**  AGENDA  **
* *    OUTAGAMIE COUNTY BOARD    * *

Office of the County Clerk, May 9, 2023.     

The Board meets pursuant to adjournment, and is called to order by Chairperson Nooyen at 7:00 p.m. in the County Board Room, located at 320 South Walnut Street, Appleton, Wisconsin.

ROLL CALL of the Board of Supervisors.  Board Chairperson requests the Board's confirmation regarding excused members.

PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE - Offered by Chairperson Nooyen.

MINUTES OF THE APRIL 18, 2023 COUNTY BOARD MEETING

SPECIAL ORDER OF BUSINESS
Major Cooper, Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Officer and Lisa Lux, Human Resources Director, will give a brief update related to equity, diversity and inclusion

ESTABLISH ORDER OF THE DAY

COMMUNICATIONS
Communication Referral List

PUBLIC PARTICIPATION FOR A PERIOD OF FIFTEEN MINUTES (PERTINENT TO THE RESOLUTIONS OF THE DAY) – Individual speakers are limited to three minutes per speaker. 

APPOINTMENTS
County Executive Nelson nomination for re-appointments of Roy Hegard and Bob Stadel to the Board of Adjustment Zoning Ordinance; said terms expiring June 30, 2026.

County Executive Nelson nomination for appointment of Ryan Weyers to the Outagamie County Local Emergency Planning Committee; said term expiring June 30, 2025.

REPORT BY THE COUNTY EXECUTIVE - County Executive Thomas Nelson will give an Administrative Update.

UNFINISHED BUSINESS

NEW BUSINESS
Resolution No. Z-1—2023-24 – Agriculture, Extension Education, Zoning and Land Conservation Committee.  Approve the rezone request for Gregory and Kerri Klister, for parcels 030066100, approximately 1.56 acres, from the Local Commercial District and parcel 030065700, approximately 3.18 acres, from the General Agriculture District both parcels to be rezoned to the Planned Commercial District, in the Town of Buchanan, as noted on the attachments.

Resolution No. Z-2—2023-24 – Agriculture, Extension Education, Zoning and Land Conservation Committee.  Approve the rezone request submitted by the Town of Grand Chute, for parcel 101033003, approximately 1.01 acres, from the General Agriculture District to the Planned Commercial District, in the Town of Grand Chute, as noted on the attachments.

Resolution No. 8—2023-24 – Agriculture, Extension Education, Zoning and Land Conservation Committee.  Approve to support pending legislation that would make changes to the State Wildlife Damage Abatement and Claims Program, as noted on the resolution.

Resolution No. 9—2023-24 – Health and Human Services Committee.  Approve of entering into the Professional Services Agreement (attached to the resolution) with MSA Professional Services, Inc., for design work for an accessible Canoe/Kayak launch at the Koepke Access Point, and approve to increase the Aging Services line items, as noted on the fiscal note.

Resolution No. 10—2023-24 – Highway, Recycling and Solid Waste Committee.  Respectfully request additional funding through budgetary surplus be allocated to the County General Transportation Aids appropriation as well as for the Local Roads Improvement Program for the backlog of maintenance on the county trunk highway system.

Resolution No. 11—2023-24 – Highway, Recycling and Solid Waste Committee.  Approve to authorize granting We Energies an easement for the area described as a strip of land ten (10) feet in width being a part of grantor’s premises in the Southeast ¼ of the Southeast ¼ of Section 17, Township 21 North, Range 18 East, in the Village of Little Chute, as shown on the attachments.

Resolution No. 12—2023-24 – Legislative/Audit and Human Resources Committee.  Approve an in-year Table of Organization (TO) request to move one full-time Mental Health Court Coordinator position from the Health and Human Services Mental Health (TO) to the Criminal Justice Treatment Services (TO) along with the related budget adjustments for 2023, as noted on the attachments.

Resolution No. 13—2023-24 – Legislative/Audit and Human Resources Committee.  Approve an in-year Table of Organization (TO) request to move one full-time Drug & Alcohol Treatment Coordinator position from the Health and Human Services Mental Health (TO) to the Criminal Justice Treatment Services (TO) along with the related budget adjustments for 2023, as noted on the attachments.

Resolution No. 14—2023-24 – Legislative/Audit and Human Resources Committee.  Approve the Administrative Rule AR-2023-02 (attached), replaces Administrative Rule AR-2022-02, which amends the County Employee Handbook with adjustments and clarifying language to reflect current practice in several areas (as noted on the resolution and attachments), and will be on file in the County Clerk’s Office in a manual labeled “Outagamie County Administrative Rules”.

Resolution No. 15—2023-24 – Legislative/Audit and Human Resources Committee.  Respectfully request that the State of Wisconsin provide regular revenue increases for mandated county programs at the rate of inflation in order to maintain programs operated by the County for the benefit of Wisconsin residents, and respectfully request that the Shared Revenue program be increased in order to provide additional state aid to local governments.

REPORTS

Accommodation Notice
Any person requiring special accommodations who wishes to attend this meeting should
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