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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

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Public Hearing: Zoning Ordinance Amendments

January 22, 2025 @ 6:30 pm

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

TOWN OF GRANT

Wednesday, January 22, 2025  

6:30 pm

 

The Plan Commission of the Town of Grant  and the Board of the Town of Grant, Portage County, Wisconsin, will be holding a Public Hearing on Wednesday, January 22, 2025 at 6:30 p.m. at the Town Hall, 9011 County Road WW. The purpose of the hearing is to allow all interested parties to be heard concerning proposed amendments to the Zoning Ordinance. The amendments revise the intent, permitted uses, and conditional uses in all zoning districts within the Town, delete the Farmland Preservation Overlay, provide more detail regarding obtaining a zoning or conditional use permit, clarify the role of the Zoning Administrator, delete the Signs section in order to make it a standalone ordinance, change the title of the Board of Adjustment to Board of Appeals and clarify its function, edit the section on quarrying, adjust penalties associated with a violation of the ordinance, and revise the definitions. All interested parties are invited to attend. Written comments can also be submitted to the Town Clerk until 6:30pm the day of the hearing.  A copy of the proposed ordinance showing all of the amendments will be available from the Clerk by calling 715-423-9193 (town hall) or 715-213-7370 (clerk cell phone)  and on the Town website at www.townofgrant-portage.wi.gov   

 

Stefanie Schlapa

Town of Grant Clerk

Dated this 28th day of December, 2024

 

 

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January 22, 2025
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