Boyceville fire district clerk-treasurer resigns
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by LeAnn R. Ralph
BOYCEVILLE — The clerk-treasurer for the Boyceville Community Fire District, Karen Adams, has resigned.
Chuck Siler, representative for the Town of Tiffany and chair of the fire district board, read Adams’ letter of resignation at the March 8 meeting.
Adams, who indicated in her letter that her resignation was effective as of March 6, did not attend the meeting.
In her brief letter, Adams thanked the fire district board for the opportunity to serve and said she no longer had time for the fire district’s clerk-treasurer duties.
The fire district must work on getting another clerk-treasurer, and one step toward hiring a new clerk-treasurer is to form a hiring committee, Siler said.
The fire district can also ask the Boyceville ambulance district clerk-treasurer if she would be interested, he said.
Valerie Windsor serves as the clerk-treasurer for the Boyceville ambulance district.
The fire district should also advertise the position in the newspaper and should check with the township clerks and treasurers to see if any of them would be interested, Siler said.
In response to a comment about whether the fire district would want to consider having the same clerk-treasurer as the ambulance district, Ned Hahn, representative for the Town of the Hay River, pointed out that Cindy Swanepoel, former Boyceville village clerk, had served as the clerk-treasurer for the fire district and for the ambulance district for many years.
Swanepoel died in February of 2016.
How soon does the fire district need a clerk-treasurer? asked Lukas Montgomery, representative for the Village of Boyceville.
The invoices for March have been paid, Siler said, adding that a clerk-treasurer would be needed in another month.
The clerk-treasurer’s position for the fire district pays $500 per month, he said.
Siler volunteered to serve on the hiring committee. Steve Nielsen, representative for the Town of Stanton, and Brad Stevens, representative for the Village of Boyceville, also volunteered to serve on the hiring committee.
Fire district board members agreed the hiring committee should draft a letter to Adams expressing the fire district’s appreciation for her years of service.
Fire district board members also agreed that the clerk-treasurer position should be advertised in the newspaper for three weeks and that the fire district board should hold a special meeting to act on hiring a new clerk treasurer.
The Boyceville Community Fire District Board meets next on April 12 at 6:30 p.m. at the Boyceville Village Hall/Community Center just prior to the ambulance district board meeting the same evening at 7 p.m.
Scheduling the next quarterly meeting is expected to be on the agenda at the special meeting April 12.
Fire chief
The Boyceville fire district board unanimously approved Matt Lunderville as the fire chief at the March 8 meeting.
Lunderville had been serving as the interim fire chief since the resignation of Corey Green at the end of December.
Lunderville reported that the Boyceville fire department had gone out on six runs since the beginning of the year, which included a traffic accident in the Town of Sherman, a traffic accident in the Town of Stanton, a structure fire in Boyceville, mutual aid for Ridgeland due to a traffic accident at the intersection of state Highways 25 and 64, a gas leak in Boyceville and a traffic accident in the Town of Hay River.
The new pick-up truck ordered by the fire department has finally arrived, but it has not yet been put into service because it still needs some additions, such as running boards, Lunderville said.
As soon as the new truck is in service, the old truck will be taken out of service and will be put up for auction, he said.
Lunderville also reported that the Boyceville fire department had received a donation from the Tainter Trail Tamers that resulted in two new Automated External Defibrillators (AEDs) and two new chainsaws.
In addition, the fire department has one open officer position, and Lunderville said he would bring a recommendation to the fire district board for the next meeting.
The Boyceville fire department also is working with the Boyceville ambulance district on conducting a mock car crash in April, Lunderville reported.
Siler said he had talked to state representatives at a Wisconsin Towns’ Association meeting about the state providing assistance for a fire and ambulance youth training program.
Green, who was in the audience for the meeting, said the Boyceville fire department has been participating in the youth program for “quite a while.”