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Planning staff report NT911 GIS grant, cell‑tower review, comprehensive‑plan outreach and enforcement activity
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Summary
Marquette County planning staff reported a state NT911 GIS grant award to improve aerial imagery hosting and servers, previewed a proposed cell tower public hearing in May, outlined a community engagement timeline for comprehensive planning, and described septic/enforcement follow‑ups.
Marquette County planning and zoning staff told the committee on April 2 that the county’s NT911 GIS grant application was approved by the state and that the county will work with the state cartographer’s office to host large 2025 aerial imagery files publicly to reduce in‑office requests.
Megan, the county’s land information contact, said the grant would help upgrade servers and support broader public access to high‑resolution imagery. She also told the committee that an Esri upgrade had caused some temporary bugs in the county’s online mapping tools and that staff are working with Esri to restore full functionality.
Staff (Jean) reported a new cell‑tower application proposed near Arrowhead Campground (Fox Court) in the town of McCann; the application is under consultant review and is scheduled for a public hearing before the board adjustment in May, with notices to surrounding landowners. Jean said the application is not yet complete but that once documentation returns from the applicant and consultants, the county will notify adjacent property owners and the town.
Jean described progress on the county’s comprehensive planning contract, noting consultants’ background data collection and an outreach plan that will combine in‑person and web‑based engagement. She said data collection will be concentrated in late summer to early fall (August–October) with a likely public hearing on the plan in January next year.
On enforcement, Jean said staff have sent final reminder letters to property owners with overdue septic reporting and have issued about a dozen letters for failed septic systems; court counsel has filed a case related to a property in Oxford with two dwellings where the second dwelling had not been removed. Jean also described a pending junk/salvage matter in the town of Oxford and said site visits will include law enforcement for safety.
Zack, a county sanitary/inspections staff member, summarized training and permit workload: staff attended district meetings and DSPS training, the county uses Catalyst permitting software and participates in a peer email group for Catalyst users, and call and walk‑in volumes have increased sharply in recent months (calls: Dec 173; Jan 226; Feb 389; Mar 444; walk‑ins since Feb: 96). He said staff are catching up on a substantial backlog of sanitary and zoning permits.
Committee members asked scheduling questions for county board meetings and vouchers but did not change staff direction; the meeting adjourned after routine business.
