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Minutes of the
TOURISM & RECREATION COMMITTEE OF THE BAYFIELD COUNTY BOARD
Monday, June 4, 2012, 4:00 p.m.
County Board Room, Bayfield County Courthouse, Washburn, WI
Members Present: Brett Rondeau, Bucky Jardine, John Bennett, Rusty Williams, Neil Schultz
Members Absent: None
Others Present: Mary Motiff, Sue Trepanier, Jackie Eid, Larry Chernoff, Stan & Sharon Dzikonski, Amie
Egstad, Kaitlin Kernosky
I. Call to Order: The meeting was called to order at 4:00 p.m. by Rondeau.
II. Election of Officers: Schultz nominated Rondeau as Chairman for the Tourism & Recreation
Committee. Chairman Rondeau asked 3 times if there were any other nominations. Motion
(Jardine, Schultz) to close the nominations and cast a unanimous vote for Rondeau as Chairman.
Motion Carried.
Schultz nominated Jardine as Vice-Chairman for the Tourism & Recreation Committee. Chairman
Rondeau asked 3 times if there were any other nominations. Motion (Williams, Schultz) to close
the nominations and cast a unanimous vote for Jardine as Vice-Chairman. Motion Carried.
III. Motion Regarding March 12, 2012 Meeting Minutes: Motion (Jardine, Bennett) to accept minutes
from the March 12, 2012 committee meeting. Discussion: Schultz questioned the December staff
retreat. Motiff explained it was at the NGLVC, attended by the T&R/Fair staff, and the purpose was
for planning and reorganization. Motion Carried.
IV. Public Comment: Sharon Dzikonski stated that she owns a cabin at Deer Trail Lodge and would like
County Highway H opened 1.2 miles from Delta Lake Road to Scenic Drive.
V. Budget Review: Motiff went over the budget noting that the department was already over budget
on lodging and will likely go over budget on mileage due to budget cuts. Five year trends for those
line items were reviewed.
VI. Discussion and Possible Action on Recommendation for Using Sections of County Highway for ATV
Connector Routes: Three requests have come to the T&R office to use portions of County
highways as ATV routes. Motion (Schultz, Jardine) to approve the requests in the Towns of
Cornucopia, Delta and Barnes for their ATV routes and forward it on to the Highway Department
for review. Motion Carried.
VII. Discussion on Contracting out Services and Consolidation/Elimination of Departments: Schultz
asked if there was a compatible department that could be combined with the T&R Department to
save overhead costs. Rondeau stated that there should be direction from the Executive Committee
during budget planning to look at consolidating and/or contracting out services. Motiff pointed out
that the Department was already a combined department with Marketing, Trails and the Fair and
that she reports to two committees: the Tourism & Recreation Committee and the Fair Committee.
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VIII. Report from NoRTAC: Rondeau gave a brief history of NoRTAC. He was unable to attend the last
meeting.
IX. Report from Director:
A. Administrative Updates: Law changes with the new UTV bill and harbor funding were
discussed.
B. Trails:
The Cable ATV Club would like to open a portion of the railroad grade north of Cable
(already used for snowmobiles) for ATVs to connect Cable and Drummond. With ownership
of the railroad still in question, Rondeau suggested that Corporation Council look it over
and give an opinion to the Committee who in turn would make a recommendation to the
Full County Board.
The US Forest Service Motor Vehicle Use Map and the County Forest Access Management
Plan were discussed.
Supervisor Schultz requested a detailed list of grant projects.
C. Marketing:
The Scenic Byway designation process is moving forward.
Motiff stated that the Wisconsin Department of Tourism hired a new firm to do the
Economic Impact Study and the numbers are very different from previous studies. The
new study sets a new benchmark for this and future studies. She recommends that
Bayfield County have a separate study done so that we have accurate information for our
area.
X. Suggestions for Agenda Items for Next Committee Meeting: Business listings in the visitor guide.
XI. Adjournment: The meeting adjourned at 5:05 p.m.
Respectfully submitted by:
Sue Trepanier
Sue Trepanier, Tourism & Recreation Program Assistant