There’s a shortage of candidates for the St. Germain town board in this April’s election, and it was a topic of discussion at a meeting of the town board on Jan. 23. The town is facing a major turnover in leadership this spring as town chairman Tom Christensen, supervisors Jim Swenson and Kalisa Mortag, town clerk June Vogel and treasurer Jeanna Vogel have all decided not to seek re-election.
The Eagle River common council voted last week to support the sale of Vilas County-owned Riverside Park for residential development and also discussed the potential sale of a city-owned parcel of land for the same purpose.
The Eagle River planning commission voted last week to endorse the sale of Riverside Park by Vilas County for residential development. The 4-1 vote followed a hearing at the Jan. 9 meeting during which no input was offered from the general public.
St. Germain’s enhanced-wake committee met for the first time last week. The ad-hoc body is tasked by the town board with the single goal of preparing and presenting a draft ordinance for the town board’s consideration regarding the regulation of enhanced-wake boats on town lakes.
The Eagle River Common Council has taken action to refer calls and/or correspondence from residents on Aquila Court regarding their concerns about maintenance of the city’s golf course to city attorney Steve Garbowicz.
The City of Eagle River common council during a meeting on Tuesday, Dec. 10, approved its budget for fiscal year 2025. “So just in a nutshell, our full budget is 2.98-ish million dollars,” city administrator Robin Ginner said to the council.
The town of St. Germain will undergo a significant turnover in leadership following the April elections of 2025, as a majority (five of seven) of the town’s elected officeholders will not be running for additional terms.
During a meeting of the St. Germain town board on Thursday, Nov. 22, supervisors voted unanimously to re-route a spur of the Bo-Boen Snowmobile Club’s trail in the downtown area.
The town board of St. Germain has set a time and date for a public hearing regarding proposed amendments to the town’s chapter one zoning ordinance. The hearing will take place at 6 p.m. on Tuesday, Dec. 17 in room four of the St. Germain Community Center, which is to be followed by a regularly-scheduled town board meeting at 6:30 p.m.
The Eagle River Common Council reached a consensus during its Nov. 12 meeting to initiate conversations with the neighboring towns of Lincoln and Washington regarding raising the room-tax rate.