Abbotsford City Council Welcomes New Members
The city of Abbotsford is currently leasing the land for a cell tower to Vertical Bridge L.L.C., who has a cell tower on it. Another company, Everest Infrastruction Partners, offered the city a sum of money as a sign on bonus for them leasing this land from the city, with an ongoing annual payment.
Aldermen received an update on the status of the tower at the April 19 meeting of the Abbotsford city council. The city is currently in negotiations with both companies.
The money from the lease would go toward whatever the city puts it toward.
“I need a dump truck,” said Public Works Director Craig Stuttgen.
In other action: The State of Wisconsin sets aside money for local governments to receive aid payments for doing road construction projects. The audits discovered that some of the numbers for certain years are wrong. Stuttgen took this information to the Wisconsin Department of Transportation. This will affect the future calculations when this aid money is submitted for.
The city approved the five year street plan with the addition of North 1st Avenue. In order to get grants, the city must have the planned construction or repair project on their approved five year plan.
The city approved a location for a dog park. They will be replacing the baseball field between North 1st Ave. and W. Butternut St. with open space for dogs. Stuttgen is going to have someone look at the area and give them a quote on the cost of fencing. Most of the area is already fenced in.
The city approved Cedar Corporation’s proposal to provide design engineering services for redoing storm sewer on Linden St. This project would include completely repaving the road. The project has not been bid out yet, so all costs are estimated. The total estimation is around $904,000. The city has a $326,000 grant.
The city hired a new wastewater employee starting May 2.
City administrator Soyk met with MSA and CTW regarding the new well site locations and well rehabilitations. They suggested doing one of the well rehabilitations in order to figure out how much is going to be done to the others and how much the total project will cost. The well chosen is Well No. 20, which is the one that needs the most work done to it.
The city approved paying the current bills in the amount of $363,429.71.
The city approved their year to date financials and reviewed the current bank balances. The city also approved transferring $976,258.42 from the water savings account to the general checking account, and $500,000 from the general checking account to the water savings account. This transfer is because the city was previously treating the water savings account as a general account for excess funds. This transfer is to rectify that.
The city purchased a new Dodge Durango police vehicle, as well as cameras for the interrogation rooms.
The city approved the street use requests and temporary beer license for Abby Fest, taking place from Friday, June 3, to Sunday, June 5.
The new city council president is Mason Rachu. The next city council meeting is Monday, May 2, 2022. The Board of Review is Friday, May 27, 2022 from 3-5 p.m.
