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Notice of Town Board Meeting

Town Of Chicog

April 12, 2023 7 PM

Watch for Upcoming Agenda

Patrick Wilcox

Chairman

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TOWN OF CHICOG

VOTING BY ABSENTEE BALLOT

Any qualified elector who is unable or unwilling to appear at the polling place on Election Day may submit a request to vote an absentee ballot to their clerk. A qualified elector is any U.S. citizen, who will be 18 years of age or older on Election Day, who has resided in the ward or municipally where they wish to vote for at least 28 consecutive days before the election. The elector must also be registered in order to receive an absentee ballot. Proof of identification must be provided before an absentee ballot may be issued.

You must make a request for an absentee ballot in writing or online at MyVote.wi.gov

Contact the Town Clerk to request that an application for an absentee ballot be sent to you for the election on February 21, 2023. You may also submit a written request in the form of letter or you may apply for an absentee ballot on line at MyVote.wi.gov Your written request must list your voting address within the Town of Chicog, the address where the absentee ballot should be sent, it different, and you signature. You may apply for an absentee ballot in person, by mail, by email or at MyVote.wi.gov

Making application to receive an absentee ballot by mail

The deadline for making application to receive an absentee ballot by mail is:

5 pm on the fifth day before the election, February 16, 2023

NOTE: Special absentee voting application provisions apply to electors who are indefinitely confined to home or a care facility, in the military, hospitalized, or serving as a sequestered juror. If this applies to you, contact the Clerk regarding deadlines for requesting and submitting an absentee ballot.

Voting an absentee ballot in person

You may also request and vote an absentee ballot in the clerk’s office or other specified location during the days and hours specified for casting an absentee ballot in person;.

In Person absentee voting will be by appointment only. Please contact the Town Clerk

The first day to vote an absentee ballot in the clerk’s office is February 7, 2023.

The last day to vote an absentee ballot in the clerk’s office is: February 19, 2023

No in-person absentee voting may occur on the day before the election.

The Town Clerk will deliver voted ballots returned on or before Election Day to the proper polling place before the polls close on TUESDAY February 21, 2023. Any ballots received after the polls closed will not be counted.

Town Clerk: Teresa L. Corrie: ph. # 715-466-4129, N11867 Brancel Rd,, Minong, WI 54859, email: tcorrie@centurytel.net

Click to View or Print Proposed 2023 Budget

2023 Proposed BUDGET.pdf

NOTICE

Town brush site open to the public! We will be leaving the site open 24/7 for brush disposal until further notice, but it will be monitored. Sorry for the inconvenience of all the schedule changing.

Approved Budget 2022

Washburn County Mailbox Policy 1-24-2022.pdf

WI Trans. Mailbox Safety Bulletin.pdf

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TOWN OF CHICOG

Town Board Meeting

March 8, 2023

1. Verify Legal Posting Notice

2. Call Meeting to order at 7:00 pm.

3. Pledge of Allegiance was recited.

4. Roll Call: all Board members present.

5. Approval of the previous minutes as posted on our web site. Motion made by Sue Kowarsch and seconded by Steve Loiselle to approve the posted minutes with the correction of cost for truck exhaust repair in #8 a to $6,000. Motion Passed

6. Treasurer’s report was given as follows all balances as of February 28, 2023:

Checking Account: Beginning balance - $23,214.30 includes interest of $8.81, outstanding checks - $2,332.07 Final working balance: $20,882.23

Money Market Account: $289,871.84, includes interest of $114.12

MMA Equipment Replacement Account: $18,650.63 includes interest of $15.72

MMA Grant Account: $24,938.90 includes interest of $21.03

Tax Account: $1,383.56

Motion made by Sue Kowarsch and seconded by Steve Loiselle to approve the Treasurer’s Report. Motion passed

Reminder by Town Clerk that checks the Town issues are only good for 1 year. We have several coming up that are close to being void.

7. Chairman’s Report:

a. Does the phrase (This is getting old) ring a bell to you and I’m not speaking of my age. Winter can end any time now!!! Topic of conversation in my world with the public is 99.9% of you are so ready for spring to arrive. It is that time of the year for the ominous road restrictions once again. Once they are enacted it is required to obtain a variance request to these restrictions and if obtained you the requisite are ultimately responsible for any and all damages to that infrastructure. Variances can be obtained through the Town’s Board Members and in accordance to appropriate conditions. This is an annual restriction and you as the public should be considering in advance this time frame. Schedule accordingly.

b. Town employee; This person is employed by the Town but not a servant to you the public, he is guided in his duties by the Town board in accordance to highway supervision. With that being said! His job is not guided by bar-stool antics. His job is not guided by social media/particular Facebook. His phone is his phone and he has the right to extend his number to who he wishes and the choice to answer any call he chooses/ You may be able to reach him during town hours ONLY! Between 6:30 am – 4:30 pm Mondays thru Thursdays via the Town’s phone which is 715-466-4525. “AFTER HOUR TIMES HE IS NOT TO BE BOTHERED’. If you have an emergency, a request or looking to convey or acknowledged information then your board members are to be your contact!!! No Excuses.

c. In closing I wish to acknowledge the passing of Thomas Mackie. Tom was the Chairman for many years in the Town of Casey and also the Chairman of the Washburn County Board. I honor him in recognition for his character and of his services throughout the many levels of his career in government and my sympathies and condolences in his passing to the friends and families of the Mackie’s. BIG! shoes to fill.

8. Correspondence:

a. This is Child Abuse Awareness Month

b. The County has sent out the Road restriction dates this afternoon. Road restrictions start on March 16, 2023 at noon.

9. Roads & Road Work:

a. Construction: None

b. Maintenance: WE have used up a lot of salt/sand mixture this season

c. Purchases: See agenda item 14.

10. Spooner School District referendum Presentation

Mr. David Aslyn, Superintendent, Spooner School District gave a presentation on the reason for the referendum on the April Ballot. Q&A followed. Referendum information may be found on the School District’s web page www.spooner.k12.wi.us.

11. Conditional Use Permit request for Heartwood resort to open a 140 site camp grounds on existing property

a. Pat Wilcox excused himself from this portion of the meeting due to conflict of interest, turned the meeting over to 1^st Supervisor Steve Loiselle.

b. A presentation was given by North County Surveying Inc. a company hired by Heartwood to furnish a survey for the permit.

c. Comments taken from the floor. Most individuals have concerns about the increase of traffic on Burian Place Rd causing safety issues, increase of traffic on all the lakes causing an increase of the possibility of invasive species, environmental impact concerns, increase of taxes to pay for road improvements due to traffic and on gravel roads due to ATVs and general noise.

d. Motion made by Sue Kowarsch to Deny the Conditional use permit seconded by Steve Loiselle.

e. The Public Hearing at the County level is scheduled for March 28, 2023 at 4pm at the County Court House.

*Before publishing the minutes the date for the County meeting has been changed to April 11, 2023.

12. Future proposed timber sale

a. We have a quote back from Groeschl Forestry Consulting, INC. They are estimating we have timber sales of $150,000. Their fee is based on a percent of total sales with a maximum fee of $15,000.

Motion made by Steve Loiselle and seconded by Sue Kowarsch to hire Groeschl Forestry Consulting, Inc. to sell the Town’s timber.

13. Opening of Maintenance Bids

a. Town Hall Cleaning:

Bid submitted by:

Brighter Days Cleaning Services, Shellie Nelson, for $75 per month

J & M Industries LLC for $100 per month

Motion made by Steve Loiselle and seconded by Sue Kowarsch to contract with Brighter Days Cleaning. Motion passed

b. Cemetery Mowing:

Bid submitted by:

Morgan Lawn Care for $160.00 per time.

J & M Industries LLC for $70 per hour

Brothers Lawncare LLC for $165 per time

Motion made by Steve Loiselle and seconded by Sue Kowarsch to contract with Morgan Lawn Care. Motion passed.

c. Town Hall Mowing:

Bid submitted by:

Morgan Lawn Care for $160.00 per time.

J & M Industries LLC for $70 per hour

Brothers Lawncare LLC for $165 per time

Motion made by Sue Kowarsch and seconded by Steve Loiselle to contract with Morgan Lawn Care. Motion passed.

d. Cemetery Spring Clean-up:

Bid submitted by:

Brothers Lawncare LLC for a one-time fee of $475

J & M Industries LLC for $70 per hour estimated time 6 hours for $420

Motion made by Sue Kowarsch and seconded by Steve Loiselle to contract with Brothers Lawncare LLC. Motion passed.

14. Grader attachments

Pat presented the type and cost of attachment for the grader, reminded the Board that with the timber sales coming in we will have the money.

Motion made by Sue Kowarsch and seconded by Steve Loiselle to buy the blade & lift attachment for the Grader. Motion passed.

15. Committee Reports: None

16. Public Input: - None

17. Date of the next meeting: April 12, 2023

18. Payment of Bills:

Motion made by Steve Loiselle and seconded by Sue Kowarsch to approve the payment of the following bills/checks: -323 to -623 and 12140 thru 12177. Motion passed

19. Motion made by Steve Loiselle and seconded by Sue Kowarsch to adjourn the meeting. Motion passed.

20. Meeting adjourned at 9:45 pm.

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Past Minutes

2023 Minutes

TOC Minutes March 2023.pdf

TOC Minutes Jan 2023.pdf

TOC Minutes Febuary 2023.pdf

2022 Minutes

TOC Minutes December 2022.pdf

TOC Minutes November 2022.pdf

TOC Minutes October 2022.pdf

TOC MINUTES September 2022.pdf

TOC MINUTES August 2022.pdf

TOC MINUTES July 2022.pdf

TOC MINUTES June 2022.pdf

TOC MINUTES May 2022.pdf

Annual Meeting April 23 2022.pdf

TOC MINUTES APRIL 2022.pdf

TOC MINUTES MAR 2022.pdf

TOC MINUTES FEB 2022.pdf

TOC MINUTES JAN 2022.pdf

2021 Minutes

TOC MINUTES December 2021.pdf

TOC MINUTES November 2021.pdf

TOC MINUTES October 2021.pdf

TOC MINUTES September 2021.pdf

TOC MINUTES August 2021.pdf

TOC MINUTES July 2021.pdf

TOC MINUTES June 2021 .pdf

TOC MINUTES May 2021 .pdf

TOC MINUTES April 2021 .pdf

TOC MINUTES MAR 2021 .pdf

TOC MINUTES FEB 2021 .pdf

TOC MINUTES JAN 2021 .pdf

2020 Minutes

TOC MINUTES DEC 2020.pdf

TOC MINUTES NOV 2020.pdf

TOC MINUTES OCT 2020 A.pdf

TOC MINUTES SEPT 2020.pdf

Public Hearing Liberty Lane 9-9-20.pdf

TOC MINUTES AUG 2020.pdf

TOC MINUTES JULY 2020.pdf

TOC MINUTES JUNE 2020.pdf

TOC MINUTES May 2020.pdf

TOC MINUTES Apr 2020.pdf

TOC MINUTES Mar 2020.pdf

TOC MINUTES Feb 2020.pdf

TOC MINUTES Jan 2020.pdf

2019 Minutes

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Resolution and Ordinances

Resolutions

RESOLUTION # 2020318A - Lodge Road	349.4KB
RESOLUTION #2020318B - HAZARD MITIGATION PLAN	475.5KB
RESOLUTION #2020318C - EQUIPMENT HOURLY RATE	189.8KB
RESOLUTION # 07082020 Liberty Lane	1.2MB
RESOLUTION #05262021 Short Term Rental	342KB
RESOLUTION #20221109 YELLOW BANK RD	836KB

Ordinances

Ordinance # 2020-01 - Short-Term Rental	3.1MB
Ordinance # 2020-02 -Injury to Highway	272.2KB
Ordinance # 2020-03 - Conditions to Obtain or Renew Licenses.	769.1KB
Ordinance # 2020-04 - Citation Ordinance	1.9MB
Ordinance # 2020-05 Amendment to Short-Term Rental	661.0KB
Ordinance # 2022-06-08 - BOR Alternate Members	405.0KB
Ordinance # 11-02-2022 - Town Brush Site	808KB

Forms and Permits

Application Form Short Term Rental -2022.pdf

453.5KB

Application Form Short Term Rental - 2022.docx

20.0KB

Short Term Rental - Tips & Suggestions.pdf

Formal Complaint Form.pdf

The following proposed ordinance by the Washburn County Community Rights Alliance will be open for discussion at the annual Town Meeting on July 25, 2020. If you have any questions or suggested changes before then, please contact one of the following local individuals with the Alliance:

Curt Hubatch:

hubyseven@gmail.com

Jan Bliss:

jbjhands@centurytel.net

Lou Columbus:

lacolumbus35@gmail.com

National Websites for More Information on Community Rights Are:

www.communityrighs.us

www.celdf.org

Proposed Chicog Ordinance

Right to a Healthy Climate Ordinance

Establishing a community rights-based ordinance for Chicog Town in Washburn County, WI that prohibits activities and projects that would violate rights secured by the ordinance.

Preamble

We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all people are created equal, that they naturally are endowed with certain unalienable rights that among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. That to secure these rights, the people institute governments, which derive their just powers from the consent of the governed.

Further, whenever any form of government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the right of the people to alter or abolish it, and to institute a new government. Laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to affect their safety and happiness.

This right of self-government, as stated in the Declaration of Independence, is natural fundamental, and unalienable. It is also secured to us by the United States Constitution and the Constitution of the State of Wisconsin.

Pursuant to that right of self-government, if our current system of local government infringes our rights, we, the people of Chicog, have the right to alter or replace that system with one that secures and protects human rights and ecosystem rights, as long as the new system does not infringe other rights protected for us by state and federal law.

The Town Of Chicog is situated within the St. Croix River watershed which includes the sub-watersheds of the Namekagon River, the Totagatic River, Stuntz Brook, Chicog Creek, and others. The total drainage of the St. Croix watershed is 7,760 square miles and extends from near Mille Lacs Lake in MN on the west to near Cable, WI on the east. 46% of the watershed is in MN and 54% is in Wisconsin. The Wisconsin portion covers 22 watersheds, 4,165 square miles, and 9 counties. The ecosystem this watershed represents is home to a multitude of animal and plant species and thousands of people who collectively rely on it for their livelihood, health, and survival.

It is our legislative determination that certain corporate activities are detrimental to our rights, health, safety, and welfare and those of the ecological system we live in. These activities include but are not limited to: runoff from the commercial use of pesticides, herbicides, and fertilizers; the intentional or unintentional dumping of toxic waste including corporate factory farm waste; and the physical deposition of emissions, leakage, disposal, or placement of toxins into the land, air, or waterways from extraction, transportation, processing, storage, conveyance, and depositing of waste from fossil fuels and frac sand activities.

As we are purportedly constrained by state and federal law, which courts interpret to require us to accept such harmful corporate activity, we the people of Chicog are unable under our current system of local government to secure human rights and ecosystem rights by banning the said activity. Thus we deem it necessary to alter our system of local government, and we do so by adopting this Right to a Healthy Climate Ordinance.

Section 1 – Statement of Law

Right of Self-Government. All residents of Chicog possess a right of self-government, which includes, but is not limited to, the following rights: first, the right to a system of local government founded on the consent of the people of the town; second, the right to a system of local government that secures their rights; and third, the right to alter any system of local government that lacks the consent of the people or fails to secure and protect the people's and ecosystems' rights, health, safety, and welfare. Any action to annul, amend, alter, or overturn this Ordinance shall be prohibited unless such action is approved by a prior Town vote at which a majority of the residents of the Town vote to approve such action.
Right to a Healthy Climate. All residents of Chicog possess a right to a stable and healthy climate system capable of sustaining human societies, which shall include the right to be free from all corporate activities that infringe that right, including but not limited to the runoff from the commercial use of pesticides, herbicides, and fertilizers; the intentional or unintentional dumping of toxic waste including corporate factory farm waste; and the physical deposition of emissions, leakage, disposal or placement of toxins into the land, air, or waterways from extraction, transportation, processing, storage, conveyance, and depositing of waste from fossil fuels and frac sand activities.
Right to Clean Air, Water, and Soil. All residents of Chicog possess the right to clean air, water, and soil, which shall include the right to be free from all corporate activities that release toxic contaminants into the air, water, and soil, including but not limited to the runoff from the commercial use of pesticides, herbicides, and fertilizers; the intentional and unintentional dumping of toxic waste including corporate factory farm waste; and the physical deposition of emissions, leakage, disposal, or placement of toxins into the land, air, or waterways from extraction, transportation, processing, storage, conveyance, and depositing of waste from fossil fuels and frac sand activities.
Rights of Ecosystems and Natural Communities. Ecosystems and natural communities within Chicog possess the rights to naturally exist, flourish, regenerate, and evolve; rights to restoration, recovery, and preservation; rights to a stable and healthy climate system capable of sustaining ecosystems and natural communities; rights to clean air, water, soil; and which also shall include, but not limited to, the right to be free from all corporate activities that infringe these rights, including, but not limited to the runoff from the commercial use of pesticides, herbicides, and fertilizers; the intentional and unintentional dumping of toxic waste including corporate factory farm waste; and the physical deposition of emissions, leakage, disposal, or placement of toxins into the land, air, or waterways from extraction, transportation, processing, storage, conveyance, and depositing of waste from fossil fuels and frac sand activities.
The Right to Protection from Governmental and Corporate Interference. All residents of Chicog and the Town Of Chicog as well as ecosystems and natural communities within Chicog possess the right to enforce this Ordinance free of interference from corporations, other business entities, and governments. That right shall include the right to be free from ceiling preemption because this Ordinance expands rights and legal protections for people and nature above those provided by less-protective state, federal and international law.

Section 2 – Enforcement

Any business entity or government that willfully violates any provision of this ordinance shall be subject to a civil penalty of $1,000 per day of violation.
Any business entity or government that willfully violates any provision of this Ordinance also shall be liable for any injury to an ecosystem or natural community caused by the violation. Damages shall be measured by the cost of restoring the ecosystem or natural community to its state before the injury and shall be paid to the Town Of Chicog to be used exclusively for the complete restoration of the ecosystem or natural community.
Ecosystems and natural communities within Chicog may enforce or defend this Ordinance through an action brought in the name of the ecosystem or natural community as the real party in interest.
Any resident of Chicog may enforce or defend this Ordinance through an action brought in the resident's name. Any resident, and any ecosystem or natural community, also shall have the right to intervene in any action concerning this Ordinance to enforce or defend it, and in such an action, the Town Of Chicog shall not be deemed to adequately represent their particularized interests.
If the Town Of Chicog fails to enforce or defend this law, or a court fails to uphold this law or purports to declare it unlawful, the law shall not be affected, and any resident may then enforce the rights and prohibitions of the law through non-violent direct action. If enforcement through non-violent direct action is commenced, this law shall prohibit any private or public actor from filing a civil or criminal action against those participating in such non-violent direct action. If an action is filed in violation of this provision, the applicable court must dismiss the action promptly, without further filings being required of direct-action participants. “Direct action” as used by this provision shall mean any non-violent activities or actions carried out to directly enforce the rights and prohibitions contained within this law.

Section 3 – State and Federal Constitutional Changes

Through the adoption of this Ordinance, the people of Chicog call for an amendment of the Wisconsin Constitution and the federal constitution to recognize expressly a right of local self-government free from governmental restriction, ceiling preemption, or nullification by corporate “rights”.

ENACTED AND ORDAINED this_______day of __________________, 20________, by the Town Of Chicog, in Washburn County, Wisconsin.

By:

Signature________________________________ Print_______________________________

Survey Results - Health Climate Ordnance

Two surveys have been mailed to the town citizens to find out how they felt about a Right to a Healthy Climate Ordnance.

In April of 2019, with the approval of the town chairman and the supervisors, one hundred and fifty short surveys were mailed to all of the township residents. 44 were returned. 36 (82%) were in favor of the ordinance. Because of this favorable response, the town chairman agreed another survey should be distributed to Chicog's taxpayers.

In December of 2019, with the approval of the town board, 700 short surveys were mailed along with the tax notifications. 97 were returned. Five questions were asked:

Do you support a right to a healthy climate: air, land, and water? 92 responded yes (94%).
Should the legal system recognize corporate rights over human, ecosystem rights? 84 responded no (87%).
Do you think the Town Of Chicog should legally have the right to enact and enforce laws to protect health, safety, and welfare? 81 responded yes (83%).
Would you be in favor of passing the ordinance: Right to a Healthy Climate that would give protection, legal standing, and constitutional rights in a court of law in the Town Of Chicog? 75 responded yes (77%).

Are you interested in attending an informational meeting? 28 responded yes (29%).

Board Members

Thank you for visiting the online home of The Town Of Chicog. We hope you’ll enjoy our fishing, hunting, and four-wheeling programs. Let us know if you need more information about our schedules and participation methods. Call us for details.

Chairman – Pat Wilcox

Email: chicogvfd@hotmail.com

Phone: 715-466-4525

Treasurer – Kathy Strohmeyer

Email: kstrohmeyer@centurytel.net

Phone: 715-466-4064

1st Supervisor – Steve Loiselle

Email: loisellesj@gmail.com

Phone: 715-466-2451

Clerk – Terri Corrie

Email: tcorrie@centurytel.net

Phone: 715-466-4129

2nd Supervisor – Sue Kowarsch

Email: suektownofchicog@gmail.com

Phone: 715-939-0437

Event Calendar

The Town Of Chicog is a lively community. At present, we offer various types of recreational programs and sports activities. We have presented the complete event calendar below. Please take a look.

(Note: Using the Calendar below and clicking on the event, you may get more detailed information and allow you to copy it into your calendar.)

MONTHLY TOWN MEETING 2nd Wednesday of the month at 7:00 PM

All Town Of Chicog landowners are ESG members. Contact Terri Corrie at 715-466-4129.