Krueger elected chair of Boyceville fire and ambulance

By LeAnn R. Ralph

BOYCEVLLE — Gilbert Krueger has once again been elected as chair of both the Boyceville Fire District and the Boyceville Ambulance District.

Krueger was elected by representatives of both districts at the April 16 meetings of the fire district and the ambulance district.

None of the other representatives expressed an interest in serving as chair, and Krueger was elected unanimously.

Krueger also serves on the Boyceville Village Board and is village president.

Questions

During the fire district meeting, Rich Monn, chair of the Town of Stanton and chair of the five-year planning committee, reported that the committee had reviewed requests for proposals for studying the feasibility of building a new fire station from Cedar Corporation and from the West Central Wisconsin Regional Planning Commission.

“The more questions we asked, the more questions that came up,” Monn said.

Committee members agreed they were interested in having their questions answered about the RFPs, and the result is a meeting scheduled with representatives from Cedar Corporation and the West Central Wisconsin Regional Planning Commission on April 22, he said.

Brian Marlette, Boyceville fire chief, checked on available buildings in the area that could be used for a fire station, and there are none in the area that would be suitable, Monn said.

Ambulance building

During the ambulance district meeting, Matt Feeney, director of the Boyceville ambulance service, reported that construction on remodeling the former Chevrolet building on Race Street to house the ambulance service is moving along.

Halverson Brothers Plumbing is working on the plumbing and the heating, ventilation and air conditioning, he said.

Three days of temperatures higher than 40 degrees are necessary before the roof can be sprayed, Feeney said.

The company from Hudson that is doing the electrical work is currently working on plans to receive state approval, he said.

After the roof is finished, work will begin on the interior walls, Feeney said.

Other business

In other business, the Boyceville Fire District:

• Learned that the fire department has gone on 20 runs so far this year.

• Approved absorbing the fire call bill for Ashley Marty for a fire call in September of 2012. The bill is approximately $900 and has not yet been paid, Marlette said. Although Boyceville was dispatched, the fire turned out to be in the Town of Forest, but the Forest Town Board also has not yet paid the bill, he said.

• Learned that the fire department had funds on hand as of April 16 of $172,642.89 with $3,299.72 in outstanding bills to pay.

In other business, representatives for the Boyceville Ambulance District:

• Learned that the Town of Tiffany had discussed putting the entire township into the Boyceville ambulance service area at the annual meeting and that the town board would be making a decision at the next monthly meeting. Currently 75 percent of the Town of Tiffany is in the Boyceville ambulance service area and 25 percent is in the Glenwood City ambulance service area.

• Learned that the ambulance district had funds on hand as of April 16 of $79,230.52 with $5,084.62 in outstanding bills to pay.

The Boyceville Fire District meets next on May 14 at the Boyceville Village Hall at 6:30 p.m.

The Boyceville Ambulance District will meet on May 14 at approximately 7 p.m. or following the fire district meeting.