The Eagle River city council, during its Aug. 18 meeting, was informed city users will likely face an increase in electric rates beginning in January, pending the outcome of a public hearing and deliberations among the council.
Mike Sanborn, Eagle River light and water department director, explained the need for a rate-hike to the council.
The Eagle River council accepted the resignation of alderman Dan Dumas at its Aug. 19 special meeting. He is the second Eagle River council member to resign his seat in as many months. The day prior, during its regular monthly meeting, the council voted to send a term-limit initiative to the city’s electors in the form of a referendum to be added to the ballot for November’s elections.
The St. Germain town board during its Aug. 10 meeting once again discussed the future of two of the town’s park facilities with failing infrastructure which have gone largely neglected for more than a decade.
Wisconsin’s first certified forest-bathing trail was opened to the public during a dedication ceremony on Sunday, July 26. It overlaps a portion of the Three Eagle Trail in Tara Lila’s Section Nine Road Park, roughly four miles south of Eagle River in the town of Lincoln.
Residents of Eagle River — via petition — have demanded term-limits for the offices of mayor and city alderpersons. A draft ordinance to initiate the change in election policy was submitted to the city in early July. An attorney engaged by the city found the wording of the draft to be legally sufficient on July 22.
The common council of the city of Eagle River, during its meeting on Tuesday, July 14, denied a conditional use permit (CUP) application for a potential $5M dollar storage facility at 1100 North Railroad Street (which is also U.S. Highway 45 and Wisconsin State Highway 17). The denial followed months of public input and debate at city planning commission meetings.
Attorney Steve Garbowicz, who serves as legal counsel for most of the municipalities in Vilas County, will retire at the end of this year. The town of St. Germain and the city of Eagle River made public announcements to that effect during their meetings on Monday, July 13 and Tuesday, July 14, respectively.
The St. Germain town board during its July 13 meeting voted to cancel a contract for a multiple-use outdoor sports court after accepting what turned out to be an erroneous bid submitted by the contractor last month.
Remedial measures for failing infrastructure at two of St. Germain’s parks was discussed at length during the July 13 meeting of the town board. While previous boards had debated what to do about the pavilion at Vandervort Park and the structures at the skate park near the St. Germain community center, little or no action had been taken over the years to rectify either situation.
The St. Germain town board during a special meeting on June 18 voted to accept a bid and proceed with construction of a multi-use outdoor sports court. It wasn’t a unanimous vote as town supervisor Bob Olson described the move as “irresponsible.”