Annual Meeting – Town of Grant, Portage Co

Weekly Blast: The Town Board held its monthly meeting on Wednesday. Here are several noteworthy items: Road base material awards went to Earth Inc. for ¾” hard rock and to Red Rock Granite, Inc. for 1 ¼” screened red granite. To start, the Board agreed to allocate $14,150 to purchase hard rock to complete a section of Evergreen Ave. west of County Road F which began last year. The final count on Tire Day was 358 tires collected with $2,344 received from residents. The invoice we received from Liberty Tire Recycling was $3,499.51 creating a differential of $1,155.51. This amount will be paid from our town budget and added to the 2026 operational costs of the Transfer Station. Sadly, this difference is due to “road-killed tires” that people live in our ditches and road rights of ways. If you ever see this happening, please note a license plate or other descriptive information that we can pass on to law enforcement. Each year we receive a grant from the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources for our recycling efforts. We received $2,289.05 based on two components: $1,841.99 from the basic recycling grant award and $447.06 from the recycling consolidation grant award. Thanks are extended to Clerk Stefanie Schlapa for compiling the required information for the Dept. on our behalf. Last evening I attended the Ambulance Board meeting with our partners from the Wood County Towns of Grand Rapids, Rudolph, Seneca, Sigel, and the Village of Rudolph. Gary Johnson, co-owner of United Emergency Medical Response (UEMR) provided an update. If you were at the Town of Grant’s Annual Meeting you may recall two areas of concern which were reiterated last night: People are calling 911 for “lift assists” instead of calling their family, friends, or neighbors. UEMR receives 2 to 4 of these calls per week. These people are not injured but need help getting off the ground, out of chairs, off toilets, out of their cars, etc. Although UEMR is happy to provide this service current state laws to not allow ambulances to divert from a lift assist to a “true” 911 call. UEMR’s concern, due to the large geographic area that they service, is that one day they may have to delay a response to a heart attack, stroke, or other emergency due to a lift assist where the individual has other options for assistance. Accidental Medic Alert activations (bracelets & necklaces). UEMR receives about 2 of these calls per week. Like above, rather than calling 911, family, friends, etc. should be the “first alert” on the device rather than the ambulance. The life alert companies that boast about saving a life every so many seconds do so because they recommend 911 as the first call in a successful effort to boost their statistics. Garry reported that many times people activate these devices simply by rolling over them in bed. This results in UEMR sometimes breaking doors or windows to gain access to homes to find the resident sleeping. It really is true…you learn something every day! Enjoy the weekend, Sharon

Posted on April 13, 2024, Edited April 16, 2024 by clerk

Annual Meeting

You are invited to attend the Town of Grant Annual Meeting, held Tuesday, April 16th at 7:00PM at the Grant Town Hall. This meeting will follow the Public Hearing regarding the Zoning Ordinance at 6:00PM. Zoom will be available for both meetings. If you want more information on a particular subject or have questions, please email clerk@townofgrant-portage.wi.gov and I will do my best to prepare it for you. This is the proposed agenda. Here is the Zoom Link.

2023 Annual Report

This report includes monthly financial reports, current loan statuses, 2023 profit and loss, payroll summary report, and transaction detail report for all 2023 Expenditures. The final page also details ARPA expenditures for the 2023 year.

Digital Friendly Annual Report

Printer Friendly Annual Report

Road Plan 2024

Minutes

2023 Annual Meeting Minutes

Committee Reports

2023 Zoning Permits

Plan Commission Annual Report

Community Reports

Grand Rapids Fire Department Annual Report

*More Community Reports may be added as they become available.

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