New Glarus public meetings in 2021
4 substantive meetings from 2021, with official agendas or minutes and plain-English summaries.
2021
The New Glarus Historical Preservation Commission held four meetings from March to September 2021. The most substantive actions were two recommendations to the Village Board: adopting a policy for historic marker replacement costs and creating a $3,000 annual Chalet of the Golden Fleece maintenance fund. The commission also approved a Certificate of Appropriateness for 538 1st Street. The September meeting included only budget discussion with no action taken.
- Recommended Village Board adopt historic marker policy: 100% initial cost, 50/50 replacement split (6-0)
- Recommended $3,000 annual Chalet Maintenance Fund contribution in budget (6-0)
- Approved Certificate of Appropriateness for 538 1st Street (4-0)
- Approved meeting agendas and minutes at all four meetings (unanimous)
2021
The New Glarus Zoning Board of Appeals denied a variance request from Dustin and Savanna Nettesheim to build an addition with a 9-foot front-yard setback at 512 10th Avenue, requiring a 16-foot variance from the 25-foot code. The board first reconsidered the request on June 29, 2021, after a 2-2 vote failed on June 8, but the final motion failed 2-3. The Village Attorney objected, citing lack of hardship and public interest concerns.
- Denied front-yard setback variance for 512 10th Avenue (2-3)
- Reconsidered variance request after prior 2-2 failed vote (5-0)
- Postponed variance for 506 and 508 2nd Street indefinitely (5-0)
- Approved agenda (5-0)
- Approved minutes of March 18, 2021 (4-0)
2021
The New Glarus Fire District board met monthly from January through December 2021, approving routine consent agendas, bills, and the treasurer's report at each meeting. The board approved a proposed $170,500 budget, maintained a $50,000 sinking fund, and reviewed the Policy Manual in December, passing a motion to review it annually each November. An audit proposal from Tara Bast of Johnson Block CPA was expected to be distributed for discussion at the January 10, 2022 meeting. The board also approved a $2,900 hose tester with pressure washer in August, a snow removal contract with New Glarus Concrete in October, and a $2,150 Community Foundation grant for a new four-gas meter in December.
- Approved proposed $170,500 budget (6-0, September)
- Approved Policy Manual review and annual November review motion (7-0, December)
- Approved $2,900 hose tester with pressure washer (7-0, August)
- Approved snow removal contract with New Glarus Concrete (6-0, October)
- Approved $2,150 Community Foundation grant for four-gas meter (December)
- Approved Fire District/Fire Department agreement (5-0, June)
- Approved $50,000 sinking fund for future apparatus (7-0, March)
- Approved Sportsman's Banquet for spring (7-0, November)
2021
The New Glarus Village Board approved the 2022 budget and tax levy, which includes funding for a full-time police chief, reconstruction of 9th Avenue, and a new end loader. The board also approved a rate study for the sanitary sewer user charge system, a budget amendment for the end loader, and the appointment of a new patrol officer. Several licenses and permits were also approved during the meetings covered.
- Approved 2022 budget and tax levy (7-0)
- Approved Strand Engineering task order for sewer rate study (6-0)
- Approved Resolution 21-27, 2021 Budget Amendment #1 (6-0)
- Approved Resolution 21-29 appointing Hunter S. Krohn as patrol officer (6-0)
- Approved $3,620,000 water and electric system revenue bonds (7-0)
- Approved participation in Prosperity Southwest Wisconsin grant (4-3)
- Rescinded Resolution 20-08 to allow snowmobile use on Sugar River Trail (7-0)
- Approved Glarner Park Improvement Project bid to Fischer Excavating (7-0)