Boyceville Village Board moving forward on the Skyora Lane and wastewater facility design projects
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By Renee Bettendorf
BOYCEVILLE — At the board meeting held Monday evening the Boyceville Village Board made quick work of their agenda. They heard reports from various village officials, approved changes to a camping ordinance and approved an alcohol and tobacco sale license all in just under 45 minutes.
Village Engineer Eric Barclay briefly updated the board about the wastewater facility design project and the Sykora Lane development project. Progress continues to be made on both, according to Barclay.
“We’re moving forward on the Sykora Lane project, that’s all in process,” said Barclay.
Later in the meeting Barclay, along with two of his colleagues from MSA who joined the meeting remotely, told the board that after meeting with Director of Public Works Craig Dotseth, more upgrades may need to be done on the wastewater system. These extra improvements may cost as much as $500,000.
Village President Luke Montgomery said that the village will have to figure out how to go about securing revenue bonds and also find out what amount of grant money the village is eligible for.
“There’s a lot of things up in the air with that,” said Montgomery.
Reports
In his report to the board Director Dotseth told the board that the county is working on doing some crack sealing and chip sealing on some streets in the village. He also reported on various water, wastewater and equipment maintenance projects including the removal of a turtle from a pipe at the treatment facility.
In his report Boyceville Police Chief Greg Lamkin noted that the department handled 235 calls for service in the Village for the month of June with BPD handling 94% of the calls. Eight citations and four arrests were made last month. He reported that the department is running a bit under budget.
Chief Lamkin reported on several significant cases that were handled by BPD in June. In one case a suspect was sighted for two ordinance violations after the department received a complaint about the suspect burning tires and plastic.
In another case, after being dispatched to a possible domestic dispute in the roadway near the airport, Chief Lamkin charged a woman with two felonies and two misdemeanors after finding drugs in her purse.
In her report Clerk Treasurer Brittany Halvorson told the board that the Glenwood City clerk came to the village office to meet with her and ask questions about the Boyceville dump. Halvorson said that Glenwood has been having troubles with their dump and that she answered questions and went through the villages’ dump finances with the Glenwood clerk.
Halvorson also reported that she has been getting ready for the August election. Poll workers are all ready as well as absentee ballots.
Boyceville Library Director Kallie Anderson told the board that a grant application that could fund a new library building is being finished up and will be submitted soon.
“It’s exciting,” said Anderson of the upcoming grant submission.
Anderson also reported that June was a busy month at the library with the summer reading program in full swing. Over 50 kids have attended each summer reading program event, according to Anderson.
President Montgomery told the board that he received a signed non-disclosure agreement from ‘the company’ and worked with ‘the company’ on an amendment to a variance. He said he also met with Halvorson about finances with the TID districts and a possible referendum.
Title 12
Chief Lamkin, who has been working on updating the villages’ ordinances for quite some time, brought revisions he made to Municipal Code Title 12 to the board for consideration. Title 12 is a collection of ordinances that covers parks and navigable waters in the village.
His revisions changed the way stays at campsites at Freedom Park are procured. Campers will now have to reserve campsites at least two days in advance of their arrival instead of just showing up at the park and setting up camp.
He said by having campers reserve campsites in advance the village will have more control over who is camping at Freedom Park. The village could also deny camping permits if they saw fit, said Chief Lamkin.
The village agreed with Chief Lamkin’s revisions of Title 12 and approved the ordinance changes unanimously.
After failing to submit the proper paperwork on time Dollar General was barred from selling alcohol and tobacco as of July 1. Halvorson said that Dollar General has now turned in all their paperwork and paid all the fees and were eligible to obtain the license with board approval.
The board unanimously approved an alcohol and tobacco license for Dollar General.
In other business the Boyceville Village Board:
• Heard from village resident Trudie Chernak that there will be a lemonade stand at the Friendship Garden on Thursday from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. The stand is organized and operated by the students and staff of the TCE summer school. Proceeds from the stand will benefit the Friendship Garden.
• Changed the date for their next board meeting to August 5 at 5:30pm.
