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Weekly Blast!: Please remember to flatten your cardboard boxes when at the Transfer Station. Every month the Town pays rental on three 8-yard receptacles intended for paper/cardboard recycling. When boxes are just thrown in without flattening the receptacles fill up too fast and sometimes, we can’t accommodate all the recycling materials that come in. If you need help cutting up or tearing the boxes down, please ask one of the attendants for help. Thank you. The Plan Commission met this week. Following the August 18th public hearings regarding revisions to our Comprehensive Plan and Zoning Ordinance, information has been sent to the Portage County Planning & Zoning Department. The Department will schedule public hearings this fall with our hopes of having these two important documents considered by the entire County Board of Supervisors by year’s end. The Town of Grant will soon be the owner of a used International Workstar truck. Our beloved “truck 22” is 30 years and no longer road safe. A replacement was needed prior to the winter season. Thanks are extended to Supervisor Doug Steltenpohl who diligently pursued different leads to find the best truck that we could afford. The purchase price on our “new” used truck, including spreader will be $87.020.50. Fall seems to be on the way this weekend. Enjoy the cool weather, Sharon

Posted on by Flor Faustino

Weekly Blast!

What a difference a few years makes! Seems the gestation period for tires in the Town of Grant is about three years. On Tire Day last Saturday, we collected 386 tires! That’s more than in the past few years and included many commercial and tractor sized tires. Thanks are extended to Transfer Station employee Larry Wagner who really hustled to offload those tires along with the very pleasant residents who loaded and helped to offload them as well. Hundreds of items also came in during our Choose to Reuse program. Many lovely and usable items were dropped off and then taken by residents. Those items that were not taken at the end of the day were recycled, tossed, or taken to a thrift store. Thanks are extended to Avis Schroer who volunteered the entire day during this annual “freecycle” program.

Supervisor Doug Steltenpohl and Public Works employee Garry Saeger were out on pothole patrol this week. They are documenting where potholes need to be patched, which roads need joint and crack-sealing, where signage needs to be corrected, and where chipping brush needs to be completed prior to mowing.

Things are really starting to green up and hopefully we are truly past any frosty evenings now. This holiday week promises to bring much warmer weather. Please enjoy yourself and stay safe out there. Sharon