HomeMy WebLinkAboutCounty Board of Supervisors - Agenda - 9/26/2023
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Bayfield County Clerk
Lynn M. Divine, County Clerk
Kim Mattson, Accountant Jeran Delaine, Deputy Clerk
Gail M. Reha, Bookkeeper Paige Terry, Clerk III
Ph: 715.373.6100 ● Fx: 715.373.6153 ● Email: Lynn.Divine@bayfieldcounty.wi.gov ● 117 E. Fifth Street, PO Box 878, Washburn, WI 54891
BAYFIELD COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
Dennis M. Pocernich, Chair, Fred Strand, Vice-Chair
Steve Sandstrom, Mary Dougherty, Larry Fickbohm, Charly Ray,
Jeremy Oswald, Jeffrey Silbert, John Rautio, Marty Milanowski,
Madelaine Rekemeyer, James Crandall, Brett Rondeau
RE: September 26th Bayfield County Board of Supervisors’ Meeting
*** AMENDED AGENDA ***
Dear Supervisors:
Please be advised that the monthly meeting of the Bayfield County Board of Supervisors will be held on Tuesday, September 26th, 2023 at 6:00 p.m. This meeting will be held in-person in the Bayfield County Board Room at 117 E
5th St Washburn, WI. Supervisors and the public will be able to participate in the meeting in-person or remotely via
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1. Call to Order
2. Roll Call
3. Pledge of Allegiance
4. Moment of Silence, Ralph Frostman, Former County Board Supervisor
5. Public Comment: Limited to 3 minutes per person, 15 minutes maximum.
Any person wishing to attend who, because of a disability, requires special accommodations, should contact the County Clerk’s office at 715-373-6100, at least 24 hours before the scheduled meeting time, so appropriate arrangements can be made.
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6. Presentation, Representative Chanz Green (tentative, virtual)
7. 2022 Audit Presentation, Vanessa Kane, Baker Tilly
8. Discussion and Possible Action, Consent Agenda:
a) Minutes from August 29, 2023
b) Bayfield County Resolution No. 2023-93; Honoring Kelli Thompson, Wisconsin State
Public Defender
c) Bayfield County Resolution No. 2023-94; Bayfield County Celebrates National
Preparedness Month, September 2023
9. Discussion and Possible Action, Report of the Bayfield County Planning and Zoning Committee
No. 2023-11; Petition to Amend Sections 13-1-107 of the Code of Ordinances, Bayfield County,
Wisconsin
10. Discussion and Possible Action, Bayfield County Amendatory Ordinance No. 2023-11; Petition
to Amend Sections 13-1-107 of the Code of Ordinances, Bayfield County, Wisconsin
11. Discussion and Possible Action, Report of the Bayfield County Planning and Zoning Committee
No. 2023-12; Petition to Change District Boundaries of a Parcel Owned by Christopher N. Call
and John Elias Thomas, Town of Drummond, from Residential-Two (R-2) to Residential-One
(R-1)
12. Discussion and Possible Action, Bayfield County Amendatory Ordinance No. 2023-12; Petition
to Change District Boundaries of a Parcel Owned by Christopher N. Call and John Elias Thomas,
Town of Drummond, from Residential-Two (R-2) to Residential-One (R-1)
13. Discussion and Possible Action, Bayfield County Amendatory Ordinance No. 2023-13; To Add 1
Route to the All-Terrain Vehicles Designated Routes in the Bayfield County Code of
Ordinances, Title 10 – Chapter 3
14. Discussion and Possible Action, Bayfield County Resolution No. 2023-95; Resolution Providing
for the Issuance, Sale and Delivery of a $3,000,000 General Obligation Promissory Note, Series
2023, of Bayfield County, Wisconsin; Establishing the Terms and Conditions. Therefore;
Directing its Execution and Delivery; Creating a Debt Service Account Therefor and Awarding
the Sale Thereof
15. Discussion and Possible Action Regarding Maintenance Tractor Purchase
16. Discussion and Possible Action, Bayfield County Resolution No. 2023-96; Resolution in Support
of a County-Wide Bicycle and Pedestrian Comprehensive Plan
17. Reports
a) Future County Board Meeting Dates:
a. October 31, 2023 b. November 14, 2023 (statutory requirement)
c. December – no meeting
d. January 30, 2024
b) Future Executive Committee Meetings focusing on Budget 2024.
a. 5pm, Tuesday, September 26
b. 4pm, Thursday, October 5
c. 4pm, Monday, October 9
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c) Superior Days Issues
d) Budget Update
e) Artesian Well Study Report
f) Nursing Home Article
g) Comprehensive Planning Listening Session, Cable Community Center, Wednesday 9/27, 5pm.
h) WCA Conference
18. Supervisors’ Reports
19. The county board will consider a motion to convene in closed session pursuant to Wis. Stat. sec.
19.85(1)(g) for discussion and possible action, Conferring with legal counsel for the governmental
body who is rendering oral or written advice concerning strategy to be adopted by the body with
respect to litigation in which it is or is likely to become involved regarding item d below, AND
19.85(1)(e)Deliberating or negotiating the purchasing of public properties, the investing of public funds,
or conducting other specified public business, whenever competitive or bargaining reasons require a
closed session,” specifically as it relates to the county’s discussions and negotiations with Northern Lights
Services regarding operations AND the Sale of Land at the Bayfield County Business Park AND the State
and other taxing jurisdictions surrounding allocation of state funds to make up the shortfall in tax
collections following the court’s decision impacting tribal lands.
a) Minutes, June 27, 2023 Closed Session
b) Northern Lights Operations
c) Business Park Land Sale Agreement
d) Tax Settlement Funds
20. Adjournment.
Sincerely,
LYNN M. DIVINE
Bayfield County Clerk
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