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Published December 10, 2008, 12:00 AM

Local and County Government Meetings Dec. 11-18

LOCAL GOVERNMENT MEETINGS

Thursday, Dec. 11

  • TROY TOWN BOARD, 7 p.m., Troy Town Hall, 654 Glover Road; citizen input; reports; Park Board budget approval; impact of housing slowdown on existing residential developments; permits; code book project – roads, roadway and utilities ordinances; wages for town employees and constables; 2009 town priorities; set caucus date; approve town calendar; approve operator’s license; 2009 St. Croix EMS ambulance contracts.

  • NORTH HUDSON PUBLIC SAFETY COMMITTEE, 5:30 p.m., Village Hall, 400 Seventh St. N.; comments from the floor; claims; chief’s report; review of village emergency operation plan.

    Monday, Dec. 15

  • HUDSON CITY COUNCIL, 6:55 p.m. hearing re proposed vacation of a portion of Pearson Drive; regular meeting afterward – citizen comment; reports; conditional use permit for three-year review of Hudson Motors/Chuck Volin for outdoor vehicle sales lot at 1000 O’Keefe Road (Hilltop Service Center); consider revisions to Municipal Code re floodplain zoning (schedule public hearing for Jan. 19, 6:50 p.m.); claims; operator license applications; consider changes to Municipal Code re additional restrictions to temporary beer and wine licenses; approve 2009 park user fees; 2009 sailboat mooring policy and fees; review quotes for installation of stairway on dike road to the sailboat mooring area; 2009 bathhouse concessions agreement in Lakefront Park; review job descriptions for wastewater treatment plant operator; Public Works/Parks lead man, and Parks maintenance worker positions; review bids submitted for municipal insurance coverage; consider ordering two police cars for delivery in 2009; project update; presentation by Tourism Bureau and allocation of 2009 room tax funds; vacation of a portion of Pearson Drive – Resolution No. 22-08.

  • TOWN OF HUDSON PLAN COMMISSION, 7 p.m., Hudson Town Hall; amendment to ordinance re youth recreational facilities; future roads in undeveloped areas.

    Wednesday, Dec. 17

  • NORTH HUDSON PLAN COMMISSION, 7 p.m., Village Hall, 400 Seventh St. N.; conditional use permit for Verizon Wireless to install a wireless communication antenna and construct a 12x21-foot equipment building at 750 Summit Lane N.

    COUNTY GOVERNMENT MEETINGS

    Thursday, Dec. 11

  • PUBLIC PROTECTION COMMITTEE, 8:30 a.m., Room 1281, Government Center, 1101 Carmichael Road; travel expenditures; 2009 budgets; reports; citizens’ priority of county services.

  • COORDINATED FAMILY SERVICES, 1:30 p.m., Health and Human Services, 1445 N. Fourth St., New Richmond.

    Tuesday, Dec. 16

  • FINANCE COMMITTEE, 8:30 a.m., Room 1281, Government Center, 1101 Carmichael Road; consideration of AODA initiative grant agreement and funding.

  • BOARD OF SUPERVISORS, 9 a.m., Government Center, 1101 Carmichael Road; presentation of Youth Community Support Services Program – recognition of state award; recognition of Register of Deeds Kay Walsh; resolution – charge for rental weatherization stipulation and waivers; approval of 1) reappointment of county veteran service officer, 2) Appointment of County public health officer; reports.

    Wednesday, Dec. 17

  • HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES BOARD, 8:30 p.m., Health and Human Services building, 1445 N. Fourth St., New Richmond; reports; recruitment for nursing home administrator; department facility planning; nursing home report; long-range planning for future operations of the nursing home; County Board strategic initiatives; other business.

  • EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AND COMMUNICATIONS COMMITTEE, 9 a.m., Room 1281, Government Center, 1101 Carmichael Road.

    Thursday, Dec. 18

  • LAND & WATER CONSERVATION COMMITTEE, 9 a.m., Ag Service & Education Center, 1960 Eighth Ave., Baldwin.

  • COUNCIL ON AGING AND DISABILITIES, 9 a.m., Government Center, 1101 Carmichael Road.

  • BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT, 8:30 a.m., Community Room, Government Center, 1101 Carmichael Road; pending court cases - Elert appeal, Murr decision; public hearing at 8:30 to consider the following requests under the county zoning ordinance. The board will view each site in question, after which the Board will deliberate and vote on the requests:

    1. James Swan, 177 Glenmont Road, town of Troy, special exception request for construction of a stairway in the riverway district, variance request to use two landings in 31 feet of elevation in the riverway; 2. Robert Lee and Tom Lee, 190 Cove Road, town of Troy, variance for filling and grading on slopes greater than 12 percent in the slope preservation zone in the riverway district; 3. Donna Murr, 202 Cove Court, town of Troy, issues in lower St. Croix riverway district: variance to use two contiguous substandard lots in common ownership as separate building sites, variance to reconstruct and expand a nonconforming principal structure without using the same footprint as the original structure, variance for filling and grading and placing a structure in the slope preservation zone; 4. special exception request for filling and grading within 40 feet of the slope preservation zone, 5. special exception request for filling and grading in excess of 2,000 square feet in the shoreland district; 6. variance to construct retaining walls and stairs that encroach within the OHWM setback in the riverway district; 7. variance to construct patio within the OHWM setback in the riverway district; 8. variance to construct a deck within the OHWM setback in the riverway district. All interested persons are invited to attend said hearing and be heard. For more information, call the county at (715) 386-4680.

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