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Weekly Blast!: Last week the scheduled notifications for the Weekly Blast were not sent due to a problem with our website provider. You must refer to our website to read last week’s news, which was posted but not notified. We apologize for any inconvenience. On Tuesday, the Town of Grant Board in collaboration with our Plan Commission held two public hearings. The first regarded two changes to our Comprehensive Plan: the solar overlay map and accompanying rationale. Changes included the final mapped delineations of Portage Solar LLC and Vista Sands Solar, and one brief paragraph describing status. The second public hearing included changes to our Zoning Ordinance re: data centers. At this writing they would be denied in every zoning district. There would be the creation of a “floating zone” titled industrial 2 should there be an interested party. Following, they would have to request a zoning change which would require public hearings at the town and county levels. In other words, unlike solar projects 100MW or greater where we, the Town did not have a say at the local level, in the case of a potential data center, the Town would indeed have knowledge of data center prospectors and the ability to deny or permit such an industry. Please tip your hat to the T. Grant Plan Commission members Jodi Lomma, Jeanne Eggebrecht, Kathy Lee, and Tom Reitter who worked proactively and swiftly on this critical zoning change. Glad we got some rain. Enjoy a bit of respite from the heat this weekend, Sharon

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Town Supervisors have received both complaints and compliments regarding the right-of-way brushing that has occurred this winter season. Before I get to either, please be informed that if you see a crew along any lettered roads (for example F, FF, W, WW, or U) those are county roads. The Town of Grant is also bordered by state roads of 54 and 73. All the others are most likely town roads (although there are some private roads in the Town also). This should help you be aware of the various jurisdictions and whose crew may be out there cutting.

Complaints received have regarded the amount of brush lying near the road or lying in the ditches or swales. This year the Town budgeted $15,000 to purchase a (likely used) chipper. A chipper will allow the crew to cut brush and then blow the mulch onto the ground [Note: any merchantable timber belongs to the landowner]. As soon as possible now, the town crew will do their best to remove wood debris left in the ditches and swales to prevent flooding of these low areas, plugging culverts, etc.

If you are interested, the Oral Ruling of the two lawsuits: Heather Grys-Luecht et al. versus the Town of Grant et al. will be heard on Monday March 16 at 3:30pm in Circuit Court 3 of the Portage County Courthouse. To date, the cost of these lawsuits has exceeded $77,000 of taxpayer dollars.

The weather, including wicked winds and substantial snow is expected Saturday-Monday. Be careful out there and enjoy the snow (and hope it’s not TOO much)! Sharon