Town board meeting agendas, minutes
NOTICE OF OPEN BOOK AND BOARD OF REVIEW
STATE OF WISCONSIN
Town of Newbold, Oneida County
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to s. 70.45, Wis. Stats., the Town of Newbold assessment roll (OPEN BOOK) for the year 2012 assessment will be open for examination on the 24th day of May, 2012, from 3:00 P.M. to 5:00 P.M., at the Newbold Town Hall, Highway 47 North, Rhinelander, by assessor Jef Muelver from Peterson Appraisals, Inc. Instructional material about the assessment, how to file an objection, and board of review procedures under Wisconsin law will be available at that time. If you truly believe that the assessor has over valued your property, you are urged to call the assessor’s office before Open Book Day. The Assessor’s phone number is 715-369-2952.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the BOARD OF REVIEW for the Town of Newbold, Oneida County, Wisconsin, shall hold its first meeting on the 30th DAY OF MAY, beginning at 4:00 p.m. at the Newbold Town Hall, Highway 47 North, Rhinelander, Wisconsin.
Please be advised of the following requirements to appear before the board of review and procedural requirements if appearing before the board:
1. No person shall be allowed to appear before the Board of Review, to testify to the Board by telephone or contest the amount of any assessment of real or personal property if the person has refused a reasonable written request by certified mail of the Assessor to view such property.
2. After the first meeting of the Board of Review and before the Board’s final adjournment, no person who is scheduled to appear before the Board of Review may contact, or provide information to a member of the Board about that person’s objection except at a session of the Board.
3. The board of review may not hear an objection to the amount or valuation of property unless, at least 48 hours before the board’s first scheduled meeting, the objector provides to the board’s clerk written or oral notice of an intent to file an objection , except that upon a showing of good cause and the submission of a written objection, the board shall waive that requirement during the first 2 hours of the board’s first scheduled meeting, and the board may waive that requirement up to the end of the 5th day of the session or up to the end of the final day of the session if the session is less than 5 days with proof of extraordinary circumstances for failure to meet the 48-hour notice requirement and failure to appear before the board of review during the first 2 hours of the first scheduled meeting.
4. Objections to the amount or valuation of property shall first be made in writing and filed with the clerk of the board of review within the first 2 hours of the board’s first scheduled meeting, except that, upon evidence of extraordinary circumstances, the board may waive that requirement up to the end of the 5th day of the session or up to the end of the final day of the session if the session is less than 5 days. The board may require objections to the amount or valuation of property to be submitted on forms approved by the Department of Revenue, and the board shall require that any forms include stated valuations of the property in question. Persons who own land and improvements to that land may object to the aggregate valuation of that land and improvements to that land, but no person who owns land and improvements to that land may object only to the valuation of that land or only to the valuation of improvements to that land. No person may be allowed in any action or proceedings to question the amount or valuation of property unless the written objection has been filed and that person in good faith presented evidence of the board in support of the objections and made full disclosure before the board, under oath, of all that person’s property liable to assessment in the district and the value of that property. The requirement that objection be in writing may be waived by express action of the board.
5. When appearing before the board of review, the objecting person shall specify in writing the person’s estimate of the value of the land and of the improvements that are the subject of the person’s objection and specify the information that the person used to arrive at that estimate.
6. No person may appear before the Board of Review, testify to the Board by telephone or object to a valuation if that valuation was made by the Assessor or the Objector using the income method of valuation, unless the person supplies the assessor with all of the information about income and expenses, as specified in the assessor’s manual under Wis. stats. 73.03(2a), that the assessor requests. The Town of Newbold has an ordinance for the confidentiality of information about income and expenses that is provided to the assessor under this paragraph that provides exceptions for persons using the information in the discharge of duties imposed by law or of the duties of their officer or by order of a court. The information that is provided under this paragraph, unless a court determines that it is inaccurate, is not subject to the right of inspection and copying under Wis. stats.19.35 (1).
7. The Board shall hear upon oath, by telephone, all ill or disabled persons who present to the Board a letter from a physician, surgeon or osteopath that confirms their illness or disability. No other persons may testify by telephone.
8. No person may appear before the board of review, testify to the board by telephone, or contest the amount of any assessment unless, at least 48 hours before the first meeting of the board, or at least 48 hours before the objection is heard if the objection is allowed under s. 70.47 (3)(a), Wis. Stats., that persons provides to the clerk of the board of review notice as to whether the person will ask for the removal of a member of the board of review and, if so, which member, and provides a reasonable estimate of the length of time the hearing will take.
Notice is hereby given this 7th day of May 2012.
Kim Gauthier
Town Clerk
TOWN OF NEWBOLD
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that pursuant to the Americans with Disabilities Act reasonable accommodations will be provided for qualified individuals with disabilities upon request. Please call Town Clerk Kim Gauthier at 715-362- 1092 with specific information about your request allowing adequate time to respond to the request.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a majority of the Town Board may be present at this meeting to gather information about a subject over which it has decisionmaking authority. This constitutes a meeting of the Newbold Town Board, pursuant to State ex rel. Badke v. Greendale Village Bd., 173 Wis. 2d 553, 494 N.W. 2d 408 (1993), and must be noticed as such although the Newbold Plan Commission will take no formal action at these meetings.
NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING
TOWN OF NEWBOLD
NOTICE is hereby given that on Saturday, June 9, 2012, at 1:00 P.M., at the Newbold Town Hall, Highway 47 North and 4606 Apperson Drive, Rhinelander, Wisconsin 54501, a PUBLIC HEARING will be held in consideration of the PROPOSED AMENDED ORDINANCE CHAPTER 11.13(6) Individual Lake Regulations – Wisconsin River (a) Applicability and Enforcement and (b) Slow-No-Wake Speed Limit in the Town of Newbold, in Oneida County, Wisconsin, pursuant to Chapter 30.77(3)(a), 30.50 to 30.71 of Wis. Statutes and Chapter NR5 Wisconsin Administrative Code of the DNR. The purpose of the hearing is to allow the public to make comments regarding the proposed amendments to the existing ordinance. The complete Proposed Amended Ordinance is available for inspection by contacting the Town Clerk, Kim Gauthier at 715-362-1092 or at www.newboldtown.com
Dated this 5th day of May, 2012
Kim Gauthier, Clerk
Town of Newbold
PROPOSED ORDINANCE CREATING A SLOW, NO WAKE ZONE ON THE AREA COMMONLY KNOWN AS MUNNINGHOFF MARSH
Current Ordinance (11-5)
(6) WISCONSIN RIVER. (a) Applicability and Enforcement.
The provisions of this subsection shall apply to the waters of the Wisconsin River lying within the boundaries of the SE 1/4 of the SE 1/4 , the NE 1/4 of the SE 1/4, and the SE 1/4 of the NE 1/4 of Section 8 and the SW 1/4 of the SW 1/4 of section 9, T37N-R8E in the Town of Newbold.
(b) Slow-No-Wake Speed Limit. No person shall operate a boat faster than slow-no-wake on the Wisconsin River within the area described in par. (a) above.
Proposed Changes
(6) RHINELANDER FLOWAGE AS PART OF THE WISCONSIN RIVER. (a) Applicability and Enforcement.
The provisions of this subsection shall apply to the waters of the Wisconsin River lying within the boundaries of the SE 1/4 of the SE 1/4 , the NE 1/4 of the SE 1/4, and the SE 1/4 of the NE 1/4 of Section 8 and the SW 1/4 of the SW 1/4 of Section 9, and the north half of Section 16, T37N-R8E in the Town of Newbold.
(b) Slow-No-Wake Speed Limit. No person shall operate a boat faster than slow-no-wake on the Wisconsin River within the area described in par. (a) above.
Proposed Ordinance would read:
(6) RHINELANDER FLOWAGE AS PART OF THE WISCONSIN RIVER. (a) Applicability and Enforcement.
The provisions of this subsection shall apply to the waters of the Wisconsin River lying within the boundaries of Section 8 and Section 9, and the north half of Section 16, T37N-R8E in the Town of Newbold.
(b) Slow-No-Wake Speed Limit. No person shall operate a boat faster than slow-no-wake on the Wisconsin River within the area described in par. (a) above.
VISUAL REPRESENTATION OF AREA IN QUESTION
LEGEND:
Current Ordinance-Red Line
Proposed Ordinance-Green Line
CONDITION REPORT
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
The area commonly known as Munninghoff Marsh in the Town of Newbold has been described by the DNR as one of the most biologically diverse in the state of Wisconsin. Its resources are protected by local property owners, the Town of Newbold, state law and FERC in its agreement with Wausau Paper Company (formerly the Rhinelander Paper Company, simply referred to as “Rhinelander”.
Encompassing more than 500 acres this land is home to numerous species of migratory birds, several species of mammals, and of course an abundance of native fish. It is also home to hundreds of acres of plants. Chief among them is wild rice-a fragile and critical resource for not only the residents, but also to any manner of migratory birds and resident mammals. Additionally, the property owners of the river bottom hold a wild fur farm license (#1381) covering this area.
DEFINITION and IMPACT OF THE PROBLEM
Increased boat traffic, the frequent misuse of watercraft, and violation of common boating safety rules cause irregular and inconsistent water levels, critical to the growth of wild rice. These factors have all but obliterated wild rice beds down river of this location. With the disappearance of the beds farther south, populations of animals that depend on the wild rice-red wing blackbirds, sora rails, muskrat, have also been severely reduced. As a result, populations of additional species-osprey in particular– that depend in part on these animals have also seen decreases. Likewise waterfowl hunters use this area as it currently attracts thousands of ducks and geese through the hunting season contributing significantly to the local economy.
CURRENT CONDITIONS
In recent years, boat traffic has increased significantly on Munninghoff Marsh. Along with the increased traffic is the misuse of boating safety rules including disrespect for the wild rice beds. In 2011 the property owners placed signs asking that boaters slow down to protect wild rice beds. The signs had little impact.
SUPPORTING DOCUMENTATION FROM FERC AND WAUSAU PAPER
The Wausau (then Rhinelander) Paper Company’s (RPC) license agreement with FERC states in pertinent part, ‘RPC will encourage the local governmental unit to enact an ordinance that would (1) prohibit non-motorized boating from entering the wild rice beds during the months of May, June and July;
(2) establish a ‘no-wake’ area during the remaining boating season, and (3) require clearly delineated channel marking.’
In the order issuing a new license to RPC, FERC Project 2161-006, issued August 20, 2003, it states under Article 408 (e) that the paper company “(5) cooperate with Wisconsin DNR or appropriate entity for regulating recreational boating to establish a “no-wake” zone to protect the wild rice beds of Munninghoff Marsh;”
CONCLUSION
Implementation of a slow, no wake zone through ordinance as described above potentially prevents or slows the further erosion of the rice beds. In doing so, one of our town’s many assets and its welfare will be more protected.
RESOURCES
From Environmental Assessment (March 20, 2003)
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
FEDERAL ENERGY REGULATORY COMMISSION
Rhinelander Paper Company Project No. 2161-006
Munninghoff Marsh, located in the upper reaches of the Rhinelander flowage, is recognized as an environmentally significant wetland resource. It is a large wetland complex of approximately 274 acres and comprising 37 percent of the total wetland acreage, consisting of aquatic bed, emergent marsh, and sedge meadow habitat. Considered rare for its size, the wild rice beds in Munninghoff Marsh are among the largest and most diverse in northern Wisconsin. The amount of wild rice growing in the marsh makes it a valuable wetland habitat for wildlife and a popular hunting area. The DNR Rapid Assessment Model was applied to five special interest wetlands in the Rhinelander Project area, with Munninghoff Marsh ranking the highest for its exceptional floral diversity, wildlife habitat, and aesthetics, recreation, and educational value. Lowland hardwood forest and upland mixed forest surround the wetland. The combination of relatively undisturbed habitat and minimal human impact make the Rhinelander project area, specifically the upper reaches, valuable for a variety of wildlife species. Rhinelander documented 37 bird species, 8 mammalian species, and 6 reptile and amphibian species during site visits and supplemental surveys. The emergent aquatic beds of Munninghoff Marsh provide habitat for a significant number of wildlife species. Munninghoff Marsh holds the largest concentration of migrating waterfowl and the largest population of muskrats in three counties. Large numbers of wood ducks converge on the beds by August. Beaver and otter are common. Water birds such as great blue herons, green herons, American bittern, and sora rails use the area. The marsh is a stopover for migrating tundra swan, and records indicate it falls within the migration routes used by white pelicans and various species of tern (memorandum from R. Eckstein, Wildlife Biologist, DNR, Rhinelander, WI, to R. Martini, DNR, Rhinelander, WI, August, 1995). According to May 13, 1995 DNR correspondence with Rhinelander, DNR records also indicate the presence of the state listed osprey and wood turtle in the project area.
Due to the sensitive nature of Munninghoff Marsh, Rhinelander, in cooperation with the DNR, proposes to encourage the local governmental unit to enact an ordinance: (1) prohibiting motorized boating from entering the wild rice beds during the months of May, June, and July; (2) establishing a “nowake” zone during the remaining boating season; and (3) requiring clearly delineated channel markings (letter from R.W. Wilson,
Counsel for Rhinelander Paper Company, Wausau, WI to D.B. Boergers, Secretary, FERC, Washington D.C., February 14, 2000).
In addition, Rhinelander would continue its practice of maintaining the reservoir at a constant water surface elevation, so as to protect the wild rice. (emphasis added)
Informational Meeting – Town ATV Routes
Town Board
Tuesday, May 22, 2012
7:00:pm
An informational meeting will be held at the Town Hall in Stella beginning at 7 PM on Tuesday, May 22, 2012, for the purpose of discussing possible ATV routes.
TOWN OF SUGAR CAMP
REGULAR TOWN BOARD MEETING MINUTES
March 12, 2012
The regular monthly meeting of the Sugar Camp Town Board was held on Monday, March 12, 2012.
7:15 p.m. Review Vouchers
7:30 p.m. Regular Meeting
ALL AGENDA ITEMS ARE FOR DISCUSSION & ACTION
1. Meeting called to order by Town Chairman
Meeting called to order by Town Chairman at 6:05 p.m.
Present:
Chairman Scott Holewinski
Supervisor Paul Sowinski
Clerk John Bigley
There were no visitors
2. Verification of Agenda posting and approval of Agenda.
The agenda was posted at the: Town Hall, Sugar Camp Enterprises, Lilly Bass Road and Hwy H. on March 8, 2012.
Motion: Sowinski/Holewinski … to approve the agenda as posted. Carried
3. Approval of the minutes from the last regular monthly meeting and any special meeting not previously approved.
Motion: Sowinski/Holewinski … to accept the Regular Meeting Minutes of February 20, 2012 with a change to item 9-D, funds to come from the Capital Outlay Account. Carried
4. Treasurer’s report.
There was no report this month; the treasure was out of town Carried
5. Approval of vouchers.
Motion: Sowinski/Holewinski … to approve the vouchers of $ 57,665.14 as presented. Carried
6. Public Comments: None
7. Correspondences:
Emergence Management-NORA Radios are available for Oneida County residents for free on a first-come, first- serve basis
8. Old Business: Review Working Agreement with Town Crew, take action on decisions made in closed session.
None
9. New Business:
A. Close Road Bids for Aldridge Lake Rd..
Motion: Schoeneck/Sowinski …to close acceptance of road bids for Aldridge Lake
Rd. One bid was received from Pitlik and Wick. Carried
B. Open and consider all Road Bids for Aldridge Lake Rd.
Motion: Sowinski/Holewinski …to accept the bid from Pitlik and Wick for $188,306.70. Carried
C. Town Hall Roof bid specifications
This item will be brought up at the Annual Meeting in April.
D. Road Work Report:
Motion: Sowinski/Holewinski … to accept report as presented. Carried
E. Town Hall Report
Motion: Sowinski/Holewinski … to accept report as presented. Carried
F. Set next Board Meeting date.
April Board Meeting April 10, 2012 at 6:00 p.m.
Annual Meeting April 10, 2012 at 7:00 p.m.
The Clerk pointed out that a change is State Law has moved the Annual Meeting to the 3rd Tuesday in April starting in 2013
H. Set next Board Meeting date.
Motion: Sowinski/Schoeneck …to set the March meeting for March 12, one week earlier the regularly scheduled. Carried
10. Motion to adjourn
Motion: Sowinski/Schoeneck …to adjourn at 7:55 p.m. Carried
John Bigley, WCMC, Wisconsin Certified Municipal Clerk
Sugar Camp Town Clerk
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