Highway Safety Agenda 04-16-2026

Notice of Public Meeting Committee: Buffalo County Highway Safety Commission Date: Thursday, April 16th, 2026 Time: 1:00pm Location: 3rd Floor County Board Room, 407 S. 2nd Street, Alma, WI 54610 Remote Access: Meeting Link This meeting is open to the public, but portions of the meeting may be closed if this notice indicates that the committee may convene in closed session. The following matters may be reviewed, discussed and acted upon at this meeting, but deviations from the order shown may occur: AGENDA 1. Review/Discussion Call to Order/Roll Call 2. Review/Discussion Public Comments Regarding Posted Agenda Items 3. Review/Discussion/Action Approval of Previous Meeting Minutes 4. Review/Discussion/Action Speed Concern/ Request to lower the Speed Limit on CTH OO 5. Review/Discussion Sheriff Osmond-Sheriff Office Update 6. Review/Discussion Steve Wall- Emergency Management Update 7. Review/Discussion Kelly Johnston- Highway Department Update 8. Review/Discussion Dan Kontos-Law Enforcement Liaison-WisDOT updates and Highway Safety Plan Solicitation 9. Review/Discussion Rick Tumaniec-WisDOT Systems Planning and Operations Update 10. Review/Discussion Jerilyn Baures-Population Representative Update 11. Review/Discussion Josh Reed-Education Representative Update 12. Review/Discussion Sgt. Jason Bakken-State Patrol Update 13. Review/Discussion Beth Sass-Medical Representative Update 14. Review/Discussion Public Comments Unrelated to Agenda Items 15. Review/Discussion Next Meeting Date and Time: 16. Review/Discussion Adjournment Date: 04/10/2026 Jarilyn Baures, Chairperson _________________________________________ By: Kasondra Serum, Coordinator Board Members: If unable to attend, please contact the Chair. If the Chair is unavailable, please contact the County Clerk’s Office at 608-685-6209. If the Chair and the County Clerk are not available, please call the Administrative Coordinator at 608-685-6234. Persons with Disabilities: Buffalo County shall attempt to provide reasonable accommodations to the public for access to its public meetings, provided reasonable notice of special need is given. If you require special accommodations to attend this meeting, please contact the County Clerk’s Office at 608-685-6209. Public Access to the Courthouse: The South Entrance will be the only access to the building after 4:30 p.m. Persons who are members of another governmental body, but who are not members of this committee, may attend this meeting. Their attendance could result in a quorum of another governmental body being present. Such a quorum is unintended, and they are not meeting to exercise the authority, duties, or responsibilities of any other governmental body. ~ BUFFALO ~ COUNTY, WI ,r-J/ https://buffalocountywi.sharepoint.com/sites/BCDeptHeadsShare/Documents/Highway Safety Department Head/Highway Safety Approved Materials/2026 Hwy Safety Packets/04-16-2026/03. 01-15-2026 Draft HS Minutes.docx1 HIGHWAY SAFETY COMMISSION MEETING Committee/Board: HIGHWAY SAFETY COMMISSION Date of Meeting: Thursday, January 15th, 2025 Location: 3rd Floor Conference Room Buffalo County Courthouse - Alma, Wisconsin Buffalo County Highway Safety Commission members present were: Others: In person: Ryan Howell, Carl Kent #1. Call to Order/Roll call: Jerilyn Baures called the meeting to order at 1:00 pm. #2. Public Comments Regarding Posted Agenda Items: None #3. Approval of Previous Meeting Minutes: Steve Wall made a motion to approve the previous minutes, seconded by Jamie Weaver. #4. Sheriff Mike Osmond – Sheriff’s Office update: Sheriff Osmond started off with recognizing Sergeant Ryan Howell’s work on getting the Speed and OWI Grant for 2026. Osmond stated that Howell takes care of all of the Grant paperwork. Osmond asked Todd Rasmussen if he could tell him if the Sheriff’s office was signed up for Community Maps, he would like to know if they are up and running. Todd stated he will check and let him know before the end of the meeting. #5. Emergency Management Report: Steve Wall wanted to give a heads up that he is putting something together for flood preparation possibly in February. This will look at what they need to do and when. Bakken asked if the flooding is logged. Aaron stated he believes pictures are taken. NAME: REPRESENTING Josh Reed-Excused School Districts Michael Osmond Sheriff’s Office Todd Rasmussen WI DOT Aaron Christ WI DOT Jerilyn Baures Population Beth Sass-Excused Medical Kelly Johnston-Excused Highway Department Steve Wall Emergency Management Jason Bakken WI State Patrol Kasondra Serum Coordinator, Sheriff’s Office Jamie Weaver Public Health https://buffalocountywi.sharepoint.com/sites/BCDeptHeadsShare/Documents/Highway Safety Department Head/Highway Safety Approved Materials/2026 Hwy Safety Packets/04-16-2026/03. 01-15-2026 Draft HS Minutes.docx2 #6. Highway Department Update: None #7. Todd Rasmussen-DOT update: Todd Rasmussen started off showing everyone that the Sheriff’s Office was on Community Maps and went over the map. Rasmussen then presented his PowerPoint. The powerpoint started off with going over 2025 and later years of accidents and fatalities. Rasmussen discussed factors of crashes along with severity of crashes. Rasmussen stated we have zero fatal’ s for this quarter. Rasmussen discussed restricted crossing U- turn known as RCUT intersections. New plates and new bills were discussed as well. #8. Aaron Christ-DOT update: Aaron Christ stated that there are four road projects to present. The first project was the Waumandee Creek Bridge which will be a bridge overlay project and will be a 60-day project and will be staged half at a time using temporary signals. The second project is highway 54 MN/WI state line to highway 35 resurface project and traffic will be handled with flagging operations. The third project is old hy 35 to Indian creek road resurface project and traffic will be handled with flagging. The last project will be on Hy 10 Pepin County Line to County Road A which will be a resurface project and traffic will also be handled with flagging. #9. Jeri Baures-Population update: Jeri advised that she had a question for Kelly asking if there would be a bike lane on River Road and Cty rd. OO. No other report. #10. Josh Reed-Education update: None #11. Jason Bakken-WSP update: Jason Bakken stated they are recruiting for their next class, which will be the full 6 months, and it will start mid- July. Bakken stated they are looking to hire 50. He also stated that they have been doing lateral classes for the last few years and are not doing one currently. They will be running Botts. There are two troopers in Buffalo County, Trooper Kent and Trooper Brunner. #12. Beth Sass - Medical update: None #13. Public Comments unrelated to Agenda Items: None #14. Next meeting: The next meeting is set for April 16th at 1pm. #16. Adjournment: Jason Bakken made a motion to adjourn at 2pm, seconded by Aaron Christ. Carried. Respectfully submitted: ______________________________ Kasondra Serum, Coordinator MAYOR: Ben Holien COUNCIL PRESIDENT: Jeannie Czaplewski COUNCIL: George Fuller Kimberly Beseler Hank Rollinger February 12, 2026 To: C : T 'r O F BUFFALO CITY WISCONSIN www.buffalocitywisconsin.com 245 E.1ot11 Street, Buffalo Clty,WI 54622 Ph: 608-248-2262 Buffalo County Highway Department Buffalo County Safety Committee Buffalo County Board of Supervisors Dear Board of Supervisors, department heads and committee members, CITY CLERK/TREASURER: Jennifer Ehlenfeldt CITY SUPERINTENDENT: Erle Mann The City of Buffalo City would like to formally request that the speed limit on River Road/County Road 00 be lowered to 25 mph along the entire stretch that is currently posted at 35 mph. The purpose of this request is to enhance safety for all residents, visitors, pedestrians, and motorists who use this roadway. After requesting the change and having our request denied several years ago, the City continues to observe increased traffic and pedestrian traffic, now along with ATV/UTV usage, that lead to many safety concerns. We believe that reducing the speed limit will create a safer environment for the community. We kindly ask that you review and consider this request as soon as possible. Thank you for your attention to this important matter. Please let us know if you require any additional information, or if you wish to discuss this further please contact Mayor Ben Holien at 507-450-5127. For Mayor Ben Holien Sincerely, Sf4Dt~~ Jennifer Ehlenfeldt Buffalo City Clerk/Treasurer Crash Data for CTH 00 from the intersection of Spring Lake Road to Blecha Ln, January 2001 to February 13, 2026. Dam 9-4-02 10-3-13 9-27-14 3-14-16 4-30-18 5-19 -25 9-16-25 Location OO/10th 00/ Spring Lk 00112 th 00/Blecha 00/ Spring Lk 00121 ··1 00/ Spring Lk Injury YIN Fatal Injury Injury Injury- Pedestrian Injury Injury Injury- Bicycle **Crash Data based on WI DOT Community Maps** Traffic Complaints and Traffic Stops on CTH 00 since 2023 Five traffic complaints Two Traffic Stops Factors Impaired Driver drove in river Distracted Driver Impaired Driver and speed 65+ Driver Speed 65+ drive, 65+ (lriver **Complaints and Traffic Stop data from the Buffalo County Sheriff's Office**