Board Meeting 11/10/08
Mr. Howard called the meeting to order at 7:24 p.m. with the Pledge of Allegiance. In attendance were board members: Mike Scott, Shawn Dunmire and Richard Kozlowski. Also in attendance was Alice Dunbar, Paul Sadler, Theresa Baldwin, Jean Howard, Sue Rung, Tim Burdick, Tom Robinson, Larry Bedow, Jon Reitz, David Johnson, Chris Bell, Tara Margeson and myself.
This meeting actually went quite fast compared to other meetings. The board approved the justice reports from last month and this month. They could not remember what their questions were on last months report or that they had even voted it down. Here is my sarcastic part for the night, maybe if the minutes were done correctly and detailed the board members could remember from month to month what is going on. Oh…and another thing where is the road paved on the Harlan Ames road? I seemed to have missed the new pavement the other day when I drove over it, according to the minutes the road was paved.
The highway superintendent did not submit a report his month.
Mr. Kozlowski spoke to the board regarding the windmills in Eagle. Mr. Kozlowski met with Joseph Kushner, Supervisor, regarding the windmills in their town. Mr. Kushner offered to come down and meet with us and answer any questions that we have about the windmills. The Town of Eagle is having 83 windmills constructed. Mr. Kushner stated that it took them about two years to complete the whole process of the windmills. The Town of Eagle residents pay no tax. If you are interested in hearing more about this please attend the board meetings I will try to keep you informed as much as I can.
Mike Scott stated he received a phone call from the attorney and the property behind the town hall should be transferred to the town within the next couple of weeks. The board would like to get the sewer started as soon as possible.
At the end of the meeting, Mr. Howard stated they have revised the budget and the town’s portion of the increase is down to .91% with out the fireman’s budget in there. The fireman’s budget puts it up to a 3% increase. As far as raises are concerned the highway superintendent’s increase was cut back to $2,000, which is still a damn good raise. I wish I could have a 6.25% raise after my first year on the job. The assessor’s salary was changed from $12,500 to $9,900.
The road service has been pitiful this year and the highway supt. still is getting a $2000 raise! Town officials – take notice – residents are not happy. We do notice when any elected official isn’t doing the job they were elected to do. We will be keeping a log all winter of the snow plowing and sanding – or lack of it. ALL residents are encouraged to monitor the effectiveness of the Town of Wirt’s elected officials. We’re entitled to get what we pay for.
The recent paid advertisement in the Moneysaver stated that in 2007 Curt Rung told his men to sand the Village streets in order to maintain safety in the Village of Richburg. The Village had did not want the Town sanding the Village streets, and did not pay for this service. Why is the Town Highway Superintendent more concerned with the safety of the VILLAGE residents than the residents in the Township? Our Town roads need much better maintenance than they’ve been getting.