Plan Commission Meeting, Thursday April 6, 2023 7:00 pm

Town of Washburn
Plan Commission Meeting
Date &Time: 7:00P.M., Thursday, April 6, 2023
Location: Town Hall

 

  1. Call meeting to order and verify legal notification.
  1. Approve minutes of March 7, 2022 meeting.
  1. For updating the town comprehensive plan, the commission will begin developing a preliminary draft of the “Future Land Use” map. Bayfield County is asking towns to submit new maps for use in the updated Bayfield County Comprehensive Plan using land use categories defined by the county. This map can be updated when the Town of Washburn Comprehensive Plan is updated later this year.
  1. Updates on landfill maintenance and on short-term rental ordinance.
  1. Update on county comprehensive plan process.
  1. Set date and time for next meeting.
  1. Announcements
  1. Adjournment

 

Submitted by:

Kenneth Bro, Chair
Town of Washburn Plan Commission
75411 Church Corner Rd.
Washburn, WI 54891
Cell: 715-292-0034
E-mail: kbro1151@gmail.com

 

 

 

Posted in 2023 Agendas, Planning Commision

Notice of Board of Review and Open Book

Notice of Board of Review and Open Book

Town of Washburn, Bayfield County

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Board of Review for the Town of Washburn, Bayfield County, Wisconsin, shall hold its meeting on the 17th day of May 2023 from 6:00 pm  to 8:00 pm  at the Town Hall, 30015 County Highway C, Washburn WI 54891.

An open book assessment review will be conducted at the Town Hall, 30015 County Highway C, on May 3, 2023 from 1:00 pm to 3:00 pm.

Please be advised of the following requirements to appear before the board of review and procedural requirements if appearing before the board:

  1. No person shall be allowed to appear before the board of review, to testify to the board by telephone, or to contest the amount of any assessment of real or personal property if the person has refused a reasonable written request by certified mail of the assessor to enter onto property to conduct an exterior view such property being assessed.
  2. After the first meeting of the board of review and before the board’s final adjournment, no person who is scheduled to appear before the board of review may contact or provide information to a member of the board about the person’s objection, except at a session of the board. Open book shall occur no less than 7 days prior to the board of review.
  3. The board of review may not hear an objection to the amount of valuation of property unless, at least 48 hours before the board’s first scheduled meeting, the objector provides to the board’s clerk written or oral notice of an intent to file an objection, except that upon a showing of good cause and the submission of a written objection, the board shall waive that requirement during the first 2 hours of the board’s first scheduled meeting, and the board may waive that requirement up to the end of the 5th day of the session or up to the end of the final day of the session if the session is less than 5 days with proof of extraordinary circumstances for failure to meet the 48-hour notice requirement and failure to appear before the board of review during the first 2 hours of the first scheduled meeting.
  4. Objections to the amount or valuation of property shall first be made in writing and filed with the clerk of the board of review within the first 2 hours of the board’s first scheduled meeting, except that, upon evidence of extraordinary circumstances, the board may waive that requirement up to the end of the 5th day of the session or up to the end of the final day of the session if the session is less than 5 days. The board may require objections to the amount or valuation of property to be submitted on forms approved by the Department of Revenue, and the board shall require that any forms include stated valuations of the property in question. Persons who own land and improvements to that land may object to the aggregate valuation of that land and improvements to that land, but no person who owns land and improvements to that land may object only to the valuation of that land or only to the valuation of improvements to that land. No person may be allowed in any action or proceedings to question the amount or valuation of property unless the written objection has been filed and that person in good faith presented evidence to the board in support of the objections and made full disclosure before the board, under oath, of all of that person’s property liable to assessment in the district and the value of that property. The requirement that objections be in writing may be waived by express action of the board.
  5. When appearing before the board of review, the objecting person shall specify in writing the person’s estimate of the value of the land and of the improvements that are the subject of the person’s objection and specify the information that the person used to arrive at the estimate.
  6. No person may appear before the board of review, testify to the board by telephone, or object to a valuation if that valuation was made by the assessor or the objector using the income method of valuation, unless the person supplies the assessor with all the information about income and expenses, as specified in the assessor’s manual under s. 73.02(2a), Wis. stats., that the assessor requests. The Town of Washington has an ordinance for the confidentiality of information about income and expenses that is provided to the assessor under this paragraph that provides exceptions for person using information in the discharge of duties imposed by law or the duties of their officer or by order of a court. The information that is provided under this paragraph, unless a court determined that it is inaccurate, is not subject to the right of inspection and copying under s.19.35 (2), Wis. stats.
  7. The board shall hear upon oath, by telephone, all ill or disabled persons who present to the board a letter from a physician, surgeon, or osteopath that confirms their illness or disability. No other persons may testify by telephone.
  8. No person may appear before the board of review, testify to the board by telephone, or contest the amount of any assessment unless, at least 48 hours before the first meeting of the board, or at least 48 hours before the objection is heard if the objection is allowed under s. 70.47 (3)(a), Wis. Stats., that person provides to the clerk of the board of review notice as to whether the person will ask for the removal of a member of the board of review and, if so, which member, and provides a reasonable estimate of the length of time the hearing will take.

Town of Washburn

Kerry Tetzner, Clerk

Posted in 2023 Agendas, Board of Review

Meeting Agenda Tuesday March 14, 2023 7:00 pm

STATE OF WISCONSIN
Town of Washburn
Bayfield County

The Town Board of the Town of Washburn, Bayfield County, Wisconsin, hereby provides its written notice and an agenda of the public meeting of the Town Board for Tuesday, March 14, 2023, at 7:00 p.m.  at the Washburn Town Hall. The meeting may be attended either virtually with the link below or in person.

Agenda

  1. Call to order and roll call
  2. Verification of proper public notice
  3. Public Comment

Consider for approval or other action:

  1. Acceptance of Agenda
  2. Approve Minutes from previous meeting
  3. Reports
    1. Clerk
    2. Treasurer
    3. Road Superintendent
    4. Chair
  4. Plan Commission-County Plan Commission report
  5. Solar Panels update
  6. Snow Plowing Policy
  7. BIL grant for Wannebo Road- next steps
  8. Technology changes
  9. Annual Meeting
  10. Items to be placed on future agendas
  11. Authorize the payment of bills
  12. Adjournment

Meeting notice posted this 8th day of March, 2023 on the Town’s website at https://townofwashburn.wi.gov

and at:  Washburn Town Hall, Tetzner’s Dairy and Daily Press

The following link or phone number can be used to participate in this meeting.

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Sandra J. Raspotnik, Town Chair

Posted in 2023 Agendas

Planning Commission Meeting Tuesday March 7, 2023 7:00 pm

Town of Washburn
Plan Commission Meeting
Date &Time: 7:00P.M., Tuesday, March 7, 2023.
Location: Town Hall

 

  1. Call meeting to order and verify legal notification.
  1. Approve minutes of November 6, 2022 meeting.
  1. For updating the town comprehensive plan, review and identify corrections to the “Existing Land Use” map prepared by the Northwest Regional Plan Commission (NWRPC) (https://experience.arcgis.com/experience/ff710af965a640fe97a6323ad01952b0/). The commission will develop a list of corrections to be submitted to the NWRPC.
  1. For updating the town comprehensive plan, the commission will begin developing a preliminary draft of the “Future Land Use” map. Bayfield County is asking towns to submit new maps for use in the updated Bayfield County Comprehensive Plan using land use categories defined by the county. This map can be updated when the Town of Washburn Comprehensive Plan is updated later this year.
  1. Updates on landfill maintenance and on short-term rental ordinance.
  1. Update on county comprehensive plan process.
  1. Set date and time for next meeting.
  1. Announcements
  1. Adjournment

 

Submitted by:
Kenneth Bro, Chair|
Town of Washburn Plan Commission
75411 Church Corner Rd.
Washburn, WI 54891

Cell: 715-292-0034
E-mail: kbro1151@gmail.com

Posted in 2023 Agendas, Planning Commision

Special Meeting Tuesday February 28, 2023 1:30 pm

STATE OF WISCONSIN
Town of Washburn
Bayfield County

The Town Board of the Town of Washburn, Bayfield County, Wisconsin, hereby provides its written notice and an agenda of the public meeting of the Town Board for Tuesday, February 28, 2023, at 1:30 p.m.  at the Washburn Town Hall. The meeting may be attended either virtually with the link below or in person.

 

Agenda

  1. Call to order and roll call
  2. Verification of proper public notice

Consider for approval or other action:

  1. Acceptance of Agenda
  2. Engineering firm for Wannebo Road project
  3. Discuss and develop evaluation protocol for Road crew
  4. Insurance for Town buildings
  5. Approve purchase of OWL for meetings
  6. Adjournment

Meeting notice posted this 27th day of February, 2023 on the Town’s website at https://townofwashburn.wi.gov

and at:  Washburn Town Hall and Tetzner’s Dairy

The following link or phone number can be used to participate in this meeting.
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Sandra J. Raspotnik, Town Chair

 

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Meeting Agenda, Tuesday February 14, 2023 7:00 pm

STATE OF WISCONSIN
Town of Washburn
Bayfield County

The Town Board of the Town of Washburn, Bayfield County, Wisconsin, hereby provides its written notice and an agenda of the public meeting of the Town Board for Tuesday, February 14, 2023, at 7:00 p.m.  at the Washburn Town Hall. The meeting may be attended either virtually with the link below or in person. 

Agenda

  1. Call to order and roll call
  2. Verification of proper public notice
  3. Public Comment

Consider for approval or other action:

  1. Acceptance of Agenda
  2. Approve Minutes from previous meeting
  3. Reports
    1. Clerk
    2. Treasurer
    3. Road Superintendent
    4. Chair
  4. Plan Commission-Landfill information
  5. Solar Panels information
  6. DEF Barrel purchase
  7. Purchase of voting machine
  8. Technology Specialist
  9. Snowplowing Policy 
  10. Annual newsletter
  11. BIL grant for Wannebo Road- next steps
  12. Technology changes-website, equipment for town hall/garage-update
  13. Open Records Policy
  14. Discuss and develop evaluation protocol for Road crew
  15. Items to be placed on future agendas
  16. Authorize the payment of bills 
  17. Adjournment

Meeting notice posted this 9th day of February, 2023 on the Town’s website at https://townofwashburn.wi.gov

and at:  Washburn Town Hall, Tetzner’s Dairy and Daily Press

The following link or phone number can be used to participate in this meeting.

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Sandra J. Raspotnik, Town Chair

Posted in 2023 Agendas

Special Meeting Friday January 13 2023 9:00 am

STATE OF WISCONSIN
Town of Washburn
Bayfield County

The Town Board of the Town of Washburn, Bayfield County, Wisconsin, hereby provides its written notice and an agenda of the public meeting of the Town Board for Friday, January 13, 2023, at 9:00 a.m.  at the Washburn Town Hall. The meeting may be attended either virtually with the link below or in person. The meeting is to set up and make operational the service through Bayfield Wireless. It is possible that the link may not work consistently through the meeting. Please expect interruptions during the meeting.

 

Agenda

Posted 1/11/23

  1. Call to order and roll call
  2. Verification of proper public notice
  3. Confer with Bayfield Wireless to set up internet service at the Town Hall/Garage
  4. Adjournment

Meeting notice posted this 11th day of January, 2023 on the Town’s website at https://townofwashburn.wi.gov

and at:  Washburn Town Hall and Tetzner’s Dairy.

 

The following link or phone number can be used to participate in this meeting.

 

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Sandra J. Raspotnik, Town Chair

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Meeting Agenda Tuesday January 10 2023 7:00 pm

STATE OF WISCONSIN
Town of Washburn
Bayfield County

The Town Board of the Town of Washburn, Bayfield County, Wisconsin, hereby provides its written notice and an agenda of the public meeting of the Town Board for Tuesday, January 10, 2023, at 7:00 p.m.  at the Washburn Town Hall. The meeting may be attended either virtually with the link below or in person.

 

Agenda

Posted 1/5/23

  1. Call to order and roll call
  2. Verification of proper public notice
  3. Public Comment

Consider for approval or other action:

  1. Acceptance of Agenda
  2. Approve Minutes from previous meeting
  3. Reports
    1. Clerk
    2. Treasurer
    3. Road Superintendent
    4. Chair
  4. Plan Commission-Building permit for Phillip Kraus
  5. Decision-making protocol with the board
  6. Snowplowing Policy
  7. Annual newsletter
  8. BIL grant for Wannebo Road- next steps
  9. Improvements to the Town Hall updates: voting booth
  10. Technology changes-website, equipment for town hall/garage-update
  11. Open Records Policy
  12. Items to be placed on future agendas
  13. Authorize the payment of bills
  14. Adjournment

Meeting notice posted this 5th day of January, 2023 on the Town’s website at https://townofwashburn.wi.gov

and at:  Washburn Town Hall, Tetzner’s Dairy and Daily Press

The following link or phone number can be used to participate in this meeting.

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Sandra J. Raspotnik, Town Chair

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Meeting Agenda Tuesday Dec 13, 2022 7:00 pm

STATE OF WISCONSIN
Town of Washburn
Bayfield County

The Town Board of the Town of Washburn, Bayfield County, Wisconsin, hereby provides its written notice and an agenda of the public meeting of the Town Board for Tuesday, December 13, 2022, at 7:00 p.m.  at the Washburn Town Hall. The meeting may be attended either virtually with the link below or in person.

 

Amended Agenda

Posted 12/10/22

  1. Call to order and roll call
  2. Verification of proper public notice
  3. Public Comment

Consider for approval or other action:

  1. Acceptance of Agenda
  2. Approve Minutes from previous meeting
  3. Reports
    1. Clerk
    2. Treasurer
    3. Road Superintendent
    4. Chair
  4. Plan Commission-Approval of Short Term Rental for Potter’s Farm
  5. Consider proposal from Bayfield Wireless
  6. Lettering on new town truck
  7. Safety equipment for older truck
  8. Annual newsletter
  9. BIL grant for Wannebo Road- next steps
  10. Potential Road funding opportunities
    1. Broken Rock
    2. FR 251 grant
    3. Other
  11. Improvements to the Town Hall updates: floor, siding
  12. Technology changes and purchases -website, equipment for town hall/garage-update
  13. Items to be placed on future agendas
  14. Authorize the payment of bills
  15. Adjournment

Meeting notice posted this 8th day of December, 2022 on the Town’s website at https://townofwashburn.wi.gov

and at:  Washburn Town Hall, Tetzner’s Dairy and Daily Press

The following link or phone number can be used to participate in this meeting.

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Sandra J. Raspotnik, Town Chair

 

Posted in 2022 Agendas

Planning Commission Meeting Sunday November 6, 2022 4:15 pm

Town of Washburn
Plan Commission Meeting
Date &Time: 4:15P.M., Sunday, November 6, 2022.*
Location: Town Hall

 

  1. Call meeting to order and verify legal notification.
  2. Approve minutes meetings of October 4 & October 16, 2022.
  3. Review driveway permit application for Fred & Andrea Dollen on their 8.2 acre parcel (SW¼SE¼ Section 21 T.49N R.5W; Tax ID #38772; on N. Maple Hill Rd. 0.3 miles west of Church Corner Rd).
  4. Review driveway permit application for Michael & Bonnie Zifko to access their 40 acre parcel via a 30 foot easement (W½SW¼ Section 10 T.48N R.5W; north of intersection of Viater & Engoe Roads).
  5. Review county Class A Special Use Permit for Potters Farm to use the organization’s farm house for short-term rental on their 41 acre parcel in an Agriculture 1 zoning district (NE¼NW¼ Section 2 T.48N R.5W; Tax ID # 30574 75900 Potters Farm Rd.).
  6. Discuss short-term rentals for Town of Washburn.
  7. Discuss results of community field visit to closed landfill on October 16, 2022
  8. Set date and time for next meeting. Propose: Sunday, December 4, 2022, 3:30 P.M. if visits required
  9. Announcements
  10. Adjournment

* Commission members will conduct site visits beginning at N. Maple Hill Rd. beginning at 3:30pm prior to the meeting.

Submitted by:

Kenneth Bro, Chair
Town of Washburn Plan Commission
75411 Church Corner Rd.
Washburn, WI 54891

Cell: 715-292-0034

E-mail: kbro1151@gmail.com

 

 

Posted in 2022 Agendas, Planning Commision