Agenda w/ attachments

August 26, 2026 AGENDA COMPLETE (Page 1 of 1) TRANSP ORTATION & INFRASTRUCTURE COMMITTEE MEETING Douglas County Board of Supervisors Wednesday, September 2, 2026, 9:30 a.m. Douglas County Highway Department 7417 S. County Road E, Hawthorne, WI 54873 http://www.microsoft.com/microsoft-teams/join-a-meeting I Meeting ID: 277 347 074 652 Passcode: NdXkQH Or call-in: 1 872-242-8028 | ID: 787 463 664# Please call the Highway Department Office (715-374-2575) or the County Clerk’s Office (715-395-1483) if you will not be able to attend. MEMBERS: Nick Baker, Chair John Lohse, Vice Chair Mark Cummings Randy Skowlund Steven Long AGENDA Virtual attendance available to public; committee members must attend in-person to constitute a quorum and/or vote. Committee to maintain a two-hour meeting limit or take action to continue meeting beyond that time. All action items include attachments unless noted. 1. ROLL CALL 2. APPROVAL OF MINUTES a. August 5, 2026 * 3. ACTION ITEMS / REFERRALS a. Highway Utility Permit Fee * b. No Engine Braking (except in an emergency) Sign Request * c. Extend 45 mph Speed Zone on County Highway A * d. 2027 Highway Budget (to be distributed) 4. INFORMATIONAL a. County Highway P / Minnesuing Creek Bridge Replacement Request for Proposals 5. REPORTS a. Projects Update – Highway Road and Bridge projects b. Administrative – Staffing c. Highway Maintenance d. Equipment & Facilities e. Budget 6. FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS 7. ADJOURNMENT *Attachment included Notice is hereby given that a majority of the members of the Douglas County Board of Supervisors may be present at the meeting, and although this may constitute a quorum of the County Board of Supervisors, the County Board will not take any action at this meeting. This meeting will be recorded. By attending, you acknowledge that your image, voice, or comments may be captured on a public recording and made available to the public. Allowing public comment at committee meetings and the length of time for comments is at the discretion of the Committee Chair. (Resolution #38-24). cc: County Board Supervisors Other interested parties NOTE: Agenda and attachments available on www.douglascountywi.gov or in County Clerk's Office. Action may be taken on any item on the agenda. The County of Douglas complies with the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990. If you are in need of accommodation to participate in the public meeting process, please contact the Douglas County Clerk's Office at (715) 395 -1341 by 4:00 p.m. on the day prior to the scheduled meeting. Douglas County will attempt to accommodate any request. TDD (715) 395-7521. Posted: Courthouse, Government Center, Superior Telegram, and Superior Public Library ________________________________________________ Name Date 08/26/2026 TRANSPORTATION & INFRASTRUCTURE COMMITTEE MEETING Douglas County Board of Supervisors Wednesday, August 5, 2026, 9:30 a.m. Douglas County Highway Department 7417 S. County Road E, Hawthorne, WI 54873 Chair Nick Baker called meeting to order. 1. ROLL CALL Present – Nick Baker, John Lohse, Mark Cummings, Randy Skowlund, Steven Long. Other – Mark Liebaert, Shelley Nelson, Alec Fowler, Ben Johnson, Craig Plummer, Jason Jackman, Lindsey Conley (Acting Committee Clerk). 2. APPROVAL OF MINUTES a. Motion by Skowlund, second Lohse, to approve June 3, 2026, minutes. Motion carried. 3. ACTION ITEMS / REFERRALS a. 2027 County Aid to Bridges Request: Included in agenda. Request from Town of Gordon in the amount of $8,015 from the 2027 budget, to be reimbursed in 2028. ACTION (REFERRAL / RESOLUTION): Motion by Lohse, second by Skowlund, to approve the 2027 County Aid to Bridges Request for Town of Gordon in the amount of $8,015 , and refer to the Administration Committee for inclusion of the 2027 budget, and fo rward to County Board . Motion carried unanimously. b. Functional Classification Resolution : Resolution and map included in agenda; Wisconsin Department of Transportation suggested local transportation committees approve Functional Classification map that set clear boundaries for what Douglas County can apply for. No changes to current map. ACTION (REFERRAL / RESOLUTION ): Motion by Cummings, second by Skowlund, to approve Functional Classification Resolution, and refer to County Board. Motion carried unanimously. 4. INFORMATIONAL a. Highway Utility Permit Fee: Utility permit history and utility permit fee breakdown distributed to committee. Permit fee of $50 recommended by committee. Resolution to come to next meeting. 5. REPORTS a. The following departmental areas provided updates: Projects, Administrative, Maintenance, Equipment, and Budget. 6. FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS Highway Utility Permit Fee Resolution Budget 7. ADJOURNMENT Motion by Long, second Lohse, to adjourn. Motion carried. Meeting adjourned at 10:27 a.m. RETURN TO AGENDA Submitted by, Lindsey Conley (Acting Committee Clerk) RETURN TO AGENDA Town of Summit Town Board Meeting minutes Friday July 17, 2026, Summit Town Hall – 7pm 6:30pm – Review of payment authorizations 1. Call to Order/Pledge of Allegiance: The July Monthly board meeting for Friday June 17, 2026, having been duly posted at the transfer site, town hall, town garage, and 3 businesses – Drifters Trail, Amnicon Bar & The Backyard on Amnicon Lake, & Tri Lakes Community Center, meeting was called to order by Chairman Nicholas Hudacek at 7:00pm. 2. Roll call was taken. Present were Nicholas Hudacek - Chair, Dan Zuchowski, Supervisor, Rae Ann Edwards Supervisor, Daniel Corbin, Clerk and Terri LaFlamme. 3. Authorization for payment of July bills: The motion to authorize and pay bills and online bills for July 12, 2026, was made by Dan Zuchowski, 2nd by Rae Ann Edwards. After no further discussion, the motion to pay bills was approved. 4. Approval board meeting minutes from May 15, 2026, as printed; Minutes for May 15, 2026, June 12, 2026 were available but for lack of time to review the minutes, the motion to approve the minutes is held until the August meeting. 5. Approval of Treasures report for July 2026 as printed: Motion to approve July 2026 Treasurer report was made by Dan Zuchowski, 2nd by Rae Ann Edwards. After no further discussion the motion to approve July 2026 Treasurer report was approved. 6. Clerk’s Report and Correspondence: • Partisan Primary wll be held on August 11, 2026 from 7am to 8pm. We have 30 absentee ballots issues and mailed, with 11 returned so far. Of course ballots must be received by 8pm on August 11, for the ballots to be counted. • Rules for the election are constantly changing because of people dropping from the ballot and the ballot constant changing. Once you have mailed your ballot, your ballot can not be spoiled. However if you have not mailed your ballot or it has not been received by the Town Clerk, you can receive a new ballot. But you must contact the clerk, he can issue a new ballot and destroy the old ballot this can be done up to three times. Key is, if your first ballot (original) has been mailed to the clerk and been received, no changes can be made. Otherwise you original ballot will be counted as you sent it. • Sandi Fogo has agreed to train and be a new Chief Inspector or our elections. • Operation Clean Sweep fo Douglas County residents will be held on Wednesday July 5, 2026 from 2-6 pm @ the Solon Springs transfer Station located at 11903 S Hollie Lucious Road.Laura farber can not attend the meeting tonight because of a work conflict. She also mentioned the wake boat issue on Amnicon Lake, which has been already addressed with the chair. • Towns Association meeting in August 18, @ the Town of Maple. Don Vruwink will be the main Speaker, he is the Railroad Commissioner for the State of Wisconsin. Also Elsa Impola is our new Transportation Environmental Liaison for the towns, she replaces Amy Cronk. • ECE is applying for more grants to finish up the ECE fiber project. They were asking for some financial support. I stated that at this time we are unable to give financial support but may be able to give a letter of support. • Our Excavator has been sold for $33,000 and the check has been received form Wisconsin Surplus Auctions. 7. Treasurer’s Reporting & Correspondence: o Two CD’s are due in August, one we will cash and the other will renew. o Received check from Auction. 8. Supervisors Review of the Month: o Rae Ann Edwards: ▪ Few calls this month. ▪ Resident having trouble with bears, gave number for them to call. ▪ 3-4 calls about trees bown don, guys ghad already taken care of issues. ▪ Called guys about area of the Fred Bera Forest roadbeing ripped up, Proble was already taken care of by the guys. ▪ Also received a call about the wake boat on Amnicon Lake. Nick has already addressed the issue. ▪ She asked if EWric could take care of the garbage at the fire hal, she does not have a key. Eric said he would take care of it. ▪ Mike Edwards went to the Fire Chief s meting, Lots of great information. o Dan Zuchowski: ▪ No calls/complaints. ▪ Summit Trails - traveled down it the other day. Guys have been doing a great job. The Road is much wider, they have replaced or reset 19 culverts. It is the difference between Day & night. 9. Chair’s Review of the Month: o Been quiet,noclas/complaints. o Sold the excavator - $33,000. Did much better than we aver expected, which was nothing short of great for us. o Wake Boat Issue, he did contact the owner and had a good discussion. o Somebody is taking key at the transfer sitre for the dumpsters. Nick is gonging to talk to waste management about, see if they have noticed anything, but to make sure key is put back. o Taking to guys daily, things are going well. 10. Fire Department Report on Month’s activity o 5 medicals. 1 vehicle incident. o Meeting last Wednesday, we are applying for grants, discussiob about what our priorities are, what equipment is needed most. Radios are a great necessity, they will be outdated in about a year, cost isover $100,000. We continue to work on grants. o Applied for the DNR grant, we are going for 2 new water hydrantson Cty Road A & also the Dietz Road. o There are issues with our hydrants on the Black River, need to work with the DNR on these hydrants. ▪ There is issues with sand getting in the water pumps. ▪ Also one other hydrant is leaking air so it is hard to prime, in process of being repaired. o Raffle has been going very well. Great Response and support. 11. Road Crew Monthly Report • Culverts used on the Summit Trail had been purchased last year, we have depleted our small culvert inventory. o We may have to replace/purchase some of them with new culverts for our inventory. • We also continue to do more brushing on our roads, it has been neglected for the last few years, we are getting caught up. The brushing has made a big difference on our raos. • Nick stated gain about the great job our employees are doing. Keep up the good work. 12. Cemetery Report • Lots o searching for monuments for individuals. • Will be calling New Holland to purchase more vaults. • Grounds crews are doing a great job, Cemetery is looking great. Keep up the great work. 13. County Board Supervisor monthly report – Joe Moen • No report, Joe was not present 14. BUSINESS: • A. LRIP – Milchesky Road Projects. ▪ Will need engineers certificate for the project from Hwy 35 to Rancon road because the cost exceeds $65,000. Nick will contract the contractor. • B. Amend budget due to high fuel prices: ▪ Use some money from the sale of the excavator. Increase fuel budget by $20,000. ▪ Motion to ad $20,000 to budget item for fuel by Dan Zuchoeski, 2nd by Rae Ann Edwards. After no further discussion motion was approved. • C. Pleasant View Road encroachment planning: o Discussion was well attended by residents of Pleasant View Road. o The Clerk did some research with the Towns Association Attorney and the Douglas County Highway Commissioner. ▪ The plat was established in 1915. ▪ My main concern was what if the town decides not to do anything, is there any liability to the town if the road width stays the same, no widening. Both the Towns association attorney and the highway commissioner say this is totally up to the board. If the road condition are kept up and there are no maintenance issues, like neglect of bad road condition, etc. the town can not be liable for any damages. The highway commissioner did state that because the road is not 20’ wide it is not eligible for LRIP funding, unless it is up to minimum standards. But that could also be part of what the funding is for. ▪ After a lot of discussion about what residents believe would happen if the road was widened, including further erosion issues on various properties, the entrance of Pleasant view from Hwy A. hat if we cut those banks back, etc. ▪ Then the discussion changed to since the Town has no liability for the width of the road as long as the road is maintained and the road itself has no safety issues, what happens if we leave it the way it is. ▪ Nick showed the map on the TV where you could see where the issues are, where the road is in relation to the surveys; this was approximate because the Douglas County website may not be accurate , but the road appears to be where it is supposed to be, for the most part. But you can see where it narrows, the worst is the entrance off the high way. ▪ Most of the residents present do not want anything to change, the board saying that it has to change. ▪ So Nick Stated that we have some options: 1). The town widen the road to 20’ the entire length. 2). We do nothing. ▪ Dan Zuchowski talked about treating everyone the same the entire length of the road, if we change any width it must be the entire length. ▪ It was stated that if the residents, ALL sign, that they do not want anything done on the road, leave it as it is. Then we can put this to rest. ▪ It would still be the boards decision as to what will happen. • D. Resolution for no engine breaking sign on Highway a by Amnicon Lake River corners. o Discussion about no engine breaking on highway A. Some board members thought that engine breaking was a safety issue. But others say that if you are traveling at what the speed is suggested, you would not have to use the engine breaking. It is noisy and can be avoided completely, most will comply if it is posted. o After a considerable amount of discussion, Dan Zuchowski made a notion to put up a sign stating “no engine breaking” by the corners at the exit of the Amnicon River on Hwy A, 2nd by Rae Ann Edwards. After no further discussion the motion was approved. 15. Public Comment in accordance with WI Statute 19.84(2). • The residents thanked the board for listening to their concerns, we will be back next month. • Question was asked if the power poles needed to be removed, they thought not. Would have to contact ECE to know for sure. 16. Meeting was adjourned with a motion by Dan Zuchowski, 2nd by Rae Ann Edwrads. Meeting was adjourned. Draft Respectfully submitted Daniel D Corbin, Town Clerk RETURN TO AGENDA RETURN TO AGENDA