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JIM FEROLIE
Verona Press editor
Nearly six years after beating out several highly qualified candidates to help run
the city he lived in, Bill Burns has
resigned as Veronas city administrator.
His last day will be April 25.
Burns announced his decision
Tuesday morning after meeting
with Mayor Jon Hochkammer and
informing him. He told the Press an Burns
excellent opportunity presented
itself to work as the finance director position with the City of Middleton.
Ive had a great experience in Verona and was
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that he would look for alders to authorize staff to seek an agreement with
Rost based on his comprehensive,
19-page proposal.
What that appears to mean for Madisons Brandon Cook is that his proposal to move the house, add parking and
build an addition to make a restaurant
wont get a second look. The council
will either take the recommendation for
Rost or leave it, partly because Cooks
proposal was determined to be incomplete.
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The well-known comedy revolves around
the relationship of the
goofy Rick Steadman
and the pensive architect, Willum Cubbert.
Rick saved Willums
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With a $700,000 budget deficit looming for the Verona Area School District,
administrators hope a new health insurance
agreement can help plug the gap.
Its been a pleasant surprise, business
manager consultant Chris Murphy said of
the costs they are looking at.
Five years ago, the district used a federal government grant to help negotiate a
favorable deal with Physicians Plus that
capped annual premium increases for the
life of the agreement.
At the time, superintendent Dean Gorrell
said the agreement was a big deal for holding the districts second-highest costs for
staff, behind salaries, down.
Negotiations will still determine the new
insurance costs, but administrators expect
savings.
Its the same type of deal the district is
currently seeking. District administrators
have set an April 1 deadline for a decision on a new plan to give time to staff to
understand the changes to their benefits
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Human resources director Jason Olson,
who has also been involved in both the
2011 and current negotiations, said the
competition among health insurance providers in the Madison area is a key to the
district getting the deal it wants.
Olson noted that rings especially true in
Verona, where all of Dean, Unity and GHC
have in-network doctors at the University
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That competition has helped keep the
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12:54 a.m. Officers were
dispatched to a hotel on the
600 block of West Verona
Avenue to respond to an
elevator alarm with people
trapped inside. Upon arriving, an employee informed
them that the elevator was
working, but that an intoxicated customer had accidentally set off the alarm system.
Officers escorted the intoxicated man to his room.
1:57 a.m. During a traffic
stop at Cross Country Road
and North Main Street, police
cited an underage man for
his first OWI, failure to stop
for a flashing red signal, lacking registration and for the
possession of THC, a controlled substance and alcohol. He was taken to Meriter
for a blood draw and expert
evaluation, and was released
to a responsible party. His
passenger, a minor, was
also cited for possession of
THC and was released to his
mother.
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POLICE REPORTS
All reports taken from the dispatched to reports that
Verona Police Department a driver was traveling the
log book.
wrong way on U.S. Hwy.
18/151 between Verona and
Jan. 29
Mt. Horeb. The driver exited
12:29 p.m. A manager at a and was stopped by Mt.
business in the 100 block of Horeb officers, who deterEast Verona Avenue informed mined the driver was sufferpolice that she had received ing from a medical condition.
a fraudulent $20 bill. After
transporting the bill to the Jan. 31
State Bank of Cross Plains,
7:51 a.m. Officers conthe bill was found to be legiti- tacted a 32-year-old Verona
mate from 1996, and that the woman after she called
woman had been comparing 911 and disconnected. She
the bill to a newer-style $20 explained that she had been
bill with additional security teaching her children to use
measures.
Siri on her cell phone to call
4:49 p.m. A student at 911. Officers advised the
Badger Ridge Middle School woman that while it was
reported being hit multiple times with a sled and
punched twice in the head
by two other students during
recess on Jan. 28. Officers
planned to follow up at the
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Coming up
Churches
River Wetlands State Natural Area from
9 a.m. to noon Saturday, March 26.
Volunteers will be cutting invasive
species to promote the growth of native
plant species. For information or to
RSVP to the workday, visit usrwa.org/
events/.
Animal communication
Learn more about our local watersheds during a Phosphorus in the Badger Mill Creek and Sugar River presentation from 6:30-8 p.m. Tuesday, March
29 at the library.
Marten Cieslik, Assistant Director of
Public Works for the City of Verona,
will discuss phosphorus levels and management in the Badger Mill Creek and
Driving class
Sugar River. He will also discuss the
Drivers ages 50 and older can brush up stormwater management rebate opporon their driving skills during an AARP tunity for Verona residents.
For information, call 845-7180.
Smart Driver Class from noon to 4 p.m.
Community calendar
Thursday, March 24
Friday, March 25
Saturday, March 26
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7 p.m., Girls Rock Camp
Madison fundraiser with Gin
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and guests (donations accepted),
Tuvalu
Friday, April 1
Tuesday, March 29
Thursday, March 31
Saturday, April 2
Monday, April 4
Whats on VHAT-98
Thursday, March 24
7 a.m. How to Stay Young
at Senior Center
8 a.m.Zumba Gold
9 a.m. Daily Exercise
10 a.m. Edvard Grieg
Chorus at Senior Center
3 p.m. Daily Exercise
4 p.m. 4 Seasons Theater
at Senior Center
5 p.m. Do Not Resuscitate
at Senior Center
6 p.m. Salem Church Service
7 p.m. Rhapsody Arts at
Senior Center
8 p.m. Daily Exercise
9 p.m. Cough & Cold
Remedies at Senior Center
10 p.m. Verona History at
Historical Society
Friday, March 25
7 a.m. John Duggleby at
Senior Center
1 p.m. Cough & Cold
Remedies at Senior Center
3 p.m. Self Defense at
Senior Center
4 p.m. Do Not Resuscitate
at Senior Center
5 p.m. 2014 Wildcats
Football
8:30 p.m. Cough & Cold
Remedies at Senior Center
10 p.m. How to Stay Young
at Senior Center
11 p.m. Edvard Grieg
Chorus at Senior Center
Saturday, March 26
8 a.m. Committee of the
Whole from March 21
11 a.m. Self Defense at
Senior Center
1 p.m. 2014 Wildcats
Football
4:30 p.m. Verona History
at Historical Society
6 p.m. Committee of the
Whole from March 21
9 p.m. Self Defense at
Senior Center
10 p.m. Verona History at
Historical Society
11 p.m. Edvard Grieg
Chorus at Senior Center
Sunday, March 27
7 a.m. Hindu Cultural Hour
9 a.m. Resurrection Church
10 a.m. Salem Church
Service
Noon Committee of the
Whole from March 21
3 p.m. Self Defense at
Senior Center
4:30 p.m. Verona History at
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6 p.m. Committee of the
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9 p.m. Self Defense at
Senior Center
10 p.m. Verona History at
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11 p.m. Edvard Grieg
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Fr. William Vernon, pastor
Saturday: 5 p.m., St. Andrew, Verona
Sunday: 7:30 a.m., St. William, Paoli
Sunday: 9 & 11 a.m., St. Andrew,
Verona
Daily Mass, Tuesday-Saturday: 8
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Pastor Jeff Jacobs
Sunday: 8:45 a.m. with communion
SUGAR RIVER
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Pastor Gary Holmes
Maundy Thursday Upper Room Service: 6:30 p.m.
Good Friday Tenebrae Service: 6:30
p.m.
Easter Sunday Services: 9 a.m. and
10:30 a.m.
WEST MADISON BIBLE CHURCH
2920 Hwy. M, Verona
Sunday Praise and Worship: 9:15 a.m.
Nursery provided in morning.
Sunday school (all ages): 10:45 a.m.
Small group Bible study: 6 p.m.
ZWINGLI UNITED CHURCH OF
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(608) 832-6677
Pastor Brad Brookins
Sunday: 10:15 a.m.
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CHRIST
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(608)845-5641
Rev. Sara Thiessen
Sunday: 9:30 a.m. family worship
Support groups
AA Meeting, senior center, Thursdays at 1 p.m.
Caregivers Support
Group, senior center, first
and third Tuesday, 10:30
a.m.
Healthy Lifestyles
Group meeting, senior
center, second Thursday
from 10:30 a.m.
Parkinsons Group,
senior center, third
Friday at 10 a.m.
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Blood drive
More than 100 Verona Area High School students and staff
donated a combined 98 pints of blood at the VAHS blood drive
Wednesday, March 9. VAHS is one of the largest high school
blood drives in Wisconsin. Yearbook students who staff and organize the drive help get donors through the experience with books.
Above, Greta Schmitz reads to teacher Nicholas Faus.
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Some of the Verona Boy Scouts with Troop 349 who delivered food donations to the Badger Prairie Needs Network food pantry on March
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Cassidy Harvancek and Zoe Howard of the Trinity Irish Dancers chat
with their fellow dancers in between acts during a March 15 performance at the Verona Public Library.
From left: Molly OBrien, Zoe Howard, Cassidy Harvancik, Bryn Stacey, Emma Lenzendorf and Annika Olson strut their stuff, along with the
rest of the Trinity Irish Dancers, who performed in front of a full house March 15 at the Verona Public Library.
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Above left, Delany Cruz-Lopez was among the students who high-fived Bucky on their way into the cafeteria that morning. Above right, Lauren Meier and Valeria Malina ask Bucky to take a selfie with them.
Prescribed burn
Nearly 60 acres of mostly grassland at Prairie
Moraine County Park in Verona went up in
flames as part of a scheduled prescribed burn in
the area Monday, March 21.
Above, volunteer Anne Helsley starts a fire along
the fence line while Tom Wise follows to spray
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The Goddard School, a
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Oaks Dr., began offering
tours to interested families
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The school uses the
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Boys track
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Herkert
wins twice
at Dubuque
JEREMY JONES
Sports editor
Senior Grace Mueller (40) was named to the first-team All-State squad to add to her first-team All-Big Eight and Big Eight Player of the Year selections.
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Curling
USA picks up first win
at 2016 World Womens
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Team USA earned its first
win of the 2016 Ford World
Womens Curling Championship as Verona resident
Nicole Joraanstad and Madison native Erika Brown
led the Americans to a 5-3
victory over Italy Monday
morning at the Credit Union
iplex.
The win for Team Brown
(Oakville, Ontario) and
teammates Allison Pottinger (Eden Prairie, Minn.),
Natalie Nicholson (Bemidji, Minn.), Joraanstad and
alternate Tabitha Peterson
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Lucas Russell, a junior
social work major from
Verona, won a national title
as a player on the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater mens wheelchair
basketball team.
The Warhawks capped
a perfect 27-0 season by
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of Alabama 73-55 at the
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CKCS hosted its annual science fair for elementary and middle
school students Friday, March 4, with projects from students to
show to their peers and families. Stoner Prairie Elementary School
held its fair the same night, where kids showed off their experiments and got to try out some of the schools technology. Glacier
Edge Elementary School held its annual science fair Thursday,
March 10. The event also included an author fair and a book sale,
which benefitted the schools PTO.
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Venegas students sit around her classroom SmartBoard screen most mornings
and read a story in Spanish on the board on
the News-O-Matic app.
They then use their individual iPads to
add context to their learning, through further reading, drawing or writing. Venegas
said her favorite part of the app is that a
child psychologist reads the stories before
they get on the app, which helps rewrite
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VAIS is a key to her success as a teacher, and that
atmosphere is aided by the
schools small size.
We only have one class
per grade, so we really
know every single student
in the whole school, she
explained. The staff, we
know each other so well.
Huang said teaching at
VAIS, which allows K-5
students to learn Chinese
while also learning the
core subjects, is also great
for them because of the
emphasis on a world language at such an early age.
It helps the development of their brain, Huang
said. It kind of opens up a
window for them, another
perspective, to know people in different places with
completely different backgrounds and perspectives
of thinking about things. It
helps them become a global citizen.
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Crisis
intervention
training
Six Verona Police Department officers
participated in a comprehensive 40-hour
Crisis Intervention Training (CIT) session last month in Madison. The session
focused on helping law enforcement
officers recognize and understand the
signs and symptoms of mental illness
including depression, bipolar disorder,
schizophrenia, and anxiety disorders, as
well as other developmental and cognitive disorders and dementia.
The officers also learned best practices
for deescalating a situation involving an
individual who may be experiencing a
mental health crisis, legal issues associated with emergency commitments and
resources in the community for a mental health consumer and their families.
Thirty-seven police personnel from
13 law enforcement agencies across
Wisconsin completed the free training,
which was funded by NAMI Wisconsin
(National Alliance on Mental Illness).
Pictured from left are VPD Sgt. Jesse
Christensen, Officer Joel Zietsma,
Officer Travis Wetter, Officer Chris
Stanton, Officer Gordy Disch, and
Sergeant Matt Dart.
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obligation to do so.
That point became moot
when Burns was chosen,
and coincidentally, among
the four finalists he beat out
for the job was another fellow Verona resident, who
actually lived across the
street from him.
In Sun Prairie, he had
risen steadily and quickly to
assistant administrator and
finance director under longtime administrator Pat Cannon. Cannon, incidentally,
was hired last year to work
as an economic development consultant for Verona.
Among Burns important
work was the early closure
of the Epic tax-increment
financing district (later this
year), the transition of the
fire district to a city department and the annual budget.
The city is in good
financial shape, and Im
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Charyn Grandau
Age: 19
Hometown: Fitchburg
Current Address: 5846
Devoro Rd, Fitchburg
How long youve lived in
Verona: 19+ years
Education: 13 years as a
Roberts
student in the Verona Area
School District, Verona Area
High School Class of 2015; University of
Wisconsin Madison, College of Letters and
Science Honors Program - Class of 2019,
majoring in International Studies, Political
Science and Geography
Employer: Associated Students of Madisons
Student Services Finance Committee; Coach
with the Flying Vs Track Club
Family: Parents, Heather and Brian;
Brothers, Sam and Joel
Political experience: This is my first campaign for public office.
Notable affiliations: Founding Member
and Chair of the American Enterprise Institute
Executive Council (UW-Madison); Executive
Board Member and Secretary at the Alexander
Hamilton Society; Executive Board Member
and Founding Member of the International
Affairs Club; Former President of the
VAHS National Honor Society; Chairman of
Community Service for the Leadership Council
at VAHS
Essay questions
Age: 54
Hometown: Winfield, Ill.
Current Address: 106
Melody Circle, Verona
Lived in Verona: 15 years
Education: BS in
Geography (1993) with an
Grandau
emphasis in Environmental
Planning; MS in Agribusiness
Economics (1997), from Southern Illinois
University at Carbondale.
Employer: Barnes and Noble West,
Bookseller
Family: Married for 21 years to Mark
Grandau, a software Engineer at ThermoFisher in Fitchburg.; two children: Ben,
12, seventh grade at Badger Ridge Middle
School, Sarina, 9, fourth grade at New
Century School.
Political experience: VASD school board,
2006 to 2012, serving as treasurer and as the
deputy clerk for one term each.
Notable affiliations: President of the
New Century School Board of Directors; Site
Council for New Century School since 2012;
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Im very thankful that we have more
than one option to consider, Mayor Jon
Hochkammer told the group Monday.
Theres some things that I heard (Cook)
say that I really like, but I really am concerned about the integrity of the process.
At the same time, Hochkammer urged
them not to risk losing both options by putting off the decision, particularly considering that either would accomplish the citys
stated goal to save the house.
The members complied, voting 6-0
in favor of Rosts proposal, though five
abstained.
A few clearly used the abstention to
express their dissatisfaction with the pick,
though some simply abstained because
they werent sure how they felt.
Ald. Heather Reekie started as one of the
latter, reluctantly changing her position at
the last minute to oddly give the proposal
one more yes than abstentions. After the
mayor pressed for action, she pointed out
what a few others implied that the city
should be happy to have the choice at all.
Several months ago, when the house
was going to be so expensive to get it
remodeled, then I would have preferred
Mr. Cooks proposal for sure, Reekie
said. But now that weve gotten all this
additional information from the historical
society, it seems like the main purpose is
to preserve the houses historical value and
sentiment of it.
Moving parts
One key point in that historical value
was the simple notion of whether the house
should retain its original foundation. Cook
and Rost clearly disagreed on whether the
foundation was not only salvageable but
would survive long term.
Cook argued that for the buildings
ultimate longevity, to do it right, the
160-year-old stone foundation needs to
replaced, and in doing so, hed move it to
a more functional part of the lot that would
allow parking in the rear to be shared with
nearby businesses. But Rost, whose team
remodeled the comparably aged but larger
Stamm House a year ago in Middleton,
said it should remain intact.
Taking out the foundation is wrong, he
Cook plan
Commercial main floor,
apartments upstairs
Restore exterior appearance
Modernize interior throughout
Move building to corner
1,600-square-foot addition
Share parking with dentist, salon
Purchase price $6
$350,000-$550,000 investment
Rost plan
Commercial main floor,
apartments upstairs
Restore exterior appearance
Emphasize historic interior
appearance on first floor
Preserve foundation
Limited parking in rear
Purchase price $1
$150,000 investment (in-kind
labor)
said.
While Cook focused on the exterior
appearance and making the building a
more functional piece of the citys 2013
Downtown Plan, his own proposal admitted to some moving parts, as hed need
to negotiate with neighbors and probably
work out a deal with the city to install a
larger water main. He added to his proposal during the discussion, offering to
swap the buildings placement with the
1,600-square-foot addition he proposed,
and he concurred with a suggestion of
opening the basement to an exposed-foundation home for the Verona Area Historical Societys small collection of artifacts.
Rost offered none of those things, only
the assurance he would do the work himself, take his time doing it and keep the
house well-maintained. He said the type
of bricks on the house would ensure a constant need for upkeep, but like Cook, when
he buys properties, he doesnt like to sell
them.
Rost also argued that people would have
no problem walking a few blocks to the
building if it has more character and
vibrant surroundings, rather than parking.
CDA member Chris Zak, a commercial sales director at an underwriting firm,
agreed with Cooks approach, saying the
Contrasting styles
Both men offered significant experience restoring old houses in Dane County,
as well as real-estate licenses, but Cooks
resume indicated more updating inside and
historical character outside, while Rost
showed off his eye for bringing rustic,
original character inside as well as out.
They complimented one anothers
work during their presentations (for the
most part) but simply preferred different
approaches, much like alders and CDA
members who voted. The two proposals hardly could have been more different
given the guidelines offered in the citys
request for proposals.
However, Cooks suffered one fatal
flaw: It was incomplete at deadline.
Though his submission included a site
plan from a professional architect, it
hadnt included a purchase price or project
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ELECTORS OF THE CITY
AND TOWN OF VERONA
Notice is hereby given that the Public Test of the Automatic Tabulating and
Electronic Voting Equipment to be used
for the April 5, 2016 Spring Election and
Presidential Preference in the City of Verona and Town of Verona will be conducted on Tuesday, March 29, 2016 @ 10:30
AM at the respective municipal buildings.
This test is open to the general public.
Ellen Clark, Clerk
City of Verona
111 Lincoln Street
Verona, WI 53593
608-845-6495
John Wright, Clerk
Town of Verona
335 N Nine Mound Road
Verona, WI 53593
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CITY OF VERONA
MINUTES
COMMON COUNCIL
FEBRUARY 22, 2016
VERONA CITY HALL
CITY OF VERONA
ORDINANCE NO. 16-870
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING
SECTION 13-2-5(C) OF THE
CODE OF ORDINANCES, CITY
OF VERONA, WISCONSIN
amended as follows:
(c) Official Maps. Flood Insurance Rate Map (FIRM), panel numbers
55025C0389G,
55025C0393G,
55025C0394G,
55025C0552G,
55025C0556G,
55025C0557G,
55025C0558G,
55025C0559G,
55025C0576G, 55025C0580G, dated January 2, 2009; with corresponding profiles
that are based on the Flood Insurance
Study (FIS) for Dane County and Incorporated Areas (Volumes 55025CV001D,
55025CV002D,
55025CV003D,
and
55025CV004D dated June 16, 2016; Approved by: The DNR and FEMA
All other sections shall remain as
previously adopted.
The foregoing Ordinance was duly
adopted by the Common Council of the
City of Verona at a meeting held on March
14, 2016.
CITY OF VERONA
_______________________________
Jon H. Hochkammer, Mayor
(seal)
ATTEST:
_______________________________
Ellen Clark, City Clerk
Enacted: March 14, 2016
Published: March 24, 2016
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