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Minutes of the Bayfield County
Development and Land Sales Committee
May 05, 2022
Held in the Bayfield County Board Room &
remote via Microsoft Teams
1. The meeting was called to order by Brett Rondeau at 3:15 pm
Present were Brett Rondeau, Fred Strand, Marty Milanowski, Madelaine Rekemeyer
Members Absent: Larry Fickbohm
Also present were Mark Ables-Allison, Bayfield County Administrator; Scott Galetka, Bayfield County
Land Records Administrator; Claire Glafke, Land Records Specialist & John Carlson, Attorney
2. Election of Chair & Vicechair
Nomination by Marty Milanowski to elect Brett Rondeau as Chair; seconded by Fred Strand.
Nomination by Fred Strand to elect Marty Milanowski as Vicechair; seconded by Madelaine Rekemeyer.
Motion carried.
3. Motion regarding approving minutes of the January 25, 2022, meeting
Motion by Fred Strand, seconded by Marty Milanowski to approve the minutes as presented. Motion
carried.
4. Public Comment
No public comment
5. Discussion and possible action regarding Tax ID #18384; Incorrect judgement on Robert Boyer’s
land
John Carlson discusses the issue regarding the incorrect judgement and recommends Bayfield County
quit claim deed the property back to Robert Boyer. Fred asks if these owners even want it back and it is
confirmed that yes, Robert wants that land back. Mark questions whether they will have to pay back-
taxes, but John says no they will not have to.
Motion by Fred Strand to quit claim deed back to Robert Boyer; Seconded by Madelaine Rekemeyer.
Motion carried.
6. Discussion and possible action regarding the sale and transfer of County Lands on the Red Cliff
Reservation to the Red Cliff Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Resolution
John discusses the resolution and confirms that the County will gift the County owned In Rem parcels
back to the Red Cliff Tribe, and sell the other Forestry owned parcels for a total of $1M.
Mark includes that the County has verbal approval from the Department of Natural Resources.
Brett questions if the County will buy other land to make up for the land lost to Forestry and John
confirms that the County will use the funds to purchase more land for Forestry.
Mark adds that the approval of at this DLSC meeting is just the first step, it will then go to executive
committee, and finally the full board for final approval.
Fred Strand motions to approve the resolution and forward the decision to the full board for final
approval; Seconded by Marty Milanowski.
Motion carried.
7. Discussion and possible action regarding a piece of property encroaching on Bayfield County
owned land, Tax ID 36652 & 10996
Scott discusses the issue which is Bayfield County is trying to sell the outlot (Tax ID 36652) but there is
a house encroaching on the property (Tax ID 10996). A discussion follows on whether or not to sell or
swap the property; waiting on a survey to make the final decision.
Fred asks if the owner, Jen Keller, have any valuable land that they could swap with Bayfield County,
and it is confirmed that they do.
Scott prefers to sell the land before swapping. John confirms that selling is cleaner and what he also
prefers.
Motion by Marty Milanowski to sell a piece of property to Jen Keller for $2,000/acre; Seconded by Fred
with the understanding that Jen Keller will be responsible for associated fees.
Motion carried.
8. 2021 Wisconsin Act- Senate Bill 829; New Legislation update and impact on future In Rem tax
sales
John discusses the distribution of In Rem proceeds as well as some background on why the legislation
came about in the first place, noting that this legislation is terribly worded.
The County must now pay any liens and mortgages at the time of sale at public auction.
Any remaining proceeds must go back to the owner or be held in an account for 5 years. John suspects
there will be a future amendment to this legislation because of how poorly worded it is. The big question
is how will the County track the expenses over those 5 years.
This agenda item is just an update, no action needed from the Committee.
9. Meeting adjourned at 3:47 pm
Submitted by
Claire Glafke