 I'd like to call the Sheboygan County Board of Supervisors Tuesday, December 20th, 2016 monthly meeting to order and certification of compliance with the open meeting law. The agenda was posted December 16th at 12.30. And tonight we have a Boy Scout, Everett Poth, who is going to lead us in the Pledge of Allegiance. Everett, would you please come up? I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the Republic for which it stands, one nation, under now, indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. Thank you, Everett. Roll call. Two. One more, it's 13. It's 13. Fran? Yeah. I can't undo you because you clicked it too fast. Who's number 13? Fran. George. George. George. You waiting for Fran? I can't. I'm going to say 23 present because she undid hers, but after I pushed her up. That's fine. We'll count her present. 23 supervisors are present. Good to see Sheboygan Falls was trying to help Plymouth out there. That was good. Approval of November 1st, 2016 Journal. Supervisor Winkle. Motion to approve, Mr. Chairman. Thank you, Supervisor Winkle. Supervisor Galavan. I'll support that motion. Thank you, Supervisor Galavan. Any discussion? Okay, please push your I button. Horne. Fran needs to get it first. Now you can push your buttons. Just a second. Again? Okay. Any discussion? I'm going to get it. Okay, again? 218. Yeah. That should be right in that one. Steve? No. Steve, now push yours. All right. That motion is approved unanimously. Thank you. It's been seven weeks since we had a meeting, that's where it goes. Okay, consideration of appointments by the chairperson to the monarch library system subject to adoption of ordinance number nine later on William Gehring, Kathy Norman Tom don't and Wendy Schobert and to the Veterans Service Commission David Williams Surveys aglavin Motion to approve. Thank you. Surveys aglavin. Surveys it to Strowdy. Thank you, mr. Chairman. I'll second that motion Thank you supervisor to Strowdy Discussion all those in favor vote aye those opposed nay motion is a preview unanimously Consideration of appointments by the county administrator to the airport advisory committee Mindy Smith communications council of Daniel Althaus Emergency Medical Services Council Dan Althaus and local emergency planning committee Dan Althaus Surveys a uraner I move to accept those nominations. Thank you. Surveys a uraner supervisor Winkle Second that but it's actually appointments. Thank you Any other discussion all those in favor say aye letters? Most is a preview unanimously Presentations we have none public addresses there are none Letters communications and announcements. There's one resolution from the Marinette Board of supervisors Requesting the state legislature to enact legislation authorizing any county to impose a point one percent sales tax for economic development tourism and infrastructure Refer that to the finance committee That is it. Thank you County administers report. Oh, thank you, mr. Chairman and good evening Evening good evening Who here reads the sounder? a Couple of hands went up, you know, we talked about the Plymouth review quite a bit up here Don't we mr. Feldner? Plymouth review does a nice job covering county government the shabuigan press has been a little lean on Reporters for a while and we haven't seen them here as much the sounder I don't know if I've ever seen a reporter here But I do receive a copy of the sounder and if you're not aware of it Bill Gehring is one of the routine writers for the sounder and in the Random Lake Sounder dated December 15th over the noon hour today over a delicious bowl of chicken soup I read mr. Gehring's Report to the community and it's entitled county accomplished much in 2016 And not only was it well written but it gave a nice high-end overview of many of the good things that we as a county board And a management team and staff and community have accomplished So I wanted to give a shout out to Bill Gehring and thank you for raising some awareness to the good work that Collectively we've done. I also had my attention a grab by this paper because on the front page is a nice picture of Ermgert and Everett aren't Celebrating 75 years of marriage 75 years how often to hear of that so my my compliments to them they they started Their lives as high school sweethearts and random lake and now continue to reside there And as I was reviewing that I was thinking about our county board a little bit 75 years of marriage We have a birthday boy amongst who's just celebrated an 87th Birthday isn't that right supervisor Charlie Connerty in March in March It'll be 88 this March your Christmas card said you just celebrated it It was nice to nice to read that about Our organization I want to thank bill because he's been doing that for a number of years So if you aren't aware of it another paper that follows county government and speaking of good news on your desk this evening is a copy of the 2017 adopted budget the five-year capital plan and for those of you who have been on the board for a while You'll appreciate that not only does it take a lot of time and effort to develop these documents But every year we seek to continuously improve and Wendy Sharnon and the finance department have continued To take on that challenge a lot of good work You've obviously adopted both these documents, but please take a look at them as you wish I keep them close to my Desk and was just referring to them earlier today as I was thinking about this evening on the note of good reporting If you didn't get a chance to see it And I don't know if it was in the Sheboygan press or will be but for the third consecutive year Sheboygan County was awarded the Certificate of achievement for excellence in financial reporting Since we do have Emmett Feldner here this evening, perhaps we'll take a moment to talk about this and maybe it'll be Maybe it'll be out there sometime the certificate of achievement for excellence in financial reporting Has been awarded to Sheboygan County by the government of Finance Officers Association of the United States and Canada for its comprehensive annual financial report for the fiscal year ending December 31st 2015 the certificate of Achievement is the highest form of recognition in the area of governmental accounting and financial reporting and its attainment represents a significant accomplishment by a government and its management team Well done This award program was established to encourage and assist state and local governments to go above and beyond the minimum requirements have generally accepted Accounting principles and prepare annual financial reports that demonstrate the spirit of transparency and full disclosure reports submitted for consideration are reviewed by a selected member of the GFOA professional staff and special review committee Including individuals with expertise in public sector financial reporting such as financial statement prepares independent auditors academics and other finance professionals Third consecutive year that Sheboygan County has received it the first I believe under Finance director Wendy Sharnan's leadership The last was actually when Mary Wegman was still here as a deputy and she did a terrific job preparing for it And I want to acknowledge Wendy and ask her to come forward if she would just for a moment Just for a brief moment there will not be a slide presentation This is one of Wendy's favorite things to do I'm not going to share what's in this gift bag, but let's just say Wendy's going to enjoy it So I want to thank Wendy for her leadership her strength The excellent job she's done the past year as our finance director and both of us having sweaty hands He has undergone some staff changes as well and is still building that team but continues to make good things happen and we appreciate it This is the nice Certificate that we receive that I believe a plaque or something is forthcoming that Wendy or one of us will be able to put in Our office, and I certainly think think the finance department would be the right place If the chair of vice-chairman, please join me One of the things I love about the holidays and I'm sure most of us not all of us are on the same page there It's a time to give thanks and to see family and friends and reflect And it's also the time of the year where we identify and acknowledge some good people who have Been here for a number of years. So tonight. We have three pins to give out to three department heads Celebrating 10 or 15 consecutive years would Ellen Schleicher, please come forward Ellen Schleicher was appointed to the Office of Register of Deeds to fill the vacancy in January 2006 when Darlene novice retired. Can you believe it's been 10 years already doesn't feel like it's been 10 years In fact, she was just here was it last week for Nile of Born's? 31 year Anniversary and retirement celebration right it was good to see Darlene again Ellen's been here since 2006 and after being appointed was subsequently elected five times The Register of Deeds office is responsible for recording deeds mortgages and other legal documents including new subdivision Plats and certified survey maps the office also maintains a record of all Sheboygan County birth certificates marriage and death certificates military records and corporate filings Very important office doing very important work Ellen oversees an operating budget of about $650,000 seven employees and is the only Department that does not rely on the property tax levy to maintain its Over the years Ellen and her team have made a number of enhancements to the Register of Deeds office Including upgrades to the land record software which allows people to view or access the record that recorded documents online Electronic recording which is a means to receive documents electronically saving time and money Scanned in all the certified survey maps and Plats allowing them to be viewed via computer scanned all documents dating back to 1938 Approximately 1.7 million documents to better protect and preserve Sheboygan County's land record history Continue to back index documents so they are available to online customers And she also worked with the state vitals to help initiate their online issuance of birth death and marriage certificates But I'll tell you what I have appreciated about Ellen the most Absolutely the most is when she started she absolutely made customer service her number one priority and focus in the ten years That Ellen Schleicher has been the Register of Deeds I can count on one hand how many complaints I've gotten about that department and when you think of the vast number of Customers that go through that office and interact and rely on her and her staff for information and record Documents and get timely information back to them. It is remarkable how little complaints I've heard since she has taken the reins Ellen has excellent people skills. She provides excellent customer service and please join the chairman and vice chairman And I recognize an Ellen for ten years of consecutive service to the people Sheboygan County Jim to beast He thought he was going to be last because he's at 15 years, but no We'll bring him in right away Jim to be his 15 years Jim was hired as the assistant building services director in 2000 I started in 1999 and there was an individual named Verne Gross who was our building service director Many of you are nodding Verne knew this place inside and out and did he have a rapport with county board supervisors? I think whatever Verne wanted to get accomplished generally got done because he just he had such good rapport He built that and he knew this place, but he was going to be retiring I think when he retired he may have been in his 70s. I mean he was here with us for a while good man He hired Jim to beast as his assistant in part It was strategic on our part for succession planning because we wanted someone with Jim's skillset and ability to learn from Verne before he moved on and in 2003 we promoted Jim to the building services director The building services department maintains the building and grounds and provides custodial responsibilities for 20 buildings All of which we largely take for granted until you walk into the hallway and it's a mess or the bathroom hasn't been cleaned Jim and his staff do an excellent job. They provide Cleaning and maintenance support on 489,000 square feet Jim oversees a budget of 3.2 million and he works worth 34 steps Jim also provides key oversight and coordination for new building projects his expertise His educational background and expertise make him so important to this organization Most recently he worked with the combined Dispatch Center the UW-Shaboygan engineering lab the health and human services building lobby addition and remodeling the new Taylor Park Pavilion replacing roofs Boilers air conditioners Generators as needed. He puts a plan in place. He works with the property committee very effectively and he makes good things happen We are fortunate that Jim's been with us for the last 15 years in 2009 He took a key leadership role on the county's energy team and since we established that team And I know Supervisor Baumgart wanted that to happen as well We have since saved nearly one million one million dollars in energy conservation practices Like it's 975,000 or something like that. It's made a difference Jim has made a difference He's now working very closely with Greg Schnell and others on the design of the new 25 million transportation complex As we were going through this determining who we're going to select who is contractors We're going to be working with they kept emphasizing to us as an organization How important it is to have someone like Jim who can oversee and has the background and ability To troubleshoot know what needs to be done hold people accountable Not only does he bring a wealth of knowledge But he has an excellent track record of overseeing projects and being sure they are completed with budget Important to everyone in this room Please join chairman Wagner vice chairman Marthensi and I in thanking Jim for 15 years of dedicated service to the people should avoid counting Mr. Schnell speaking of Greg Schnell Greg was hired as our transportation director in October 2006 The transportation department's highway division maintains 451 miles of county trunk highways 170 miles of state trunk and interstate highways and 465 miles of local township roads which equates to 2172 lane miles of maintenance responsibility And we wonder why some people complain when their road isn't plowed the first few hours It's remarkable What the transportation department and the highway division is responsible for in addition to plowing snow? Major operations include gravel crushing blacktop production grating paving road construction bridge maintenance and roadway marking and signing The transportation department's airport division is responsible for the development maintenance and operation of our county Memorial Airport number of years ago we combined these two departments into one and Greg had the leadership skills ability To consolidate and be the department head over both areas Our county Memorial Airport, which ranks seventh out of the 16th largest general aviation corporate airports in the state with approximately 38,000 flights arrivals annually a Lot going on at that airport again under Greg's oversight and leadership In addition to these two areas some specifics Greg was part of consolidating and closing the Adele shed after being part of an operational review that mentioned We could close some sheds in this organization and consolidate. He helped make it happen He initiated a number of intersection safety improvements including at County trunk highway, okay County trunk EE and a EE and garnered 1.3 million in grants to assist with this I Think one of the more remarkable things Greg's done during his tenure is he helped Relocate Lakeshore Road formally known as County trunk highway LS that was eroding into Lake Michigan and for literally decades We've been concerned about as an organization Literally the erosion was up to the road and in some places underneath the road it was time Something had to be done and to Greg's credit. He worked with seven Different municipalities three of which were in Manitowoc County got everyone to come together Everyone to put some skin in the game the state got involved They provided a little over four million dollars in grant assistance and at the end of the day Greg and our transportation department and the excellent men and women that work there got the job done We now Transferred jurisdictional authority where Sheboygan County is responsible for the new Dairyland Drive County trunk highway DL And the local municipalities are responsible or for the remainder of the Lakeshore Road that was improved before we turned it over to him incredible effort and An example of good things can get done when you can get everyone to work together and collaborate This past year Greg as well as Wendy and others in this room assisted in the half percent County sales tax proposal Which was some tremendous heavy lifting and now we're going to have dedicated funding for our transportation system going forward reduce our reliance on borrowing provide property tax relief and share some of that revenue with other municipalities he Negotiated the purchase of land for the new transportation complex that we broke ground on in November And as you know help garner support for the new consolidated facility Consolidating Plymouth Elkhart Lake and the main headquarters in Sheboygan into that facility. I Say that's a pretty good laundry list You're much too young to retire So with that please join the chair and vice-chair and me and thanking Greg Acknowledging his ten years of dedicated service to the people of Sheboygan County. Thank you Greg Remember when Greg surprised us this year last year great Was that this year when he when he stood up in the back of the room and he he sang the national anthem right I Don't know about you but the hair went up on the back of my neck. I thought that was pretty cool We didn't know until the last couple years that we had a very talented Department head who had some pipes. He sings at some weddings. He'll sing at a funeral. So if you're looking for a singer Don't read into that So I was gonna break into you know me maybe some Christmas music and and treat the group Immediately I can see the fear in everyone's eyes So rather than doing that but in the spirit of Christmas and and celebrating We also have another very very talented singer amongst us Would supervisor Keith obler be willing to come forward and share his pipes with us I Keith is the kind of individual that know when no matter where he goes he always tends to keep a guitar somewhere so We're hoping that you know, maybe he put one in the back closet just in case this opportunity ever happened That's certain. He may not come back out of that So with that I'm going to turn it over to two very talented individuals and I wish you all a very merry Christmas Thank you Adam for setting that up and Keith and Greg super job. Thank you very much for doing that for us great job Okay, consideration of committee reports executive committee ordinance number eight regarding modifying Taylor Park regulations committee recommendation to enact Supervisor Gehring that comes to chairman. I moved to enact ordinance number eight Thank you, Supervisor Gehring Supervisor to Strowdy. Mr. Chairman. I'll second that motion. Thank you Supervisor to Strowdy any discussion Okay, if not, please push your eye or nay button Emotions approved unanimously Thank you Ordinance number nine regarding amending library systems provision to reflect merger committee recommendation act Supervisor Gehring. Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I've moved to enact ordinance number nine. Thank you, Supervisor Gehring Supervisor your Rainer. I'll second that motion. Thank you. Supervisor your Rainer Any discussion seeing none, please push your eye or nay button Emotions also approved unanimously Thank you. I'll turn the gavel over to vice chairman Marthenze Resolutions introduced there are none ordinance introduced The ordinance number 10 from the planning resources agriculture and extension committee regarding repealing and recreating chapter 70 sanitary regulations Ordinance number 10 is referred to the executive committee Ordinance number 11 from the planning resources agriculture and extension committee Regarding repealing and recreating chapter 75 erosion control and stormwater management ordinance ordinance number 11 is referred to the executive committee At this time adjournment is in order Supervisor Bemis I move adjourn motion as adjournment second Survives the Winkle second motion second to adjourn all in favor vote aye opposed. No We stand adjourned