Sauk County Board of Supervisors - May 20, 2025

AGENDA

Notice of Regular Meeting

Sauk County Board of Supervisors

Tuesday, May 20,  2025 – 6:00 p.m.

County Board Meeting Room 326, 3^rd Floor

West Square Building, Baraboo, WI  53913

 

Any person who has a qualifying disability that requires the meeting or materials at the meetings to be in an accessible location or format should contact the Sauk County Clerk’s Office at 608-355-3286, between the hours of 8:00 AM and 4:30 PM, Monday through Friday, exclusive of legal holidays, at least 48 hours in advance of the meeting so that reasonable arrangements can be made to accommodate each request.

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1.  CALL TO ORDER AND CERTIFY COMPLIANCE WITH OPEN MEETING LAW

 

2.  ROLL CALL

 

3.  INVOCATION AND PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE 

 

4.  ADOPT AGENDA

 

5.  ADOPT MINUTES OF PREVIOUS MEETING AND SPECIAL MEETING    

 

6.  GENERAL CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS

1. EXECUTIVE AND LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEE: 
   • Resolution 23-2025 To Honor Georgia Boehlke For Over 25 Years Of Faithful Service To The People Of Sauk County. (Pages 4-5)

 

1. LAW ENFORCEMENT AND JUDICIARY COMMITTEE:
   • Resolution 24-2025 To Honor Jon Fuhlbohm For 18 Years Of Service (Pages 6-7)
   • Resolution 25-2025 To Honor Donna Birdsill For Over 21 Years Of Service. (Pages 8-9)
   • Resolution 26-2025 To Honor Shari Meyer For Over 30 Years Of Faithful Service To The People Of Sauk County. (Pages 10-11)

 

1. PUBLIC WORKS AND INFRASTRUCTURE COMMITTEE:
   • Resolution 27-2025 To Honor Dan Durst For Over 27 Years Of Faithful Service To The People Of Sauk County. (Pages 12-13)

                  

7.  SCHEDULED APPEARANCES

• Morgan McArthur – Sauk County Institute of Leadership (SCIL).

 

8.  PUBLIC COMMENT 

• Registration form located on the table in gallery of County Board Room 326 – turn in to the County Board Vice Chair.  During Public Comment, any person who is not a member of the body may comment on a specific item or issue that is on the agenda.  Any comments not related to the agenda should be sent to the County Clerk to forward to the County Board. 

 

9.  COMMUNICATIONS  (All communications are attached to Granicus)

                 

10.  APPOINTMENTS

a.      District 15 County Board Supervisor

1. Richard Cross, 2-year term:  05/20/2025 – 04/20/2026

         (Term concurrent with Board of Supervisors & Supervisor Schell’s Committee Appointments)

 

b.     Children's Community Options Program/Birth to 3 Advisory Committee:

1. Krystal Sikma, New Appointment, Citizen Member      

         3-Year Term: 05/20/2025 to 05/16/2028

 

c.    Health Care Center Board of Trustees:

1. Dana Horkan-Grant, Re-Appointment, Citizen Member              

         3-Year Term: 05/20/2025 to 05/16/2028

 

d.   University of Wisconsin Campus Commission:

1. Robert “Mike” Sitton, Re-Appointment, At-Large Citizen Member

         (Jointly appointed by City of Baraboo & Sauk County) 

         1-Year Term: 05/20/2025 to 05/19/2026

 

11.  BILLS

 

12.  CLAIMS   (All claims are attached to Granicus)

1. Notice Of Claim Filed On Behalf Of OptumRx, Inc. Relating To The County’s Alleged Ongoing Efforts To Sue OptumRx And Its Affiliates In The Opioid Litigation. (Pages 14-25)

 

13.  ELECTIONS

 

14.  PROCLAMATIONS

 

15.  REPORTS – INFORMATIONAL, NO ACTION REQUIRED

a.  Rebecca C. Evert, Sauk County Clerk – Rezoning petitions filed with the office of the Sauk County  Clerk as a requirement of Wisconsin State Statutes 59.69(5)(e):  

         i. Petition 04-2025, Applicant: Sherman & Jeanna Raschein; Project Location: Town of Sumpter;

            Current Zoning: Agriculture; Proposed Zoning: Single Family Residential. (Attached on

            Granicus)

b.  Lisa Wilson, Sauk County Administrator

         i.  Administrator’s Report.

c.  Tim McCumber, County Board Chair

        i.  Board Chair Update.

        ii. Wisconsin Counties Association (WCA) Conference:  September 21-23, 2025.

 

16.  UNFINISHED BUSINESS

 

17.  NEW BUSINESS

a.  ADRC COMMITTEE AND FINANCE, PERSONNEL, & INSURANCE COMMITTEE:

1. Resolution 28-2025 To Purchase Vehicles For Transportation Program And Amend The 2025 Budget. (Pages 26-28)

 

b.  EXECUTIVE & LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEE:

1. Resolution 29-2025 To Confirm And Ratify The Authority Of Counsel For Sauk County To Add Additional Defendants To Opioid Litigation, Including In Multi-District Litigation (MDL) 2804. (Pages 29-32)

 

c.  EXECUTIVE & LEGISLATIVE COMMITTEE AND FINANCE, PERSONNEL, & INSURANCE COMMITTEE:

1. Resolution 30-2025 Authorizing Purchase of a New Electronic Voting System and Voting Equipment. (Pages 33-38)

d.  FINANCE, PERSONNEL, & INSURANCE COMMITTEE:

1. Resolution 31-2025 Assigning Funds As Of December 31, 2024 And Amending The 2025 Budget For These Assignments. (Pages 39-41)
2. Resolution 32-2025 Assigning Funds As Of December 31, 2024 And Amending The 2024 Budget. (Pages 42-44)

 

e. HEALTH & HUMAN RESOURCES COMMITTEE AND FINANCE, PERSONNEL, & INSURANCE COMMITTEE:

1. Resolution 33-2025 To Commit For Use Of County Opioid Settlement Funds To Support A Grant Match Requirement For The Vital Strategies Request For Application. (Pages 45-47)

 

f.  LAND RESOURCES AND ENVIRONMENT COMMITTEE:

1. Resolution 34-2025 To Donate The Sauk City Information Sign To The Village Of Sauk City. (Pages 48-50)
2. Ordinance 35-2025 Amendment To Approve A Map Amendment (Rezoning) Of Lands In The Town Of Baraboo From An Agriculture To A Recreational Commercial Zoning District Filed Upon Live Love Dwell LLC, Property Owner. (Pages 51-52)  

 

g.  PUBLIC WORKS AND INFRASTRUCTURE COMMITTEE:

1. Resolution 36-2025 To Contract With Strang, Inc. To Revisit The 2019 Space Needs Study And Evaluate The Quartz Building For County Functions. (Pages 53-54)

 

18.  REFERRALS

 

19.  NEW AGENDA ITEMS (NO DISCUSSION).  SUBMIT IN WRITING OR BY E-MAIL NEW BUSINESS ITEMS TO THE COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR AS SOON AS POSSIBLE FOR RULE III.A. REFERRAL. 

 

20.  ADJOURNMENT 

 

Respectfully,

            

       Tim McCumber

       County Board Chair

 

County Board Members, County Staff & The Public – Provide the County Clerk a copy of:

1. Informational handouts distributed to Board Members
2. Original letters and communications presented to the Board.

 

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Agenda mail date via United States Postal Service:  May 15, 2025.

Agenda Preparation:  Tim McCumber, County Board Chair, jointly with the County Clerk and the County Administrator.

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