Land Resources and Extension Committee

LAND RESOURCES AND EXTENSION COMMITTEE AGENDA 10.09.25 (246 KB)

SAUK COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
MEETING NOTICE

COMMITTEE:           Land Resources and Extension Committee
DATE:                       Thursday, October 9, 2025               TIME:  9:00 a.m.
PLACE:                     County Board Room
                                  505 Broadway, Baraboo, WI

A quorum may be present consisting of members of the Aging & Disability Resource Center Committee; Economic Development Committee;  Finance, Personnel & Insurance Committee; Health and Human Services Committee; Land Resources & Extension Committee; Law Enforcement & Judiciary Committee; Public Works and Infrastructure Committee; and Executive & Legislative Committee.  No governing body will exercise any responsibilities, authority, or duties except for the Land Resources and Extension Committee. It is possible that a quorum of county board members will be at this meeting to gather information about a subject over which they have decision-making responsibility. This constitutes a meeting of the County Board pursuant to State ex rel Badke v. Greendale Village Board, Wis 2d 553, 494 n.w.2d 408 (1993), and must be noticed as such, although the County Board will not take any formal actions at this meeting. It is also possible that there may be quorums of other County Board Committees present, although those committees will not take any formal action at this meeting.

REASON FOR MEETING:  REGULAR

SUBJECTS FOR DISCUSSION:
1.         Call to order and certify compliance with open meetings law.

2.         Adopt agenda.

3.         Adopt minutes of previous meeting on September 24, 2025

4.         Public comment (3-minute time limit)

5.         Communications.

6.         Land Resources and Environment

1. Discussion and Possible Action on a Resolution Authorizing Sauk County to Submit an Application to the Wisconsin Department of Administration for the Grants for Local Projects (Non-State Grant Program).
2. Discussion and Possible Action on a Resolution Authorizing the County Administrator to Submit Multi-Discharger Variance Application to the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources.
3. Discussion and Possible Action on a Resolution Authorizing Sauk County to Submit one Application to the Wisconsin Department of Transportation for the 2026-2030 Transportation Alternatives Program (TAP) award cycle.
4. Discussion and Possible Action on a Resolution Approving an Amendment to the Town of Merrimac Zoning Ordinance concerning vacation rental establishments.

7.         Extension Education

1. Discussion and Possible Action to recommend Approval of the Resolution for the Memorandum of Understanding between UW-Madison Division of Extension and Sauk County.

8.         Public Hearing:  To begin at approximately 9:15 a.m. or soon thereafter.  Committee to consider and take possible action at the conclusion of the respective hearing.

1. A petition to consider an Ordinance to approve the amended Sauk County Farmland Preservation Plan pursuant to Wis. Stat. s. 91.10 and made part of the Sauk County Comprehensive Plan.

9.        Land Records

1. Land Records Department Report.
2. Review and approval of vouchers.
3. Review of the proposed Land Records/GIS 2026 Budget.

10.       Register of Deeds

1. Review and approval of vouchers.
2. Review of the proposed Register of Deeds 2026 Budget.

11.       Extension Education Continued

1. Interim Director’s Report
2. Sauk Extension Highlights
3. Educator Report:  Danielle Sander, Health & Well-Being Educator     
4. Review of the proposed Extension Department 2026 budget
5. Review and approval of vouchers

12.       Land Resources and Environment Continued

1. Land Resources and Environment Department Report.
2. Great Sauk State Trail update.
3. Review and approval of vouchers.
4. Review of the proposed Land Resources and Environment Department 2026 Budget.
5. Review and discussion of Great Sauk State Trail gateway site concept plan.
6. Presentation and discussion on Sauk County wildlife projects.
7. Discussion and updates on acquisition of property near Timme’s Mill/Delton Dam.
8. Discussion and possible action on a conditional use permit for a Planned Rural Development (PRD) lot for Eugene Neuheisel pursuant to Chapter 7 Subchapter IX, of the Sauk County Code of Ordinances. The development lot will coincide with an easement to be placed on a 40-acre lot owned by Eugene Neuheisel. Lands affected are located in Section 32 and 33, T9N, R4E in the Town of Spring Green.
9. Presentation and discussion on Chapter 7 Zoning Ordinance amendment.

13.       Reports

1.  Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS)
2.  Farm Service Agency (FSA)
3.  Foresters
4.  Economic Development Committee
5.  Mirror Lake Management District
6.   Lake Virginia Management District
7.   Lake Redstone Protection District
8.   Southern Area Association – WI Land and Water

14.       Next meeting dates – Tuesday, October 28, 2025 and Thursday, November 13, 2025, at 9:00am

15.       Adjournment

COPIES TO:

Marty Krueger                            LRE Committee                        Lisa Wilson – Admin             
Becky Evert - County Clerk       Desmond – Corp. Counsel     Land Records                        
Reg. of Deeds                             Extension Education               LRE Staff                                 
Jon Field – NRCS                         Janice Kelley – NRCS               Steve Pate – MIS                   
Katy Smith – DATCP                  Phil Peterson – WS                   Nancy Frost - WDNR WM  
Town Chair / Clerk                     Sauk Co Webpage                    Paul Wolter – Historical Soc.
Foresters-Kloppenburg/Morehouse  
 

DATE NOTICE MAILED: Friday, October 3, 2025  
PREPARED BY:  Land Resources and Environment Department