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Boyceville board approves bus-garage variance and two-year conditional-use permit for church; OKs routine finance and personnel items
Summary
At its April 27 meeting the Village of Boyceville board approved a variance for the school district’s bus garage at 1220 Hedlund Street and granted a two-year conditional-use permit to Trinity Lutheran Church; members also approved bills, minutes and per diems and heard staff and community reports.
At its April 27 meeting, the Village of Boyceville board voted to allow a variance for the Boyceville Community School District’s proposed bus garage at 1220 Hedlund Street and granted Trinity Lutheran Church a two-year conditional-use permit.
The actions came after a public hearing that opened at 5:30 p.m. and closed at 5:41 p.m. Shawn Mittlestadt moved to approve the variance for the bus garage; Jo Dormanen seconded and the motion carried. Dormanen moved to approve the church’s conditional-use permit for two years; Mittlestadt seconded and the motion carried.
Why it matters: the variance clears a zoning obstacle for the school district’s maintenance and vehicle storage function at the Hedlund Street site, while the church’s conditional-use permit formalizes an interim land-use approval for two years. Both votes were recorded as motions carried by the board.
The board also handled routine finance and governance business. Members approved payment of the monthly bills (motion by Mittlestadt, second by Dormanen) and approved meeting minutes from March 9 and March 23, 2026 (motion by Mittlestadt, second by Megan Goodell). The board approved first-quarter per diems as presented.
Staff reports provided context for the board’s decisions. The library reported a busy March with total circulation of 1,742, 42 new items added and eight new patrons. Public Works outlined ongoing street and water maintenance and said Lift Station 2’s pump is being rebuilt. The police department reported that in March 2026 it handled 190 of 206 calls for service (roughly 92% of calls) — a more than 75% increase compared with March 2025 — and reported 13 citations and nine arrests; hiring efforts were described as ongoing. Clerk-Treasurer Brittany Halvorson summarized administrative work including election preparation (172 voters participated), a COVID relief reporting closeout and coordination with the Wisconsin DNR on the lead-and-copper service line replacement project.
What’s next: the board’s approvals allow the respective applicants to proceed with permit-related next steps; no further board action on those specific items was recorded at the meeting. Routine follow-ups cited in staff reports — including the Lift Station pump rebuild and DNR coordination on service-line work — remain in progress.
