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MINUTES OF THE BAYFIELD COUNTY TRAFFIC SAFETY COMMITTEE
THURSDAY – February 19, 2015
The regular meeting of the Bayfield County Traffic Safety Committee was called to order by
Chairman Thomas R. Toepfer, at 9:00 AM on Thursday, February 19, 2015 at the Bayfield County
Highway office in Washburn, WI.
Present were committee members
Thomas R. Toepfer – Chairman Jan Victorson – Emergency Mgnt.
Terri Kramolis – Bayfield Co. Health Dept. Dan Clark – Bayfield Co. Sheriff Dept.
Brett Heino – Wisconsin State Patrol Jeff Benton – Red Cliff
Sheree Collins – Education Dennis Johnson – WisDOT / BOTS
Matthew Reddy – WisDOT Don Swedberg – Citizen Rep
Robert Follis – Citizen
Motion by Swedberg / Collins and carried to approve the minutes of the November 20, 2014
meeting of the Bayfield County Traffic Safety Committee.
There was no public input.
Chief Deputy Clark presented a quarterly spot map of Bayfield County traffic crashes. No trends
were noted, Clark reported on one county fatality. Winter driving conditions were in effect.
Dennis Johnson, WisDOT/BOTS reported that there have been 53 fatalities in Wisconsin as of
February 19th compared with 45 in 2014 and a 5 year average of 45. Johnson reported on a
WisDOT request to increase safety belt violations to $25 and assembly / senate bills to increase
freeway speeds to 70 mph. Johnson reported on current “Laws of the Month”.
Health Department Director Kramolis expressed concern with the difficulty and expense to obtain
child restraint training. Johnson (WisDOT/BOTS) will look into availability and funding to obtain the
training for Bayfield County.
The next meeting is scheduled for Thursday, May 21, 2015.
The meeting adjourned at 10:30 A.M.
MINUTES OF THE BAYFIELD COUNTY
TRAFFIC SAFETY COMMITTEE MEETING
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Thomas R. Toepfer, Highway Commissioner
Bayfield County Highway Department