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IT'S 6:00 PM AND I WILL CALL THIS MEETING OF THE WASHINGTON COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS TO ORDER.
UM, WE HAVE THREE ABSENTEES TODAY.
[Call to Order, Roll Call, Affidavit of Posting, A Moment of Silent Prayer, and Pledge of Allegiance]
SCHUL AND SUPERVISOR SALAK WILL NOT BE HERE.UM, THIS MEETING WAS POSTED APPROPRIATELY BY THE CLERK'S OFFICE.
UM, CONGRATULATE OUR CLERK, ASHLEY RIKER, ON 15 YEARS OF MARRIAGE.
I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE.
FOR ALL THE MINUTES OF OUR LAST MEETING, SEPTEMBER 10TH, WERE IN THE PACKET.
ARE THERE ANY CORRECTIONS? THERE BEING NONE? WE'LL RECORD THEM AS PUBLISHED.
UM, ALONG WITH MY COMMUNICATIONS, UH, YOU'LL SEE
[a Minutes of September 10, 2025 ]
A MISSIVE ON YOUR DESK.THESE ARE THE RULES FOR AMENDMENTS TO THE BUDGET, WHICH IS BASICALLY THE RULES WE'VE HAD IN PLACE FOR EIGHT OR 10 YEARS NOW.
SO, UM, PLEASE, PLEASE NOTE THEM.
[a. Communications from the County Board Chair ]
OUR FIRST PRESENTATION IS A FARMLAND PRESERVATION PLAN.I BELIEVE ADAM CHRISTIANSEN HAS SOME COMMENTS.
[a. Farmland Preservation Plan]
OKAY.UM, AS, UH, I AM ADAM CHRISTENSEN.
I'M THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT PLANNER, UH, WITH THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT, AND I'M HERE TODAY TO DO A, UH, PRESENTATION ON THE UPDATE TO THE FARMLAND PRESERVATION PLAN FOR THE COUNTY BOARD.
UM, BEFORE WE, UH, GO INTO THE ACTUAL FARMLAND PRESERVATION PLAN, UH, I'LL KIND OF TOUCH ON THE STATE FARMLAND PRESERVATION PROGRAM A LITTLE BIT.
UH, TO BEGIN WITH, UH, CHAPTER 91 OF THE WISCONSIN STATE STATUTES IS THE GUIDING, UH, STATUTE FOR FARMLAND PRESERVATION PLANS, AND THEN ALSO THE STATE FARMLAND PRESERVATION PROGRAM.
UM, HOW IT WORKS IN WASHINGTON COUNTY IS WASHINGTON COUNTY DEVELOPS THE FARMLAND PRESERVATION PLAN, AND IT IS UP TO TOWNS AND LANDOWNERS TO ACTUALLY, UM, GO ABOUT IMPLEMENTING THE FARMLAND PRESERVATION PLAN.
UH, BUT THE OVERALL INTENTION OF THE STATE FARMLAND PRESERVATION PROGRAM IS TO PRESERVE FARMLAND, UH, THROUGH TAX CREDITS AND LOCAL ACTION.
UH, NEXT, UH, THERE ARE TWO WAYS LANDOWNERS CAN QUALIFY FOR THE TAX CREDITS.
UH, ONE, IF, UH, TOWNS DECIDE TO ACTUALLY GO OR GO THROUGH AND ESTABLISH A FARMLAND PRESERVATION ZONING ORDINANCE, UH, THEN QUALIFY FOR TAX CREDITS THROUGH THAT, UH, OR LANDOWNERS CAN COME TOGETHER, UH, AND PETITION THE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND TRADE, TRADE AND CONSUMER PROTECTION, UH, TO, UH, CREATE AGRICULTURE ENTERPRISE AREAS.
UH, AND THEN ONCE THOSE ARE ESTABLISHED, UH, THEY CAN SIGN FARMLAND PRESERVATION AGREEMENTS WITH THE STATE.
UM, AND THEN, UM, THEY WOULD QUALIFY FOR THE TAX CREDITS.
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AS OF RIGHT NOW, UH, THERE HAS BEEN NO ACTUAL IMPLEMENTATION OF THE STATE FARMLAND PRESERVATION PROGRAM WITHIN WASHINGTON COUNTY.NOW, KIND OF GOING INTO THE ACTUAL BITS AND PIECES OF THE FARMLAND PRESERVATION PLAN.
UH, SO AGAIN, CHAPTER 91 GUIDES WHAT WE NEED TO HAVE WITHIN THE PLANS.
UH, FIRST OFF, WE HAVE TO HAVE A REALLY GOOD OVERVIEW OF OUR A AGRICULTURAL RESOURCES, UH, ANY IMPACTS OF THOSE RESOURCES AND TRENDS WITHIN THOSE RESOURCES.
UH, FURTHER, WE HAVE TO ESTABLISH FARMLAND PRESERVATION AREAS, UH, WHICH ARE KIND OF THE, UH, THE FOUNDATION FROM WHICH THE TOWN OR LANDOWNERS CAN CHOOSE TO IMPLEMENT THE STATE FARMLAND PRESERVATION PROGRAM.
I'LL GO INTO THOSE A LITTLE BIT IN, IN, UH, FUTURE SLIDE.
UH, BUT JUST KNOW THAT, UM, A REALLY IMPORTANT THING ABOUT THE FARMLAND PRESERVATION AREAS IS ANY LAND THAT'S INCLUDED IN THESE AREAS CANNOT BE PLANNED FOR DEVELOPMENT IN THE NEXT 15 YEARS.
UH, AND AGAIN, I'LL GO THROUGH THE SCREENING PROCESS WE WENT THROUGH, UH, TO KIND OF SCREEN FOR THAT.
UH, BUT THEN FURTHER, WE HAVE TO HAVE ACTIONS AND GOALS, UM, WELL ACTIONS, UH, TO PRESERVE FARMLAND AND THEN GOALS TO PROMOTE AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT AND INCREASE HOUSING DEBT, EXCUSE ME, HOUSING DENSITY.
UH, NEXT ONE OF THE VERY FIRST, UH, STEPS THAT WE TOOK, UH, WHEN UPDATING THIS FARMLAND PRESERVATION, UH, PLAN, UH, WE ESTABLISHED A FARMLAND PRESERVATION ADVISORY COMMITTEE, UH, WHICH WAS MADE UP OF LOCAL GOVERNMENTS AND FARMING ORGANIZATIONS, UM, WITHIN WASHINGTON COUNTY.
UH, NEXT, I'M NOT GONNA GO THROUGH EVERY SINGLE, UH, PLAN CHAPTER, BUT JUST NOTE THAT CHAPTER FOUR, FIVE AND SIX IS KIND OF LIKE THE BULK OF THE PLAN.
IT'S WHERE WE HAVE THE MAJORITY OF OUR AGRICULTURAL RESOURCES AND DATA ABOUT THOSE RESOURCES.
UH, AND THEN IN CHAPTER SIX, WE HAVE THE FARMLAND PRESERVATION AREAS, UH, THE MAPS, UM, OF THE FARMLAND PRESERVATION AREAS.
OKAY, LET'S GO INTO THE PROCESS WE USE TO CREATE THE FARMLAND PRESERVATION AREAS.
SO STEP ONE, UH, SEWER PACK WENT THROUGH AND, UH, COMPLETED A LAND EVALUATION AND A SITE ASSESSMENT ANALYSIS, UH, THAT BASICALLY CREATED A BASE OF PARCELS THAT WE USE FOR STEP TWO, WHICH WAS THE FARMLAND PRESERVATION AREA DELINEATION PROCESS.
THIS WAS THAT SCREENING PROCESS THAT WE MADE SURE THAT IN THE NEXT 15 YEARS, ANY LAND WITHIN THIS MAP, THE, UH, DRAFT FARMLAND PRESERVATION AREAS WEREN'T PLANNED FOR DEVELOPMENT IN THE NEXT 15 YEARS.
UH, ONCE WE WENT THROUGH THAT PROCESS, WE CREATED DRAFT FARMLAND, PRESERVATION AREAS, AND THEN INVITED, UH, IN STEP THREE, WE INVITED ALL LANDOWNERS TO, UH, COME TO PRESENTATIONS TO SEE THE DRAFT FARMLAND PRESERVATION AREAS, UH, CONSIDER THEM, UH, MAKE RECOMMENDATIONS FOR EDITS, UH, AND THINGS OF THAT NATURE.
UM, BUT THEN WE GAVE THE TOWN, UH, ABOUT TWO WEEKS TO ABOUT A MONTH TO DETERMINE, UM, IF THERE WERE ANY EDITS, UM, AND CONSIDER WHETHER OR NOT TO PARTICIPATE.
UM, AND THEN ULTIMATELY WE CREATED FINAL DRAFTS AND THEN DID A FINAL, UH, PRESENTATION TO THE, UH, TOWNS.
UM, ULTIMATELY, UH, WE GAVE EACH TOWN THE OPPORTUNITY TO BASICALLY SIGN A RESOLUTION, SAYING, YES, THEY DO WANT THEIR FARMLAND, PRESERVATION AREAS INCLUDED IN THE OVERALL, UM, COUNTYWIDE MAP, UH, THAT WOULD GO TO THE DEPARTMENT OF TRADE OR AGRICULTURE, TRADE AND CONSUMER PROTECTION, UH, FOR CERTIFICATIONS.
SO THE MAP OFF TO THE RIGHT, UH, YOU'RE SEEING, UH, ALL THE YELLOW KIND OF FILLED IN PARCELS, ALL THE TOWNS THAT SAID YES.
UH, WE WOULD LIKE TO POTENTIALLY PURSUE, UM, SOME TYPE OF IMPLEMENTATION OF THE STATE FARMLAND PRESERVATION PROGRAM.
UM, SO INCLUDE IT, UH, ANYTHING IN WHITE, UH, THEY BASICALLY JUST SAID, YOU KNOW, RESPECTFULLY, NOPE, THIS ISN'T FOR US.
WE GOT ENOUGH FEEDBACK WHERE WE CAN DETERMINE THAT, UH, WE WOULDN'T LIKE TO PROCEED WITH THIS.
SO AGAIN, UM, STEP ONE, UM, IT'S ALL DONE AT THE LOCAL LEVEL.
SO IT WOULD BE UP TO TOWNS TO UPDATE THEIR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, LAND USE PLAN MAP TO SHOW THESE FARMLAND PRESERVATION AREAS.
AND THEN STEP TWO, IT WOULD BE UP TO THE TOWNS TO DETERMINE IF THEY WOULD LIKE TO IMPLEMENT IT AND LANDOWNERS AS WELL.
AND THEN AN UPDATE INTERVAL JUST FOR THE COUNTY BOARD.
UM, WE UPDATE THIS PLAN EVERY 10 YEARS, AND THEN ANYTIME THERE'S AMENDMENTS FOR MAPS AND TEXT.
AND THAT'S, THAT'S ALL I HAVE FOR MY PRESENTATION.
ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS THAT I CAN HELP WITH SUPERVISOR BOSER? THANK YOU, MR. CHAIR.
UM, YOU CAN GO BACK A COUPLE SLIDES.
IT MENTIONED HIGH DENSITY HOUSING OR INCREASING THE DENSITY OF HOUSING.
AND I'M ALL FOR FARMLAND PRESERVATION, BUT I WANNA UNDERSTAND THIS.
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QUALIFY FOR THAT INCREASED DENSITY, OR DOES THAT HAVE TO BE THESE HIGH DENSITY APARTMENTS THAT WE SEE A LOT OF IN THE CITY OF WEST BEND? SO THE STATE STATUTE REQUIRES THAT WE TOUCH ON INCREASING HOUSING DENSITY, BUT IS NOT SPECIFY, YOU KNOW, IF IT'S SUBURBAN GROWTH OR IF IT'S, YOU KNOW, OUR, UH, APARTMENTS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.UH, ULTIMATELY WE USE JUST THE GOALS THAT WE HAVE WITHIN OUR COMPREHENSIVE PLAN THAT, THAT TOUCH ON HOUSING DENSITY AND LIKE SMART GROWTH AND, UH, THINGS OF THAT NATURE.
SO IT'S NOT SPECIFIC TO A SPECIFIC TYPE, IT'S JUST, UM, IN GENERAL.
I WANTED TO MAKE SURE WE WEREN'T LOCKING OURSELVES IN TO HAVING TO HAVE MORE OF THESE HIGH DENSITY APARTMENT COMPLEXES IN AND, AND MOVE THEM OUT INTO THE TOWNS, WHICH IS WHAT THIS IS REALLY FOR.
OBVIOUSLY THIS DOESN'T AFFECT THE CITY WEST BEND, BUT YES.
I JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE OF THAT AND THAT WE'RE NOT LOCKING OURSELVES IN BECAUSE SOME PE I BELIEVE IN THE FREE MARKET, SOME PEOPLE LIKE THESE HIGH DENSITY APARTMENT BUILDINGS, A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T.
AND I WANNA MAKE SURE WE PRE PRESERVE CHOICE FOR EVERYBODY IN OUR COMMUNITY.
AND IF I CAN ADD ON THAT SECOND YEAH, GO AHEAD.
UM, THROUGH THE DELINEATION PROCESS OF THE FARMLAND PRESERVATION AREAS, UH, WE USED THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP TO SHOW, UM, TO LOOK BASICALLY WHERE WE HAD SUBURBAN DENSITY RESIDENTIAL, AND IF IT WAS MEANT FOR SUBURBAN DENSITY RESIDENTIAL, WE, WE DIDN'T INCLUDE ANY FARMLAND, UH, PRESERVATION AREAS WITHIN THAT, UH, BECAUSE THE TOWNS HAD DETERMINED THAT'S WHERE THEY WOULD LIKE TO SEE GROWTH.
AND WE TOOK THAT OUT BECAUSE IT WAS PLANNED FOR GROWTH IN THE NEXT 15 YEARS.
SO THAT WAS A PART OF THE PROCESS TOO, UM, FOR SCREENING.
SUPERVISOR NEWMAN, I APPRECIATE YOU SUMMING THIS UP IN FOUR STEPS, BUT THIS, COULD YOU TELL ME AGAIN, THIS WAS MONTHS AND MONTHS OF WORK.
I MEAN, THERE'S SEVERAL OF US THAT SERVED ON THE KIND OF ADVISORY COMMITTEE AND, YOU KNOW, CREDIT TO YOU AND YOUR TEAM, UH, YOUR ASSISTANTS THAT PUT IT ALL TOGETHER.
AND FOUR STEPS SEEMED LIKE A VERY SHORT PROCESS, BUT IT WAS NOT, IT WAS NOT.
UM, THE, THE LAND EVALUATION AND SITE ASSESSMENT ANALYSIS WAS ONE OF THE BIGGER INITIAL STEPS, UM, THAT REQUIRED IT.
I DON'T WANT TO GO TOO MUCH INTO THE WEEDS, BUT, UM, THAT WAS ONE OF THE LONGER STEPS BECAUSE YOU HAD TO ANALYZE ALL OF THE NATURAL AND MANMADE FEATURES AND ANALYZE ALL THE FARMLAND PARCELS SPECIFIC FOR THAT, AND THEN COME UP WITH THESE TIER ONE AND TIER TWO FARMLAND.
AND THEN THE DELINEATION PROCESS IN ITSELF WAS GOING THROUGH AND SCREENING, UM, FUTURE LAND USE MAPS, ZONING MAPS, UM, ANY SUBDIVISIONS THAT WE KNEW OF ANY, AND LOOKING AT PLATS AND, AND EVERYTHING.
AND, UH, AND THEN WORKING WITH THE TOWNS, UM, PRESENTING AND MAKING SURE WE WERE ACTUALLY COMMUTING, COMMUNICATING THIS TO THE PUBLIC, UM, ESPECIALLY PEOPLE WITHIN THE FARMLAND PRESERVATION AREAS.
UH, THAT WAS A LONG PROCESS AS WELL.
'CAUSE I KNOW HOW MUCH WORK YOU PUT INTO IT AND, AND COMING FROM A COMMUNITY THAT'S NAMED AFTER FARMING, UM, I WAS VERY SURPRISED ON THE RESPONSE THAT OUR TOWNSHIP HAD.
UM, I'LL SAY POLITELY, THEY BEAT YOU UP PRETTY GOOD IN THAT MEETING.
HONESTLY THOUGHT IT WAS GONNA GO THE OTHER DIRECTION, BUT, UM, YOU KNOW, I APPRECIATE YOU, UH, THE WAY YOU HANDLED THAT AND, UM, UNDERSTANDING THAT, THAT, YOU KNOW, THEIR SUPPORT WASN'T IN THAT DIRECTION, SURPRISINGLY TO ME TOO.
UM, I'M NOT SURE IF THAT WAS A SITUATION IN OTHER COMMUNITIES THAT AREN'T PARTICIPATING, IF IT WAS THE SAME TYPE OF RESPONSE, UH, SIMILAR RESPONSES.
I THINK ULTIMATELY, I, I, YOU'RE, YEAH, YOU'RE AT THE TOWN OF WAYNE, UH, AND YEAH,
THEY WERE VERY CONCERNED AND, YOU KNOW, ULTIMATELY, YOU KNOW, IT WAS CONVEYING THAT THIS IS GOING TO BE, UM, THE TOWN'S CHOICE ON WHETHER TO, TO PURSUE IT.
AND ULTIMATELY IT MADE IT VERY EASY FOR THE TOWNS TO DECIDE.
OR EVEN, YOU KNOW, IN TOWNS THAT WERE, YES, WE ARE SUPPORTIVE OF THIS, YOU KNOW, IT MADE IT VERY EASY WHEN PEOPLE CAME OUT AND THEY WERE PASSIONATE ABOUT IT.
SO, ALTHOUGH IT WAS, IT, IT WAS MAYBE A LITTLE BIT OF A ROUGH PRESENTATION, IT WAS, IT WAS, UM, IT WAS STILL GOOD.
IT WAS STILL GOOD TO, UH, PRESENT AND PROVIDE THE INFORMATION.
AND SORRY TO PROVIDE MORE INFORMATION, BUT, UM, THE DRAFT, FARMLAND, PRESERVATION AREAS FOR EVERY SINGLE TOWN IS STILL WITHIN THE PLAN.
UM, JUST IN CASE IN THE FUTURE, WITHIN THE NEXT YEAR OR THE NEXT, YOU KNOW, NINE YEARS A TOWN SAYS, OH NO, WE ARE ACTUALLY INTERESTED.
WE'VE HAD FIVE 10 FARMERS COME IN AND SAY, WE ARE INTERESTED.
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SO THERE'S ALWAYS OPPORTUNITY TO GET THEIR MAPS CERTIFIED IN THE FUTURE, BUT WE WANTED TO RESPECT THAT AND NOT GET IT CERTIFIED IF THEY SAID NO.AND YES, UM, THANK YOU FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP ON THIS.
UM, I WAS COMMITTEE CHAIR, BUT REALLY MOSTLY, UH, A FIGUREHEAD, YOU KNOW, ATTENDED SOME OF THE MEETINGS AND THINGS WITH YOU.
AND, UM, I JUST, YOU KNOW, WANNA SHARE TO YOUR DIPLOMACY SKILLS AND TO HOW THIS WAS PRESENTED.
VERY NEUTRAL TO ALL THE MUNICIPALITIES AND SOME OF THE MUNICIPALITIES TOO.
UM, MY OWN OPINION, OR, OR, OR ACTUALLY A COUPLE OF PEOPLE VOICED THIS PERSONALLY TO ME ALSO IS WHY THEY CHOSE NOT TO, AND KIND OF VOICED AGAINST IT IS A LITTLE BIT OF THEIR OWN, UM, PRIDE THAT THEY DIDN'T, UM, WANT THAT ASSISTANCE, SAY FROM THE GOVERNMENT OR ANY, YOU KNOW, STRINGS ATTACHED WITH A GOVERNMENT SUBSIDY THAT THEY JUST DID NOT, UM, BELIEVE IN THAT.
AND ALSO TOO, IT WASN'T, UM, ENOUGH, EVEN THOUGH IT WAS DOUBLED THIS, UM, THIS PAST YEAR OR, OR MAYBE TWO YEARS AGO NOW, THE TAX CREDIT DID INCREASE.
YES, THE TAX CREDITS INCREASED, UM, BUT THAT STILL WASN'T ENOUGH ASCENT INCENTIVE FOR SOME INDIVIDUALS, FOR SOME FARM OWNERS.
AND, UM, SOME ARE ACTUALLY ALREADY DOING THESE PRACTICES, YOU KNOW, AS WE'RE AWARE OF OUR, YOU KNOW, OUR CEDAR CREEK FARMERS AND, UM, OTHER ORGANIZATIONS.
THEY'RE DOING A LOT OF THIS CONSERVANCY PRACTICE ALREADY ON THEIR OWN, WHICH IS A REQUIREMENT TO BE INVOLVED WITH THE FARMLAND PRESERVATION.
BUT, UM, IT'S, THEY'RE, THEY HAVE TO MEET CONSERVATION STANDARDS, WHICH IS A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT THAN LIKE COVER CROPS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
BUT, BUT THEY ARE DOING SOME OF THE, YEAH.
SOME OF THESE CONSERVATION STANDARDS, YOU KNOW, ESSENTIALLY ON THEIR OWN.
AND THERE'S A BIG EDUCATIONAL PUSH AS YOU ALL ARE AWARE WITH IN WASHINGTON COUNTY ON THAT, UM, WITH SOME OF OUR GROUPS LIKE THE CEDAR CREEK FARMERS, BUT, AND, UM, WOULD YOU LIKE TO SHARE TOO, HOW MANY, UM, MUNICIPALITIES ACTUALLY HAVE SIGNED ON? YES.
UM, I HAVEN'T COUNTED IN, AT, AT AT, UM, I THINK IT'S ABOUT SEVEN SEVEN.
I MEAN, IF YOU COUNT 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7.
SO INCLUDING THE TOWN OF GERMANTOWN, BUT YEAH, SO THANK YOU.
UH, THIS 10 MINUTE PRESENTATION YOU JUST HEARD IS A RESULT OF DOZENS OF MEETINGS, AND I HAVE NO IDEA HOW MANY HOURS ADAM HAS PUT INTO THIS.
I THINK HE'S PROBABLY THANKFUL WE ONLY HAVE TO DO THIS ONCE EVERY 10 YEARS.
UH, BUT HE, IF IF YOU DIDN'T GO TO ANY OF THE MEETINGS, I KNOW, UH, SUPERVISOR CON OR SUPERVISOR CONRAD CHAIRED, UH, SOME OF THOSE EVENTS AND SUPERVISOR NEWMAN WAS THERE AS WELL.
A HUGE TASK AND A JOB WELL COMPLETED.
SUPERVISOR TROUTNER, UH, I ATTENDED OTHER MEETINGS IN, UH, TOWN OF WAYNE AND TOWN OF KIOSK, AND YEAH, IT WAS PRETTY ROUGH.
A FULL HOUSE, HOUSE IN BOTH MEETINGS AND PEOPLE WERE, UM, I WOULD, SOME OF THEM WERE OFFENDED AT THE AMOUNT OF THAT THEY WOULD GET FOR WHAT IS REQUIRED, BUT I JUST WANNA POINT OUT, IT'S A STATE PROGRAM.
SO, UM, AND, UM, SO THOSE SOUNDS, YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY OPTED OUT OF THIS AND COULDN'T UNDERSTAND WHY ANYONE WOULD WANT, WANT TO OPT IN, BUT THEIR FEEDBACK KIND OF IS FOR THIS TO GO BACK TO THE STATE AND FOR THE STATE TO HEAR THEIR PROBLEMS WITH THE PROGRAM.
YEAH, TYPICAL THE STATE MAKES RULES AND WE GET TO GO DO 'EM.
SO, ANY OTHER COMMENTS? AND THANK YOU.
UH, WE'LL MOVE ON TO RESOLUTION 42, ADOPTION OF APPENDIX K, A FARMLAND PRESERVATION PLAN FOR WASHINGTON COUNTY AS AMENDMENT 2025 DASH ONE OF A MULTI-JURISDICTIONAL PLAN FOR WASHINGTON COUNTY.
UH, MOTION AND A SECOND, PLEASE.
[a. 2025 Resolution 42 – Adoption of Appendix K – A Farmland Preservation Plan for Washington County as Amendment 2025-1 of A Multi-Jurisdictional Plan for Washington County: 2050]
I DON'T HAVE ANY PRESENTATION ITEMS FOR THAT.I'M JUST, DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS HERE TO STAND UP FOR QUESTIONS? THERE BEING NO QUESTIONS.
WE'LL, OH, SUPERVISOR TROUTNER, SORRY, I DIDN'T SEE YOU.
I JUST WANNA REITERATE, MAKE SURE THAT IF, UM, UH, TONES
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THAT HAVE DECIDED NO, UM, THEY STILL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO JOIN THIS IN THE FUTURE IF THEY WANT TO, ARE, WE WILL VOTE ELECTRONICALLY.THIS IS A SIMPLE MAJORITY VOTE.
UNANIMOUS, IT PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.
ORDINANCE SEVEN AMENDING SECTION 1 79 DASH NINE OF THE CODE RELATING TO THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN.
CAN I HAVE A MOTION? AND A SECOND SUPERVISOR, CONRAD, SUPERVISOR KEL, ANY QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS, WHATEVER YOU CAN VOTE ELECTRONICALLY.
THIS IS ALSO A SIMPLE MAJORITY.
OUR NEXT ITEM IS 2025, RESOLUTION 40, A GRANT APPLICATION FOR WISCONSIN DEPARTMENT OF MILITARY AFFAIRS, PUBLIC SAFETY ANSWERING POINT GRANT PROGRAM, FISCAL YEAR 2026.
MOTION BY SUPERVISOR BOSSERT, SECOND BY SUPERVISOR SCHWAB.
ANY DISCUSSION? WE'VE DONE THESE GRANTS PRETTY ROUTINELY.
IF THERE ARE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT WHERE THE, UH, 10% FUNDING COMES FROM, THAT IS NOTED IN THE PUBLIC SAFETY PACKET.
IN THE NOTES AT THE VERY END, MATCH REQUIREMENTS WOULD BE FUNDED WITH THE MONIES REMAINING IN GENERAL FUND TRANSFERS PREVIOUSLY PROVED IN RELE RESOLUTIONS.
2023 DASH 25 AND 2023 DASH 48.
I GUESS WHEN WE'RE READY, WE'LL VOTE.
THIS REQUIRES A TWO THIRDS MAJORITY.
NEXT UP IS RESOLUTION 41, UH, RELOCATION ORDER FOR COUNTY TRUNK HIGHWAY M.
AND I BELIEVE MR. SCHMIDT HAS A COMMENT.
SECOND BY SUPERVISOR PRIDE MOORE.
UH, I JUST WANNA POINT OUT IN THE PACKET THAT, UH, THE MAP THAT WENT TO THE PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE, UH, WAS ALTERED BETWEEN THE 10, WENT THE PUBLIC WORKS, AND THE TIME IT'S NOW IN FRONT OF YOU.
UH, PLEASE REPORT THAT OUR ENGINEERING FIRM AFTER OUR PUBLIC INFORMATION MEETING WENT BACK AS FAR AS COMMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC AND COMMENTS FROM STAFF.
UH, THEY ACTUALLY WERE ABLE TO REDUCE YOUR RIGHT OF WAY THAT WAS NEEDED ON THIS PORTION OF COUNTY HIGHWAY M BY ABOUT TWO ACRES.
SO GIVE YOU A POINT, INSTEAD OF BEING 10.7 ACRES, WE'RE NOW DOWN TO ABOUT 8.7 ACRES THAT WE NEED TO PURCHASE, UH, THREE PARCELS WHERE WE ACTUALLY ELIMINATED ANY RIGHT OF WAY NEED AT ALL, UH, BY, UH, UTILIZING, UH, CHANGE IN THE GRADE, UH, USING CURB AND GUTTER IN SOME LOCATIONS.
UH, TALKING TO THE LANDOWNERS, WHAT, WHAT
[d. 2025 Resolution 41 – Relocation Order – County Trunk Highway M]
ACTUALLY THEY WERE LOOKING FOR AND WANTING, UH, MEETING WITH LIKE THE RESIDENT, UH, OWNER, EXCUSE ME, OF THE JAILHOUSE RESTAURANT, FOR INSTANCE, AND GETTING 'EM A KNOWLEDGE ABOUT WHAT THEY ACTUALLY ARE LOOKING FOR IN FRONT OF THEIR RESTAURANT AND ALONGSIDE THEIR RESTAURANT.SO, UH, VERY PLEASED TO NOTE THAT THE, THE PACKET YOU SEE IS ACTUALLY A REDUCTION IN ACREAGE THAT ACTUALLY WENT TO THE PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE, UH, LAST MONTH.
HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY OTHER QUESTIONS THAT YOU MAY HAVE ON IT.
DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? THERE? BEING NONE WILL VOTE ON THIS.
AND FINALLY, ORDINANCE EIGHT PER DIEM COMPENSATION.
WE HAD A VERY GOOD DISCUSSION LAST MONTH ON THE SUBJECT OF A POTENTIAL PAY INCREASE FOR THE BOARD.
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BY NOW YOU HAVE ALL THOUGHT THE SUBJECT THROUGH.I CONSIDER JUST LETTING THE ISSUE HAPPEN WHEN THE BUDGET IS APPROVED, BUT THOUGHT THAT SOMETHING DISSENSION COULD RESULT.
I DON'T WANT THAT WHERE DEMOCRACY AND THE MAJORITY SHOULD RULE.
THUS, WE WILL VOTE TONIGHT AND MOVE ON FROM THE SUBJECT.
AT LAST MONTH'S MEETING, WE HAD A BIT OF POLITICKING AND VIRTUE SIGNALING.
LET'S STAY AWAY FROM THAT TONIGHT.
[e. 2025 Ordinance 8 – Per Diem Compensation]
IF THERE'S NEW INFORMATION, SPEAK UP, BUT I DON'T WANNA REHASH WHAT WE ALREADY HAD IN A GOOD CONVERSATION LAST MONTH'S.WE ARE ONE OF THE FISCALLY STRONGEST COUNTIES IN THE STATE.
WE'RE THE ONLY COUNTY WITH A TWO YEAR BUDGET, AND WE'RE A LEADER IN SHARED SERVICES.
WE'RE ALSO THE ONLY COUNTY WITH A HIGHWAY PLAN GOOD TO 2050 AND SOON TO BE 2060.
ALL OF THESE THINGS AND MORE ARE THE RESULT OF YOUR WORK.
SO I WANNA START BY THANKING CHAIRMAN SCHLEI FOR DOING THIS THIS WAY AND NOT JUST THE EXPEDIENT WAY.
ONE OF THE THINGS I'VE LEARNED IN MY 52 YEARS ON EARTH IS THAT WHEN YOU DON'T DO THINGS THE RIGHT WAY, YOU CAN END UP REGRETTING IT IN THE LONG TERM.
IT MIGHT BE 35 YEARS LATER, AND YOU'RE STILL WISHING FOR A DO-OVER ANYTIME.
WE ARE CHANGING SALARIES FOR ANY ELECTED POSITION, IT SHOULD BE DONE AS AN ORDINANCE AND NOT SNUCK INTO THE BUDGET WHERE IT COULD EASILY BE MISSED BY THE PUBLIC.
SO THANK YOU FOR DOING IT THIS WAY.
THAT'S A PROMISE I MADE TO MY CONSTITUENTS HOW MANY YEARS AGO.
I STILL SEE SOME UNFUNDED PUBLIC SAFETY NEEDS.
UM, LET'S SEE WHAT, SORRY, I'M HAVING A LITTLE TROUBLE SEEING MY SCREEN.
UM, IW IF THIS PASSES AND I THINK IT PROBABLY WILL, I WILL STILL DONATE ANY ADDITIONAL SALARY I GET BACK TO THE COMMUNITY IN ADDITION TO WHAT I ALREADY DONATE.
BUT I DO REALLY APPRECIATE THAT WE ARE DOING THIS THE RIGHT WAY.
ANY OTHER QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, DISCUSSION, SUPERVISOR? KRIEGER, GUNDER, UM, UH, UH, ALONG WITH, UH, SUPERVISOR BOSER, I'M STILL GONNA BE A NO VOTE ON THIS.
AND I THINK IF WE GO BACK AND WE LOOK AT THE CHANGES THAT HA THAT OCCURRED SINCE 1999, THERE'S A CONSIDERABLE AMOUNT OF LESS TIME REQUIREMENTS BY THE SUPERVISORS.
UM, I DON'T THINK ANYTHING HAS CHANGED THOUGH, FOR THE COUNTY BOARD CHAIR.
UM, BUT SINCE OUR LAST MEETING IN OUR PUBLIC SAFETY MEETING, UM, WE HAD, UM, THE SHERIFF TELL US THAT HE HAD REQUESTED $17,000 FOR, I THINK HE CALLED IT DEPUTY SHERIFF POOL, WHICH IS PART OF THE COUNTY, UM, COURT SECURITY.
UM, IT WAS NOT PUT INTO THE BUDGET.
UM, AND THE TOTAL AMOUNT FOR OUR RAISES HERE, NOT MINE, OURS THE SUPERVISOR'S RAISES IS $17,000 OVER TWO YEARS.
AND THE SHERIFF'S WAS 17 EACH YEAR.
HOWEVER, I CAN'T IN GOOD CONSCIENCE DENY 17,000 EACH YEAR TO THE SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT FOR COUNTY SECURITY AND VOTE FOR A RAISE FOR COUNTY SUPERVISORS.
SO, UM, STRENGTHENS WHAT I SAID LAST, LAST MONTH, UM, THAT THIS IS REALLY, YOU KNOW, THE OTHER THING I WANTED TO SAY IS, YOU KNOW, I'M SURE THAT IN PUTTING TOGETHER THE BUDGET, MANY OF THE DEPARTMENT HEADS HAD WHAT COULD BE TECHNICALLY CALLED A ROUNDING ERROR, BUT THEY TOOK THEM OUT OF THEIR BUDGET.
UH, BUT IN THIS PARTICULAR CASE, SHERIFF SICE SPOKE UP AT THE PUBLIC PUBLIC SAFETY MEETING, UM, AND MADE IT CLEAR THAT HE WOULD REALLY LIKE TO HAVE HAD THAT IN HIS BUDGET.
ANYONE ELSE WISH TO SPEAK ANYTHING NEW SUPERVISOR KELLY.
UM, TAKING INTO ADVISE WHAT, UH, SUPERVISOR GUN
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KRIEGER GUN SAID, UM, THIS WAS TAKEN OUT OF THE BUDGET, UM, AS PROPOSED BY THE COUNTY EXECUTIVE.AND OVERALL, THIS BUDGET ACTUALLY COMES OUT WITH A TAX CUT OF A HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS.
SO IF THE COUNTY EXECUTIVE WANTED TO PUT THIS IN THERE, IT WOULD BE IN FOR THE SHERIFF.
IT REALLY HAS NOTHING TO DO AND IS NOT TIED TO, UH, COMPENSATION FOR THIS BOARD.
RECENTLY, I WAS QUESTIONED BY A RELATIVELY WELL-KNOWN LOCAL REPORTER ABOUT HOW I FELT ABOUT THIS.
AND I TOLD HER STRAIGHT UP THAT I'M IN FULL SUPPORT.
UH, SHE SEEMED A LITTLE SURPRISED AND WAS LIKE, WELL, WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME YOU GOT A RAISE? AND I SAID, 19 99, 26 YEARS AGO, I SAID, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT 5%.
I'LL DEFEND THAT ANY DAY AND ANY WAY OF THE WEEK.
'CAUSE I, TO ME, I THINK MR. SCHWAB, UH, SUPERVISOR SCHWAB SAID IT BEST.
10 YEARS I'VE BEEN ON THE BOARD, YOU'RE NOW LOOKING AT THE SIXTH TAX CUT YEAR AND FOUR FLAT YEARS OF NO TAX INCREASES.
WE'VE CUT THE SIZE OF THIS BOARD TWICE.
WE'VE CUT PER DIEMS. WE'VE CUT MONEY TO MEETINGS.
I REMEMBER SUPERVISORS GOING TO SEVERAL DIFFERENT MEETINGS AND BEING COMPENSATED ALL OVER THE STATE.
THIS BOARD HAS DONE A GREAT JOB AND, AND I BELIEVE IT'S VALUED BY THE COMMUNITY.
AS I ALLUDED TO IN MY COMMENTS, I THINK WE'RE THE BEST COUNTY BOARD IN THE STATE.
DOES ANYBODY ELSE WISH TO SPEAK READY TO VOTE? I SHOULD ADD THIS AS A SIMPLE MAJORITY VOTE.
EVIDENTLY THE COMPUTER SYSTEM DOESN'T WANT TO GIVE US A RAISE.
WHO ARE WE MISSING? OH, IT PASSES 12 TO SIX.
NEXT UP, WE WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO CONVENE AND CLOSE SESSION PURSUANT TO STATUTE 1985 FOR THE PURPOSE OF CONSIDERING CRIME PREVENTION AND DETECTION.
SPECIFICALLY TO REVIEW THE COUNTY'S CYBERSECURITY PLAN.
MOTION BY SUPERVISOR MARY MOTION, SECOND BY SUPERVISOR HARTWIG.
UM, AND THIS REQUIRES A ROLL CALL VOTE.
SO WE'LL START WITH SUPERVISOR MARIETTA.
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UM, SO OUR NEXT MEETING DATE IS NOVEMBER 12TH, 2025.THIS MEETING'S ADJOURNED AND THE BRUISER DOWN FOUR TO THREE.
THEY LEFT THE BASES LOADED IN THE TOP OF THE EIGHTH.
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I WAS JUST WATCHING THE, I[a. November 12, 2025]
NO, IT'S GOOD.[Adjournment Subject to the Call of the Chair]
I LAUGHING.