Snowmobile Council

Taylor County Snowmobile Council Meeting December 4th, 2025 HOSTED BY: Mel’s Foxx Den – N176 Meridian Drive, Thorp, WI 54771 Called to order: 7:04 PM by Dan Roiger Secretary’s Report : Motion made to accept secretary’s report as mailed/emailed by Ann Weymoth. 2nd by Roger Bube, motion carried. Treasurer’s Report: Luke Williams presented the Treasurer’s Report for November 2025. A motion to accept the Treasurer’s Report was made by Dave Roiger and seconded by Lynn Jochimsen. The motion carried. AWSC Report Calendars for Sale : Ann Weymouth announced that AWSC three -year calendars are available for $20 each. These calendars may be sold at the club level, with proceeds supporting AWSC programs such as trail maintenance, safety education, and statewide advocacy efforts. Members are encouraged to promote calendar sales within their clubs to help raise funds . Nick Meyer is also selling them. Old Business Map Update: The maps have been printed—5,000 in total, with 20 laminated. Williams brought several boxes to the meeting for distribution, and additional copies are available at the forestry office. All laminated maps are also being kept at the forestry office. At total of 39 ads were sold - 15 double and 24 single. Raffle Tickets: The raffle tickets have been reprinted with the correct Fun Day date and were distributed to the clubs by Sadie Trawicki, with additional tickets available from her if needed. Fun Day will be hosted by the Moonlite Sno-Kats on February 21st at Gad Bar. New Business Potential Reroute: Lynn Jochimsen reported that a landowner is building a house on the trail system. While there may be enough room to pass, a reroute could be necessary, likely along a road. Lynn will review the situation and provide an update at a future meeting. 102 Culvert: Scott Zondlo coordinated with Randy Thums to install a culvert where the snowmobile trail crosses Highway 102 just south of Rib Lake. This location had a deep ditch that previously required snow to be filled in. Williams secured the necessary permit from the DOT and has notified them of the project’s completion. Next Meeting: Next meeting January 8, 2025. Hosted by Tired Iron Vintage Riders at Zondlo’s Bar – W2407 State Highway 102, Rib Lake. Adjourn: Motion made and 2 nd to adjourn. 1st by Dave Roiger , 2 nd by Scott Zondlo , motion carried. Adjourned at 7:38. Respectfully submitted by: Luke Williams Taylor County Forestry Dept. Taylor County Snowmobile Council Meeting November 6th, 2025 HOSTED BY: StumpJumpers – BS Bar, W3539 State Highway 64, Medford WI 54452 Called to order: 6:58 PM by Penny Olson Secretary’s Report : Motion made to accept secretary’s report as mailed/emailed by Delvin Smith. 2nd by Matt Roiger, motion carried. Treasurer’s Report: Sadie Trawicki presented the Treasurer’s Report for October 2025. As part of streamlining the financial reporting, she consolidated the youth account into the general account balance, resulting in a single line item. However, the funds previously allocated for the youth representative remain earmarked for that purpose, should a representative be appointed in the future. After discussion, it was agreed that Sadie will continue to report the youth rep account amount separately each month to maintain transparency. A motion to accept the Treasurer’s Report was made by Dan Roiger and seconded by Roger Bube. The motion carried. AWSC Report Insurance Update : It was noted that the AWSC insurance coverage was cancelled effective October 1, 2025. A representative is scheduled to attend the January 1, 2026 Director’s Meeting to discuss the possibility of offering a new insurance policy. Further updates will be provided following that meeting. Fall Workshop in Stevens Point : The 2025 AWSC Annual Fall Workshop was held October 24– 26 at the Holiday Inn Convention Center in Stevens Point. 985 attended Miss Snowflake: Jena Lenz, from the Two River Riders in Lake Mills, was crowned the 2025 – 2026 Miss Snowflake on October 25, 2025. Railroad Trail Crossing in Sparta: The Sparta trail has been closed. The current role relating to crossing a railroad is that they may not be crossed if the speed limit is over 69 mph. The Sparta trail is 79 mph, so it cannot be crossed. AWSC is working to change the speed limit to 80 mph. Old Business Map Advertising and Printing Update Map advertisements are due at the November 6 meeting. Several ads have not yet been solicited. Clubs are encouraged to continue efforts to secure the remaining sponsors. Williams presented a quote from Quik Print for printing the new maps. Estimated turnaround time is two weeks from the date of order: • 2,500 maps – $2,084.00 ($0.83 per map) • 5,000 maps – $2,594.00 ($0.52 per map) • Laminating – $2.00 additional per map Dan Roiger made a motion to purchase 5,000 maps and have 20 laminated. Roger Bube seconded the motion. Motion carried unanimously – all ayes New Business Youth Representative Account Trawicki noted that the organization has not had a youth representative for some time, yet a separate account remains with funds earmarked for that role. She proposed eliminating the youth rep account and transferring its balance to the general fund. Should a youth representative be appointed in the future, any mileage reimbursement would be paid from the general fund. Dave Roiger made a motion to eliminate the youth rep account and transfer the balance to the general fund. Ann Weymouth seconded the motion. Motion carried unanimously – all ayes. Annual Financial Report Proposal Dave Roiger suggested that it would be beneficial for the treasurer to produce an annual financial report to provide a year -over-year overview of the council’s financial status. Trawicki agreed and committed to compiling reports from the past several years to help identify financial trends. She will present this information at the first meeting of each year moving forward. Pine Line Welcome Sign Proposal The Prentice Brush Benders are installing a “Welcome to Price County” sign along the Pine Line at the county line. They invited Taylor County to consider placing a corresponding sign on our side. While Taylor County would be responsible for the cost of the sign, the Brush Benders offered to provide the posts. Installation is planned for this fall. Discussion followed regarding the need to determine the cost of the sign before making a final decision. Members expressed support for the concept during discussion. Mink Creek Bridge Replacement Taylor County has been awarded a grant to replace the Mink Creek Bridge. Funding for the project will be shared equally between the snowmobile and winter ATV programs. Williams will begin work on the project, with the goal of completing installation next year. Other • Ann Weymouth has $100 AWSC raffle tickets available for sale and would like to distribute them to clubs. Tickets are due in the last week of October. • SWAT will be hosting a grilled chicken dinner on November 2 at 11:00 AM. • Ann continues to manage the council’s Facebook page and reported strong engagement. Members are encouraged to contact her if they would like something posted. Next Meeting: Next meeting October 2, 2025. Hosted by Stump Jumpers at BS Bar, W3539 State Highway 64, Medford 54451 Adjourn: Motion made and 2nd to adjourn. 1st by Dan Roiger, 2nd by Leon Long, motion carried. Adjourned at 7:53. Respectfully submitted by: Luke Williams Taylor County Forestry Dept. Taylor County Snowmobile Council Meeting April 3rd, 2025 HOSTED BY: Black River Rock Dodgers – Grooming Shed, W7135 Apple Avenue, Medford 54451 Called to order: 7:00 PM by Sadie Trawicki Secretary’s Report: Motion made to accept secretary’s report as mailed/emailed by Dan Roiger. 2nd by Delvin Smith, motion carried. Treasurer’s Report: Report presented by Elaine Emmerich for March, see attached for details. Motion made and 2nd to accept Treasurer’s Report. 1st Rick Schmitz, 2nd Lynn Jochimsen, motion carried. AWSC Report: Nick and Ann were absent but provided Sadie with the following update which she shared with the group: • 569 people attended the AWSC convention, 365 attended the banquet. • KAOS silent auction raised $5,220. • The directors voted to increase the AWSC dues from $12 to $17, starting July 1st, 2025. • The AWSC calendar raffle sold out; with the projected winnings the AWSC will profit just under $25,000. • The trails committee is proposing an increase to registration and trail pass fees. Regisitration will go from $30 to $45 for 3 years. Trail passes will increase from $10 to $20 for members, $30 to $50 for non -members, and $50 to $70 for non -residents. More discussion will ensue around mid-June. • KAOS is sending six kids to Canada this year for ISC. • A donation was received to add another scholarship for next year. This will increase the scholarships from 17 to 18. • $100 AWSC raffle tickets are available. Nick Meyer and Ann Weymouth have tickets. • With the short riding season there were still nine deaths on the trails this year. The DNR has suggested a change in safety classes to allow them to go from a multiple-day course to a one-day course. • There was discussion about trail passes being automatically added when registering a sled on the DNR website. The executive board said they will bring it up to the DNR to see if it can be changed. There was a total of 125,402 trail passes sold in the 2024 -2025 season: 54,484 members, 57, 932 non-members, 13,018 non-residents. Memberships for 2024-2025: 35,442 and 1,498 commercial members. Old Business: • Map ads are due at the October meeting. 14 ads secured so far. Clubs should continue to keep working over the summer to secure more sponsors. • It was decided that the clubs would receive 75% back from the sale of whatever raffle tickets they sold. Elaine recently handed out the checks. Please cash soon if you have not yet. New Business: • Elaine suggested the formation of a map committee that will meet several times over the course of the summer to oversee the new map process. One member from each club should be on the committee. Luke will create and send out a roster for each club to fill out with their designated member. • Youth fun day is May 16 th at the Taylor County Fairgrounds. This is a great event that introduces youth to the sport and is something that clubs should continue to support. • The election for officers occurred o President – Dianne Jochimsen nominated Sadie Trawicki. Sadie declined the nomination. Dan Roiger nominated Penny Olson. Delvin Smith 2 nd. Delvin made a motion to close nominations and cast a unanimous vote for Penny Olson as president. All ayes. Penny Olson was elected president. o Vice President – Penny Olson nominated Dan Roiger. 2 nd by Delvin Smith. Delvin made a motion to close nominations and cast a unanimous vote for Dan Roiger as vice president. All ayes. Dan Roiger was elected the vice president. o Secretary- Dan Roiger nominated Luke Williams. Penny Olson 2 nd. Delvin made a motion to close nominations and cast a unanimous vote for Luke Williams as secretary. All ayes. Luke Williams was elected secretary. o Treasurer – Elaine Emmerich stepped down as treasurer after many years of service. She did a wonderful job, and we thank her for her dedication to the council. Penny Olson nominated Sadie Trawicki as treasurer. Delvin Smith 2 nd. Penny Olson made a motion to close nominations and cast a unanimous vote for Sadie Trawicki. All ayes. Sadie Trawicki was elected treasurer. Next Meeting: Next meeting October 2, 2025. Hosted by Westboro Sno -Dusters, Camp 28, 720 WI-102, Rib Lake, WI 54470. Adjourn: Motion made and 2 nd to adjourn. 1 st by Lynn Jochimsen, 2 nd by Dan Roiger, motion carried. Adjourned at 7:28. Respectfully submitted by: Luke Williams Taylor County Forestry Dept. Taylor County Snowmobile Council Meeting March 13th, 2025 HOSTED BY: SWAT at Zondlo’s Bar, Corner 102 & C, Rib Lake Wisconsin Called to order: 7:00 PM by President Sadie Trawicki Secretary’s Report: Motion made to accept secretary’s report as mailed/emailed by Dan Roiger. 2nd by Delvin Smith, motion carried. Treasurer’s Report: Report presented by Elaine Emmerich for March, see attached for details. Motion made and 2nd to accept Treasurer’s Report 1 st Ricky Schmidt, 2 nd Jim Seefeld, motion carried. Old Business: • SNARS Reminder: Get your Grooming and Non-Grooming to Lucas ASAP. • Money Market: $10,000.00 was transferred to a Money Market Account at Associated Bank. • Trails: The Trails in Taylor County are CLOSED for the season. Please remove signs and trail clean -up ASAP. Check to see if need culverts, other trail maintenance. There is funding money available. • Fun Day Review: Host club, Interwald Wanderers, said it was a good turnout. Applause for a job well done! Next year Fun Day will be hosted by the Sno-Kats. • Raffle Results: Motion made by Jim Seefeld and 2nd by Jim Kloth New Business: • AWSC Scholarship: Evan Fechhelm from the Pine Creek Riders was awarded a Scholarship from the AWSC this year. • Map Ads: Requested deadline is by the 1st meeting in October. • AWSC Elections: Election was held for AWSC Director and County Representative. Nick Meyer was approved for Director (Matt Roiger 1 st, Kirby Jensen 2 nd) and Ann Wehmouth for County Rep (Penny Olson 1st, Bob Matyka 2nd). Congratulations! • Election of Council Officers: Next meeting will be the Election for Council President, Vice President, Secretary and Treasurer. Elaine stated she will not be running for Treasurer. Next meeting: Next meeting April 3, 2025. Hosted by Black River Rock Dodgers, Groomer Shed on Howard Road – 5 miles west of Medford. Adjourn: Motion made and 2 nd to adjourn. 1 st by Jim Seefeld, 2 nd by Roger Bube, motion carried. Respectfully submitted by: Elaine Emmerich (Interim Secretary) Taylor County Snowmobile Council Meeting February 6th, 2025 HOSTED BY: West Side Trail Winders at Medford VFW, 240 S 8th Street, Medford 54451 Called to order: 7:02 PM by Sadie Trawicki Secretary’s Report: Motion made to accept secretary’s report as mailed/emailed by Dan Roiger. 2nd by Delvin Smith, motion carried. Treasurer’s Report: Report presented by Elaine Emmerich for February, see attached for details. Motion made and 2nd to accept Treasurer’s Report. 1 st Nick Meyer, 2 nd Roger Bube, motion carried. AWSC Report: Bob Meyer and Nick Meyer • Bob Meyer provided an AWSC Financial Summary handout. This summary provided an overview of the current state of AWSCs finances and provided rationale for why changes are necessary to balance the budget. Several options to reduce costs or increase revenue were included. He asked that this be reviewed at club meetings. • Any increase in price to snowmobile registration or trail passes requires legislative change and it would be a minimum two years before it would be possible for these changes to take effect. • Bob and Nick attended the directors meeting on January 5 in Siren. • A lot of discussion on fee increases occurred. Still seeking more feedback from clubs. • Bob reminded clubs to review the rules regarding club raffles so that they are conducted in a legal manner. • American Income Life (AIL) Insurance Company is sending out cards relating to purchasing additional insurance policies. If interested, return the card and an AIL representative will be in contact. If you are not interested in additional coverage, do not return the card, but you are still eligible for the $3,000 life insurance benefit. • As of January 10, 42,354 $10 AWSC membership trail passes, and 17,727 $30 non - membership trail passes have been sold. • 603 attended the Fall Workshop of which 324 attended the banquet. • Voting delegations were mailed to each club. Delegate forms need to be returned by March 7. If clubs do not plan to attend the convention, Nick will serve as voting delegate. Contact Nick if interested. • KAOS is having a silent auction at the spring convention. • Room registration at the convention includes breakfast. Make sure you inform the hotel of how many are staying in each room so that enough breakfast is provided. • Advertising on calendar must be pain by July 1. Old Business: • Both purchased and unsold tickets should be returned to Elaine on Saturday, February 15. The drawing is at 3 p.m., tickets should be returned to Elaine by 2 p.m. Call Elaine to plan to return tickets if necessary. • Sadie Trawicki encouraged clubs to continue selling map ads. The sale of ads should be completed by the last council meeting (April 3). • At the last meeting, there was a discussion about what happens to unspent maintenance funds. Luke Williams investigated further and found that unspent funds are returned to the snowmobile program and allocated towards future grants/maintenance. • If there are any re -routes or trail modifications, contact Luke so they can be corrected prior to the printing of the new map. New Business: • With the snow and likelihood that the trails will open soon, make sure that trails are signed correctly. • Continue to get SNARS entries in a timely manner. • Elaine was informed by Associated Bank that a business money market account is available and that if at least $10,000 is invested $3.5% interest will be earned. The interest rate is lower if an amount of less than $10,000 is invested. The money is available from this account if needed. Roger Bube made a motion to put $10,000 into a business money market account, 2nd by Janice Meyer. All ayes. • The AWSC rep election is set for next month. Continue to contact those that may be interested. Next Meeting: Next meeting March 13, 2025. Hosted by SWAT, W2407 State Highway 102, Rib Lake, WI 54470. Adjourn: Motion made and 2 nd to adjourn. 1 st by Leon Long, 2 nd by Janice Meyer, motion carried. Adjourned 7:37 pm Respectfully submitted by: Luke Williams Taylor County Forestry Dept. Taylor County Snowmobile Council Meeting January 2nd, 2025 HOSTED BY: Chelsea Town Hall, N5917 Settlement Drive, Medford 54451 Called to order: 7:02 PM by Sadie Trawicki Secretary’s Report: Motion made to accept secretary’s report as mailed/emailed by Dan Roiger. 2nd by Nick Meyer, motion carried. Treasurer’s Report: Report presented by Elaine Emmerich for January, see attached for details. Motion made and 2nd to accept Treasurer’s Report. 1 st Matt Roiger, 2 nd Delvin Smith, motion carried. AWSC Report: Bob Meyer and Nick Meyer • Bob Meyer mentioned that he has a directorship meeting this weekend and was looking to provide feedback from clubs on previous discussion regarding fee increases. After discussion there was unanimous support from clubs for the proposed increases of registration going from $30 to $45, resident trail passes going from $30 to $40, non - resident trail passes increasing from $50 to $60, and dues to AWSC increasing from $12 to $15. Several mentioned that the AWSC banquets need to be restructured to improve efficiency. • The question on what happens to unspent funds was asked. Both Bob Meyer and Luke Williams will work to provide an answer at the next meeting. • There was also discussion on why $600,000 needs to be spent on law enforcement. Bob Meyer and Nick Meyer explained that these funds are distributed all across the state and are needed to prevent trespass to keep trails open. Old Business: • Elaine still has tickets available for sale. Return sold tickets to her preferably at the next meeting but February 15th at Zondlo’s at the latest. • At the previous meeting, it was brought up that some structure regarding soliciting sponsorships for the new maps to prevent business from being missed and others from being solicited twice. After father discussion, it was decided that each club is responsible for the businesses located on their trails. West Side Trail Winders will be responsible for Medford. New Business: • Delvin Smith informed us that the Rock Dodgers held their snowmobile safety class on December 26th and 27th. 13 registered and 9 attended. The number of people attending has been decreasing. This could be due to lack of snow or the other clubs in adjacent counties are now offering classes as well. Everyone who attended passed and the class was well received. • Sadie Trawicki read the calendar of events and asked if there were any updates to the calendar prior to the next meeting. There were none. • Dan Roiger reminded everyone to get the entries into SNARS in a timely manner. Those that belong to the Grooming Association should submit to Dan Roiger, Matt Roiger, or Bob Meyer for review prior to submitting to the county. Next Meeting: Next meeting February 6, 2025. Hosted by West Side Trail Winders, Medford VFW, 240 S 8th St., Medford. Adjourn: Motion made and 2 nd to adjourn. 1 st by Penny Olson, 2 nd by Roger Bube, motion carried. Adjourned 7:26 pm Respectfully submitted by: Luke Williams Taylor County Forestry Dept.