Boyceville fire district schedules another special meeting regarding board chair and fire chief
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By LeAnn R. Ralph
BOYCEVILLE — The Boyceville Community Fire District Board held a special meeting October 2 but took no action regarding the resignations of the fire chief and the chair of the fire board or complaints pertaining to fire district personnel.
The fire board met in closed session for approximately 40 minutes.
When the board reconvened into open session, Karl Hackbarth, Town of Stanton representative who was acting as the chair of the fire board, said the citizen complaints received regarding fire district personnel, “as of now,” were “inconclusive … given the information we have.”
The Boyceville Community Fire District will hold another special meeting on October 17 at 6:30 p.m. at the Boyceville fire station.
The agenda is expected to include the steps to be taken to replace the outgoing fire chief, Matt Lunderville; steps to be taken to find legal counsel; and to appoint a new fire board chair to replace Matt Shepherd, representative from the Town of Tiffany.
Budget
Before going into closed session, the Boyceville fire board adopted the budget for 2025, which is the same budget as 2024.
The board also approved the 2025 assessments.
Here are the assessments:
• Town of Hay River — equalized value of $95.66 million; 2025 assessment of $24,475, representing 20 percent of the assessment, which compares to the previous year’s assessment of $24,794.
• Town of New Haven (part of the area; 87 percent) — equalized value of $75.79 million; 2025 assessment of $19,413, representing 14 percent of the assessment, which compares to the previous year’s assessment of $18,537.
• Town of Sherman (part of the area; 51 percent) — equalized value of $75.04 million; 2025 assessment of $19,200, representing 14 percent of the assessment, which compares to the previous year’s assessment of $18,542.
• Town of Stanton — equalized value of $105.87 million; 2025 assessment of $27,089, representing 20 percent of the assessment, which compares to the previous year’s assessment of $26,225.
• Town of Tiffany (part of area; 72 percent) — equalized value of $55.09 million; 2025 assessment of $14,096, representing 11 percent of the assessment, which compares to the previous year’s assessment of $14,100.
• Village of Boyceville — equalized value of $84.74 million; 2025 assessment of $21,681, representing 18 percent of the assessment, which compares to the previous year’s assessment of $23,637.
• Village of Wheeler — equalized value of $15.77 million; 2025 assessment of $4,036, representing 3 percent of the assessment, which compares to the previous year’s assessment of $4,155.
The total assessment for 2024 and for 2025 is the same at $129,990.
The total equalized value of the Boyceville fire district for the 2025 assessment is $508.06 million.
