Off The Mayor’s Desk – 8-7-2019
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by Mayor John Larson
On July 25, 2019, the Department of Natural Resources conducted an inspection of Glenwood City’s Materials Recovery Facility (MRF). This was a routine inspection of our local recycling center to determine compliance with the code requirements listed in s. NR 544.16, Wis. Adm. Code.
Our Director of Public Works, Dave Caress, recently received a letter from Troy Gansluckner, Waste & Materials Management Specialist for the DNR which stated, “Overall the facility was in excellent condition. The MRF is well run and no problems were noted. The facility was one of the cleanest MRF’s I have been to in some time. A City employee (Brandon Bach) operates and manages the facility and also assists the public with unloading vehicles and education. On the same property as the MRF is a hand-unload transfer facility for solid waste. There is a compactor on site provided by Waterman Sanitation. The container is emptied every week. This compliments your MRF and is also well managed. No problems were noted. At the time of inspection the facility appeared to be in compliance with s. NR 544.16, Wis. Adm. Code. … KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK.”
WOW!!! The DNR telling us to “keep up the good work” is just about the best report we could ever hope to receive from the DNR. A big THANK YOU and CONGRATLAIONS to our Public Works Employees, Dave Caress, Cory Schone and Brandon Bach. You guys do a great job of keeping our recycling and solid waste moving, roads plowed, water flowing, toilets flushing, parks mowed, etc.
Speaking about the DNR, I recently spoke with DNR Conservation Warden, Isaac Kruse, regarding our bear issues. There have been several reports of people seeing bears within the city. Several residents have experienced problems with bears damaging their bird feeders (Char and my bird feeders have been destroyed 4-5 times this summer by bears). And, of course everyone recalls an incident several weeks ago when a local resident shot a bear that was attacking his dog on his deck. I’m waiting for a call back from a USDA bear trapper about possibly having the bears trapped and relocated.
In the meanwhile, the DNR’s suggestion is to raise your bird feeders high enough so the bears cannot reach them or to take them down each evening and put them inside your garage.
One final note regards ATV riding within the City. The Glenwood City Council has approved allowing for the operation of all-terrain vehicles (ATV’s) upon all city roadways if the posted speed limit is 35 MPH of less. There have been very few problems with ATV’s. However, I do want to remind everyone that our ordinance states all ATV operators shall slow the vehicle to 10 MPH or less when operating within 150 feet of a dwelling.
The vast majority of the city roadways are indeed within 150 feet of a dwelling. Thus, most ATV traffic should be operating at 10 MPH or less.
Safe riding everyone!