David is new county board supervisor
By Diane Graff of the Daily Times staff
Wednesday, December 17, 2008 12:24 PM CST
JUNEAU - A Watertown businessman took the oath of office Tuesday night to serve on the 37-member Dodge County Board of Supervisors.
Aaron David, 33, of North Fourth Street, will replace long-time board member Floyd Clemans on the board.
David, the son of former Watertown mayor John David, took the oath of office before his peers. David, a native of the city, will represent District No. 14, which includes wards 3 and 4 on Watertown's north side. The term will run until April 20, 2010.
David said he has been a local businessman for many years at Charles David's Sons in Watertown. “I have been in business a long time and I enjoy serving people,” the newly-appointed supervisor said. “It is another way to work with people,” he said of the position. “I enjoy public service.”
David recently was appointed to the city's Historical Preservation and Downtown Design Committee.
He was also appointed to serve on the county's audit committee and the insurance, inventory and purchasing committee. The insurance committee held a meeting during a break in the board session giving David an opportunity to attend his first committee meeting as well.
“This is a start and we will see what the future brings,” David said following his first county board session.
David replaced Clemans who served as a county supervisor for 15 years. A commendation resolution was approved by the board.
Clemans represented the citizens of supervisory District No. 9 from Jan. 20, 1976, to April 20, 1976.
Then in 1994, Clemans was elected to the board and served from April 19, 1994, to Nov. 3, 2008.
During those 15 years, Clemans served on various committees, including audit, insurance, inventory and purchasing for all 15 years, housing authority, local emergency planning, building, special jail building and aging advisory committee.
Clemans also served on the Watertown Common Council as an alderman during some of those years.
Clemans resigned his position on the board when he moved outside the district.
Also honored by the board was the sole recipient of this year's 4-H Key Award.
Marisa Toepfer, Iron Ridge, received the highest award a Wisconsin 4-H member can earn. Toepfer is a member of the Golden Rule 4-H Club and is currently attending Marion University in Fond du Lac to be a registered nurse. Toepfer outlined her years in 4-H, including projects and community service. “I learned one person can make a difference,” she said.
In other business, the board approved three speed zone changes, two in the town of Ashippun and one in the town of Beaver Dam.
In Ashippun, the speed limit on County Highway O from state Highway 67 east will be changed to 35 mph for one-half mile, instead of .30 miles.
Also on County Highway O, the speed limit will be 45 mphs from .5 miles east of its intersection with state Highway 67 to a point .3 miles further east. In the original wording of the speed zone, the 35 mph speed zone was east of the Ashippun Elementary School. The school has been closed.
In the town of Beaver Dam, the speed limit on County Highway A, one-quarter mile south of Hemlock Road and north from its intersection with Buckhorn Road for a total length of 1.02 miles, will be 45 mph.
The board unanimously approved a resolution encouraging state legislators to use the fuel tax for highway expenditures.
According to the resolution, about one-third of the state's 30.9 cents per gallon fuel tax is being used this year for nontransportation purposes. The previous state budget transferred $675 million from the transportation fund to cover the general fund's $3.2 billion deficit. The state's 2005-2007 biennium budget also calls for transferring more than $600 million from the transportation fund to the general fund.
With passage of the resolution, supervisors are encouraging state lawmakers to use the transportation funds to maintain roads and provide safe transportation.
The purchase of highway equipment, that was included in the 2009 budget, was approved by the board.
The highway department received approval to purchase one 2008 and one 2009 John Deere four-by-four tractors with side and rear mowers for $147,394 from Serwe Implement Co. of Campbellsport.
The department was also granted permission to purchase two Mack, 60,000 pound tandem axle trucks from Madison Mack for $200,820 and one 2010 Mack 66,000 pound tandem axle truck from Madison Mack for $100,670.
The replacement equipment will be sold at an auction when the new units are put into service.
The board also approved an agreement and quit claim deed regarding property in the city of Horicon and real property purchase agreement with Hoffman Corporation for a parcel of land at the former Monarch Range site in the city of Beaver Dam. There are still four lots to be sold in the development area, board members were informed.
A resolution laid over from the November session that was proposed by the building committee to seek pre-design master planning and architect selection assistance with jail modifications was withdrawn for consideration.
The board, on the recommendation of the insurance, inventory and purchasing committee, denied a claim filed by AT&T for $1,421.29 in damages for costs to repair a pedestal and buried cable.
According to the claim, on July 8 in the town of Burnett, an employee of the Dodge County Highway Department, while operating a roadside wing mower, struck a pedestal and damaged the pedestal and buried cable.
AT&T is seeking the costs to replace the pedestal and cable.
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