Sawyer County Zoning Committee has been reviewing proposed changes to the Subdivision Ordinance. No major problems have been found in the proposed changes. On interesting issue is centering on language which would knowingly be in direct conflict with a recent Supreme Court ruling. This would be setting up show down with someone, somewhere down the line.

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Barron County Comprehensive Planning continues to crawl.

According to the Barron News Shield ...

The county's "conditions and trends report" was unveiled at a comprehensive planning meeting Oct. 1. West Central Wisconsin Regional Planning Commission prepared the 266-page document and presented it last Wednesday.

The report gives community leaders detailed statistics about various aspects of the county, including housing, utility service, transportation and economic climates, in addition to covering issues on natural resources and land use.

County Administrator Duane Hebert said that this report will compliment a soon-to-be completed citizen survey, which is meant to gauge public sentiment on what services Barron County residents want. The UW-River Falls organized survey is expected to be finished within a few weeks.

Once the survey and the report are both available, then there will be three public "issues and opportunities" meetings where people can weigh-in on the findings, Hebert said. These meetings are tentatively scheduled to take place throughout November, and they will be posted with greater detail in the coming weeks.