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[2:07] I need a motion for approval of the
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[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.
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[3:16] >> Jim.
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[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