It was a cold and rainy night with temperatures in the upper 40s when the trustees of the Village of Boyd met Monday, November 9 down at 705 East Murray Street to conduct normal village business. Outside, the rainwater classed for an organic solvent was diverted around the curb and into a waiting Murray Street storm drain. Inside the Boyd Village Hall, meanwhile, the trustee’s discussion turned to the Wastewater treatment plant on Boundary Road and issues therein.

Specifically, the air in a 15 by 25 foot room at the Boyd Wastewater Treatment Plant was said to be “corrosive,” as the village endeavors to fix issues identified by the DNR, though nothing had been heard pertaining to needed covers at the plant. The reported bad air at the treatment plant, meanwhile, came to light during monthly department reports, for which Trustee Tom McQuillan and Streets and Utilities head Tom Grunewald both took a lead roll in updating the board.

“Department reports, Utilities, Streets and Public Works. Tom and Tom, you guys got the floor,” Setzer said to Grunewald and McQuillan. Grunewald reported that he hadn’t heard back from the DNR official who wanted coverings at the treatment plant, while McQuillan said he was meeting with a heating guy the day after the trustee meeting.

“We had to come up with an option,” McQuillan said, “because the air in there is so corrosive.” Corrosion refers to decay through chemical reactions of man-made metals and other materials with the environment. The option McQuillan stated was to put a boiler in a nearby room without the air issues and then put a space heater with a blower “on the other side.” The unit would be put up in winter and taken down in summer, Grunewald chimed in.

“That’s actually a very good idea,” Setzer said of the proposal for the sewer plant on boundary road. McQuillan wasn’t sure of the air above in the ductwork, but that, “that would do the job as far as heating” the plant, and would be “very reasonable” with minimal maintenance.

“The air is so corrosive in that room,” McQuillan said. “It’s a 15 by 25 foot room that has the most elaborate heating system.” The village treatment plant has caused issues from day one, it was generally agreed by Setzer and McQuillan. Grunewald said that the pipes were being affected by the corrosiveness. “We’re working on it,” he told Setzer. No action was taken outside of the report.

From Streets and Utilities, Setzer pivoted to Gwen Krizan with village finance followed by Casey Dorn. Krizan had little new to report while Dorn’s major point of business was the recent need for quarantine by Officer Tiege. “Otherwise nothing has been major,” he reported to the council. Chief Louie Eslinger of Cadott and Boyd had bought a speed sign, it was reported, as the one on Cadott’s east side coming into town on X was reportedly quite effective for stopping lead feet. Presently the phone rang, with Clerk Sandi Isaacs going to answer, before coming back.

“This is not a sales call,” she repeated sarcastically of the open phone line greeting. “I saw Shawano, I should have known,” she said. In other words, ‘This is a robo call. Do not pick up the phone.’ One of the trustees concurred on the number’s suspect origin point near Green Bay.

“Oh yeah, that number tries to call me all the time,” Mc-Quillan said of the Shawano caller. Village board talk then turned to general relief over the end of election phone calls coming late at night as of November 3, while some were spared, it seems.

“I never got any of those,” McQuillan said of incessant election reminders, to which Setzer and other expressed surprise.

“Really?” he asked.

“But for years I’ve been getting a call from Shawano, Shawano and Stevens Point,” McQuillan said of phone IDs to be aware of. Should suspicions be raised, suspect numbers on the caller ID can often be corroborated thru search engine, lest whole municipalities being blamed for the actions of a few. Setzer also made known his displeasure with robo calls.

“And they call late,” he said. “That’s what ticks me off.” Before long though, it was time once again for the monthly Parks report, given by village trustee and parks head Bob Geist.

“Mr. Geist?” Setzer asked.

“Park’s still closed,” Geist reported of the Lotz family’s long-ago donation to the village. Setzer then gave the local Fire Board update. It was possible there had been an overpayment on the Jaws of Life purchase, while the lawnmower had been tabled. Ten minutes later, the village board meeting was over.