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Votes at a glance: Barron County Board approves zoning change, farmland plan update, ETF resolution and appointments
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Summary
The Barron County Board approved multiple routine and policy items on Sept. 15, with recorded votes of 25 yes and 4 absent on each motion listed below.
The Barron County Board of Supervisors recorded several formal votes during its Sept. 15 meeting. Below are the items the board voted on and the official outcomes as recorded in the meeting.
• Approve meeting agenda — Motion by Supervisor Cook; second by Supervisor Bob Anderson. Vote: 25 yes, 4 absent (approved).
• Approve minutes of Aug. 18, 2025 meeting — Motion by Supervisor Heller; second by Supervisor Olson. Vote: 25 yes, 4 absent (approved).
• Zoning ordinance amendment: Rezoning in the Town of Cedar Lake (applicants Laura L. and Daniel P. Ekstrom) — Motion by Supervisor Cook; second by Supervisor Heller. Vote: 25 yes, 4 absent (approved). Specific ordinance text and rezoned classification were not specified on the meeting audio.
• Resolution 2025 — Barron County Farmland Preservation Plan Update — Motion by Supervisor Gore; second by Supervisor Rogers. Vote: 25 yes, 4 absent (approved).
• Wisconsin Department of Employee Trust Fund (ETF) resolution to continue inclusion under the income-continuation insurance plan (no cost to the county while ETF premium holiday remains) — Motion by Supervisor Banks; second by Supervisor Heller. Vote: 25 yes, 4 absent (approved).
• Appointments: Four committee appointments to replace seats held by Bernell Hansen (appointee Tim Pletz named) — Motion by Supervisor Olson; second by Supervisor Moen. Vote: 25 yes, 4 absent (approved). The meeting record shows Tim Pletz was confirmed to fill the listed committee positions; committee names were not detailed in the audio excerpt.
Notes: Where the meeting transcript did not provide full text (for example, the exact rezoning ordinance language or the complete committee-list for the appointments), this summary marks those items as “not specified.”
