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Votes at a glance: Barron County Board passes bonds, contracts, budget adjustments and petitions
Summary
The County Board recorded a series of approvals including the bond sale, construction contract for the Justice Center Sally Port, multiple ARPA expenditures, budget adjustments, appointments, and a motion to pursue judicial review related to Maple Grove Solar.
At its April 11 meeting the Barron County Board of Supervisors passed a set of resolutions, ordinances and appointments. Below are the recorded outcomes and key details as read into the record.
Votes at a glance (item number, description, outcome, recorded tally)
- Item 5: Approve agenda — Passed, 28 yes, 1 absent. - Item 6: Approve minutes of 03/17/2025 — Passed, 28 yes, 1 absent. - Item 8: Resolution awarding sale of general obligation corporate purpose bonds (Series 02/2025 A) — Approved, 28 yes, 1 absent. Winning bidder: BOK Financial Securities Incorporated; effective par after premium: $4,820,000; winning true interest rate 4.14% (see separate story). - Item 9: Resolution authorizing contract with Market & Johnson for secure Sally Port and professional visitation addition ($1,767,898) — Approved (two‑thirds required), 28 yes, 1 absent. Wording change inserted “B O K Financial Securities Incorporated” in resolution text to identify awarded bond buyer. - Item 10: Final 2024 budget adjustments — Approved (two‑thirds required), 28 yes, 1 absent. - Item 11: Barron County contingency fund for Deputy County Clerk position — Approved (two‑thirds required), 28 yes, 1 absent. - Item 12: Resolution authorizing roof replacement at the University of Wisconsin–Eau Claire Barron County campus student center and gymnasium using ARPA funds — Approved (two‑thirds required), 28 yes, 1 absent. - Item 13: Authorize $50,000 of ARPA funds for technology improvements to the proposed secure Sally Port expansion — Approved (two‑thirds required), 28 yes, 1 absent. - Item 14: Resolution 2025 Work Zone Awareness Week — Passed, 28 yes, 1 absent. - Item 15: Resolution supporting federal legislation expanding direct primary care access (with instruction to send to State Senator Jesse James) — Passed, 28 yes, 1 absent. - Item 16: Ordinance amending Parks and Recreation Ordinance to allow ATV/UTV usage — Passed, 28 yes, 1 absent. - Item 17: Ordinance repealing and recreating section 50 of the Barron County Code of Ordinances regarding taxation — Passed, 28 yes, 1 absent. - Item 18: American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) expenditures and balance update — Approved, recorded balance noted in packet; board authorized $350,000 of the listed expenditures, reducing the reported balance from $437,019.66. - Item 19–20: Appointments and administrative reports (including appointment of Barb Ryan to specified board) — Appointments approved by majority, 28 yes, 1 absent. - Item 23: Motion to go into closed session under Wis. Stat. § 19.85(1)(e) and (g) to discuss purchase of public property, investing public funds, and confer with legal counsel regarding potential litigation — Passed, recorded as 27 yes, 1 abstention, 1 absent. The abstention was recorded for one supervisor who recused. - Follow‑on motion to confirm Executive Committee action to file a petition for judicial review of the Public Service Commission decision regarding Maple Grove Solar and to authorize Tollas to continue negotiations toward a joint developers agreement — Passed unanimously in the recorded roll call during the closed‑session motions.
Where votes were recorded as totals, roll‑call member‑level votes were not read into the public record for every item in the transcript excerpt. Items that required two‑thirds of full membership were identified in the agenda and recorded in the minutes as meeting the required threshold.
