for the Town. We would lose about $56,000/year. Representative Gottlieb would like to see the
shared revenue reduced in a fair way. He will keep local officials aware of actions. Representative
Gotlieb addressed Bill #134 introduced by Ms. Carol Owens, to give Towns the ability to pass a
resolution to go to referendum to declare themselves a charter town. The four requirements to
become a charter town are “ 1.) To have a population of 2,500 people, 2.) To have a Plan
Commission and Land Use Plan, 3.) To have a Building Code, 4.) To have a Construction Site,
Erosion Control, and Storm Water Management Code. If a Town can meet those four requirements,
they can become a Charter Town. The powers a Town can receive by becoming a Charter Town is
that you are no longer subject to extraterritorial zoning provisions of neighboring villages and cities,
and the Charter Town would be able to form a Tax Incremental Financing (TIF) District. Mr. Gotlieb
also stated that for certain kinds of charter towns, they can protect their borders. Neighboring
villages and cities would be prohibited from annexing town land. In order for a town to qualify for this
type of charter town, they must meet three additional conditions. 1.) The town must have 10% of
the residents hooked up to sewer or water. This service can be provided by a sanitary district, utility
district, metropolitan district, or another city or village. 2.) The applying town must have an
equalized value of over $100,000,000.00. 3.) The town must provide law enforcement services 24
hours per day. This can occur through having your own police department, or through contracting
with another city, village, or town, and not through contracting with the County Sheriff’s Department.
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• USE VALUE ASSESSMENT - Agricultural land in Wisconsin is not assessed on their
development value, but on their production value now. Lower property tax bills on Ag property. In
Mequon, there are farmers that have wooded land or swamp land that can’t be valued by
production, so the assessor is assessing them on development value. There will be legislation to
included the in the Use Value Assessment that type of land. This would further reduce Property
Tax for Farmers. The draw back is because of budgets, it would increase other’s Property Taxes.
Mequon does want to do this. Rep. Gottlieb would like to know how we feel about this. Chairman
Bartel thinks that if the land is zoned Agricultural, it should be assessed Use Value assessed.

5.5) LION’S DEN – Ozaukee County, Andrew Struck – Have received a $100,000 grant for
infrastructure development. Plan to have a 16 space parking lot – ½ would be paved & ½ grass.
Would reduce parking on the street. There will be a trail going back to the bluff for handicap access.
Showed a map with different trails marked. Did propose a Boardwalk over the wetland, mostly
educational use. Also proposed parking for one bus. That was the reason for the loop. Current
access road is not wide enough, would have to do some wetland restoration between the Fish and
Wildlife property and Lion’s Den. Access to the shoreline would be similar to the stairs at the
Lighthouse in Port. End of access road will be marked private property. Intend to mark property line
with boundary markers, 2 sided, 1 side says Park, 1 side says Private Property.
Interurban Bike Trail is on the color County Highway Map. June 1st Miller Lite Ride for the Arts will be
using part of the Trail.

6.) LIBRARY REPORT – John Hanson – Director – 19 people working at library now. Grafton
Library is part of the Eastern Shores Library Systems. State created for library to share resources.
Range from Elkhart Lake to Mequon. Have a new display. Trying to team up with the Historical
Society. Displays are always changing. Used a lot of volunteers over the past year. Have started in
service training. Like how to use reference books. Have started college catalogue collection. Put on
new roof. Library is 15 years old. Did customer survey last spring. Got a good feedback. Have
implemented some new things because of survey. Have started some workshops and tutoring, ie
computers etc. Library is a lot more than just books. Opened the Children’s Wing in late 2000. Per
Chairman Bartel it’s a great addition.

7.) BUILDING INSPECTOR REPORT – Rick Fellenz – 25 new homes built. Value about $2.1
million more than 2001. County passed that the local inspector has to do the septic inspections not
the County. Chairman Bartel remarked that Rick has done a great job, and since he has been on
there have been no complaints.

8.) EDGE REPORT - NONE

9.) RECYCLING & TRASH PICKUP REPORT – Will be receiving a grant again from the State for
recycling.

10.) VILLAGE OF GRAFTON REPORT – Will continue to work with the Town on border issues.
Ad-Hoc committee will be meeting soon on the East side for Business District.

11.) TOWN ENGINEER’S REPORT – Jon Edgren – Maps are on hold. Will come up in near future.
Spent a lot of time with JETZCO. Has gone a lot better than people expected. Have spent a lot of
time developing a Conservation Ordinance. Town has passed an Escrow Ordinance. This will cover
costs developers incur. Ridgewood, East Sauk, Terminal and Woodhaven Roads have been
pulverized and overlaid, in an effort with the Town to catch up to where maintenance is more of an
issue, less than reconstruction. Going into 2003 plan to do projects on Parkwood Court and
Woodland Drive. These roads will be sealed. At May meeting will have plans for a passing lane at
Falls Road and Cheyenne Ave. as well at Green Bay Road and Chateau Court. For development, it
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was a slow year. Incoming development – Woodland Shores – development of the Abbott property
on Lakeshore Road. Will be a Conservation Subdivision. This has received conceptual approval.

12.) NORTHERN ENVIRONMENTAL REPORT – DENOW LANDFILL
Chairman Bartel had a meeting March 10th, 2003, with Town Attorney Mike Carlton, DNR and US
EPA, and Northern Environmental. New person in charge of this at DNR. Thinks there still may be
contained contaminants in the landfill. Northern Environment is submitting a plan to the DNR on how
we will determine if this is really true. Ms. Ryan from the DNR is working with other staff from DNR on
this matter.

13.) OPEN SPACE COMMITTEE REPORT – Supervisor Tim Kaul
Have researched PDR program. Had 3 meetings last summer where Town Residents were invited.
Roy Swisher donated funds for a mailing about the meetings. Received many comments and
concerns from residents. Trying to incorporate comments and concerns into report of findings that
has gone on for the last 2 years. Town Board requested that they research an Open Space
Preservation Ordinance, which is patterned after the Town of Dunn, with several changes. Is
currently under review by the Plan Commission and they should make recommendation to the Board
soon.
Chairman Bartel recognized the hard work and dedication the committee has done.

14.) OLD BUSINESS
1. Mr. Yokes wanted to know what the B-1 overlay means for the Port Washington Road corridor. Per
Chairman Bartel, it just means that the Town felt there was a potential for Commercial Development
along the corridor. But now with Mequon extending their Joint Extraterritorial Rights in that area it
really means nothing. Now we have the Port Washington Road District.
2. Mr. Yokes wanted to know how to get involved with the JETZCO Committee. Chairman Bartel
stated that the meetings are posted. If Mr. Yokes wanted to be notified of meetings, he should
contact the Town office. Per Bob Wolf, there is a JETZCO Public Hearing to be held next Thursday at
the Town Hall.
3. Chairman Bartel recognized Bob Wolf, Mike Ansay and Karron Stockwell for all their hard work
with the JETZCO Committee on the Town’s behalf.
4. Recognitions – 1. Neal Maciejewski resigned from the Board of Supervisors because he moved to
the Village. 2. Steve Wilkinson resigned from the Plan Commission. Was on Plan Commission from
1991 - 2003. Chairman Bartel has plaques for both commemorating their service to the Town.

15.) NEW BUSINESS
1. Newly elected Supervisor Paul Helms took his seat on the Board. Chairman Bartel & Supervisor
Nancy Rogers were re-elected.
Action – Motion made by Mr. Musbach to seat the newly elected (re-elected) members to the Board.
Seconded by Mr. Behrens. Motion carried unanimously.
2. Mr. Buchholz brought up starting the Annual Meeting at 7:00pm instead of 8:00pm. Per Chairman
Bartel, next year the meeting will start at 7:00pm.
3. Mr. Mazzari brought up the idea of video taping meetings to run on cable. Town purchased a
camera and loaned it to the Video Club at the High School with the understanding that they would
supply people to tape things we wanted taped.
Action – Mr. Mazzari made a motion to broadcast the Town Plan Commission, Town Board and
Annual meetings on cable. Seconded by Mr. Wolf. There really isn’t a Video Club at the High School
at this time. They are trying to find another teacher advisor. Chairman Bartel also thought that the
agreement was to tape community events. Chairman Bartel would like to appoint a committee to
study and make recommendation. Vote 3 - yes, Mr. Mazzari, Mr. Wolf, Supervisor Kaul. 16 - no,
Chairman Bartel, Supervisor Rogers, Supervisor Helms, Supervisor Grunwald, Ms Manley, Mr.
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Buchholz, Mr. Burhop, Mrs. Behrens, Mr. Behrens, Mrs. Kaul, Mrs. Hoffmann, Mr. Hoffmann, Mr.
Yokes, Mr. Musbach, Mr. Swisher, Mr. Schmit. Motion defeated.
Action – Motion made by Mr. Yokes for the Board to appoint a committee to do study and make
recommendation to the Board. Seconded by Mr. Grunwald. Motion carried unanimously.

16.) ADJOURN
Action – Motion made by Mr. Grunwald to adjourn. Seconded by Mr. Swisher. Motion carried
unanimously.

Respectfully Submitted,



Cathi Miller – Town Clerk
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