Brush Chipping at Owen City Council Meeting
Thursday, November 17th, 2016 -- 8:07 AM
-The Owen City Council discussed brush chipping in the city at their meeting last week.It was stated that brush pick up is not designed for picking up brush after people have trees removed/topped. This is a service to pick up brush after storms and normal trimmings. It is designed to pick up brush for people who don’t have a truck and can’t get the cuttings to the brush pile. It is not meant to spend hours at one house picking up a pile of brush. The brush should be in manageable piles and we shouldn’t be at any one spot for more than 5 minutes. The City brochure which is sent out with the taxes will be rewritten to inform people that there will be a charge for larger piles of brush. They also heard the Deputy Clerk’s Report. Carol Devine reported she attended a Basic Excel computer training course at CVTC in Eau Claire on October 29th. She reported the class was very helpful as their new computers at City Hall were just installed with Windows 7 and that’s what the class had just switched over to.
They council also approved new CSM Maps after a survey. Land surveyed was from 536 N. Paul to 412 N. Paul, squaring off the property lines on the west side of these lots. The new maps need to be approved by Council so they can be recorded at the County. Finally, the council heard the CDC’s report. Tim Swiggum reported that Heartland is moving forward with the OMI property. Tim thinks attorney fees too high for Heartland agreement as he did most of the negotiating and he’s still waiting on the attorneys for the Jarocki deal, otherwise that’s moving along. Christmas decorating is in progress and the Park & Rec would like the DRC to take over responsibility for the Old Depot. It was also mentioned that the DRC has lost an active member in Linda Wyeth and she will be greatly missed.
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