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[1:12] Supervisor Miller, Supervisor

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[1:29] Everybody else? Okay.

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[1:42] um

[1:43] attending the meeting. We do have a

[1:45] quorum. Would you please join me with

[1:47] the Pledge of Allegiance.

[1:51] I pledge allegiance

[1:52] >> to the flag of the United States of

[1:54] » to the flag of the United States of

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[1:57] it stands, one nation under God,

[2:00] indivisible, with liberty and justice

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[2:04] >> Thank you.

[2:07] I need a motion for approval of the

[2:09] agenda.

[2:12] I have a motion by supervisor Elliott

[2:14] and a second by supervisor Diedrick.

[2:17] Any questions on the agenda?

[2:20] If not, please vote your ballot.

[2:29] Supervisor Voit, would you vote, please?

[2:38] Okay, thank you. We have 20 yes, zero

[2:40] nay, one absent, so it has been

[2:42] approved.

[2:43] I need a motion to approval of the

[2:45] minutes.

[2:47] And I have a motion by supervisor Latour

[2:49] and a second by supervisor McCann. Are

[2:52] there any questions at all on the

[2:54] minutes?

[2:57] Seeing none,

[2:58] please vote your ballot.

[3:13] I cannot vote D.

[3:16] >> Jim.

[3:17] » Jim.

[3:17] >> Jim.

[3:19] » Jim.

[3:19] But I vote yes, so we can't do it until

[3:22] I can

[3:23] My screen went dead.

[3:38] It just

[3:39] wouldn't let me do anything.

[3:53] » Okay.

[3:55] >> Yes.

[3:56] » Yes.

[3:56] >> All right, we have 18 yes, two abstain.

[3:59] » All right, we have 18 yes, two abstain.

[3:59] So, um

[4:01] the minutes have been approved.

[4:04] Okay, communications.

[4:06] >> I have no communications.

[4:08] » I have no communications.

[4:08] >> In public participation, I believe we

[4:10] » In public participation, I believe we

[4:10] have one

[4:11] person. If you'd like to come up,

[4:13] please.

[4:17] You have 3 minutes to speak.

[4:20] Please

[4:21] mention your name and where you're from,

[4:23] etc.

[4:24] >> Sounds great.

[4:27] » Sounds great.

[4:27] All right, good evening. My name is

[4:28] Eugene Prenice. I live at N1781

[4:30] Gladwater Beach Road, uh right in the

[4:33] southwest corner of the county.

[4:36] Um

[4:37] topic of discussion tonight is flock

[4:39] cameras.

[4:40] Those who would give up essential

[4:42] liberty to purchase a little temporary

[4:44] safety deserve neither liberty

[4:47] or safety.

[4:49] That was a quote from

[4:51] Benjamin Franklin.

[4:53] Did this board get input from law

[4:55] enforcement, private companies, and

[4:58] political figures, or did it try to get

[5:00] the input from we the people?

[5:03] For over 2 years, law enforcement has

[5:06] had this new ability

[5:08] for the first time in history to do

[5:10] searches

[5:11] without a warrant.

[5:13] Whenever law enforcement wants to see

[5:15] where your whereabouts are, they can.

[5:18] Oh, and these are the same people with

[5:20] qualified immunity.

[5:23] How did this start? Did a political

[5:26] person persuade this body?

[5:28] That was the first response I got from

[5:29] law enforcement.

[5:32] Why would this body purposefully

[5:34] disregard the Fourth Amendment?

[5:37] This is my educated opinion

[5:39] felt by the majority of most Americans.

[5:42] If these ALPRs,

[5:44] um which stand for automatic license

[5:46] plate readers, so good, why are so many

[5:50] counties, cities, and colleges in this

[5:52] great state getting rid of them?

[5:56] Have anybody in this room actually

[5:58] looked into why?

[6:00] Might be a reason.

[6:03] Garrett Langley, the owner of Flock,

[6:04] said deflock.org was a terrorist

[6:07] organization.

[6:10] Just for dis- dis- disagreeing with the

[6:12] Flock safety system.

[6:15] How about law enforcement misuse of the

[6:17] system in Milwaukee

[6:20] where the two where there was an officer

[6:21] who was following his ex, and then the

[6:23] officer that was investigating the

[6:25] officer was doing the same thing. And

[6:27] both of them got fired, but I don't

[6:29] think either one of them spent a day in

[6:31] jail. But finally today, if you actually

[6:33] look at Fox 11, you'll see a person in

[6:36] Menasha that I think got 6 months

[6:40] for doing the same thing, law

[6:41] enforcement. But here's a power that

[6:43] we're giving these people, the qualified

[6:45] immunity,

[6:46] but we can trust them, right?

[6:48] All right.

[6:49] So, have have uh

[6:52] have people been wrongly identified by

[6:54] Flock

[6:55] safety? Yes, yes, they have. Has Flock

[6:58] safety caused harm?

[7:01] Yes, just the opposite of the word

[7:04] safety.

[7:05] Is it better that 100 guilty persons

[7:08] should escape than one innocent person

[7:11] should suffer?

[7:13] Another quote from Benjamin Franklin.

[7:16] I've served my country for 23 years of

[7:18] active duty military service, and I want

[7:20] to continue to serve. Actually, I ran

[7:22] for school board here in this county

[7:23] just recently as well.

[7:25] I'm very concerned that we're heading

[7:27] down the wrong path by trusting our law

[7:30] enforcement with a tool that was not

[7:33] intended and is against our Fourth

[7:34] Amendment rights. Thank you very much

[7:36] for your time.

[7:37] >> Thank you.

[7:41] All right, moving on to special

[7:43] business.

[7:45] Uh we have Joanne Metsen here who's a

[7:47] director of our special education and

[7:49] she's going to present information on

[7:52] the county special education program.

[8:11] » Looks like my PowerPoint is on.

[8:13] Um hi everyone. Thanks for having me uh

[8:15] here today to talk about the Calumet

[8:17] County special education program. I'd

[8:20] like to give you a little overview of

[8:22] what I hope to speak about today. I'm

[8:24] going to introduce myself. I'm going to

[8:26] give you a little background about our

[8:28] program, tell you about some staffing

[8:30] data, some student data, a little bit

[8:33] about how our department functions and

[8:35] what impact we make, and then I would

[8:37] like to share with you some information

[8:38] about our mental health grant, and I'll

[8:40] ask if there are some questions.

[8:43] So again, my name is Joanne Metsen. I'm

[8:45] the director of special education for

[8:47] Calumet County, and um I was a teacher

[8:50] and principal happened to be uh in

[8:53] Sunrise Elementary in in Darboy, which

[8:56] um some of you would be familiar with uh

[8:58] because of the connection to the county

[9:00] back in 1996.

[9:02] Um after working in the Kimberly Area

[9:04] School District, I was an elementary

[9:05] principal uh for 13 years in the

[9:07] Manitowoc Public School District before

[9:09] becoming

[9:11] their director of pupil services for

[9:12] about 10 years.

[9:14] I had a short stint as the CESA 7

[9:16] director of special education before we

[9:20] made a shift over to Calumet County, and

[9:22] I have been working for Calumet County

[9:24] since March of 2023, uh supporting

[9:27] special education programming across um

[9:30] the five districts that we serve.

[9:32] And so um that's a a little bit about

[9:34] me. I'd like to tell you a little bit

[9:36] about um our program.

[9:39] Calumet County has been supporting

[9:42] special education for

[9:44] over 50 years. Some of you have may have

[9:47] known of a gentleman named Nissan

[9:48] Bar-Lev who had been the leader in that

[9:51] programming for many many years. And so

[9:54] these five school districts that work

[9:56] together and that's Brillion, Chilton,

[10:00] Hilbert, New Holstein, and Stockbridge

[10:03] have been working to support individuals

[10:05] with disabilities for many many years.

[10:08] And

[10:09] throughout that

[10:11] collaboration,

[10:12] we have maintained one of the only four

[10:16] CDEPs, those are Children with

[10:18] Disabilities Education Boards in the

[10:20] state of Wisconsin.

[10:22] So I think all of you know that we have

[10:24] a wonderful board of supportive people

[10:26] here who support special education. Some

[10:29] of them are here tonight that serve on

[10:31] that Calumet County Children with

[10:33] Disabilities Education Board. There are

[10:35] four other counties who have CDEPs or

[10:39] Children with Disabilities Education

[10:40] Boards. And for in case you're curious,

[10:43] one of them is Brown County. Many of you

[10:45] may have heard of the school called

[10:46] Syble Hopp, that falls under the

[10:48] umbrella of a CDEP. There's also a CDEP

[10:51] in Marathon County and Walworth County

[10:53] and then Calumet County.

[10:55] And um

[10:57] I'm very I feel very fortunate that we

[10:59] have this opportunity in our county

[11:02] so that

[11:03] individuals with disabilities can have

[11:04] the collaboration that we need

[11:06] to meet their needs.

[11:10] And so

[11:13] not clicking my own

[11:15] PowerPoint very well, but here we go

[11:18] with some I want to tell you a little

[11:19] bit about the staff that we have

[11:21] available to serve our students.

[11:23] Um

[11:24] So we have

[11:26] 22 special education teachers,

[11:29] six specialists, and those specialists

[11:32] are people like speech and language

[11:34] pathologists, a transition coordinator,

[11:38] an autism consultant, and occupational

[11:40] therapist, just to give you a sense, and

[11:42] 14 paraprofessionals. Those are the

[11:45] people that um assist teachers in

[11:47] serving needy students who have those

[11:50] individual education plans,

[11:52] or IEPs. There's also two courthouse

[11:55] staff. I'm one of them, and and I have

[11:57] an assistant. So, that's 44 staff

[12:00] members that are focused on supporting

[12:02] students with disabilities uh in our

[12:06] county.

[12:07] Um happy to say that we've had wonderful

[12:10] longevity with our employees, and we had

[12:14] um some staffing changes this past year,

[12:18] so we did hire 17 uh positions. Uh we

[12:22] worked to hire 17 positions uh over this

[12:25] summer, and have been very successful.

[12:29] So, what about the students that we

[12:31] serve? I'd like to say tell you some

[12:33] information about them. There are about

[12:35] 600 students who have IEPs, or are a

[12:38] student with a disability, um in those

[12:41] five districts total.

[12:44] And so, um New Holstein and Chilton have

[12:48] are are largest school districts that

[12:50] have individuals with disabilities, and

[12:52] they are at around 180 students in each

[12:55] district that have um disabilities, and

[12:59] therefore that specialized plan called

[13:01] an IEP.

[13:02] Uh Brillion follows up next, more in the

[13:05] mid-120s, with Hilbert around a 75

[13:08] number, and Stockbridge serving just

[13:10] under 40 students approximately. Of

[13:12] course, when we're working in a people

[13:14] profession, people come and go. So, I

[13:17] can it's difficult to give anybody an

[13:19] exact number of students. Um when I was

[13:23] the director of special education in

[13:24] Manitowoc, there could be days that we

[13:27] would get six new students in at a

[13:29] single school that had

[13:30] you know, an IEP. And so or people move

[13:33] out, come in, it changes. So, those are

[13:36] some approximate numbers for you based

[13:37] on

[13:38] an official count that takes place

[13:40] through the Department of Public

[13:41] Instruction.

[13:43] So, one component of the work that we do

[13:46] is that

[13:47] in

[13:48] for a long time Chilton has accepted

[13:52] students who live in the residence of

[13:55] the other four districts. So, just to

[13:58] give you a for instance, there could be

[14:00] a student who is living in the brilliant

[14:02] attendance area who has needs that are

[14:05] are better met in Chilton. And the that

[14:09] team of people who meet about that

[14:11] student's individual plan could choose

[14:13] to place that child in Chilton.

[14:16] It happens to be that there have been

[14:19] between 10 and 15 of those students from

[14:22] the other four districts who are

[14:24] attending school in Chilton because of

[14:27] that service.

[14:28] And so,

[14:30] we certainly staff Chilton appropriately

[14:32] to meet the needs of those students. And

[14:36] that is one

[14:37] piece of student data that I wanted to

[14:38] share with you that when you may hear

[14:41] about that you know, students from the

[14:43] other four districts can attend student

[14:46] in you know, and have services in

[14:48] Chilton. I wanted you to know

[14:49] approximately what number that was. And

[14:51] again, it's typically between 10 and 15

[14:54] students who would be attending there.

[14:56] We've got lots of

[14:58] internal processes in place to be sure

[15:00] that we're placing the right students

[15:02] and having great conversations with

[15:04] people, making sure the right people are

[15:05] included. There's also a lot of

[15:09] legal business around being in special

[15:11] education. So, we follow all of those

[15:13] rules as well when we're making any kind

[15:15] of placement decision for students. And

[15:17] I want to make sure you knew that we We

[15:20] take that lightly.

[15:22] So, when it comes to special education

[15:24] in the county,

[15:25] um

[15:27] there are so many benefits to the

[15:29] program that we are providing uh for

[15:32] districts. One of the greatest things is

[15:34] that we have

[15:36] five districts who are able to work

[15:37] together and collaborate with me around

[15:40] how to best serve individuals with

[15:42] disabilities.

[15:44] And so, uh I meet regularly with

[15:47] representatives from each of those

[15:48] school districts. We're able to

[15:51] troubleshoot individual student

[15:53] problems, talk about legal changes, um

[15:56] make uh decisions about programming, uh

[15:59] etc.

[16:01] Um certainly, one of our other impacts

[16:03] is having the ability for smaller rural

[16:06] districts to be able to have another

[16:09] placement option for students. There are

[16:11] times that that I call it the hub, but

[16:14] the services that we provide in Chilton

[16:16] are pretty necessary. Um they can get a

[16:19] transfer in student, for example, who

[16:21] has needs that they are they don't have

[16:23] anyone like that student in their

[16:25] district. They don't have a teacher

[16:26] focusing on that, and that's when they

[16:28] give a call and we start talking about

[16:30] whether we need to discuss a possible

[16:32] change in um placement. So, our program

[16:35] provides staff, it provides supplies and

[16:39] curriculum materials, equipment,

[16:42] and so much more to meet the needs of

[16:44] students with disabilities in our

[16:46] county.

[16:47] Um I also am very involved in the

[16:49] supervision and evaluation of all of

[16:51] those um

[16:53] 44, well, technically 40, cuz I don't

[16:56] supervise or evaluate myself, that's 43

[16:58] people.

[16:59] Um

[17:00] and um that has been fabulous, as well,

[17:03] because we do that in collaboration with

[17:05] the school districts, so we can support

[17:07] teachers, help them grow,

[17:10] um give them feedback, and um help them

[17:13] make sure that they are the best people

[17:14] they can be to serve the students with

[17:16] disabilities in our in our county.

[17:21] I'm excited about something new this

[17:22] year.

[17:23] Um we wrote and received a $4.1 million

[17:26] mental health grant.

[17:28] Um it's a federal grant and it allowed

[17:31] us to hire four and a half school

[17:33] psychologists.

[17:35] Um

[17:36] we are pretty close to filling all of

[17:38] those positions. I may have all of them

[17:40] filled by the end of the week. We're

[17:41] very close.

[17:42] Um and uh one mental health program

[17:46] coordinator who I also hired. That's a

[17:48] full-time position. So those additions

[17:52] will impact every one of those five

[17:54] districts where students will be able to

[17:57] receive increased one-on-one and small

[18:00] group mental health support

[18:02] because that's the focus of the work

[18:05] that our school psychologists are going

[18:06] to do.

[18:07] Um often times in school districts, they

[18:10] call them school psychs or school

[18:11] psychologists,

[18:13] are

[18:14] way overworked with special education

[18:16] evaluations and other kinds of paperwork

[18:18] things that are required and

[18:20] unfortunately rarely have a chance to

[18:22] actually interact and have

[18:25] um one-on-one or small group time with

[18:27] students. And so the fact that we're

[18:29] able to provide an a full-time person in

[18:32] Chilton, a full-time person maybe a

[18:34] little more if I get somebody hired in

[18:35] Reedsville, um an 80% person in New

[18:38] Holstein, etc. We have, I think, making

[18:41] a huge impact in mental health services

[18:43] for kids across our county. And um I'm

[18:47] feeling I'm feeling really good about

[18:49] that. That grant runs through 20 29.

[18:52] Um and one of the goals that we wrote in

[18:54] the grant was to try to get one school

[18:57] psychologist for every 500 students.

[19:00] Um so we were taking into consideration

[19:02] their current staffing when we moved

[19:04] forward to determine

[19:06] how much increased staffing that they

[19:07] would receive.

[19:10] So that is a real plus. So with um 44

[19:15] special educators and six people hired

[19:18] to the grant, we have about 50 staff

[19:20] members that are part of our department.

[19:22] There are about 600 kids with special

[19:24] education needs and I'm very happy to be

[19:28] doing this work because it's impacting

[19:30] our county very specifically. I meet

[19:32] students and teachers every day who are

[19:34] having positive experiences because of

[19:37] the work that the county is doing

[19:39] supporting

[19:40] individuals with disabilities in our

[19:42] community. So those are some basic

[19:44] things I wanted to share with you today

[19:46] and I would welcome any questions if

[19:48] there are any.

[20:01] Question for her.

[20:03] >> I

[20:05] » I

[20:05] >> Go ahead.

[20:06] » Go ahead.

[20:06] >> All right.

[20:07] » All right.

[20:07] Yes, thank you Madam Chair. I have two

[20:09] questions. Two quick questions. Sure. Uh

[20:11] the mental health grant that allows you

[20:13] to hire these individuals, do they

[20:15] service just children with disability or

[20:18] any student in those schools?

[20:20] >> Thank you for that question. Any student

[20:21] » Thank you for that question. Any student

[20:21] in those schools.

[20:23] >> Oh, simple answer. That's great. I I

[20:24] » Oh, simple answer. That's great. I I

[20:24] appreciate that. The second question

[20:27] is when we first took over from CESA 7

[20:31] and and you came on board,

[20:33] there was a concern by one of the school

[20:35] districts that they weren't getting

[20:36] their fair share. Has that been

[20:38] resolved?

[20:40] >> We did do some um staffing changes this

[20:43] » We did do some um staffing changes this

[20:43] past spring.

[20:44] Um I shored up a system of staffing that

[20:49] did uh require some changes. And so

[20:52] there is a more equitable plan for

[20:53] staffing across the five districts. So

[20:56] my short answer to you is yes.

[21:00] » Okay. Thank you very much for your

[21:02] presentation.

[21:03] >> Supervisor McCann.

[21:07] » Thank you, Madam Chairman. I just I

[21:09] I live in Appleton and it you know, part

[21:11] of Calumet County. I was wondering about

[21:13] the big school districts that are also

[21:16] in Calumet County and serve kids. Do you

[21:19] coordinate with them as well? I mean it

[21:21] it for training or for any other

[21:24] um

[21:25] uh additional service that you can

[21:27] provide and get some synergies?

[21:29] >> Mhm.

[21:30] » Mhm.

[21:30] Yeah, thanks for that question. I feel

[21:32] lucky that I have had experience in both

[21:34] the Kimberly Area School District and

[21:35] also the Manitowoc Public School

[21:36] District because I gained a lot of

[21:38] connections in in various parts and I

[21:40] have uh connections with uh people in

[21:43] Appleton, Kaukauna, etc. And although we

[21:45] don't have any formal system where we

[21:47] are getting together, we have a great

[21:48] network of people that are able to reach

[21:50] out and support each other um

[21:52] throughout, you know, the work that

[21:54] we're we're doing. And so, we do learn

[21:56] from each other. There's a state

[21:57] organization called WKASE. We're

[21:59] connected to our local agency which is

[22:02] CESA 7, a cooperative educational

[22:04] service agency 7, a subset of DPI based

[22:08] out of Green Bay. And so, we meet each

[22:10] other there as well. Um but that would

[22:12] probably be um how I would answer that.

[22:14] Yeah, that'd be how I'd answer that

[22:15] question.

[22:16] >> All right.

[22:17] » All right.

[22:17] >> Supervisor Miller.

[22:19] » Supervisor Miller.

[22:19] >> Thank you, Madam Chairman.

[22:20] » Thank you, Madam Chairman.

[22:20] I'm curious about the level of education

[22:23] that these

[22:24] teachers are are most have degrees.

[22:26] >> Mhm.

[22:26] » Mhm.

[22:26] >> Are many master degrees?

[22:29] » Are many master degrees?

[22:29] >> Yeah, that's a great question.

[22:31] » Yeah, that's a great question.

[22:31] Um I don't know if I can answer that.

[22:33] They all definitely have bachelor's

[22:35] degrees, but I haven't looked at that

[22:37] piece of data recently to know of of our

[22:40] 22 teachers, how many of them have

[22:42] master's degrees. I would have to look

[22:43] up that information. I'm sorry, I don't

[22:45] know.

[22:46] >> Circling the wagon, how much experience

[22:48] » Circling the wagon, how much experience

[22:48] do most of these have

[22:50] in

[22:50] other areas of the country where they're

[22:51] coming from?

[22:52] >> Yeah. Um when you say other areas of the

[22:55] » Yeah. Um when you say other areas of the

[22:55] country, it threw me off a little bit,

[22:56] but I think you're asking, do we have

[22:58] experienced teachers? Is that Is that Am

[23:00] I getting to the core of that? Okay. So,

[23:03] we have teachers everywhere from this is

[23:05] their very first experience um teaching

[23:08] to people who have taught many years. Um

[23:11] I believe we have a teacher who perhaps

[23:14] I think she's at 32 years of teaching

[23:16] and everything in between. And although

[23:18] I didn't bring my list today with uh

[23:20] exactly where everyone uh falls on that,

[23:23] I am pleased to say that we we have had

[23:26] wonderful retention in our in our

[23:28] program, which means that people have

[23:30] been here multiple years. And so

[23:33] yeah.

[23:37] Yes, I think that there's satisfaction

[23:40] with not only the county, but their

[23:42] local school districts. And educators

[23:44] get into the work because they want to

[23:45] impact kids, so they must be feeling uh

[23:47] positive about that. I met with um all

[23:51] of the educators today. They came in for

[23:52] one of four meetings, and it's such a

[23:55] joy to meet with them and be able to

[23:57] hand out longevity um celebrations to

[24:01] them. There's envelopes, a little

[24:02] something in there for them, for

[24:03] example. And they're they're excited.

[24:05] Many of them had been previously

[24:07] employed by CESA 7, which was also

[24:10] funded through our C Deb. It gets a

[24:11] little complicated to explain what was

[24:13] happening before 2023, but many of those

[24:16] staff members

[24:17] are still with us today that were

[24:19] employed by CESA 7.

[24:21] Yeah.

[24:24] >> Any other questions?

[24:26] » Any other questions?

[24:26] Okay. Thank you, Joanne.

[24:28] >> Thank you very much. Thanks.

[24:32] » All right, moving on to our resolutions.

[24:35] We have resolution 2026-11.

[24:41] » Resolution amending the 2026 budget for

[24:43] the United States Environmental

[24:45] Protection Agency Coalition Assessment

[24:47] Grant introduced by the Administrative

[24:49] Services Committee.

[24:51] >> Do I have a motion to um ex

[24:54] » Do I have a motion to um ex

[24:54] >> Yeah, thank you, Madam Chair. This is

[24:55] » Yeah, thank you, Madam Chair. This is

[24:55] very straightforward. We need to amend

[24:57] the budget uh because we're going to

[24:59] have this grant available to us. So,

[25:01] we're going to have increased revenue

[25:03] and increased expenses uh to support

[25:06] this. And I think this is the follow-on,

[25:08] the second time we've gotten this grant,

[25:09] if I remember correctly. So, admin

[25:11] services uh passed unanimously. I hope

[25:14] the board does as well. Thank you.

[25:16] >> All right. Thank you, Supervisor

[25:17] » All right. Thank you, Supervisor

[25:17] Diedrich. Are there any questions

[25:19] regarding this resolution?

[25:22] If not, please vote your ballot.

[25:25] See, I'm not I'm off again.

[25:52] Yes, I'm voting yes.

[25:54] All right. It's passed by 2/3 vote, 21

[26:03] yes, zero nays. All right. Moving on to

[26:05] resolution 2026-12.

[26:10] » Resolution amending the 2026 budget for

[26:13] the repair of the reverse osmosis system

[26:16] at Calumet County Park, introduced by

[26:18] the administrative services committee

[26:20] and the parks commission.

[26:21] >> All right. Do I have a motion, please? A

[26:23] » All right. Do I have a motion, please? A

[26:23] motion by Supervisor Steering and a

[26:25] second by Supervisor Schwabenberg. And

[26:28] Supervisor Diedrich, would you speak to

[26:30] this resolution?

[26:31] >> Yes, thank you, Madam Chair. Uh this one

[26:33] » Yes, thank you, Madam Chair. Uh this one

[26:33] is a little bit different. Uh we're

[26:35] asking you to pass a resolution that

[26:38] will take $28,000 of

[26:41] uh unexpended sales tax revenue to pay

[26:44] for repair to the reverse osmosis system

[26:47] at Calumet County Park. Now, uh we had

[26:49] basically a catastrophic

[26:53] uh

[26:53] unexpected failure of some of the

[26:55] filters in the system and if we don't

[26:57] repair them, we can't get water to over

[27:00] 2/3 of the people in the park.

[27:03] Um so, we ask that you

[27:05] pass this one so that our people can

[27:07] enjoy all the amenities at the park with

[27:10] healthy, safe drinking water. Thank you.

[27:13] >> Supervisor Schwamberger, did you have

[27:15] » Supervisor Schwamberger, did you have

[27:15] anything to add?

[27:17] Miss Chair.

[27:19] >> Um just that

[27:21] » Um just that

[27:21] we have two systems and this is the

[27:23] newest one that's going

[27:25] uh the fixtures are brass

[27:27] and if you we saw a picture, you could

[27:29] see how brass turns green or whatever,

[27:31] so they're going to be replaced with

[27:33] plastic

[27:34] pipes. Um

[27:36] and our well is 600 ft deep

[27:40] and it's

[27:42] it's as Adam described it, prehistoric

[27:44] water. It's

[27:46] So, uh

[27:48] I appreciate it if you vote for it.

[27:50] Thank you.

[27:51] >> Thank you, Supervisor Schwamberger.

[27:52] » Thank you, Supervisor Schwamberger.

[27:52] Supervisor Miller, you had a question.

[27:55] >> Yes, I want to comment when we took the

[27:57] » Yes, I want to comment when we took the

[27:57] tour the other year, Adam was right

[27:59] there and it was a group of us that

[28:00] explained what was going on. So, I'm for

[28:03] getting it repaired. I've got the same

[28:05] thing in my home, reverse osmosis. Thank

[28:07] you.

[28:09] >> Thank you, Mr. Miller. If there are no

[28:10] » Thank you, Mr. Miller. If there are no

[28:11] other questions, please vote your

[28:12] ballot.

[28:19] 21 yes, zero nay, that resolution has

[28:23] been adopted. Moving on to resolution

[28:25] 2026-13.

[28:28] >> Resolution approving changes to the

[28:30] » Resolution approving changes to the

[28:30] rural functional classification system

[28:33] in Klamath County, introduced by the

[28:35] highway committee.

[28:36] >> All right, on a motion by Supervisor

[28:38] » All right, on a motion by Supervisor

[28:38] Stearns a second by Supervisor Miller

[28:40] and Supervisor Booty, would you speak to

[28:42] this resolution, please?

[28:45] >> Thank you very much.

[28:47] » Thank you very much.

[28:47] Um so just to explain, uh, you've

[28:49] probably read the, uh, the resolution

[28:51] here, but I'll just

[28:53] emphasize, even though it states that it

[28:55] is a rural functional reclassification,

[28:58] um, that is simply because this is

[29:00] outside of a metropolitan planning

[29:02] organization area.

[29:04] Uh, the actual streets are within the

[29:06] city of Chilton and city of New

[29:08] Holstein.

[29:09] Um, we are changing the functional

[29:11] classification from local street to

[29:13] major collector,

[29:15] um, due to the presence of a hospital

[29:18] and a high school, uh, respectively in

[29:21] those cities.

[29:22] Uh, thank you.

[29:23] >> All right. Are there any questions

[29:25] » All right. Are there any questions

[29:25] regarding this resolution?

[29:28] Seeing none, please vote your ballot.

[29:35] We have 21 yes, zero nay, so that

[29:37] resolution has been adopted.

[29:40] Moving on to resolution 2026-14.

[29:45] » Resolution authorizing Clean Boats,

[29:47] Clean Waters application for Calumet

[29:49] County, introduced by the Land and Water

[29:51] Conservation Committee.

[29:54] >> All right.

[29:56] » All right.

[29:56] I have a motion by Supervisor McCann and

[29:58] a second by Supervisor Miller.

[30:01] And

[30:02] Supervisor Schwamberger, do you want to

[30:04] speak to this one or

[30:06] or Supervisor Hopberger?

[30:08] >> Yes, thank you, Madam Chair.

[30:11] » Yes, thank you, Madam Chair.

[30:11] >> This program will fund a minimum of 200

[30:13] » This program will fund a minimum of 200

[30:13] hours for an intern to spend time

[30:16] conducting watercraft inspections at two

[30:20] boat landings in the county on Lake

[30:22] Winnebago. Program allows intern to

[30:24] spend time educating boaters,

[30:27] collecting and reporting data, and

[30:29] report on new or known aquatic invasive

[30:33] species.

[30:35] This program helps to prevent the

[30:37] introduction of aquatic invasive species

[30:40] and limit the spread of aquatic invasive

[30:42] species that may already be present. We

[30:45] are asking for permission to get a grant

[30:48] from the Department of Natural

[30:50] Resources. Thank you, Madam Chair.

[30:52] >> Are there any other questions regarding

[30:54] » Are there any other questions regarding

[30:54] this resolution?

[30:57] Seeing none,

[30:59] please vote. Uh I have a question from

[31:02] uh Supervisor Breeden.

[31:04] >> Um yeah, I guess my question is just it

[31:06] » Um yeah, I guess my question is just it

[31:06] says um

[31:07] now therefore let it be resolved that

[31:09] the county has budgeted a sum to

[31:10] sufficiently and fully and satisfactory

[31:13] complete the project. Like what

[31:16] I guess like what is that sum?

[31:25] » So that's a it's a $4,000 grant. Um when

[31:28] the budget is adopted in November that

[31:30] it will be included in in in the budget.

[31:34] >> Thank you.

[31:35] » Thank you.

[31:35] >> Thank you, Supervisor Breeden. Any other

[31:37] » Thank you, Supervisor Breeden. Any other

[31:37] questions? Don't see any here. All

[31:40] right, please vote your ballot.

[31:45] Supervisor Lock Marine, we have 21 yes,

[31:49] zero nay. And so that resolution has

[31:51] been adopted. All right, moving on to

[31:54] supervisor reports. Anyone who's

[31:56] attended any meetings or seminars have

[31:59] anything to report, please press your

[32:01] button to request to speak.

[32:09] Supervisor Schwalenberg?

[32:14] » Thank you, Madam Chair. Um

[32:19] a little bit um I have some bad news and

[32:21] some good news. Um

[32:24] we went uh through the budget for human

[32:27] services and unfortunately we have uh

[32:29] uh two high cost juveniles that are

[32:33] are going to be in the budget for a few

[32:35] years and they are really very

[32:38] expensive. They're both both in

[32:41] um juvenile

[32:45] facilities, I guess is the the term. Um

[32:48] also, I just read tonight that uh

[32:51] the measles count in the state has gone

[32:53] from 30 or

[32:55] up to 40. It was 15.

[32:59] Uh 30 That's 38 with three probable, and

[33:02] 40 of those 41 children are

[33:05] unvaccinated, and I believe they read

[33:07] that two of them are hospitalized right

[33:09] now.

[33:10] Uh we'll move on to parks. We had a Boy

[33:14] Scout, Eric Hoffmeyer, complete his

[33:15] Eagle Scout project at County Park.

[33:18] Um he replaced the cross, as I'm sure

[33:21] some of you have seen that's been there

[33:22] probably for 50 years, that uh was being

[33:26] chewed up by carpenter ants,

[33:29] and that area is also used for weddings.

[33:33] Uh I think there may even be one there

[33:34] this weekend. I'm not sure. So, so that

[33:37] is done. We were happy to have him.

[33:39] Um

[33:41] if you've noticed our agenda that we had

[33:44] the Brilliant Conservation Club has

[33:45] approached uh the parks about taking

[33:48] over their three

[33:51] um

[33:52] boat landings. Um one is on Becker Lake,

[33:56] and the county owns land on the southern

[33:59] part of Becker Lake. That's our one of

[34:01] our parks.

[34:02] Um the other one is Round Lake, which I

[34:05] believe is in the town of Brilliant, and

[34:07] from that one you can see, if you've

[34:09] seen Aaron's barn,

[34:12] you it's right across the lake from

[34:14] there. And the other one is um

[34:17] Boot Lake, I think, cuz there is another

[34:20] lake that's there, too, that's called

[34:21] Grass Lake. Um

[34:24] we're still doing work, unfortunately,

[34:26] on Ledgeview, that we've run into some

[34:29] problems um

[34:31] that need to be redone. specifically the

[34:33] floor

[34:34] is one of them.

[34:35] Uh, and

[34:36] I would like to thank you all for voting

[34:38] for the arrow system

[34:40] so that we can continue to supply water

[34:42] to the southern end of the park and

[34:44] maintenance.

[34:45] And now, as I said, the really exciting

[34:49] news in the Excuse me, I have to read

[34:51] this. One of the staff wrote it for me.

[34:54] Um,

[34:56] a herd of goats recently joined the crew

[34:58] at the Calumet County Parks Department.

[35:01] The herd currently exists of 16 female

[35:04] goats in a variety of breeds, colors,

[35:06] and sizes.

[35:07] They were brought in to assist with the

[35:09] invasive species management.

[35:11] Calumet County Park is affected by

[35:14] buckthorn, phragmites, dame's rocket,

[35:16] garlic mustard, all along with

[35:18] other invasives.

[35:20] The goats are

[35:21] proven to be a great resource for

[35:23] handling invasive plants. In fact,

[35:25] during this past week, the goats at

[35:27] County Park have been specifically

[35:29] targeting and eating the buckthorn.

[35:32] The goats are working in a designated

[35:34] area with a GPS perimeter controlled by

[35:37] Excuse me. a staff member.

[35:40] Each goat is equipped with an electrical

[35:42] collar similar to an invisible fence for

[35:45] dogs.

[35:47] They are very respectful of their

[35:48] boundaries.

[35:50] Excuse me again.

[35:52] And we ask the public to maintain their

[35:54] distance and neither feed nor pet the

[35:56] goats. We are not a petting zoo. These

[35:57] are working animals.

[35:59] And uh, the the little time they've been

[36:02] there, they've uh, really cleared quite

[36:05] an area already. They really They like

[36:08] to eat, good for them. And I understand

[36:10] it's been on the paper and on TV and all

[36:12] over the place, too, that these goats

[36:14] are there. So,

[36:15] we welcome them. We've been talking

[36:17] about this for several years.

[36:19] And uh, Adam has finally gotten them.

[36:22] So, thank you.

[36:24] >> Thank you, Supervisor Wallender.

[36:26] » Thank you, Supervisor Wallender.

[36:26] Um, you have the county um,

[36:30] Oh, excuse me, Supervisor Breeden.

[36:33] >> Um, yeah. Uh, back in July, I was

[36:35] » Um, yeah. Uh, back in July, I was

[36:35] reached out to by some constituents um,

[36:38] because they had uh, Invenergy come to

[36:41] their door and talk to them about

[36:42] putting a natural gas power plant uh,

[36:44] 1,200 megawatts um, in on County Road K.

[36:48] Um, that's one of the sites that they

[36:49] were going to propose. Um, and they were

[36:52] just So, they just reached out to me

[36:53] with some concerns. Um, I was actually

[36:55] able to meet with the project manager

[36:57] for that. Um, he was a really nice guy.

[36:59] I had a really good conversation with

[37:01] him. Um, and I think the main concerns I

[37:04] got from the constituents obviously were

[37:06] um, just water, um, visual, sound,

[37:09] light, and then just the values of their

[37:10] properties.

[37:12] Um, and that making sure that those

[37:14] would be addressed. Um, and so, I I

[37:16] brought those up with the project

[37:17] manager when I met with him. Um, and he

[37:19] was very good at addressing those. I

[37:21] mean, some concerns he addressed I think

[37:22] better than others. Um, but but overall

[37:25] it was very good. Um, I did ask uh,

[37:27] if he'd be willing to come and speak at

[37:30] one of our our meetings. Um, and that's

[37:32] I think TBD yet. He wasn't quite sure

[37:34] what he would be able to do.

[37:36] Um, but was was very great to work with.

[37:38] Um, I'm just going to try and continue

[37:40] to go to any meetings as

[37:42] they kind of become available. So, that

[37:44] way I can just continue to be informed

[37:45] about this. So, I do know they went

[37:47] knocked and knocked doors um, around

[37:49] County Road K and they filed the

[37:50] engineering report for

[37:52] um, one spot um, in the town of

[37:54] Woodville and then in the spot on County

[37:56] Road K, which is in my district. So,

[37:59] that's all I have.

[38:01] >> Well, thank you for the information,

[38:02] » Well, thank you for the information,

[38:02] Supervisor Breeden.

[38:04] Supervisor Booty.

[38:08] » Thank you very much.

[38:10] Um, one highway uh,

[38:12] committee item to report here.

[38:16] Um, County Trunk Highway B, uh, which

[38:18] was a project funded

[38:21] uh, through our BIL grant

[38:24] is now open for traffic

[38:27] um, from Sherwood to St. John. So, feel

[38:30] free to give that one a drive.

[38:32] Uh, that was funded, I believe, 80% with

[38:35] federal funds.

[38:37] And so, enjoy.

[38:40] Um,

[38:41] one other item, uh, from July 23rd and

[38:44] 24th, I attended the WCA

[38:47] County Board Chairs training.

[38:49] Um, we had a lengthy,

[38:53] uh, mock County Board meeting hosted by

[38:55] Sarah Detmer Kasdorf and Andy Phillips.

[38:58] Uh, it was both interactive and engaging

[39:00] and, dare I say, even somewhat

[39:02] entertaining.

[39:04] Um, if you are attending the WCA annual

[39:06] conference, uh, this fall

[39:09] and you have nothing else to do, I would

[39:10] highly encourage you to attend the

[39:12] double session,

[39:14] uh, of the WCA, uh,

[39:18] mock County Board meeting that they will

[39:21] be having there. Thank you.

[39:23] >> All right. Thank you, Supervisor Boney.

[39:27] » All right. Thank you, Supervisor Boney.

[39:27] Are there no other ones? So,

[39:29] um,

[39:30] do you have any questions regarding the

[39:32] County Administrator's report?

[39:35] All right. If none, we have some

[39:37] appointees that need to be, um,

[39:39] confirmed.

[39:41] Appointment to Fox Valley Workforce

[39:43] Development, recommend the appointment

[39:44] of Sarah Cardinal to fill that vacancy.

[39:48] Uh, the term will expire June 30th,

[39:51] 2029.

[39:53] I need a motion to confirm. I have a

[39:55] motion by Supervisor Diedrich and a

[39:57] second by Supervisor Elliott. Are there

[40:00] any questions regarding that?

[40:03] If not, please vote your ballot.

[40:10] All right. We have 21 yes, zero nays, so

[40:13] that com- uh, appointy has been

[40:15] confirmed.

[40:17] Um, our next regular meeting

[40:20] uh Supervisor Schwalenberg, you have

[40:22] something to uh

[40:23] ask?

[40:24] >> Um I would like to make a motion to

[40:27] » Um I would like to make a motion to

[40:27] suspend the rules for the September 15th

[40:30] meeting

[40:34] to begin at 5:00 p.m.

[40:36] in the Emergency Operations Center.

[40:40] >> Is it your motion?

[40:42] » Is it your motion?

[40:42] >> It's my motion. Okay, sorry.

[40:47] » All right, is there a second? I have a

[40:49] motion by Supervisor Schwalenberg and a

[40:51] second by Supervisor Elliott.

[40:54] Um let me explain what's happening.

[40:58] If this is approved um

[41:01] the EOC director would like to invite

[41:04] the board

[41:06] to a

[41:08] dinner

[41:09] which would include pizza, chips, salad,

[41:12] and cookies.

[41:14] And we would meet prior to our County

[41:16] Board meeting.

[41:18] Um he would also like to include a

[41:20] presentation at that event

[41:23] talking about the March blizzard, the

[41:25] April fool the floods, and the July 27th

[41:29] tornado.

[41:32] So, that's why we're asking for that to

[41:35] be the time change.

[41:37] Are there any questions regarding that?

[41:41] If not, please vote your ballot.

[41:52] Mr. Stuckman, would you vote, please?

[41:54] Thank Thank you.

[41:59] Here's shut off as well.

[42:01] We'll have

[42:02] Well, how would you vote?

[42:04] Yes. Thank you.

[42:07] One second.

[42:12] Doesn't let me do it either.

[42:15] >> Won't let you do it either.

[42:26] » Jim.

[42:32] It doesn't let me

[42:34] put in my vote either.

[42:35] >> do it either.

[42:35] » do it either.

[42:35] >> Usually I could just click here and it

[42:37] » Usually I could just click here and it

[42:37] would drop down but it doesn't do that.

[42:49] Weird, huh?

[42:49] >> Yeah.

[42:51] » Yeah.

[42:51] If we go back would that mess it up?

[42:52] >> Um

[42:54] » Um

[42:54] we can try. I think it takes the voting

[42:57] out.

[42:57] >> Would we everyone have to re-vote?

[42:59] » Would we everyone have to re-vote?

[42:59] >> Yeah. That's okay.

[43:05] All right. We're going to We have to

[43:06] vote one more time.

[43:07] >> All right.

[43:09] » All right.

[43:09] We're all right.

[43:11] >> Okay. Try again.

[43:13] » Okay. Try again.

[43:13] >> All right.

[43:14] » All right.

[43:14] >> Please vote your ballot again.

[43:17] » Please vote your ballot again.

[43:17] >> Sorry.

[43:23] » Supervisor Hoffbringer, thank you. 21

[43:26] yes, zero nay.

[43:28] All right. You will receive a invitation

[43:31] from the clerk's office because you will

[43:34] have to um RSVP by September 9th. So,

[43:38] look for that on your emails.

[43:41] It'll come from Amanda from the

[43:44] administrator's office. So, look for

[43:46] that

[43:47] and respond to it so that

[43:50] we know how many

[43:52] are going to be served.

[43:55] And with that

[43:59] we have done everything on our agenda.

[44:02] Please have a safe

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