Sauk County Minutes
Minutes of the Communications
Infrastructure Committee (Established
July 15, 2003)
Next Meeting: Wednesday September 1st, 2004 @
8:30 am at the Spring Green Fire Department.
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September 1, 2004 - Notes from attending the CIC meeting in
Spring Green.
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August 12, 2004 - "Reviewed the bids on Fiber
Optic from Reedsburg Highway to Reedsburg Tower" The committee decided that if The Riverway Board wants two smaller towers that could not be seen from the river
instead of the 250 foot tower the committee is recommending then the Riverway
Board should pay for it!
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July 21, 2004 - "Discuss Concerns of Lower Riverway: Tim Stieve briefed
Committee on what has been happening in the Spring Green area as far as the
tower site search over the past 8-10 months. Tim asked Mark Cupp, Executive
Director of the Lower Wisconsin Riverway Board, to address the concerns of the
Board. Concern is mainly that the tower will be visible for about a six (6)
mile section along the river and there are concerns that this will deter from
the overall mission of the Lower Wisconsin Riverway Board. Discussion followed
regarding this concern. Jim Staff, the Sauk County representative on the Lower
Wisconsin Riverway Board, indicated that ideally they would prefer that there
not be any towers erected in the area, however, it is difficult to argue the
public safety need for the tower. Mr. Staff indicated that possibly painting
the tower to reduce the visual impact of the tower would most likely be an
acceptable solution to him and the remainder of the Board. Both Mark & Jim
acknowledged that the Board has no control over the tower siting but wished to
express their concerns. Communications Committee members acknowledged that
they are willing to look into the alternative of painting the tower in an
effort to address the visual impact but that they were not inclined to add
more towers."
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July 7, 2004 - Lower Wisconsin Riverway has some concerns about the Spring
Green tower height.
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June 2, 2004 - Voted to contract Lightwave Networks, LLC for the
Engineering, CAD and Project Management for the Fiber Optic Loop at an
approximate cost of $299,476.44. Discussed the $3.45 million dollar bond
issue.
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May 5, 2004 - "Discussed Village of Merrimac water tower...Discussed installation of Fiber versus Microwave versus T-1."
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April 7, 2004 - No minutes
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March 3,2004 - "City of Baraboo Planning Commission approved the
tower now needs to go to City Council on March 23rd.. Still trying to narrow
down those costs but it appears that the Fiber will be around $1-$2 million
dollars more than Microwave...Temporary system for
Lavalle is installed"
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February 4, 2004 - "Discussed installation of Fiber versus Microwave,
still researching this..It was noted that the price
of $1.3 million discussed at the 1/20/04 meeting was strictly for putting the
fiber in"
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January 7, 2004 -
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December 3, 2003 -
No minutes found.
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November 5, 2003 -
"reviewed the current sites and proposed tower sites...it
was noted that we will have to follow the statutes and go thru the
condemnation process."
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September 3, 2003 -
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August 4, 2003
- "T. Stieve noted that CIP request was submitted in the amount of $3.5
million as a starting point." "Leonard
(Koehnen) noted that as part of his contract
he still needs to provide Sauk County with estimations of costs but that he
must first have some guidance as to what it is the County wishes to do."
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July 24, 2003 - No minutes found.
Minutes of County Board of Supervisors Meetings
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September 23, 2003 - Many people in opposition to various department
budget cuts.
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July
15, 2003 - "Resolution
No. 103-03 Authorized the creation of the
Communication Infrastructure Committee"
Minutes of Management Information Systems Committee
Meetings
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June
14, 2004 - "Pate advised that a resolution is being brought before
the Board at the June meeting to contract for the engineering to construct the
fiber-optic network and explained the benefits of fiber-optic vs. microwave to
the committee. Krueger indicated that he would like to see some accounting for
the actual costs and savings to the County from the new system when
constructed."
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April
14, 2004 - "The cost of project totals between $4,500,000 -
$6,000,000. The option to go with fiber optic versus microwave is being
considered."
- August
6, 2003 - "Stoeckmann wanted to know if
we are eligible for monies that are being given to counties for Homeland
Security."
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July 9,
2003 - "Wenzel informed committee that a new committee called the
Communication Infrastructure Committee will be formed."