Public Works Committee — Agenda Packet

1 Sawyer County Public Works Committee Meeting Wednesday, August 12, 2026 @ 5:00 PM Sawyer County Board Room AGENDA 1. ZOOM LINK a. To view or participate in the virtual meeting from a computer, iPad, or Android device please go to https://zoom.us/j/97982898675. You can also use the dial in at 1-312-626-6799 with the Webinar ID: 979 8289 8675. Use *9 to Raise/lower hand and *6 to Unmute/mute. If you are on a computer, click the "Raise Hand" button and wait to be recognized. If you are on a telephone, dial *9 and wait to be recognized. If additional assistance is needed please contact the County Clerk's Office at 715- 634-4866 prior to the meeting. This meeting will be recorded and will be available on our website at: https://sawyercountygov.org. 2. CALL TO ORDER 3. ROLL CALL 4. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE 5. CERTIFICATION OF COMPLIANCE WITH THE OPEN MEETINGS LAW 6. MEETING AGENDA 7. PUBLIC COMMENTS At this time, members of the public will be given the opportunity to address the Committee. Please adhere to the following when addressing the Committee: • Comments will be limited to 3 minutes or less per individual. • Comments should be directed to the Committee as a whole and not directed to individual Committee members. • The Committee cannot respond to your comments during this time. • Please sign in and fill out a public comment sheet if you wish to speak and hand it to the County Clerk (please respect the signs and do not approach Board members at the table). 8. CONSIDER APPROVAL OF MINUTES FROM PREVIOUS MEETING a. Public Works 7.8.26 Draft Minutes 9. MAINTENANCE DEPARTMENT a. Maintenance Report Page 1 of 7 2 b. Preliminary 2027 Budget Request 10. SAWYER COUNTY AIRPORT REPORT a. Management Report- Hayward Aviation, LLC b. Preliminary 2027 Budget Request 11. HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT a. Highway Commissioner's Report b. Highway Facilities Discussion c. Preliminary 2027 Budget Request 12. BOARD APPOINTED COMMITTEE UPDATES 13. CORRESPONDENCE, REPORTS FROM CONFERENCES AND MEETINGS 14. FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS 15. FINALIZATION OF BUSINESS 16. NEXT MEETING DATE /TIME: SEPTEMBER 9, 2026 17. ADJOURNMENT DISCLAIMER: A quorum of the County Board of Supervisors or of any of its committees may be present at this meeting to listen and observe. Neither the Board nor any of the committees have established attendance at this meeting as an official function of the Board or committee(s) or otherwise made a determination that attendance at the meeting is necessary to carry out the Board or committee’s function. The only purpose for other supervisors attending the meeting is to listen to the information presented. Neither the Board nor any committee (other than the committee providing this notice and agenda) will take any official action with respect to this noticed meeting. Copy sent via email to: Committee Members, Associated Staff and News Media. Note: Any person wishing to attend whom, because of a disability, requires accommodation should call the Sawyer County Clerk’s Office (715.634.4866) at least 24 hours before the scheduled meeting so appropriate arrangements can be made. Page 2 of 7 Minutes of the July 8, 2026 Meeting of the Sawyer County Public Works Committee of the Sawyer County Board of Supervisors Board Room; Sawyer County Voting Committee Members Present: Others Present: Ron Kinsley Mike Markgren Marc Helwig Liz Klein Randy Neumann Derek Leslie Chuck Van Etten John Pinnow Jim Evans- Virtual Jayne Schroeder Call to Order – Chair Kinsley called the meeting to order at 5:00 pm. Certification of Compliance with the open meeting law was met. Roll Call was taken; quorum was met. Meeting Agenda – Set Public Comments- Linda Zillmer Minutes from the previous meeting dated: June 10, 2026 Motion to approve by: Mr. Neumann Second by: Mr. Helwig Motion carried without negative vote. Maintenance- A written report was provided. Sawyer County Airport Report- Mr. Leslie provided the June Airport report. Traffic peaks July 22-27; the Airport is busy. Civil Air Patrol Pancake Breakfast is Sunday, July 12 from 7-1pm. Young Eagles will provide free flights for kids ages 7-17 on August 8. No update from FAA on the Airport Master Plan or Airport Layout Plan. Highway Department- A written report was provided on June Highway work: CTH F and DD work started July 6. STH GG to Price County Line work started. STH 27 Carol to Boylan Rd work starts July 20. Finishing up 2 last appraisals for the CTH E project. CTH D Chippewa River Bridge work complete July 30. A Public Information Meeting with the state will be held in Village of Radisson on July 13 from 6-8 pm to discuss STH 70 between Radisson and Ojibwa. Highway is still hiring 1 more summer laborer and 1 FT diver/operator position for Hayward shop. The cost of salt increased dramatically; the projected cost is $1M to fill the sheds for the upcoming budget. Highway Facilities discussion— Long term plans needed to replace old Highway building with leaking roof and boarded up windows. Mr. Markgren will work with Mr. Pinnow to come up with 3 or 4 proposals for the committee. Mr. Van Etten requested a quote to convert to brine in conjunction with building a new facility. Ad-hoc Committee Update— Mr. Kinsley reported on the June 15 meeting discussions on the WOJB tower, ATVs in New Post and Trail Passes. Mr. Markgren stated that the cost to revamp the tower has come down significantly since the first estimate. The next meeting will be set when the pending inspection of the tower has been completed. Ms. Schroeder had questions about ATV routes and operation times. Board Appointed Committee Updates-- None Correspondence, reports from conferences and meetings – None Future Agenda Items – Upcoming hangar lease renewal, Highway salt and facility discussion, ATV Routes Page 3 of 7 Meeting adjourned at: 5:32 pm Next Meeting: August 12, 2026 Time: 5:00 pm Location: Board Room Minutes recorded by Liz Klein, Sawyer County Clerk Page 4 of 7 Maintenance Report July 2026 I. Courthouse/Sheriff’s: • In addition to routine building maintenance and repairs, staff responded to and completed the following workorders this month. o 88 work orders opened o 83 work orders completed o 11 maintenance preventative work orders completed • Begun work to move UW-extensions to the Oasis building • Submitted budget and CIP requests to accounting for 2027. II. Projects • Tempered mirro panes installed by Glassworks in court branch 2 offices. Page 5 of 7 Sawyer County Airport Management Report August 2026 (Provided by Airport Manager Derek Leslie) -The airport was busy as usual during the month but we were down considerably in operations from last years July. The timing on the bad week of smoke resulted in a lot of lost flights. Dozens of jets in particular but recreational flying was down considerably as well. - The Civil Air Patrol Pancake Feed/ Open house on July 12th went off without a hitch. They had a decent turn out but numbers were down slightly. -The Young Eagles flights at the airport is on August 8th. Free rides for all children ages 7-17. - Work with the various branches of the FAA: There was an idea that came out to decommission the Glide Slope/ILS system at the airport. The State BOA authored a letter and, in that process, we were able to thwart the idea on the federal level. We were one of nine airports in the Midwest region that had been put on the list. Also, the FAA has recommended the decommissioning of the runway 03 PAPI’S. These are FAA owned and maintained navigational aids so the decision does not come to the County on this. Numerous airport users and myself commented to the FAA requesting that they do not remove them from service. No determination yet on that. The FAA and Charter Spectrum ran a new fiber line to the south end FAA equipment. -The State BOA gave notice that they are doing an overhaul on the State Municipal Financial Agreement. Really hoping the promises made at our State Aviation conference start coming to fruition. Most importantly a better accounting system for sponsor share commitments/obligations. -On the Federal level, there is no news on our Master Plan and ALP projects. The State has given notice to the consultants to finish the final chapter of the master plan. This action should help move this along in my opinion when it comes to approval for the new ALP. -We still don’t know on our new snow removal equipment. The likelihood of it being here for any of this winter is becoming less and less. -I took a neat video of a jet landing on one of the smoky days and it got over 144,000 views on Facebook. Page 6 of 7 Sawyer County Highway Department 14688 W County Road B, Hayward, WI 54843 Office Phone 715-634-2691 Shop Phone 715-634-2692 Fax Number 715-634-4824 July 31, 2026 Highway Commissioner’s Report • Crews have been crack sealing on CTH B from Frogg Road to CTH CC. Crews have also been patching and fixing shoulders on multiple CTH roads. • Mowing has been completed on the State system. We’re still mowing on the County system. • We have been brushing on CTH N and CC. We brushed the intersection on CTH NN and N as visibility was limited. We also completed brushing through 6-mile and currently working on CTH N towards CTH E. • County F and DD construction will start on Aug 10th with the shaping of the roadway followed by paving operations starting Aug 12th. • Construction has started on STH 27 from Carrol Drive to Boylan Road. Expect traffic delays due to flagging operations. STH 70 project has been completed from CTH GG to Price County line. • I have the final walk-through on the CTH D Chippewa River Bridge Thursday Aug 6th. Plan is to open the bridge on Aug 7th. • Still waiting for the last 2 appraisals for the CTH E project. We submitted all the final documents for the project. Our construction estimate is $350k above what is currently programmed. The State is aware of this, and I’ll be submitting a change management request. • My application was selected for an LSSIP award. We received $118,800.00 for a small structure replacement on CTH W by Connors Lake. There were only 101 projects selected. • We still have 1 full-time driver / operator position open at our Hayward location. Page 7 of 7