If you’re caught exceeding the posted speed limit in Boyd, Wisconsin, don’t go crying to the Village Board. Law is law, and Officer Tucker Tiege has the full backing of the local legislature. Truth is, they’ve been trying to reduce the speed on Murray Street for years. Officer Tiege just happens to be the right man for the job. It all came out at the January 11 board meeting.

“Police, Rules, and Ordinance,” President Randy Setzer announced as he turned to Trustee Casey Dorn.

“I spoke to Louie today,” Trustee Casey Dorn reported, saying that the head of Cadott and Boyd police had wanted to be present but couldn’t and would give an update to the board and an officer performance review in February. “Otherwise I haven’t heard any issues,” Dorn said. Later on it was time to recount a rare moment of praise regarding service rendered.

“People only ever call you and want to complain,” Setzer said, adding that “every once in a while you get the odd compliment. As it happens, the rare compliment had been shared See CRACKDOWN, Page 2

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“I was just blown away at how these two guys handled themselves and reacted,” Setzer said a local resident had called to share with him of the professionalism by Officer Tiege and a Cadott officer to a recent call. “For fifteen minutes they went on about how appreciative they were,” he said of the resident and their opinion of local law enforcement.

Meanwhile, not everyone was as happy, especially relating to an uptick in traffic law enforcement. Trustee Gwen Krizan had received a complaint from someone pulled over by Tiege unhappy with the ticket they received. There had also been a few complaints to Louie as it was felt by some that Officer Tiege was being more aggressive with speeding tickets than necessary. Along with speed zones there is also a school zone with reduced speed on Patten Street. The general sentiment of the board in response to Setzer said he had instructed Tiege to use discretion if motorists were respectful, but if not, “nail ‘em,” Setzer said of the village speeding ordinances.

But lest you think the village board preaches to others while considering itself above the law, think again. Outgoing village president Randy Setzer was the first to acknowledge at Monday’s board meeting that he was just as capable as anyone else to commit a potential traffic faux pas, and just as subject to the local traffic ordinance for doing so if he was caught.

“If I got pulled over I’d probably go ‘really?’” Setzer said of a NO U-TURN sign on Murray Street, but would recognize in said hypothetical case that, “it’s clearly marked, and I shouldn’t be doing that,” he said of 180 degree turnarounds on Murray Street.

Also touched on at the meeting was a matter of voter registration.

“Approve memorandum of understanding related to the statewide voter registration system of 2021,” Setzer announced. “Sandi, would you like to clarify?” he asked the clerk.

“Nothing to clarify,” Clerk Sandi Isaacs said. “Just our standard agreement we do every year…we used to do it every two years and now they started doing it every year,” she said. The village relied on the county to do its voter registration entrance into the MyVote system, “and… then you pay a $280 fee,” she said. “Pretty standard.” That wasn’t all, though, as there needed to be a motion to make it official. Said motion was provided by Trustee Bob Geist.

“I’ll make a motion to approve the memorandum of understanding relating to the statewide voter registration system of 2021,” Trustee Bob Geist said, being seconded by Dorn. With a ll in favor saying ‘aye,’it was on to streets and utilities. “Tom, you hear anything lately?” Setzer asked Tom McQuillan for Streets and Maintenance. McQuillan replied that he had not. “Not rmuch going on,” he said. “I sent an email to Kathy Bernier” in relation to the sewer plant for which the DNR has sought improvements, but that he “hadn’t heard back yet” from the District 23 state senator with anything. Finally, as always, there was the Parks report. “Parks, Health, and Sanitation,” Setzer read. “How’s the park Bob?”

“Still closed,” Geist reported, with McQuillan saying that Geist might have to open it this year after it was closed for COVID concerns.