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HomeMy WebLinkAboutCounty Board of Supervisors - Minutes - 8/17/1915Special Session August 1.7, 1915. j A -49 I -special meeting of the County Board held at th-e office of the County Clark August l7th, 1915* Keating called to order at 10 ol clock A. IA. by George S. Barnes chairma n The follawring credentials was presented, and was upon motion accepted,, Mr',:Nels Oscar., County Clerk, This is to certify that John Hoefling was today appointed to repre- sent the Town of Orienta at the County Board meeting Atig.- 17, 1915. M. Hop--kins, Town Clerk. At roll call the following members were prezent-i- G. L. Catlin, John F. Hauser,, H. Mar ion Juel., Nike Thoreson, Martin Rogan. Peter Soronen Jr... P. 11. Bartlett, Barney Kekhofer�i 14.,B. Morris., A. G. Johnson, Christ Iverson, J. Yderetadl 0. IS; Axness, Harvay"TF11:4'err�g�nJohn Hoe fling, Geo. Vaster, Hans Peterson, Alois Habeltp L. H. Clark, Paul Me-ithka, 0. Flanders, Prank Robillard, Donald C. Bell, M-n. Olson,, H4 11% Peavey, George Mertz, Ole Flandbarg, L. N. Clausen, Thos. Lanoreaux, A. P. Stone, Goo. 01. Barnes. with. Absent- James W. Crood.10 L,, 'E. Davis, L. X. Clausen. Upon Yaotion the reading; of the minutes of the last rpoeting was dispensed The following report was presented and vas upon motion accepted; Whereas the County Board atuteirpted to enter into a contract with Ebon Olson to make the fill on the Herbster and Port-, Wing Road, and your committee on Roads and Bridges signed said contract, subject to the approval of the Highway commi6ion of the State of Tisvorsin, and said Hig-laway Commission refused to approve said contract, we hereby refer said contract back to the County Board for action. Mated this l7th day of August, 1.915. Signed, Martin Rogan, C� Y. B. Morris, Prank Robillard. Upon motion tho Board adjourned uyiitil 1:30 P. Y1. I -uith al"' members of the Board met at 1:30 P. .14. pursuarit to adjournment morning session present, The following communication was presented by the County Treasurer: Washburn., Wis., Aug., 6, 1915. To the Board of Supervisors of Bayfield. County, Tvio: Gentleman,. I beg leave to report that I hold in my office taxes of the year 1914, under See, 1.0421j, of the 11,11-sconsin Staturtez, which autlaorizes the separate assess- ment of mineral rights, which section has been declared unconstitutional by the SuDrama court, of this ctate, T have been advised 'by the Wisconsin Tax Commission, as per the annexed letter, that these taxes should be charged back to the several -upon resolution of the Col-inty Board, and I herewith cevrtify the.�amounto chargeable to the several. tovins for this tax., bein,-, amount;; returned. by the 'Selveral t 0 wn G in 111carch 1915, less the taxas paid thereor, since that tirtna, as follo%ris' Town of Barksdale- $ 3 3.95 Barnes- 39,56 Bayvie-if.,- 16.79 Cable- 346.94 Special session August 17, 193.5. Clover- 7.20 PP PP Eileen- 71.66 Hu g he TP Pt Iron River- 58.80 Pt PF trolly- 2.2,73 Lincoln- 30.00 PP tT Mason- 16-029 TP Pt Namekagon- 1--.4 �Ii L -7 Pa tt Qrianta-: 22.31 Oulu- 6.44 1T- PP Port Wigg® 14.52 at tT Pratt- 4_3.-M. �.. , 3/ 0, S- v, PP Pa Tripp- 21,17 PP FF Washburn- 137.20 r �eopectf%zlly submitted, Alfred. Froseth, Moved and seconded that the recommendations of the, County Treasurer be adopted -and that the County Treasurer. pqrtificates .on .19ineral rights, be cancelled. Motion carried. The following resolution was presented. Be At r-e eo Ive d that the H i1ohway Co mmit t P, e of thy.:: Board be and im hereby authorized to advertise for bids and lot by contract the filling or grading to be done on the Port Wing and Harbster road saine now under consideration by this Board, same to be lat to lowest bidder filing suitable bond. H'. H. Peaveyo August 17, 1915, The foregoing resolution was upon motion amended by adding, that all previous bids, be rejocted, and tha,t any action taken by this board or any committee thereof heretofore be rescinded. Resolution with amendment carried- The following raeolution was presented and. was upon motion laid on the table Wheraas, It is represented to the County. Board that a. man named R. A. Buck of the town of Trdpp is in indigent circumstances, has'a large family, by a iall 'h'as-beco'me paralyzed an . d it is desired by the people of said town to givo him aid' but the I town lias no' funds with which to aid him and it is also repre- sented by reputable p.hysicians I that if -the said Buck could be sent to Dr. 6illetta of St. Paul. who is an expert in such ailments that tie could be materially benefited if not entirely cured, Therefore., be it resolved that, there be appropriated out of any `funds not othierwise appropriated a sum not to exceed dollars and the same to be paid by a c6unty order is�iued by the County "Clerk and Chairman upon a duly V-311ified statement from the attending physician above named. Harvey Ellarypan August 14, 1915. Tho loll® t .Ving report was presented and was upon motion accepted, To the Honorable Board of Su-pervisors of Bayfield County. Your Committee appointed to prepare and distribute at the state Fair a phamphlet advertising the County of Bay -field, be; 'Leave to report as follows - After a thorough canvass, of the s-ituaLtion and inquiry into costs of puke" I Special Session August 17th, 1915. a fishing a phamphlet, the cost of gathering the necessary data and the cost of die- tribution., we found that, although we had obtained pledges from various parties interested in the work, about three hundred dollars in addition to the appropria- , ti . on - of four- hundred ­ dollars made by the Board for the work, the funds we had in sight were inadequate, Estimates for printing 10,000 copies of a phamphlet of 100 pages, 4 x 9 inches varied from$600.00 to $800.00. The cost of gathering data would amount to from $100.00 to $150.00 and the cost of distribution would not be less than $100.00 to $150,00. Your Committee therefore ask that the plan be dropped and the amaubt of the appropriation not expanded by the Committee be converted into the general funds of the County. Aug* 17, 1915. 0. Flanders, Nels M. Oscar. The following report was presented and was upon motion adopted. To The Honorable County Board, Bayfield County, Wisconsin, Gentlemen: - We, the undersigned Special.Committee on Long Bridge beg to recommend that the following bills be allowed., and that the County Clerk be authori-red to draw orders for amounts shown in column headed "allowed4. Dated at Washburn., this 17th day of Aug. 1915. Respectfully submitted, Geo. Mertz, 0. Flanders, Ellerman., Committee. To Whom Drawn For that Purpose 'Claimed Allowed -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- E. Bergmann Auto Hire 5.00 5.00 The following report was presented and was upon motion accepted* To The Honorable Board of Supervisors, Bay -field County. Your Special Committee appointed to look after the building of what .is known as the "Long Bridge" road beg leave to submit the following report, At our request, Mr. C. H. Wet den, a former member o* the board and this special committee, met with us; and together with Mr. F. M. Sergeant, Assistant State Highway Engineer, representing the Wisconsin State Highway Commission,we C) made final inspection of the work done on this hi�hveay by Eben Olson under his contracts as made with the formes® committee. In a general way we found the work satisfactory, and the road is now.com- pleted with the exception of the top surfacing, which was not provided for in the contracts, as it was doomed best to lot the road bed settle before putting on the top dressing. In -checking up the work done by Eben Olson under his contracts we 4ftnd a small portion not quite up to the specifications as called for in the contracts; Special Session August, 17th, 1915. and in our settlement with him,, as iapptoved by the Assistant State Highway Engineer, we made deductions amounting to $185.56. The total cost of the building of this ULong Bridge" road ia as follows: Hennepin Bridge Co. 2- Steel Bridges $8.,560.00 Bridge Eben Olson -i,.Original Contract 7.0 000,00 a) Eben Olson -r Subsequent Contracts Less Deductions 185.56 Total Cost, $2010753,32 The road is now !pen and in general use, and any. further work that may become necessary will have to be done by the C&unty Road commissioner, the same as any other work on the system of prospeative State highways. Your committee submit this as their final report, and beg to be discharged from further service, All of which is respectfully submitted, George Mortz, Harvey 1"MOVIVan, 0. Flanders, Special B.-idge Com-aiittus- The following proposition and resolution was presented and was Upon Mot-.10"I ---" referred to -h Committee 0n Illoaal Taxes and Tax Certificates,. To.the County Board of Bayfield County: rent3men:- The undersigned d.asires to purchaso the interest held by Bayfield C3 County in Lots 15 and 16, _Block 28, City of Washb:urno Par a number of years for - which the county holds certificates, there was a store building located on parts . of the lots and the tax was assessed accordinc-ly. Some of the certificates W , were purchased by outside- parties, but since the store building was removed, the certificates have been held by the count.ye The lots are not worth half of the face; of the.certificates, but they are located near my house and I would be will- ing to pay 500 of the face of the certificates, provided the county would take a tax deed and then give me a quitclaim deed. Dated this 17th day of Auge 1915. G. A. Kinney. Resolution. Whereas a proposition has been made by G. A,, Kinney for the purchage of the countyt3 interest in Lots 15 and 16, Block 28, city of Washburn, and whereas the county owns certificates the face value of which amount to $231,,70, much of the tax was on the lots when the building was still. situated thereon,, Therefore be it resolt�ed -that the proposition of 50% of the face value of the certificates be accepted, and that the CoUnrly Treasurer be directed under this resolution to turn over to tho County Clerk the tax cartifica4- a for, the pale df "11910 on lot 15 and the tax certificate for the year 19,09 on lot 16,, in the said block. That the County Clark be diractad to take a. tax deed, properly exacutead to Bayf ield County, -arid further the said Clork be directed to issue a Qult Claim dead to ­MUd G. A. Kinney upon the payment to him. of $65',53, and the county treasurer be directed to turn over to said Kinney the cartif icatoo hej;d by him on the said lots, upon the payment of $5002e Dated this 315-th day of Aug. 1915. 1"I e r t -0 9 153 Special Session August 17th, 1915. The f-,llowing resolution was presented and was upon motion adopted: Resolved that the following amounts be and the same is hereby allowed to the members of the Board of Supervisors, as per diem, milage and committee work and the County Treasurer is authorized to pay the said members, and the Clerk and Chairman of this Board are directed to issue an order to said Treasurer for the total amount, as indicated below® Supervisor ---------- - ---------------- Supervisor Per them - ------- ----------------------------------------- Milage . Com.work Ifilage Total John F, Hauser - $3.00 - - ---------------------- 1.44 - ------------------- 4.44 Mike Thoreson 31,00 .35 3.35 Go L. Catlin 3600 1e44 6000 4.60 llo04 H. M. Juel 3o00 3e84 6.84 Martin Rogan 3100 6008 -145000 50940 L104.48 Peter Sotonen Jr. 3100 10.08 3,00 3.00 19.08 P. H. Bartlett 3.00 4.32 7*32 Barney Kakhofer 3.00 2.04 5.04 M. B. Morris 3.00 6026 51.00 60.16 120.42 Albert G. Johnson 3.00 4.92 7.92 Chris Iverson 3000 2076 5.76 J. Yderstad 3.00 3.24 3.00 3.24 12.48 0. M. Axness 3.00 2676 3100 3100 11.76 John Hoefling 31,00 6.7*2 .9.72 GeorgeVester 3.00 6.24 9.24 L. H. Cl&rk 3.00 9.24 12.24 Hans Peterson 3.00 1.92 4.92 Alois Hablet 3.00 3036 3.0.0 .3,36 12.72 Paul Meithka 3.00 2.08 5Q08 Harvey Ellerman 3.00 4.92 3100 4,92 15.94 A. P. Stone 3100' .24 10,100 1.44 14188 0. Planders, 3.00 1.44 35m00 3 4. 27 73.72, Frank Robillard 3.00 1.44 45.00 52.50 101,94 D. C. Bell 3100 1.44 4.44 William Olson 3.00 .1-2 3.12 H. H. Peavey 3100 .12 3112 George Mertz 3,,00 o12 21.00 1.08 25.20 .Ole Handberg 3100 03.2 12.00 .48 15.60 Thomas Lamoreaux 3000 012 18.00 5.40 26.52 George S. Barnes 3.00 10.02 3100 10.02 26o04 Aug. 17th,, 1915., Geo. S. Barnes, Upon motion the Board adjourned.