Lake Holcombe Town Board; That’s not your address anymore

Sanitary Board chairman Buck Steele read an email on what’s going on with things at the waste treatment plant Sept. 14, at the regular Lake Holcombe Town Board meeting. Steele was happy to report things are going well and that they are currently waiting on sample results of the ponds. Photo by Joy Dain

By Ginna Young

Drivers licenses, insurance policies, legal documents – they’re all going to have to be changed for some residents along Pine Lake in Holcombe. Brian Guthman, Lake Holcombe Town Board chairman, shared the bad news at a meeting Sept. 14.

When the county redid that road, where 267th Street comes in, all the way around the corner, they mistakenly made it 276th Avenue, instead of 267th Street.

“Well, they had some issue up there, with 911 and they couldn’t find the address,” said Guthman.

As such, everyone affected along there will have to change their addresses. According to Emergency Management, who is in charge of making sure that happens, there are hundreds of the incorrect addresses across the county, that have to be changed.

“Of course, no one is happy about that,” said Guthman. “You’ve never moved, but you have to change your address.”

Guthman also mentioned that the Outdoor Recreation Plan the board previously talked about, needs a major overhaul, so they’d like to get together a committee, along with the Comprehensive Planning Committee, to ask if they’ll want to take on the outdoor plan as part of the Comprehensive Plan. If not, the town can form a subcommittee.

Once updated, the plan will identify all recreation areas/ buildings.

“It kind of goes hand in hand with that,” said Guthman. There may be funding available for recreational updates, once the plan is complete.

“I’d like to see a walking trail out on that property we bought from the county,” said Guthman, adding he’s not sure if the town could put it along the lake running from Eastbay to the Wayside Park, since there was a cemetery there, prior to the creation of the lake.

Also reported, was that the sale of the old landfill site is moving forward, but it was discovered that the town needs a title for the transfer of the property, which costs about $1,000.

“Then, the town is completely out of it,” said Guthman. Sanitary Board chairman Buck Steele was present at the meeting, reporting that all requested actions for the reports have been sent to the DNR for approval for the waste plant. If anything comes back that is not in compliance or up to DNR standards, it will be handled immediately.

The plant will also now have an Excel spreadsheet for maintenance schedules, etc., instead of multiple handwritten ledgers spread around. While they don’t have sludge samples back from the recent testing of the plans, Steele anticipates no problems.

“But I’m sure it’ll be fine,” he said. In preparation for winter, the town has cleared a lot of trees from the right-of-ways, to help with snow removal, and to prevent limbs and entire trees, from toppling over and blocking the streets.

There’s also a culvert going in by the Lions club park on 271st Street, as well as replacement of one at the veterans memorial site.

The town also hired a new patrolman, Jamie Larson, who will start in October.

“We’re looking forward to that,” said Guthman.