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HomeMy WebLinkAboutCounty Board of Supervisors - Minutes - 10/10/1978__ 0 MEETING OF THE BAYFIELD COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS October 10, 1978 The special meeting was called to order at 7:10 PM by Walter Barningham, County Board Chairman., The following members answered roll call: No. 1 present - Edwin Erickson, Arthur Meierotto, Walter Barningham, Joel Bromberg, Dale Maki, Russell McGillivray, Larry Seidel, James Strom, William Rave, H. Glenn Spears, Wallace Johnson, James Stephenson, Arthur Hanson, Carl Anderson, Wayne Sellung, Karl Ludzack, Edwin Renoos absent - Charles Diamon present - 17 absent - 1- total 18 A prayer and pledge of allegiance was led by Larry Seidel, board member. The petition to call a special meeting was read: No. 2 October 4, 1978 To: Edward A. Pajala Bayfield County Clerk.. Washburn, WI 54891 Dear Mr. Pajala: You are hereby petitioned to call a Special Meeting of the Bayfield County Board of Supervisors at 7:00 P.M., Tuesday, October 10, 1978 at the Court House, Washburn, Wisconsin to take action on the following items: 1) For the purpose of taking action to approve the bids for construction of the Bayfield County Rest Home. 2) Any other matters which may come before said Board of Supervisors. Signed: Date: The petition was signed by 14 members of the board. Moved by Seidel, seconded by Sellung to receive the foregoing petition and place it on file. Motion carried. Moved by Bromberg,.seconded by Rave to dispense with the reading of the minutes of the previous meeting. Motion carried. The following resolution was read: No. 3 . WHEREAS, the Bayfield County Board did on October 25, 1977 adopt an Initial Bond resolution authorizing the county to sell and issue its general obligation bonds pursuant to.Wisconsin Statute 67.05 in an amount not exceeding $1,825,000.00 to finance the acquisition; construction and equipment of a county home for the -care of the aged and indigent pursuant to Wisconsin Statute 45.05, and WHEREAS, the County Board. on June 21, 1978 did adopt Resolution No. 9 accepting the bid of First Wisconsin National Bank of Milwaukee, Wisconsin to purchase said bonds at a price of $1,825,021.15 and accured interest, and October 10, 1978 WHEREAS, said bonds were sold to the First Wisconsin National Bank of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, a WHEREAS, Bayfield County through its Executive Committee has advertised for and received bids for construction of the home for the care of the aged and indigent, and WHEREAS, said.bids were opened on October 3, 1978, and WHEREAS, the Executive Committee has thoroughly reviewed said bids and after such review is of the opinion that the following low base bids and alternates in a total amount of $1,756,216.00 should be accepted: Frank Tomlinson . 411-11th Ave. West Ashland, WI 54806 Shorty & Sons 1212 St. Clake St. Ashland, WI 54806 Stilwill Heating Company 328 E. Aurora Street Ironwood, MI 49938 National Fire Sprinkler Corp. 809 Carleton Street St. Paul, MN 55114 City of Washburn Washburn WI 54891 William Foss Electric 505 East 3rd Street Washburn, WI 54891 R & 0 Elevator Co., Inc. 6045 Pillsbury Avenue Minneapolis, MN 55419 St. Charles Kitchens by Contardo 926 East Fourth Street Duluth, MN 55805 and GENERAL CONSTRUCTION BASE BID ALT. #A-1 $908,750.00 $55,000.00 PLUMBING & HEATING CONSTRUCTION BASE BID ALT. #B-1 $330,000.00 $12,000.00 VENTILATION CONSTRUCTION BASE BID ALT. #C-1 $95,500.00 $2,054.00 SPRINKLER CONSTRUCTION BASE BID ALT. #D-1 $25,598.00 $ 858.00 WATER MAIN CONSTRUCTION BASE BID $16,534.00 ELECTRICAL CONSTRUCTION BASE BID ALT. #F-1 $197,394.00 $6,883.00 ELEVATOR CONSTRUCTION BASE BID $22,150.00 CASEWORK CONSTRUCTION BASE BID ALT. #I-1 $48,,900.00 $4,300.00 ALT.#A-2 ALT.#A- $7,800.00 $ 550.01 ALT. #F-2 $1,945.00 WHEREAS., architect fees, equipment costs.and,"other related costs will increase the total cost to approximately $2,075,000.00, and. WHEREAS, said total construction costs exceed the available funds by approximately $250,000.00, and WHEREAS, the Bayfield County Memorial.Hospital, Inc., which will lease the new home for the care of the aged and indigent, has agreed to contribute an amount not to exceed $100,000.00 if there are additional costs exceeding the $2,075,000.00, October 1,0, 1978 NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that the low base bids and alternates as listed above be approved and accepted, and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Chairman of the Bayfield County Board and the Bayfield County Clerk be authorized and directed to execute, on behalf of Bayfield County, construction contracts.for.the bids as listed above, and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that Bayfield County will provide for additional financing in an amount of $250,000.00 over and above the initial $1,825,000.00 to cover the cost of construction and equipment of the home for the care of the aged and indigent, and BE.IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Executive Committee study the various ways of financing the deficit amount of $250,000.00 and report back to the County Board at the November meeting. EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE Wallace Johnson James Stephenson Art Meierotto Walter Barningham Larry Siedel Edwin Renoos Edwin Erickson Moved by Seidel, seconded by Erickson to adopt the foregoing resolution. Representing Bayfield County Memorial Hospital were Administrator John Blahnik and board members. Also present were Don, Rick and Ron Stanius, architects representing Stanius & Assoc. el. RA Also present was Bob Von Haven; representing the Bertelson Firm of Eau Claire. An information sheet prepared by Mr. Von Haven was passed out to all members of the board. (Copy on file in the county clerk's office.) Renoos raised the question as to the source of the $250,000.00 deficit. Clerk Pajala informed the board that it was very doubtful if there would be $250,000.00 of surplus funds to apply on the hospital project over and Love the normal amount that is applied to offset taxes. Renoos stated that he was not in favor of using any county money even if the money was available, but that the money should be borrowed and paid back by the hospital. Richard Olson explained to the board that the increased costs were due to the large increase in cost of construction since the original estimate was made. Ludzack spoke in opposition to the construction stating that he was not satisfied from information that had been presented to date that the hospital will be in a position to make the payments that will be due to liquidate the bond issue and the additional loan. He stated that the only information that had been made available to him so far were verbal statements made by the hospital board that they will repay the loan. Ludzack also commented on the large valuation of the district he represents and stated that very little benefit will be derived by his constituents with the construction of the rest home and very few people from the southern end of Bayfield County come to the Washburn rest home as Hayward and other homes in the area are closer to his district. Von Haden explained to the board that even though the cost of construction has increased, they still feel that the hospital can repay the loan as the additional cost of construction will be reflected in the allowable costs that can be charged in computing the daily rate for patient care. Von Haden added that he hoped that the additional $250,000.00 that would be borrowed would be scheduled for repayment at the end of the repayment of the bond issue. Stephenson stated that he was in favor of borrowing the money from local sources, even though the interest rate might be slightly higher than outside sources. Seidel stated that he agreed with Stephenson. Several other county board members raised questions and made comments relative to the issue. E AMENDMENT NO. 4 Moved by Spears, seconded by Stephenson that Bayfield County borrow from local sources, as needed, an amount not to exceed $250,000.00 to complete the funding for the new rest home. A roll call -vote was taken on the adoption of Amendment No. 4 with the following results: No.4 Ayes - Seidel, -Strom, Rave, Spears, Stephenson Anderson .Sellung, Erickson; Meierotto,- Barningham Nayes -:Johnson, Hanson.Ludzack, Renoos; Bromberg, Maki, McGillivray Absent - Diamon Ayes - 10- Nayes - 7 Absent 1 Total 18 Motion carried. A roll call vote was taken on the adoption of Resolution No. 3 as amended with the following results: No. 3a Ayes - Strom, Rave, -Spears, Jphnson,.Stephenson, Hanson Anderson, Sellung, Renoos;__Erickson, __ -i Meierotto, Barningham, Maki, McGillivray, Seidel Nayes - Ludzack, Bromberg Absent - Diamon Ayes - 15 Na.yes - 2 Absent - 1 Total 18 Motion carried. The following resolution was read: No. 5 WHEREAS, the Ashland-Bayfield County Development Center, Inc. has operated a Group Home for the Developmentally Disabled in the City of Washburn, capable of providing living arrangements for eight residents, and WHEREAS, in recent months situations and circumstances have developed resulting in two resident leaving the home and the remaining residents are/placed in a state of uncertainty and unrest'to an extent that it may be necessary to close the operations of the Group Home, and WHEREAS, the Bayfield County Unified Services Board and the Ashland-Bayfield County Developmen Board are'desirous of continuing operation of the Group Home, NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED by the Bayfield County Board of Supervisors in session this loth day of October, 1978 that the Bayfield County Unified Services Board, Ashland-Bayfield. County Development Board unite in an effort to resolve the problems encountered in operating the Group Home, and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Bayfield County Board of Supervisors: authorize the expenditur of funds up to $8,000.00 to continue operation of the Group Home for the balance of 1978 with the understanding that all efforts will be made to operate the Group Home to full capacity for the year 1979. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Bayfield County Board of Supervisors authorize the transfer - of $8,000.00 from the contingency fund to the Bayfield County Unified Services Board. Presented By: Joel Bromberg William Rave James Strom Herbert G. Spears Wayne Sellung Moved by Bromberg, seconded by Rave to adopt the foregoing resolution. October 10, 1978 Seidel asked to be excused from the discussion.and vote on the issue. Chairman Barningham excused Seidel and Seidel then left the room. Rave suggested thatARC (Association for Retarded Citizens) be added to paragraph 3. No motion was made to amend the resolution to include the additional language. Moved by Bromberg, seconded by Rave to adjourn as a county board for the purpose of holding a public hearing. Motion carried. Diane Brander spoke supporting the resolution. She referred to the problems that have recently developed and,.stated that they were hopeful that within a 2 month period all the problems can be resolved and that the group home could be filled and become self-supporting. Wallace Johnson raised the question as to why the vacancies are not being filled at this time. Brander stated that they have hesitated filling the vacancies until the problems are resolved. Rave stated that the Unified Services Board has named a committee of 3 - William Rave, Joel Bromberg and Laverne Basina - to meet with the people who appear to be creating problems and attempt to resolve the problems that they have. Spears directed a question to District Attorney Bill Bussey as to the legality of the proposed resolution. Mr. Busse-r indicated that he could see no problem as the Unified Services Board did have the authority to contract with the Ashland-Bayf field County Developmental Board to provide the services. Spears then stated that he was not enncerned about that portion of the matter, but he was concerned about the fact that the group home is owned by a county board member and he was wondering if there might be conflict of interest in the county providing funds. Bussey stated that he was not aware of that fact and he would not be able to give his opinion without additional facts and further study of the matter. Moved by Renoos, seconded by Strom to adjourn as a public hearing and reconvene as a. county board. Motion carried. A roll call vote was taken on the adoption of Resolution No. 5 with the following results: No. 5a Ayes - Rave, Spears, Stephenson, Anderson, Sellung, Ludzack, Renoos, Erickson, Meierotto, Barningham, Bromberg, Maki, McGillivray, Strom Nayes - Johnson, Hanson Abstain - Seidel Absent - Diamon Ayes - 14 Nayes - 2 Abstain - 1 Absent - 1 Total 18 Motinn carried. Moved by Strom, seconded by Bromberg to adjourn. Motion carried. Walter C. Barningham, Chairm Bayfield County Board of Sup .rem 'Edward A. Pajala, G._ rk isors Ba.yfield County