Public Works Committee — Agenda Packet

1 Sawyer County Public Works Committee Meeting Wednesday, March 11, 2026 @ 6:30 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 on an item. 8. CONSIDER APPROVAL OF MINUTES FROM PREVIOUS MEETING a. Previous Meeting Minutes 9. MAINTENANCE DEPARTMENT a. Maintenance Report 10. SAWYER COUNTY AIRPORT REPORT Page 1 of 11 2 a. Management Report- Hayward Aviation, LLC 11. HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT a. Highway Commissioner's Report b. Resolution 2026-____ Transportation Funding (Discussion and Possible Action) 12. BOARD APPOINTED COMMITTEE UPDATES a. Ad-hoc Committee Meeting with Tribal Members Report 13. CORRESPONDENCE, REPORTS FROM CONFERENCES AND MEETINGS 14. FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS 15. 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 11 Page 3 of 11 Minutes of the February 11, 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: Chair: Ron Kinsley Mike Markgren Vice Chair: Marc Helwig Liz Klein Randy Neumann Derek Leslie Chuck Van Etten John Pinnow Jim Evans Karl Kemper- Virtual Call to Order – Chair Kinsley called the meeting to order at 6:30 pm. Certification of Compliance with the open meeting law was met. Roll Call was taken; quorum was met. Meeting Agenda – Set Public Comments- None Minutes from the previous meeting dated: January 7, 2026 Motion to approve by: Mr. Evans Second by: Mr. Neumann Motion carried without negative vote. Sawyer County Airport Report- Mr. Kemper of Beche Hoppe walked the committee through a proposed pen and ink amendment to the Airport Layout Plan, which incorporates outlines of Future Airport Property around the Runway Protection Zone. This amendment is a minor update; the full 200-300 page Airport Layout Plan will be presented once the Airport Master Plan is approved. Mr. Leslie provided the January Airport report and stated they are waiting on the state and federal governments to move forward with the Airport Master Plan. Motion to approve the changes to the Airport Layout Plan and forward to the County Board by: Mr. Helwig Second by: Mr. Neumann Motion carried without negative vote Maintenance- Mr. Schmidt provided a written report on January County maintenance projects. Highway Department- Commissioner Pinnow updated the committee on January Highway projects: January 21 was a winter training roundtable discussion with the State. The County D bridge replacement was awarded and will be a spring project. CTH E is underway for 2027. LRIP applications have been submitted for CTH F and CTH DD. The Department is exploring the Samsara GPS system for use in the fleet; Mr. Pinnow will demonstrate the cameras at the end of the meeting. CTH B Driveway Permit Application- An application for a driveway permit to a new business on CTH B west of Dollar General was discussed; it will cross a paved walking path and the committee agreed the path should be repaved if disturbed. Three possible locations were proposed and discussed. Page 4 of 11 Motion to approve whichever driveway entrance works best for the owner by: Mr. Van Etten Second by: Mr. Neumann Motion carried without negative vote. Ad-hoc Committee Update—Mr. Kinsley reported that the committee met with tribal members on Monday, February 2 and reached a compromise on a route to take to the TGB meeting. The TGB chose option B and the committee will meet again on March 2 at 11:00am to continue discussions. Board Appointed Committee Updates-- None Correspondence, reports from conferences and meetings – None Future Agenda Items – None Demonstration of Samsara camera system to committee members. Meeting adjourned at 7:19 pm Next Meeting: March 11, 2026 Time: 6:30 pm Location: Board Room Page 5 of 11 Maintenance Report February 2026 I. Courthouse/Sheriff’s: • In addition to routine building maintenance and repairs, staff responded to and completed the following work orders to date. o 61 staff requests completed o 66 work orders completed o 5 maintenance preventative work orders completed • Continuing to work on wallpaper removal in HHS/Admin areas. II. Fleet: • 1 2026 Sheriff squad was received currently at Gencomm for equipment installation. III. Projects • Jail Air Handler project is 98% complete. JCI still has some piping to complete for the AC side, but the unit is running. IV. Staffing • The part time maintenance position is currently open and posted on the website. Page 6 of 11 Sawyer County Airport Management Report March 2025 (Provided by Airport Manager Derek Leslie) -We had a very successful Birkie week. We managed to accommodate every aircraft that desired to utilize our airport. Impressive considering, we did get snow through that stretch as well. Great Job Shane Kreyer and Crew. -Barnum gate service came up to work on our four motorized gates. Everything is tuned up and in good working condition. -Sawyer County Highway has been working on clearing brush and trees inside the fence at the airport. Working South to North, we are clearing areas that have not been touched for decades. Still undetermined how much we will get done, but the results are truly impressive thus far. Thanks to the Highway Crew and Mr. Pinnow. -The WI DNR has been in and out a lot this last stretch with four different aircraft. They have been using the airport as a meeting place for the big elk counting operation. Stopping for fuel, personnel pickup, and lunch stops. -Road bans are fast approaching. I have been in communication with Pinnow as well as the Town Of Hayward to discuss operations. Page 7 of 11 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 February 28, 2026 Highway Commissioner’s Report • Crews have been out quite frequently performing snow and ice control activities on the State and County systems. • Crews have been patching on the County and State system. They have also been brushing along CTH W and STH 70. We have also completed a big area of brushing at the airport. • Highway dept was utilized for snow removal on main street Saturday night. All our work for Birkie is reimbursed by them. • Sawyer County Highway Dept will host chainsaw safety on March 18th and 19th. We have multiple Counties attending the event. • We have been checking frost tubes daily. We have seen some thaw. With the warm weather approaching road bans will be on shortly. • I have received a request from the Town of Hunter for a speed reduction at CTH S and Musky tale. I will be placing a traffic and speed counter in this area and completing a speed study. • We’re still in the process of our turnover plan for small fleet trucks. We received a new 1-ton dump along with our new patch kettle. • I’ll be submitting an application for our small structure replacement on CTH W at Connor’s Lake. Application is due May 1st. • I’m still working through a plan for the construction of a new Highway Dept facility in Hayward. This has me evaluating all three Highway Dept facilities. • I will be bidding out asphalt and pulverizing for our road construction projects on CTH DD and F this summer. • Highway Dept is fully staffed. Page 8 of 11 Transportation Resolution 1/12/2026 WHEREAS, local units of government in Wisconsin own and maintain approximately 90% of the public road miles in the state, including county highways, town roads, and city and village streets; and WHEREAS, Wisconsin’s economy—rooted in agriculture, manufacturing, and tourism—relies on a safe, reliable, and well-maintained transportation network; and WHEREAS, local governments greatly appreciate the one-time infusions of General Purpose Revenue, primarily sales and income taxes, and other revenue provided in recent state budgets, which have enabled the initiation and continuation of the successful and popular Local Roads Improvement Program Supplemental (LRIP-S) and Agricultural Roads Improvement Program (ARIP); and WHEREAS, despite modest increases from the state over the years, transportation aids to local governments remain insufficient to keep pace with inflation and rising construction costs, leaving many communities funded below 2000 levels in real dollars; and WHEREAS, local governments throughout Wisconsin continue to struggle to perform even routine maintenance, pavement preservation, and safety improvements, resulting in deteriorating roads and bridges; and WHEREAS, the inaugural inventory and assessment of small bridges between 6 to 20 feet found about 10% of the nearly 17,000 structures to be in poor or severe condition; and WHEREAS, levy limits and other fiscal constraints prevent local governments from independently filling the funding gap created by inadequate state transportation aids; and WHEREAS, absent sustainable state funding, many communities have been forced to address their shortfalls by significantly increasing borrowing, deferring essential projects, or imposing local vehicle registration (“wheel”) taxes; and WHEREAS, Wisconsin motorists currently pay among the lowest transportation user fees in the Midwest, while neighboring states and dozens of others nationwide have enacted long-term revenue measures to keep their transportation systems competitive; and Page 9 of 11 WHEREAS, Wisconsin is increasingly relying on General Purpose Revenues to make needed investments, potentially pitting transportation against other vital services, such as education; and WHEREAS, continued lack of growing, dedicated, and predictable revenue places Wisconsin at a growing economic disadvantage by threatening the efficiency of freight movement, the safety of travelers, and the attractiveness of our state to businesses and residents; and WHEREAS, both Wisconsin’s aging Interstate highway system—largely constructed in the 1950s and 1960s—and our extensive network of state and local roads require predictable, adequate, and sustainable funding to meet current and future needs; NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the [_______________________ County Board of Supervisors / Common Council / Village Board / Town Board] strongly urges the Governor of Wisconsin and the State Legislature to enact a comprehensive, sustainable transportation funding solution that: 1. Provides adequate and reliable revenue growth for the efficient long-term planning and execution of state and local transportation programs; 2. Includes responsible and prudent use of General Purpose Revenue and bonding; 3. Adjusts any new and existing transportation user fees and other revenue mechanisms to sustain purchasing power in order to maintain and improve Wisconsin’s transportation infrastructure; and 4. Ensures transportation continues to deliver for Wisconsin by adequately funding reconstruction, preservation, and safety investments on the state and local systems. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the clerk is hereby directed to transmit a copy of this resolution to the Governor’s office, all members of the Wisconsin State Senate and Assembly representing districts within [County/City/Village/Town]. Adopted this ______ day of ______________________, 2026. For contact information for your Legislative Delegation http://legis.wisconsin.gov/ Governor’s email address: govinfo@wisconsin.gov Page 10 of 11 Page 11 of 11