Elk Mound Village purchases $8,500 shutters for pavilion at village park
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By LeAnn R. Ralph
ELK MOUND — The serving area in the pavilion at the Elk Mound Village Park will soon have shutters.
The Elk Mound Village Board approved purchasing Wayne Dalton shutters at a cost of $8,490 at the October 16 meeting
The low bid of $8,490 was $1,610 less than the next bid, said Mark Levra, director of public works.
The shutters are green metal sliding shutters, he said.
The Automatic External Defibrillator (AED) will be moved from the kitchen area to the serving area, Levra said.
The village parks have two savings accounts with a total of $16,000. The parks generated the money in the savings accounts, so purchasing shutters is a good use for the money, he said.
The up-and-down shutters needed a “header” of nine and a quarter inches. Overhead garage doors would have covered up the lights, Levra said.
The village park, located on county Highway H on the south side of Elk Mound, is open from 6 a.m. to 11 p.m. daily.
The park pavilion has 15 picnic tables, and the kitchen contains three refrigerators, a stove, two chest coolers, storage bins for beverages, a large counter, three stationary grills and electrical outlets, according to the village’s website.
People who rent the facility are asked to contact the public works department to obtain a key for the kitchen area.
Village employees will dispose of up to 10 bags of trash for each event, but the renter is responsible for disposing all trash bags over 10.
A Dumpster is allowed on site at the renter’s expense.
The Village Board unanimously approved the purchase of the Wayne Dalton shutters.
Ammonia
During his report to the village board, Levra said the wastewater treatment plant is receiving more ammonia than usual.
While the wastewater treatment plant is still adequately treating the ammonia, Levra said he is working on trying to determine the source of the ammonia.
Levra said the “bugs” at the Elk Mound facility, which are bacteria that remove phosphorus, nitrogen, potassium, iron, calcium and compounds such as fats, sugars and proteins, were succumbing to the ammonia.
Menomonie’s bugs are tougher, but after receiving some of Menomonie’s bugs, those succumbed to the ammonia, too, he said.
In other news, the public works department finished flushing hydrants the week before the village board meeting, Levra said.
As of September 20, past due sewer and water bills amounted to $8,513, he said.
EMPD
The Elk Mound Police Department had 83 calls for service in September, said Police Chief Chad Weinberger.
The most unusual call that had been received concerned loud screeching noises coming from the Settlers Ridge area, he said.
The loud screeching turned out to be a bird, Police Chief Weinberger said.
All together, there were 66 cases in September that included one traffic case as well as theft, felony bail jumping, possession of child pornography and “vaping” at school, he said.
The new body cameras and the new police department computers all went on-line in September, Police Chief Weinberger said.
Fire department
The fire department budget will increase by 2 percent for 2024.
According to the report presented to the village board, $84,359 will be assessed to the three municipalities in the fire district — the Village of Elk Mound, the Town of Elk Mound and the Town of Spring Brook.
The fire chief and assistant fire chief have been authorized to bid $51,800 for a used wet rescue vehicle that is located in Stuart, Iowa.
