HomeMy WebLinkAboutCounty Board of Supervisors - Minutes - 9/21/1967September 21, 1967
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MINUTES OF SPECIAL COUNTY BOARD MEETING.
The meeting was called to order at 9:30 A. M. by Thomas E. Rondeau, County
Board Chairman.
The following members answerel roll call: No. 2
J. Ray Doyel,.Raymond J. Mammoser, Wm. Stuart, Art Hanson, George Moniza, Louis
J. Brost, Sanfred Anderson,- Axel Lehto, George Sampson, Philip E. Tetzner, Bertyl R.
Nelson, Wm. Celinsky, Walter-Barningham, Arthur Meierotto, Edwin M. Erickson, Walter
Wasmuth, Alva A. Lattimer, Arthur A. Anderson, Bennie Rude, Thomas E. Rondeau -
Total - 20
Mr. Ernest Heglund was absent and reported ill in Trinity Hospital, Ashland.
The Clerk read the following Petition to call a special county board meeting:
No. 3
September 5, 1967
TO: Edward A. Pajala
Bayfield County Clerk
Washburn, Wisconsin
Dear Mr. Pajala:
You are hereby petitioned to call a Special Meeting of the Bayfield County Board
of Supervisors at 9:30 o'clock A.M., on Thursday, September 21, 1967, at the Court
House, Washburn, Wisconsin, to consider and act on the following:
1. To meet as the County Equalization Committee with representatives of the
Wisconsin Department of Taxation.
2. To act on the following matters:
(a) The acceptance of a parcel of land on Atkins Lake to add
to the County Park System.
(b) A petition for re -zoning.
(c) The re -purchase of tax deeded property by John Fisher,
Iron River, Wisconsin.,
(d) To permit certain persons over the age of 65 to be
employed by the County.
(e) To petition the State for funds for Indian policing.
(f) To consider personnel policy changes.
(g) To consider budget changes.
(h) To permit excess committee meetings in re certain
committees.
3. To consider all other matters which may legally come before the said Board
of Supervisors.
Signed: J. Ray Doyel
Thomas E. Rondeau
Raymond J. Mammoser
William A. Stuart
Art C. Hanson
Ernest Heglund
George Moniza
Louis J. Brost
Sanfred Anderson
Axel Lehto
George Sampson
Philip E. Tetzner
Bertyl Nelson
W. C. Barningham
Arthur Meierotto
Edwin Erickson
Walter Wasmuth
A. A. Lattimer
Arthur A. Anderson
Bennie R. Rude
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The following resignation was read: No. 4
Grandview, Wis.
May 15, 1967
Mr. Ellsworth Embertson, Sheriff
Bayfield County
Dear Sir:
I herewith tender my resignation as Bayfield County Supervisor, District #l, Towns
of Pratt and Namakagon to be effective June 1, 1967.
This is pursuant to Statutes, Chapter 17, 17.01.
May 23, 1967
Thomas E. Rondeau
Chairman Bayfield County Board
Cable, Wisconsin
Dear Sir:
Very truly yours,
Howard Sibbald
This is to inform you that on May 23, 1967, I received from Howard Sibbald, Bay -
field County $upervisor, District #1 Towns of Pratt and Namakagon, a notice of his -res-
ignation to be effective as of June 1, 1967.
This is pursuant to Statutes, Chapter 17, 17.01.
Yours truly
E. 0. Embertson
Sheriff Bayfield County
Moved by Wasmuth and seconded by Rude to accept the foregoing resignation.
Motion Carried.
The following Communication was read: No. 5.
BAYFIELD COUNTY, WISCONSIN
Office of County Board Chairman
Cable, Wisconsin 54821
2 June , 196 7
Mr. Edward Pajala, Clerk
Bayfield County
Washburn, Wisconsin
Dear Mr. Pajala:
With the resignation of Mr. Howard Sibbald from the County Board of Supervisors, I
have appointed Mr. Ray Doyel to replace him.
Mr. Ray Doyel will serve on the Agricultural Committee. Mr. Raymond Mammoser will
replace Mr. Sibbald on the Highway Committee.
If you have not sent in the information for the new book you can put it in this way.
I hope that this is sufficient for your records.
Sincerely,
Thomas E. Rondeau
Moved by Moniza and seconded by Meierotto to approve the appointment of Ray Doyel
as Supervisor of District #1. Motion Carried.
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The following Communication was read: No.. 6.
June 12, 1967
To The Honorable Co. Board of Supervisors:
I herewith resign my membership of the Bayfield County Highway Committee for
business reasons.
It was a pleasure to serve with you.
Howard Sibbald
Member, Highway Committee
Moved by Sampson and seconded by Stuart to accept the resignation of Howard
Sibbald from the Highway Committee. Motion Carried.
The following Motion was made: No. 7
Moved by Moniza and seconded by Lattimer to approve' the appointment -of Raymond
J. Mammoser as a member of the Highway Committee to fill the vacancy created by
Howard Sibbald. Motion Carried.
The following Motion was made: No. 8
Moved by Celinsky and seconded by Stuart that the District Attorney be requested
to contact members of the state legislature in regard to the shortage of railroad cars
for loading of pulpwood. Motion Carried.
The following Communication was read: No. 9
Union Airport
Cable Drummond Namakagon
Cable, Wisconsin 54821
June 22, 1967
Mr. S. C. Johnson
S. C. Johnson & Son, Inc.
Racine, Wisconsin 53403
Dear Mr. Johnson:
Receipt of your check No. 88266 for $5,000.00 payable to Wisconsin State Aeron-
autics Commission, is hereby acknowledged. We presume this is intended to be used
as the Sponsor's Fund remittance which must accompany the Resolution and Agency
Agreement recently forwarded to us by Mr. J. M. Abernathy of -the Aeronautics Commission,,
We realize it is necessary for this application to be initiated by our Airport
-Commission. However, we would want it distinctly understood by your group, the Wis-
consin State Aeronautics Commission and the Bayfield County Board of Supervisors, that
execution of this Resolution and Agency Agreement by the Union Airport Commission
does not represent a committment on our part to furnish any of the funds -required, if
this proposed extension should materialize.
At previous meetings with local area officials and at a special meeting on June 12Lh,
the opinion was reaffirmed that no funds would be forthcoming from the municipalities
in this area for this proposed extension of the Union Airport runway. A copy of one
September 21, 1967
of these meetings is enclosed.
If this understanding is in agreement with the groups involved, we shall proceed
accordingly in your behalf.
We would appreciate your further advice. In the interim, we shall hold your check
in our files.
Please be advised that Mr. Thomas Rondeau chose to resign from the Cable Union Air -
.port Commission due to -the slight stroke he suffered this past winter, which makes his
speech and writing difficult. He recommended that his municipality (Village of Cable)
appoint me in his place since I formerly served as commissioner from the Town of Namak
until moving to Cable. I have accepted this job and the secretary position on the
Commission that Tom served so well.
Thanking you kindly, I am
cc:
Bayfield Co. Bd. of Supervisors
State Aeronautics Comm.
Sincerely yours,
Dell V. Anderson, Secretary
Moved by Rude and seconded by Celinsky to receive the foregoing communication and
place on file. Motion Carried.
The following Communication was read: No. 9a
S. C. Johnson & Son, Inc., Racine, Wisconsin
June 30, 1967
Mr. Dell V. Anderson, Secretary
Cable -Union Airport Commission
Cable, Wisconsin 54821
Dear Mr. Anderson:
We are glad that the Cable -Union Airport Commission is willing to execute the
Resolution and Agency Agreement to the Wisconsin State Aeronautics Commission for the
engineering study. We ask that you proceed with the application and use our check for
$5,000 as the Sponsor Funds to finance the study.
We understand that neither the Airport Commission nor the local towns are committ-
ed to furnish any of the subsequent funds required for the runway extension. We feel,
though, that this project is of paramount importance to the airport, the local communi-
ties -and the total of Bayfield County. For this reason, we are anxious for this first
planning step to get under way.
We are sorry to hear that Mr. Thomas Rondeau found it necessary to resign from the
Airport Commission. He has certainly served well and faithfully for many years.
We are enclosing an extra copy of this letter and.ask that you forward it to the
Bayfield County Board of Supervisors since we do not know to whom to. address it.
Many thanks to you and the other airport commissioners for your help.
Sincerely,
cc: Mr. T. K. Jordan, Director Samuel C. Johnson
Wisconsin State Aeronautics Commission
Moved by Celinsky and seconded by Erickson to receive the foregoing communication
and place on file. Motion Carried.
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The following Motion was made: No. 10
Moved by Moniza and seconded by Sampson to dispense with the reading of the
minutes of the last County Board Meeting. Motion Carried.
Mr. Richard Klimek and Mr. Leon J. Gesicki, Assessment Supervisors from the
Rice Lake office of the Department of Taxation appeared before the Board to discuss
the recommended valuations of the various taxing districts of the county. The total
real and personal valuations for Bayfield County showed an increase of $$13,284,935.00.
A number of questions were asked by members of the County Board and other municipal
officers present regarding the increase of -valuation of certain taxing districts.
The following Petition_-:was_.read: No. 11
Board of Supervisors, Bayfield County
c/o Bayfield County Clerk
Washburn, Wisconsin
Gentlemen:
The Juneau Land Company, Inc., is the owner of the lands comprising the -West
Half of Section Seventeen, the Northeast Quarter of Section Eighteen, the Southeast
Quarter of Section Seven and the South Half of the Southwest Quarter of Section Eight,
all in Township Forty-five North, Range Nine West in the Township of Barnes, Bayfield
County, Wisconsin,
Embraced within this land are several lakes, the largest of which is Island Lake,
a splendid, clear -water lake affording an excellent recreational facility to the land
surrounding it. The land comprising the Northeast Quarter of Section Eighteen has
been platted and the approved plat is on file in the office of the Register of Deeds
of Bayfield County and lots in said development will soon be offered for sale.
The area comprising the Southeast Quarter of Section Seven and the South Half
of the Southwest Quarter of Section Eight are in the Forestry Zone under the Bayfield
County Zoning Ordinance and lie on the extreme southern edge of the boundary of the
Forestry Zone in Township Forty-five North of Range Nine West.
It is the desire of the Juneau Land Company to develop the Southeast Quarter of
Section Seven and the South Half of the Southwest Quarter of Section Eight for re-
creational purposes and said lands are admirably suited to that purpose.
Your Honorable Body is being petitioned to change the designation of such lands
from the Forestry Zone to recreational or to unrestricted so that said land can be
developed for the purposes for which best suited.
WHEREFORI petitioner prays that the lands comprising the Southeast Quarter (SEY4)
of Section Seven (7), which are more particularly described as the North Half of the
Southeast Quarter (N/z SEY4) and Government Lots One (1) and Two (2) of Section Seven
(7); and the Southeast Quarter of the Southwest Quarter (SE/ SW/) and Government
Lot One (1) which comprise the South Half of the Southeast Quarter (S/ of SEY4) of
Section Eight (8), be rezoned and the classification changed from forestry to recrea-
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tional or unrestricted.
c All references in the petition herein are to Township Forty-five (45) North,
Range Nine (9) West in Bayfield County, Wisconsin.
JUNEAU LAND COMPANY, INC.
By: Robert K. Hynne.s, President
STATE OF WISCONSIN )
ss.
County of Sauk )
ROBERT K. HYNNES, being first duly sworn on oath, says that he
has read the foregoing petition, knows the contents thereof and that the same is true
of his own knowledge; that he makes this petition on behalf of the Juneau Land Company,
Inc., a Wisconsin Corporation of which he is President, being authorized as such officer
so to do.
Robert K. Hynnes
Subscribed and sworn to before me this
28 day of August, 1967.
James H. Hill, Jr.
Notary Public, Sauk County, Wis.
(Notarial seal) My commission is permanent.
Moved by Moniza and seconded by Stuart to refer the foregoing Petition to the
Zoning Committee. Motion Carried.
The following Report was read.: No. 12
REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON EQUALIZATION
TO THE HONORABLE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF BAYFIELD COUNTY:
Gentlemen:
We; the undersigned Committee on Equalization of Bayfield County, after a careful
examination of all evidence and data placed before us by the Supervisor of Assessments
of said County, and all other data at our disposal, do hereby agree that the following
valuations set out after each taxation district are the full and correct valuations of
the real and personal property of said county for the year 1967 and recommend that the
county assessment of district values be made on said basis.
DISTRICT ITOTAL VALUATION
Towns:
ASSESSMENT PER CENT RATIO OF EACH
OF RECOMMENDED VALUE, DISTRICT TO TOTAL
Barksdale
5
206
000
89.22%
08.521
Barnes
5
634
600
09.224
Bayfield
1
759
300
60.88
02.879
Bayview
1
272
700
43.97
02.084
Bell
1
568
600
38.85
02.567
Cable
3-190
000
77.57
05.222
Clover
1
172
600
32.01
01.920
Delta
1
992
500
88.88
03.261
Drummond
4
410
400
07.219
Eileen
2
037
500
57.03
03.336
Hughes
1
158
900
69.55
01.897
Iron River
4
786
000
80.97
07.834
Kelly
1
326
400
70.45
02.171
Keystone
1
195
500
97.95
01.957
Lincoln
886
800
01.452
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DISTRICT
Towns:
ASSESSMENT PER CENT RATIO OF EACH
TOTAL, VALUATION OF RECOMMENDED VALUE DISTRICT TO TOTAL
Mason
1
136
600
01.860
Namakagon
5
058
700
08.281
Orienta
837
700
34.81
01.371
Oulu
1
246
800
51.59
02.041
Pilsen
592
000
89.63
00.969
Port Wing
1
348
700
02.208
Pratt
2
653
200
04.343
Russell
725
000
30.22
01.186
Tripp
531
400
47.23
00.870
Washburn
624
000
100.20
01.022
Villages:
Cable 1 101 900 52.84 01.803
Mason 375 000 86.11 00.614
Cities:
Bayfield 3 092 800 49.03 05.063
Washburn 4 169 200 06.825
TOTAL COUNTY 61 090 800 64.57 100.000
Respectfully Submitted: George Moniza Bennie Rude
William Stuart Walter Wasmuth
George Sampson
Thomas E. Rondeau
Moved by Moniza and seconded by Erickson to approve and adopt the foregoing
Report. Roll call vote was as follows:
No. 12a
Ayes - Doyel, Mammoser, Stuart, Hanson, Moniza, Brost, S. Anderson, Lehto,
Sampson, Tetzner, Nelson, Celinsky, Barningham, Meierotto, Erickson, Wasmuth,.Lattimer,
Art Anderson, Rude, Rondeau,
Nayes - none
Ayes - 20
Nayes - 0
Total - 20 Motion Carried.
The following Resolution was read: No. 13
WHEREAS, the Bayfield County Conservation Committee did not plan on attending
the Minneapolis Sports Show in 1966, and
WHEREAS, no appropriation was therefore made for that expenditure, and
WHEREAS, The Bayfield County Board in the November 1966 session directed the
committee to attend the show if space wakvailable, and
WHEREAS, the committee pursuant to that County Board directive did attend the
Minneapolis Show, and
WHEREAS, it appears there will be a deficiency due to the expenditures involved
in attending the show, and
WHEREAS, there will be a surplus in the County Park Outlay Budget,
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that the County Clerk be directed to transfer
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$1,136.00 from the County Park Outlay Budget to the County Conservation Budget,
said sum being the amount expended by the committee in attending the Minneapolis
show.
Signed: EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
George Moniza, Chairman
Bennie Rude
William Stuart
George Sampson
Thomas E. Rondeau
Walter Wasmuth, Chrm. Hwy. Committee.
Moved by Sampson and seconded by Mammoser to adopt the foregoing Resolution.
Motion Carried.
The following Communication was read: No. 14
STATE HIGHWAY COMMISSION OF WISCONSIN
State Office Building
1 West Wilson St.
Madison, Wisconsin 53702
April_ 19, 1967
Mr. William Frankie, Commissioner
Bayfield County Highway Department
Courthouse - P. 0. Box 428
Washburn, Wisconsin 54891
Mr. Edw. A. Pajala Project T 022-1(40)
Bayfield County Clerk - Courthouse West County Line -Iron River
Washburn, Wisconsin 54891 Road - U. S: H. 2
Bayfield County
Gentlemen:
The Highway Commission deems it necessary to make certain revisions on a pre-
viously approved right of way plat and to acquire certain lands and interests in
lands according to such revisions, for the proper improvement or maintenance of the.
above -designated project,and highway. The revised relocation order of the Commission
and the map showing the highway as laid out and established and the lands and interests
to be acquired are transmitted herewith.
The enclosed relocation order provides that the State Highway Commission shall
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make the necessary acquisitions of lands and interests not previously acquired, pur-
suant to Section 84.09 (1) or (2), Wisconsin Statutes.
Very truly yours
V. L.-Fiedler, Secretary
RELOCATION ORDER
BY STATE HIGHWAY COMMISSION OF WISCONSIN
THE STATE HIGHWAY COMMISSION FINDS AND DETERMINES THAT: The proper establishing,
laying out, widening, enlarging, extending, constructing, reconstructing, -improving,
or maintaining a portion of the highway now designated as U. S. Highway 2, from a
point 740 feet north of the west one -quarter corner of Section 18, Township 47 North,
Range 10 West, thence easterly to a point 1476.9 feet south of the north one -quarter
corner of Section 18, Township 47 North, Range 9 West, and on roads or lands in
and about and along and leading to same, requires certain relocation or change and
the acquisition of lands or interests in lands as shown on the map or copy thereof
marked
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"PLAT OF RIGHT OF WAY REQUIRED, PROJECT T 022-1(40) for the West County Line -Iron
River Road, U. S. H. 2, Bayfield County, dated March 27, 1967, the same being sheets
Nos. 4 and 4.1 of the plans for said project, and
Pursuant to its authority under Sections 84.02 (3) and 84.09, Wisconsin Statutes,
THE STATE HIGHWAY COMMISSION HEREBY ORDERS THAT:
(1) The said highway is hereby laid out and established to the lines and widths
as shown on the said plat.
(2) The required lands or interests in lands as shown on the plat shall be
acquired by the State Highway Commission in the name of the State of Wisconsin, pur-
suant to the provisions of Section 84.09(1) or (2), Wisconsin Statutes.
(3) This order supersedes and amends the previous order issued by the Commission
on February 23, 1967.
The foregoing order was issued by the State Highway Commission on April 19, 1967.
(SEAL) V. L. Fiedler, Secretary
State Highway Commission of Wisconsin
Moved by Moniza and seconded by Stuart to receive the foregoing communication
and place on file. Motion Carried.
Moved by Mammoser and seconded by Lattimer to adjourn to 1:30 o'clock P.M.
Motion Carried.
The meeting was called to order at 1:30 P.M. by Thomas E. Rondeau, Chairman.
The following members answered roll call: No. 15
Doyel, Mammoser, Stuart, Hanson, Moniza, Brost, S. Anderson, Lehto, Sampson,
Tetzner, Nelson, Celinsky, Barningham, Meierotto, Erickson, Wasmuth, Lattimer, Art
Anderson, Rude, Rondeau - Total 20.
The following Resolution was read: No. 16
WHEREAS, Chapter 292, Laws of 1965, provides -for the organization of the State
of Wisconsin into area vocational, technical and adult education districts by July 1,
1970, and
WHEREAS, The governing body of a county may elect, singly or in any contiguous.
combination, to be constituted an area vocational, technical and adult school district
subject to the approval of the State Board of Vocational, Technical and Adult Educa-
tion and the Coordinating Committee for Higher Education. Such approval will enable
Bayfield County to establish a vocational, technical and adult education district, and
WHEREAS, Chapter 292, Laws of 1965, provides for the organization of the State
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of Wisconsin into area vocational, technical and adult education districts by July 1,
1970, and
WHEREAS, Such organization would enable the expansion and improvement of vocation
al and technical education opportunities to all of the people'of Wisconsin,
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, By the Bayfield County Board of Supervisors that
Bayfield County be constituted a part of a vocational, technical and adult education
district comprising Douglas, Bayfield, Ashland, Iron, Washburn, Sawyer, Barron and
Rusk Counties subject to approval by the State Board of Vocational, Technical and
Adult Education and the Coordinating Committee for Higher Education under the provi-
sions of Chapter 292, Laws of the State•of Wisconsin 1965, and that Bayfield County
shall become a part of this district, effective July 1, 1968.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That copies of this Resolution be forwarded to the
members of the State Board of Vocational, Technical and Adult Education and to the
members of the Coordinating Committee for Higher Education, State of Wisconsin.
George Moniza
William Stuart
George Sampson
Bennie R. Rude
Walter Wasmuth ,
Thomas E. Rondeau
Moved by Sampson and seconded,by Celinsky to adopt the foregoing Resolution.
Motion Carried.
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The following Resolution was read: No. 17
WHEREAS, our Creator in his infinite wisdom has called from our midst Walter
Kliszcz, a former member of the County Board, and
WHEREAS, we recognize the service that Mr. Kliszcz has given to our County in
the many years that he served as a member of the County Board, and
WHEREAS, we also recognize the valuable service he has given to the Cable area
in promoting many major improvements during his years as a public officer,
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that the Bayfield County Board of Supervisors
assembled this 21st day of September, 1967, pause in their deliberations and in silenc
respect the memory of Walter Kliszcz, and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that this Resolution be made a part of the permanent
records of Bayfield County, and that a certified copy hereof be provided by the County
Clerk to the family of said Walter Kliszcz.
Signed: Thomas E. Rondeau
Moved by Sampson and seconded by Mammoser to adopt the foregoing Resolution.
Motion Carried.
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The following Resolution was read: No. 18
WHEREAS, our Creator in his infinite wisdom has called from our midst S. E.
Squires, a former member of the Bayfield County Board of Supervisors, and the Wis-
consin State Legislature, and
WHEREAS, we recognize the valuable service that Mr. Squires gave to Bayfield
County during his many years as a County Board member, and
WHEREAS, we further recognize the fact that many favorable acts of legisla-
tion introduced and supported by Assemblyman Squires became law and have been proven
to be beneficial to Bayfield County and the State of Wisconsin,
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that the Bayfield County Board of Supervisors
assembled this 21st day of September, 1967, pause in their deliberations and in
silence respect the memory of Mr. Squires, and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that this resolution be made a part of the permanent
records of Bayfield County, and that a certified copy hereof be provided by the
County Clerk to the family of said S. E. Squires.
Signed:
Thomas E. Rondeau
Moved by Stuart and seconded by Rude to adopt the foregoing Resolution.
Motion Carried.
The following Petition was read: No. 19
To the Bayfield County Board of 'Supervisors
Gentlemen:
The undersigned are the owners of a tract of land on Sand Island located in
Government Lot One (1) of Section Twenty-four (24), Township Fifty-two (52) North,
Range Five (5) West. They acquired this land by purchase in 1940 from Helga A. Ander-
son, daughter and sole heir of C. F. Diesen who had owned the property since 1909.
In the deed to your petitioners in 1940, the description was given by metes
and bounds; the description having been copied from the original deed of C. F. Diesen
which also described the property by metes and bounds.
In 1915, the area comprising Government Lots One (1) and Two (2) of said Section
Twenty-four (24), had been platted as a part of the Sand Island Plat and the property
which petitioners purchased from Helga Anderson had been designated as Lot Twenty-two
(22) and Lot Twenty-three (23) on said plat.
At the time petitioners acquired the property, the premises were described on
the tax assessment roll by reference to the volume and page in the records of the
Register of Deeds' Office and the first taxes paid by petitioners were on a statement
describing the property by volume and page, which description included all of their
land and included Lots 22 and 23 of the Sand Island Plat, although not so designated
on the tax roll or on the tax receipt.
In subsequent years in the 1940s, the designation on the tax roll was changed
and one entry was made for Lot 22 of the Sand Island Plat which was assessed to
petitioners and another entry for Lot 23 of the Sand Island Plat which was assessed
to C. F. Diesen, the former owner.
The improvements, consisting of a small summer cabin, which is actually located
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on Lot 23 of the Sand Island Plat, were assessed as being on Lot 22 and your petition-
ers paid the taxes thereon without noticing the change in designation on the tax
receipt from the volume and page description which included all of their land to
the entry for Lot 22, which included only a part of their land.
In 1949, the tax assessed on Lot 23 in the name of C. F. Diesen, was not paid
and in 1956, the description of Lot 23, Sand Island Plat, was included in the
County's in rem Judgment on delinquent tax proceedings. The assessment on Lot 23
for the year 1949 was $30.00, resulting in a tax of $1.35 and if your petitioners
had been aware of the situation, they would have paid this tax and asked that the
tax roll be corrected, but it did not come to their attention because it was assessed
in the name of C. F. Diesen and notices of the delinquency were mailed to C. F.
Diesen and, presumably, returned undelivered because, in the meantime, C. F. Diesen
had passed away.
Petitioners have been in actual possession and occupancy of the cabin actually
located on Lot 23 of the Sand Island Plat continuously, uninterruptedly and under
claim of title thereto ever since they purchased the land in 1940 and have paid
the taxes assessed to them, including the tax assessed on the cabin, continuously
since 1940. The inclusion of the description Lot 23 of Sand Island Plat in the
County's in rem Judgment entered in 1956 constitutes a cloud on the title of peti-
tioners and, therefore, because of all of the above circumstances, they respect-
fully petition the Board to authorize and direct the County Clerk to issue a Quit
Claim Deed to them covering Lot 23 of Sand Island Plat in order to clear their title.
Respectfully, Melvin B. Dahl
Adella E. Dahl
Moved by Sampson and seconded by Stuart to receive the foregoing Petition and
place on file. Motion Carried.
The following Resolution was reads No. 20
WHEREAS, Bayfield County now has in effect an Ordinance permitting the re -
conveyance of tax deeded lands, under certain conditions, to former owners or their
heirs within a period of five years from the date of tax deed, and
WHEREAS, Parcels of property may be lost to the County by tax deed through no
fault or lack of diligence on the part of the owner or' heirs thereof or through
errors in assessment, and
WHEREAS, Said owners or the heirs of said owners may not have knowledge of the
loss of said property to the County by tax deed procedures, and
WHEREAS, Under such and other like circumstances, the equities of the former
owner or his heirs and Bayfield County would be such as to reasonably require the
County to correct the inequity to said former owner or heirs by re -conveying said
tax deeded property to said former owner or his heirs at a time beyond the period of
limitation of five years, upon conditions established by.the Board in each individual
case,
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, That the ordinance permitting the re -conveyance
of tax deeded property to former owners or their heirs upon certain conditions and
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as now in effect, be amended to extend the time for any period of years beyond the
five year limitation in which the County could, upon application, re -convey tax
deeded property to former owners or their heirs upon the conditions and circumstances
as hereinabove set forth.
Thomas E. Rondeau
Moved by Erickson and seconded by Doyel to adopt the foregoing Resolution.
Motion Carried.
The following Resolution was read: No. 21
RESOLVED, that the County of Bayfield release to Melvin B. Dahl and Adella E.
Dahl, his wife, any interest in Lot Twenty-three (23) of the Sand Island Plat ex-
cept the north three hundred (300) feet thereof, and the County Clerk is hereby
authorized and directed to execute and deliver a Quit Claim Deed to said parties,
upon payment to Bayfield County of all delinquent taxes, interest and penalties
assessed against said property and which would have accrued against said property
if the same had been continued on the tax roll.
Walt. Barningham
Moved by Barningham and seconded by Lattimer to adopt the foregoing Resolution.
Motion Carried.
The following Resolution was read: No. 22
WHEREAS, it appears that Carl 0. Dahl and Alma Dahl, his wife, have been the
owners of the property described as:
A parcel in Government Lot 1 of Section 24, Township 52 North, Range. 5 West,
starting at a point in the center of the Bayfield County Road 264 feet south of
the north line of said lot; thence 300 feet south along the center line of said
road; thence due east to the shore of Lake Superior; thence north along the shore
line of Lake Superior to a point 264 feet south of the north line of said Lot 1;
thence due west to the point of beginning;
since 1941, and have paid the taxes assessed and levied on said property continuously
ever since, the same being usually assessed as "the North 300 feet of the Sand Island
Plat", and
WHEREAS, it appears that said premises was also included in the assessment of a
larger parcel for the year 1943 (assessed to Anton Peterson as parcel described in
Vol. 66, p. 186) which tax became delinquent and resulted in a tax deed to Bayfield
County on.February 15, 1950, recorded February 18, 1950 in Volume 10 of Tax Deeds
on page 343, now, therefore be it
RESOLVED, that the County of Bayfield release to Carl 0. Dahl and Alma Dahl,
his wife, any interest in the parcel first above described, and the County Clerk is
hereby authorized and directed to execute and deliver a Quit Claim Deed to said
parties, for a consideration of One Dollar ($1.00).
Walter Barningham
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Moved by Barningham and seconded by Wasmuth to adopt the foregoing Resolution.
Motion Carried.
The following Resolution was read: No. 23
BE IT RESOLVED, That the Bayfield County Board on the 21st day of 1967 did upon
its own action recommend that the Wisconsin Conservation Department cooperate with the
Commercial Fishing Advisory Board and Industry in implementing the limited entry bill
as was the intent of the bill.
FURTHER, That the proposals to be aired at the hearing in Washburn on the 27t'
of September be discarded and a new -course of action taken to take care of the needs
of the people of our. county. We strongly advise that the Industry and the W.C.D.
develope a plan to strengthen the Commercial Fishing Industry since its decline in
the past years. This natural resource shows indication that a remarkable recovery
is in progress through the help of the Federal efforts and the lake stocking program.
Edwin Erickson
Moved by Erickson and seconded by Barningham to adopt the foregoing Resolution.
Moved by Erickson and seconded by Doyel to refer the foregoing Resolution to
the Conservation Committee.
The following Motion was made:
Motion Carried.
No. 24
Moved by Stuart and seconded by S. Anderson that the present Highway Committee
together with two extra members appointed by the Chairman of the County Board act as
a bargaining committee to negotiate for a labor contract with Teamsters Union #288.
Moved by Mammoser and seconded by Doyel that the foregoing motion be amended
to read: the County Board Chairman, the Chairman of the Executive Committee and the
Highway Committee be appointed to act as a bargaining Committee to negotiate for a
labor contract with Teamsters Union-#288.
The motion to amend was carried.
Moved by Stuart and seconded by Sampson to adopt the foregoing motion as
amended. Motion Carried.
The following Resolution was read: No. 25
BE IT HEREBY RESOLVED, That Bayfield County purchase the excess delinquent tax
accounts of the various taxing districts for the tax of 1962 and 1963.
George Moniza
William Stuart
George Sampson
Walter Wasmuth
Bennie Rude
Thomas E. Rondeau
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Moved by Sampson..:.and,;sec.oAded'by Stuart to adopt the foregoing Resolution.
A roll call vote was taken as follows:
No. 25a
Ayes - Doyel, Mammoser, Stuart, Hanson, Moniza, Brost, S. Anderson, Lehto,
Sampson, Tetzner, Nelson, Celinsky, Barningham, Meierotto, Erickson, Wasmuth, Lattimer,
Art Anderson, Rude; Rondeau
Nayes - none Ayes - 20
Nayes - 0
Total - 20 Motion Carried.
The following Communication was read: No. 26
August 28, 1967
County Clerk
Bayfield County
Washburn, Wis.
Dear Sir:
I hereby petition the County of Bayfield'to deed back to the former owners lots
15 to 21 inclusive, Pettingills First Addition, Iron River, Bayfield County, Wis-
consin.
We will pay the taxes, interest and penalties, plus any taxes and interest which
may have accrued in the meantime.
Very truly yours,
John Fisher
Moved by Brost and seconded by S. Anderson to receive and place on file the forego-
ing Communication. Motion Carried.
The following Resolution was read: No. 27
WHEREAS, John Fisher, Iron River, Wisconsin, has made application to Bayfield
.County to have certain tax deeded property re -conveyed to himself and others as heirs
of the former owner of Lots Fifteen (15) to Twenty-one (21), inclusive, Pettingill's
First Addition to Iron River, and
WHEREAS, Said property was taken by Bayfield County by tax deed within,the past
five years,
- NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, That the County Clerk is'hereby authorized to -
execute a deed to all of the heirs of the deceased owner of the above described
property, upon payment to Bayfield County of all delinquent taxes, interest and
penalties assessed against said property and which would have accrued against said
property if the same had been continued on the tax roll.
George Moniza
George Sampson
Bennie R. Rude
Walter Wasmuth
William Stuart,
Thomas E. Rondeau
September'_'21, 1967
Moved by Sampson and seconded by Brost to adopt the foregoing Resolution.
Motion Carried.
The following Petition was read: No. 28
To the County Board of Supervisors of Bayfield County-.*
Gentlemen:
The undersigned is one of the seven children and heirs of Blanche Armbruster
who, during her lifetime, was the owner of an undivided two-thirds interest in a
piece of real estate in Iron River, Wisconsin, being a parcel described in Volume 113
of Deeds on page 278 in the records of the Register of Deeds. The other one-third
interest in the property is owned by Charles Coates, an uncle of petitioner.
In my mother's estate, an'undivided 2/21sts was assigned to each of the children
of Blanche Armbruster. Accordingly, the title is so divided that none of the heirs
feel responsible for the taxes and, accordingly, they have been allowed to go
delinquent. This property belonged to my maternal grandmother and has been in the
family for about fifty years. I would like to pay the taxes but cannot see my
way clear to do so without some assurance that I can collect a proportionate share
from each of the other owners. I would like to purchase the tax sale certificates
so as to keep the property from going to tax deed..
WHEREFOR, I respectfully petition your:Honorable Board to authorize the county
officers to sell me the tax sale certificates for the sale of 1965 delinquent tax
of 1964; the consideration to be the amount of the certificate plus interest to
date of transfer at the statutory rate.
Respectfully,.
Delephine Armbruster LaCrosse
Moved by Barningham and seconded by Celinsky to receive the foregoing Petition
and place on file. Motion Carried.
The following Resolution'wa.s read: No. 29
RESOLVED, by the County Board of Supervisors of Bayfield County, Wisconsin
That the tax sale certificate for the year 1965 for the delinquent tax of 1964
on the parcel of land in the Northeast Quarter of the Southeast Quarter (NE/ SEY),
Section Seven (7), Township1Forty- seven (47) North, Range Eight (8) West, Bayfield
County, Wisconsin described in Volume 113 of Deeds on page 278 be sold to Delphine
LaCrosse, the consideration to be the amount of the said certificate plus interest
to date of transfer.
FURTHER RESOLVED that the County Treasurer be and he is hereby authorized and
directed to make proper transfer of said certificate upon payment of said consid-
eration.
Louis J. Brost
Moved by Brost and seconded by Barningham to refer the foregoing Resolution
to the Executive Committee and report back at the November meeting.
Motion Carried.
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September 21, 1967
The following Communication was read: No. 30
Aug. 25, 1967
Dear Sir:
A number of years ago we acquired the tax certificate to Govt. Lot 5, Sec. 31
Township 43 Range 8 West, Bayfield County, Wisc.
At the time the only other living relatives of Signa Borglund other than my wife
lived in Sweden and so after contacting the County Clerk at Washburn he advised my
wife to request a tax certificate because of prohibitive costs of probate.
My wife was issued a certificate and we have paid the taxes on this property for
a few years, probably about 20.
A year ago we were in Washburn and wanted to acquire title to the property but
were informed that the tax certificate had expired.
We are again asking the County Board to sell us another tax certificate ,so we
can acquire title to this property.
The property itself is of little value; however it was homesteaded by my wife°s
aunt who raised her and is of sentimental value. We again ask the County Board for a
new certificate.
Sincerely yours,
Mr. & Mrs. Marvin & Helen Lund
Rt. 1 Box 348
Mound, Minn.
Moved by Rude and seconded'by Erickson that the foregoing communication be re-
ferred to the Executive Committee and report back at the November meeting.
Motion Carried.
The following Resolution was read: No. 31
WHEREAS, Carter H. Leslie has offered to transfer certain real property to Bay -
field County, located on Atkins Lake in Government Lot Twelve (12), Section Twenty (20),
Township Forty-four (44) North, Range Five (5) West, Bayfield County, Wisconsin, as
a gift to the County, and
WHEREAS, Bayfield County now owns property on said Atkins Lake adjoining the above
mentioned property which is being developed as a County park, and
WHEREAS, It is deemed advisable and desirable to accept said parcel of land in
behalf of Bayfield County,
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, That the aforesaid transfer of the property hereinab
referred to by Carter H. 'Leslie to Bayfield County be and the same is hereby approved
and the Clerk is instructed to forward a -communication to said Carter H. Leslie on be-
half of said Bayfield County expressing appreciation for,said transfer.
George Sampson
William Stuart
Bennie R. Rude
Walter Wasmuth
Moved by Stuart and seconded by Sampson to adopt the foregoing Resolution.
Motion Carried.
September 21,--1967 - - - -- - -- - ---
The following Resolution was reads - No. 32
WHEREAS, Bayfield County contains within its borders a tax exempt Indian Reserva-
tion, namely, the Red Cliff Reservation, and
WHEREAS, The County has incurred extra expense in law enforcement, arising by
reason of Federal legislation removing Governmental controls over Indians and said
Bayfield County appears to be eligible for assistance as provided under the provisions
of Section 20.180 (11) of the Wisconsin Statutes,
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, By the County Board of Supervisors of Bayfield
County, in annual session assembled, this 21st day of September, 1967, that applica-
tion be and is hereby made to the State of Wisconsin, for assistance under the pro-
visions of Section 20.180 (11) of the Wisconsin Statutes, for law enforcement for the
fiscal year ending June 28, 1967, and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That a copy of this Resolution be certified by the County
Clerk to the Attorney General of Wisconsin, with a request for certification of such
application, as is required under the provisions of Section 20.180 (11) of the Wis-
consin Statutes.
AFFIDAVIT
STATE OF WISCONSIN )
ss.
County of Bayfield )
George Moniza
William Stuart
George Sampson
Walter Wasmuth
Bennie Rude
Edward A. Pajala, being first duly sworn, on oath deposes and
says that he is the duly elected County Clerk in and for Bayfield County, Wisconsin;
that this affidavit is made for the purpose of obtaining reimbursement from the State
of Wisconsin for additional expenses to Bayfield County in policing Indians and the
Indian Reservation in said County, pursuant to the provisions of Section 20.180 (11)
of the Wisconsin Statutes; that attached hereto, marked Schedule "A" and made a part
of this affidavit is a true account of monies expended by said Bayfield County"for
such policing from June 28t', 1966 through June 28, 1967; that the items listed in
Schedule "A" including salary, expenses and social security, were all paid to the
sheriff or deputy sheriffs of the Bayfield County Sheriff's Department acting as
Indian police officers.
Subscribed and sworn to before me
this 21st day of September, 1967
Edward A. Pajala
Robert N. Ledin
Notary Public, Bayfield County, Wis.
My commission is permanent.
SCHEDULE "A"
Indian Police Salary - June 20, 1966 through June 28,
1967 inclusive - 12 months at
$150.00 per month
Social Security - $6.30 per month - July, 1966
through January, 1967 $ 44.10
$ 1800.00
$6.60 per month - February,1967
through June, 1967 33.00
Automobile expense -- 4 20.00 per month
$ 240.00
77.10
240.00
$ 2117®.10.
September 21, 1967
AFFIDAVIT
STATE OF WISCONSIN )
) ss.
County of Bayfield )
E. 0. Embertson, being first duly sworn, on oath deposes and says
that he is an adult resident of the City of Washburn, Bayfield County, Wisconsin;
that he is and was at all times material hereto the duly elected and acting Sheriff
in and for Bayfield County, Wisconsin; that, as such official, he is in charge of
the records of the Sheriff's office of said County; that from the 28th day of June,
1966 to the 28th day of June, 1967, the said Sheriff's Department held in custody
certain Indian residents of the Redcliff Indian Reservation and certain transient
Indians from said Redcliff Indian Reservation and other transient Indians being
apprehended in Bayfield County and being from reservations in Ashland and Sawyer
Counties, over a period of 811 Indian board days, at a total charge to Bayfield
County in the amount of $1622.009 and that said charge is a legal and authorized
charge against the said County of Bayfield.
E. 0. Embertson
Subscribed and sworn to before me
this 21st day of September, 1967.
Robert N. Ledin, Notary Public
Bayfield County, Wis.
My commission is permanent.
Moved by Hanson and seconded by Sampson to adopt the foregoing Resolution.
Motion Carried®
Y
The following Resolution was reads No. 33
WHEREAS, Certain committees of the Bayfield County Board of Supervisors have
been subject to an abnormal work load due to unforeseen circumstances, and
WHEREAS, County Board Committees are limited by Statute as to the number of
meetings per year, and
WHEREAS, Certain committees of the Board of Supervisors have been required to
hold meetings in excess of those provided by Statute,
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, That all meetings of committees of the Board of
Supervisors held during the year 1967 to this date be and the same are hereby
approved, including those held in excess of the statutory limit.
George Moniza
William Stuart
George Sampson
Bennie R. Rude
Walter Wasmuth
Moved by Moniza and seconded by Rude to adopt the foregoing Resolution..
Motion Carried.
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September 21,--1967 _ - _ __ _ _ _
The following Motion was made: No. 34
Moved by Stuart and seconded by Celinsky to authorize County Board Committee
members to attend and be paid the regular per diem and mileage for as many committee
meetings as necessary for the balance of the year 1967 as provided by Section 59.06(2)
(a) (b). Motion Carried.
The following Resolution was read: No. 35
WHEREAS, The Bayfield County Board of Supervisors -at its last regular meeting
provided for the increase of certain elected official's salaries commencing during
the year 1967, and
WHEREAS, Said salary increases will require transfer of funds from the contin-
gent fund to the budget of the departments affected by said increases in the amounts
set forth in Schedule "A", attached hereto and made a part of this Resolution,
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, That a transfer be made from the contingent fund
to increase budgets of the departments set forth in Schedule "A" attached hereto
and in amounts therein set forth.
George Moniza
William Stuart
George Sampson
Walter Wasmuth
SCHEDULE "A"
Clerk of Courts
$
1860.00
County Clerk
1980.00
District Attorney
9
780.00
Register of D6eds
8
1740.00
Sheriff
2400.00
County Treasurer
1180.00
Moved by Moniza and seconded by Celinsky to adopt the foregoing Resolution.
Roll call vote was as follows: -No. 35a
Ayes - Doyel, Mammoser, Stuart, Hanson, Moniza, Brost, S. Anderson, Lehto,
Sampson, Tetzner, Nelson, Celinsky,Barningham, Meierotto, Erickson, Wasmuth, Lattimer,
Art Anderson, Rude, Rondeau
Nayes - none
Ayes - 20
Nayes - 0
Total - 20 Motion Carried.
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September _21,-_1967
The following Dog Damage Claims were presented to the Board:
No® 36
Ted Allen
Town
of
Cable
$ 225.00
Ann Koval
Town
of
Keystone
5.00
Kermit Lindelof
Town
of
Oulu
160.00
Moved by Barningham and seconded by Meierotto to refer the foregoing Dog
Damage Claims to the Executive Committee with power to act.
Motion Carried.
No. 37
Robert Ledin, District Attorney advised the Board that E. Embertson, Bayfield
County Sheriff had requested him to discuss with the County Board the possibility
of Bayfield County providing a two-way radio unit for the Iron River Ambulance
Service.
Moved by Moniza and seconded by Mammoser that the above matter be referred
to the Sheriff's Committee and report back to the November meeting.
Motion Carried.
The Following Resolution was read: No. 38
BE IT HEREBY RESOLVED, by the County Board of Bayfield County, assembled this
21st day of September, 1967,that the per diem and mileage be allowed each member
of the County Board as listed below and the Chairman and the County Clerk are
instructed to issue checks for the amount of such items as listed below:
Name County Board Work Total
Per Diem Mileage
J. Ray Doyel
$ 15.00_
7.20
$ 22.20
Raymond Mammoser
15.00
9.04
24.04
William Stuart
15.00
3.68
18.68
Arthur Hanson
15.00
4.80
19.80
George Moniza
15.00
2.96
17.96
Louis J. Brost
15.00
5.12
20.12
Sanfred Anderson
15.00
7.84
22.84
Axel Lehto
15.00
6.72
21.72
George Sampson
15.00
1.28
16.28:
Philip E. Tetzner
15.00
.64
15.64
Bertyl R. Nelson
15.00
6.40
21.40
William Celinsky
15.00
4.32
19.32
Walter Barningham
15.00
1.76
16.76
Arthur Meierotto
15.00
4.00
19.00
Edwin M. Erickson
15.00
1i.92
16.92
Walter Wasmuth
15.00
1.92
16.92
Alva A. Lattimer
15.00
.32
15.32
Arthur A. Anderson
15.00
.16
15.16
Bennie Rude
15.00
.16
15.16
Thomas E. Rondeau
7.50
7.50
Totals
285.00
77.74
$ 362.74
Presented by: Thomas E. Rondeau
September 21, 1967
Moved by Mammoser and seconded by Moniza to adopt the foregoing Resolution.
Roll call vote was as follows: No. 38a
Ayes - Doyel, Mammoser, Stuart, Hanson, Moniza, Brost, S. Anderson, Lehto, Samp-
son, Tetzner, Nelson, Celinsky, Barningham, Meierotto, Erickson, Wasmuth, Lattimer,
Art Anderson, Rude, Rondeau
Nayes - none
Aye s - 20
Nayes - 0
Total - 20 Motion Carried.
Moved by Moniza and seconded by Rude to adjourn.. Motion Carried.
Thomas E.'Rondeau, County,Board Chairman.
Edward A. Pajala, County Clerk.