Weekly News Blast – Town of Grant, Portage Co

Weekly News Blast: This week board members, public works employees, and interested residents traversed most of the town roads for the annual spring inspections. Notes were taken regarding maintenance needed including joint and crack-sealing, signage, shouldering, chip-sealing, to name a few. Because of the costs incurred over the last few years, especially due to the bridge constructions, town funds for reconstructing roads will be limited this season. The Board has indicated that the emphasis will likely be on road maintenance, with special attention to culverts. You may have noticed large plumes of white smoke east of CTH F this week. The WI Department of Natural Resources occasionally conducts prescribed burns on some of the state owned or managed lands. This is to reduce the number of shrubs and invasive plants encroaching in the grassland habitat. By doing so the burns release needed nutrients to the soil and keep shrubby vegetation in check for the many wildlife species that require an open landscape. You should have received the winter/spring newsletter last week. If you didn’t you can pick one up at the Transfer Station where extras are available. Enjoy the predicted beautiful tomorrow, Sharon

Weekly News Blast: This week board members, public works employees, and interested residents traversed most of the town roads for the annual spring inspections. Notes were taken regarding maintenance needed including joint and crack-sealing, signage, shouldering, chip-sealing, to name a few. Because of the costs incurred over the last few years, especially due to the bridge constructions, town funds for reconstructing roads will be limited this season. The Board has indicated that the emphasis will likely be on road maintenance, with special attention to culverts. You may have noticed large plumes of white smoke east of CTH F this week. The WI Department of Natural Resources occasionally conducts prescribed burns on some of the state owned or managed lands. This is to reduce the number of shrubs and invasive plants encroaching in the grassland habitat. By doing so the burns release needed nutrients to the soil and keep shrubby vegetation in check for the many wildlife species that require an open landscape. You should have received the winter/spring newsletter last week. If you didn’t you can pick one up at the Transfer Station where extras are available. Enjoy the predicted beautiful tomorrow, Sharon

Posted on December 13, 2024, Edited December 13, 2024 by webmaster

Weekly News Blast

The Board met this week for their monthly meeting. We passed the 2025 budget – yeah! However, one of the big unknowns for next year will be our legal budget. We placed $25,000 in that line item, a large sum for any Town. Unfortunately, our insurer has covered what they will from the lawsuits filed by former Supervisor Heather Grys-Luecht. At Wednesday’s meeting another $4,000+ bill was paid to the attorneys representing the Town; now totally more than $7,000 in legal fees above our insurance coverage of $10,000. We anticipate that we will continue to receive more legal bills unless/until this case is settled or goes to court. It is because the Town itself has been sued that all landowners will be paying legal fees from town taxes. This, versus the case of the utility solar project wherein all our legal fees were reimbursed.

Just in time for the holidays you’ll be receiving your 2024 tax bills from the Portage County Treasurer’s office. You’ll also be receiving our Fall newsletter. There’s lots of news to take in including special reports from both the Portage County Highway and Solid Waste Departments.

Enjoy the weekend; at least it’s warmed up a bit. Sharon