MINUTES JULY 15, 2010

A regular meeting of the Town Board was held on July 15, 2010 at 7:00 p.m. in the Town Hall Auditorium. Item 1 – Roll call. Those present and answering roll call: Trustees; DeVore, Heaton, Moos, Thomas, Truax and Mayor Moser. Absent: Trustee Gustafson. Attorney Anson was present. Mayor Moser announced the following addition to the agenda: 2a) Eaton Days Committee – Karen Dotson Item 2 – Review of the Minutes of the June 17th meeting. Trustee Thomas moved the minutes of June 17th be approved as written, seconded by Trustee DeVore. Motion carried 5 – 0. Item 2a – Eaton Days Committee. Mayor Moser introduced Karen Dotson, who represents the Eaton Days Committee, to speak to the Board. Mrs. Dotson was asked by Chairman Julie Nelson to extend thanks and appreciation for all the help received from Town staff, including police personnel during the Eaton Days celebration. The three day celebration was a great success. Item 3 – Continue discussion of proposed Business License Ordinance. Attorney Anson stated he made the revisions requested by the Board for Ordinance No. 549: General Business License. Some further changes were recommended. Since there is no hurry in adopting this ordinance Gary suggested the first reading could be done at the August meeting and second reading in September. This will give staff more time to polish up the ordinance and work on application and license forms. Item 4 – Ordinance #548 regarding updating building codes, second reading. Concluding the second reading and discussion, Trustee Thomas moved to adopt Ordinance No. 548, seconded by Trustee DeVore. Roll call vote; Moos- aye, Heaton-aye, Truax-aye, Thomas-aye and DeVore-aye. Motion carried 5 – 0. Item 5 – Discussion of Graffiti Ordinance. Gary reported that Attorney Anson stated we already have something in our Municipal Code addressing graffiti in Section 10-6-8 thereby alleviating the need to create a new ordinance. If in the future we have problems with cleanup we can always modify the existing ordinance. Item 6 – Citizen Comments/Questions. None. Item 7 – Reports. Gary reported a bid design for the landscaping at the City Hall had been received from Eaton Grove. The board will review the design and give it some thought. Gary suggested the board give some thought to making the auditorium a meeting room only. Presently it’s open for showers and meetings. The cost for carpet cleaning is becoming more prohibitive due to the required frequency. If it is used for meetings there would be no food or drinks. Trustee Truax stated the Sertoma Club is interested in helping financially with the backstop for the baseball field in the Eaton Commons Park. Mayor Moser reported attending a workshop at CML on the issue of Marijuana Dispensaries and Grow Operations. The current ordinance on our moratorium expires in September 2010. A lengthy discussion was pursued and the board is undecided whether to extend the current moratorium or have an ordinance banning the dispensaries and grow operations. Concluding discussion the board requested Attorney Anson have an emergency ordinance prepared for review at the August meeting banning them and they will make a decision at that time. Item 8 - Adjourn. As there was no further business the meeting was adjourned at 7:54 p.m.

Erika C. Bagley, Town Clerk