The December 6, 2024 Town of Oulu regular board meeting was called to order by Jonathan Hamilton, Chair at 7:05pm at the Town Hall.
Roll Call: Members present: Jon Hamilton, Ed Burhans, Adam Mattson, Diana Reijo, Clerk and Mar-gie Lahti, treasurer. Town employee/s: Jeremy Gordon and Mike Davidson.
Approval of Agenda: Motion by Mattson, second by Burhans to approve the agenda as printed and posted. Motion carried unanimously by voice vote.
Consent Agenda:
Approve general fund vouchers 14871-14896 ACH 696-705
Minutes of the November 13, 2024 Regular Board Meeting and November 17, 2024 Budget Committee Meeting
Motion by Mattson, second by Burhans to approve the consent agenda as presented. Motion carried unanimously by voice vote.
Treasurer’s Report: General/ARPA/Park Donations – $205,020.93 Tax $ 1,329.84
Chairman’s Report:
Road Maintenance
Preliminary planning and work on the Airport Road LRIP project continues
The culverts were replaced on Airport Road by Olson Bros.
Graveled and graded roads as weather permitted. Following roads were graded: Bayfield line, Kaukamo Eastview, Range Line, Hoover Line, Bain, County Line, Hautala, W. Colby, north Boulevard, Oulu Pioneer, north Airport, 72 miles of road was graded.
Prepping for winter is complete for the most part. A bearing went out on the dump truck and a broken rim was discovered. The rear axle was removed and brought to the repair shop for ex-amination and bearing replacement, rim was replaced with a spare but we will need to find another rim so we have a backup. A special note of thanks to Mike and Jeremy on the axle R&R and bearing repair, the job was completed in less than 3 days and saved the town in the neighborhood of $3,000 - $5,000 and 2-3 weeks of down time had the job been out-sourced.
New front tires installed on the grader
Beaver dams are being destroyed as they appear, beaver are being trapped as they appear
Routine maintenance on equipment as scheduled and needed
Community Groups:
No community Groups registered at this time.
New Business:
2025 Budget Approval:
Motion by Mattson, second by Burhans to adopt the 2025 budget as presented. Motion carried unanimously by voice vote.
Correspondence:
Bayfield County Planning & Zoning Dept. – Creation of Title 3 Chapter 4 and Amendment to Title 2 Chapter 3-5 (B)
WI Dept, of Natural Resources – Ryan Pyykola’s Managed Forest Law – Order of Designation
Set Dates for Next Meeting/s:
January 8, 2025 – Regular Board Meeting - 6:45pm – Bills will be reviewed at 6:30pm
January 18, 2025 – Caucus – 9am
Adjournment:
Motion by Mattson, second by Burhans to adjourn. Meeting adjourned at 7:14pm.
Respectfully Submitted,
Diana Reijo, Clerk