Boyceville Village Board hears reports!
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The Village board heard many reports about village business at their regular monthly meeting of January 9th.
They heard from the Public Works Director, Don Rose, who told about snow removal and that several pieces of village equipment broke down while working to remove the large accumulation of snow. He also addressed a water line break near Pafko Park as the result of a repair that was done many years ago that had failed. He also noted that a frozen water line broke a water meter at the trailer park. Rose told members of the board that they had to shut down water service to Anderson Hill area for a few hours because of a water leak in a lateral.
Police Chief Greg Lamkin’s report indicated that the police department handled 196 officer calls for service plus another 14 were handled by the Dunn County Sheriff’s Office. His report showed that the department had 2599 calls for service in 2022.
Lamkin informed the board that December saw the retirement of Sgt. Rud and Code Enforcement Officer Traxler. The new officer Vodenlich has graduated from the police academy and will begin field training in Eau Claire.
Lamkin’s written report noted that he responded to a death in the 1000 block of Nordveien Drive and it was determined that the cause of death was natural. Lamkin responded to a two-car crash at the intersection of East Street and Railroad Avenue. Neither driver was injured, but both vehicles were towed due to damage. One driver was cited after it was determined that he ran into the back of the other vehicle when it was stopped due to engine failure.
He also reported that he was contacted by Public Works about a resident who left threatening messages after his vehicle was parked illegally and crews plowed around his car. Dunn County Sheriff’s officers arrested the subject for drunk driving.
Update on sewer improvement plan
Eric Barclay, a project engineer of MSA out of Rice Lake informed the board that the application for funds to proceed with upgrades to the Village’s Wastewater Treatment Facility’s lagoon aeration system as well as upgrades to the collection system including sewer rehabilitation and lift station upgrades. The paperwork is at the state but he expected that they would not hear about the request until late March.
Barclay along with Public Works Director, Don Rose spoke about the need to replace old village maps of sanitary laterals from the village’s existing CAD file into your GIS. (GIS is an acronym for Geographic Information System).
A report that the board members were reviewing about the location of laterals noted, “The best result produced data which, using the latest aerial photography as a reference, was about five feet off towards the center of town and upwards of 30 to 50 feet off at the extremities of the utility network data. The board is moving ahead with this new system.
In her report to the board, Village Clerk/Treasurer, Brittany Halvorson noted that she had received a grant of $1,200 to update election security. She also said that she learned a lot when the power goes off and the alarms sound in the village hall.
Board member Brad Stevens reported that at the last fireboard meeting Matt Lunderville was appointed interim fire chief taking over from Cory Green who resigned at the end of 2022.
The board set a special meeting to update the Employee handbook. The meeting will be January 30th.
The last item on the agenda was a discussion of board makeup. Village President Luke Montgomery spoke about reducing the size of the village board from seven members to five members. The board consists of six trustees and the Village President. He noted that the Boyceville School board has five members.
Board member Brad Stevens made a comment about the idea saying, “Why fix it, its not broken?”
