Plan Commission

MEETING MINUTES Village of Palmyra REGULAR VILLAGE BOARD MEETING AND JOINT MEETING WITH THE VILLAGE PLAN COMMISSION Wednesday Sept. 4, 2024 Village Hall 100 W. Taft Street 6:00 P.M. The meeting was called to order by Village President Kathy Weiss and Plan Commission Chairperson Tim Gorsegner at 6:00 pm. Roll call: Ball, Kinjerski, Gorsegner, Petruska, Smith- late, Troiola, Weiss, and for the Plan Commission: Ball, Holcomb, Gorsegner, Sheppard, Scheffner, present. Ball and Scheffner- phoned in. Also present via TEAMS: Brad Vowels-Katter & Joe DeYoung from MSA, DJ Freson-owner of Lakeshore Pier. Pledge of Allegiance Communications: President Weiss made the following announcements: John’s Disposal has asked ut to let residents know: Do NOT put rechargeable batteries in the garbage or recycling, they can cause fires. Sept. 9th is yard waste. Sept. 13 and 14th Clean sweep in Watertown for Jeff. Cty residents. Sept. 12th is Board of Review 5-7 pm. Sept. 14th Brew with a View Event at the beach pavilion, Sept. 16th spaghetti supper and band concert at the Methodist Church. Monthly Reports: Public Works-sidewalk projects should be done by the end of Sept. , the preconstruction meeting for Hwy 59 dam project is this week. The state will be setting up for traffic control on Hwy 59 for the dam. Public Safety- Chief Pavlock said that he and Officer LePak have been out each school day patrolling have written about half dozen tickets. Recreation Dept.-none Library-typed report submitted. Clerk/Treasurer- financial report is on the agenda. Public Forum: None 1. Consent Agenda: All items listed are considered routine and will be enacted by one motion. There will be no separate discussion of these items unless a Board member requests, in which event the item will be removed from the Consent agenda and be considered on the regular agenda. A. Approval of the following minutes: Aug. 19, 2024 Committee of the Whole meeting. B. Operator’s License application for Alonna Leszynski. C. Operator’s License application for Wendy Geier D. Home Business License renewal for Julie Turner for a sewing business within her residence at 408 E. Main St. Troiola/Gorsegner motion to approve the consent agenda. All ayes-motion carried. 2. Building Permits: Monthly report from Aug was submitted. 3. Old Business A. Gorsegner/Smith motion to approve the new Employee handbook wording regarding drug testing for Village employees. Weiss reworded the drug testing section of the handbook. ALL Village employees will now be required to be drug tested. All ayes-motion carried. 4. New Business Discussion and Possible Action on the Following Items A. Discussion/possible action for Land Use Application – Site Plan of Lakeshore Pier Service (DJ Freson, Owner, Freson Properties, LLC) to build an additional shop facility for production of piers and servicing boats at 700 S. Third St (Parcel Number: 171-0516-2244-010). Took this item first. Trustee Gorsegner gave a quick overview of the concerns that the owner, DJ has. DJ gave the Plan Commission members a tour of his property. DJ spoke: why does he have to put 2 ponds when he already has wetlands, the cost will be 6 figures, he already has a place to go with the water naturally. DeYoung says that stormwater requirements are in place to protect the wetlands, not to use those wetlands for s/w runoff. State of WI laws require this. DJ can use the pond for rate control. DJ’s engineers have proposed 3 basins, Joe says that there might be able to be 1 pond if it meets the requirements for runoff. Joe says DJ has a lot of impervious area. DJ says it was 4 lots at one time that he joined but if he would have kept them as individual lots maybe he wouldn’t have to do all of this. Joe says gravel is almost like pavement according to the DNR standards. DJ says he has a 7 acre parcel with an acre of s/w pond., who is controlling the water that comes to his property. 2 options Joe says: go back to the 2020 submittal, or DJ could submit a separate plan. Joe said he will talk to Quam, DJ’s engineers, to see why they designed the ponds the way they did and see if there is another way around. DJ asked about keeping all the driveways on S. Third so he can pull his large barges onto Third St., MSA wanted him to eliminate one. Scott Halbrucker says he approved driveways for 11 yrs. Why is MSA deciding this? This is what our ordinance reads, there are limitations on the # of driveways per 8.12 ord. 1(d) says Brad from our zoning code. The Police Chief says for safety the best option would be to pull out onto Third St. vs. backing out. Plan Commission vote: Holcomb/Sheppard motion to recommend approval of the site plan for Lakeshore Pier contingent on MSA engineers’ approval of the stormwater retention plans. All ayes-motion carried. Village Board vote: Gorsegner/Troiola motion to approve the Plan Commission’s recommendation for the approval of the site plan for Lakeshore Pier contingent on MSA engineers’ approval of the stormwater retention plans and giving Scott Halbrucker authority to approve a driveway plan. All ayes-motion carried. Sheppard/Holcomb motion to adjourn the Plan Commission meeting at 6:43 pm. All ayes-motion carried. B. Troiola/Smith motion to approve the payment of bills totaling $125,669.33 on the bill list with extras presented tonight to The Coaches Locker, WI Inspection Agency, Elan Credit Card, Colonial Life, Global Life, WE Energies invoices, Associated Appraisal. Roll call vote: Ball, Gorsegner , Kinjerski, Petruska, Smith, Troiola, Weiss-aye. Motion carried. C. Petruska/Troiola motion to approve the MSA contract for PFAS mitigation feasibility study in the amount of $24,500.00 for the water utility to determine if we need to dig a new well or can keep the current well and filter the water. Roll call vote: Kinjerski, Petruska, Smith, Troiola, Weiss- aye. Motion carried. Scott Halbrucker says Well #1 is going to have to either be abandoned or treat it. EPA’s standards are stringent and the DNR will lower their levels to what the EPA has. We can apply for grant funding for some of the costs of this, but it needs to be done soon, and we need the feasibility study needs done. D. Petruska/Kinjerski motion to approve the July financial statement, bank statement, cash account balances. All ayes-motion carried. Gorsegner/Petruska motion to adjourn at 7:05 pm. All ayes-motion carried. Respectfully submitted, Laurie Mueller, Village Clerk/Treasurer Minutes approved without correction Sept. 16th, 2024