“With that being the case, once required particulars are completed and road bans are lifted, the site will be cleared of the debris and the land will be restored. I will pass along updates as I receive them, but I am now confident that we will soon see action with the site being restored to a manner that will be safe and acceptable for all”

Lance Weiland, Stanley Police Chief

In Fire News

Chief Korey Hagenson told the Council the department had sold the old rescue for $10,200, the money to go towards a new truck.

With property reassessments going on now through fall in Stanley, North Franklin Street homeowners will soon have one less variable to worry about in neighborhood home values.

Made known by police chief Lance Weiland in his report, a burned out house at 624 Franklin Street should be getting torn down as soon as road bans are lifted and the necessary machinery can be brought to the site.

“I have been in contact with the owner of 624 North Franklin Street in reference to an update on the property,” the Chief informed the council in his report. “I was able to put him in contact with a party that was interested in the property and the two of them are moving forward with an agreement on the property,” Weiland said. “With that being the case, once required particulars are completed and road bans are lifted, the site will be cleared of the debris and the land will be restored. I will pass along updates as I receive them, but I am now confident that we will soon see action with the site being restored to a manner that will be safe and acceptable for all,” he said of the property that burned in March of last year.

Also of note, Weiland noted that a property owner at 221 East First Avenue had intention of complying with city ordinance, drastic action needed if citations of monetary forfeiture were to be avoided. As to Boyd, Weiland wrote that Officer Starck would be issuing junk notices to correspond with village-wide spring cleanup days, these being May 12 to May 13.

Saying in turn that the police department was regularly asked if it had live traps available for trapping skunks, raccoons, and other animals, Weiland wrote that the department previously had live traps but that two had been signed out with being returned, the department recently purchasing two live traps that citizens can sign out for use, although a replacement cost of $67 will be incurred if not returned.

In fire news, Chief Korey Hagenson told the Council the department had sold the old rescue for $10,200, the money to go towards a new truck.

In addition, the department had done an interview with a possible new member, while another person had applied from Cadott, the question of why they didn’t join Cadott Fire to come up in the interview process. Alongside routine truck washing and maintenance, Hagenson said further that Hannah Hall and Sam Glaubitz had been hired as probationary fire fighters, while an EMS call on the south end of town had brought a parking issue to light.

“We ran into a problem this weekend on an EMS call,” Hagenson said. “The Marketplace on the south end of town is very bad with parking. If there is ever a fire behind the building or in the building it will delay response and could lead to people getting hurt or killed. All I am asking for is the Council’s support to have them improve parking and have it enforced,” he said of the popular auction site.

Also taking place at the Council approved two Certified Survey Maps, one for two lots west of the school and another related to the extension of Pine Street.

As to the lots by the school, they include a 9.24 acre square abutted on the south by a line where Sixth Avenue would be if extended from Jefferson and on the west by a platted (but not built) Wilson Street. The other lot encompasses the garages and apartment building off Grant Street, abutting East Fourth Avenue on the south.