The August Community Meetings to review progress of the Burnett County Comprehensive Plan will be held this week. The first is scheduled for Wednesday August 26 at the Great Lakes Visitor Center from 6-8 pm. The second is Thursday at the Town of Grand View, same time.

The Burnett County Comprehensive Plan Committee will meet on August 31 at the Courthouse from 1-3 pm.

According to the Chetek Alert... Longtime Chetek Chamber of Commerce members Butch and Barb Flor, right, were recognized ... for their 35 years as cochairmen of beer sales for the Liberty Fest.

August GAD Report

Barron County

Barron County Administrator Duane Hebert gave some parting thoughts to the County Board. After considering many options in a 22-7 vote it was decided to replace Mr. Hebert with another County Administrator.

The Chetek City Council is discussing withdrawing support from the Barron County Economic Development Corporation. Presently the City of Chetek pays $3505 toward the $69,000 salary of Barron County Economic Development Director David Miller. This decision will come soon during the 2010 budget process.

The Chetek and Weyerhaeuser area school boards voted unanimously to approve a resolution to consider consolidation-making them one step closer to approving a merger between the two school districts.

Bayfield County

The Bayfield Comprehensive Planning process marches on. Recently two Open Houses were held to facilitate public input into mapping possible future land use. SEH Project Manager Mike Darrow stated, "It is important for people to look at land use and make comments. We need citizen input. We have four months remaining." The next step in the planning process includes another set of open house meetings in August. In September, SEH plans to start producing draft plans for each town based on the policies the towns have created.

Burnett County

The next meeting of the Burnett County Comprehensive Planning Committee is scheduled for Monday August 31 at 1:00 pm. Four months to go and counting ...
The Rusk County Comprehensive Planning Committee has not met this year. Four months to go and counting ...

The Chetek and Weyerhaeuser area school boards voted unanimously to approve a resolution to consider consolidation-making them one step closer to approving a merger between the two school districts.

Sawyer County

The Sawyer County Zoning Committee will be discussing on August 21 both the sign ordinance and point of sale septic inspections. The RANWW has developed positions on both of these issues. No changes will be made at this meeting as it is not a Public Hearing. But, it could be a great discussion!

The Sawyer County Comprehensive Planning Committee has no new meetings scheduled at this time. Four months to go and counting ...

Washburn County

The Executive Committee will forward a resolution to the full board on a moratorium for constructing new wind mills. Two bills are before state legislators that would name the Public Service Commission (PSC) as the siting agency for wind generators in Wisconsin, a move that would replace a patchwork of local and county ordinances around the state. The intention is the Washburn County moratorium would stay in effect until a law had been passed by the state Legislature. Supposedly, two other counties already have passed similar moratoriums.

The Executive Committee will also place on the County Board agenda and item "requesting" all organizations receiving county funds to follow Wisconsin's open meetings and records law. This is due to action by the Economic Development Committee. The Spooner Advocate reported this exchange between committee members. Michael "Don" Quinton, a county supervisor and committee member, said the word "request" would suggest it is optional. "We request that they do or funding may be withheld," responded County Board Chairman Mike Bobin.
Rusk County