Light lunch served at 7:00 pm / Meeting at 7:30 pm

County unit meeting participation is encouraged for all town officials.  The meetings empower you to network with other town officials, engage with legislators, learn from speakers, hear updates from WTA Directors, and improve your ability to serve your constituents.  The Douglas County Unit leaders look forward to your participation.
 
Agenda

• Call to Order
• Pledge of Allegiance
• Attendance

• Programs
  • Land Conservation – Ashley Vande Voort, Conservationist – Update from Land Conservation
  • ARPA Funding Q&A - Jake Langenhahn, WTA Outreach Specialist
• Approval of Minutes
• Treasurer’s Report
• Correspondence
• Elected Officials
• WTA Representatives – Lester Lewis & Jim Paden
• Unfinished Business (Updates)
• New Business
  • 2021 Council Meeting – Stevens Point
  • Fire Signs – Can the Town name be on the signs? Change ordinance?  If a town puts their name on the sign, will zoning honor that for any new (address) signs?
• Location, Date, Time for next Meeting – Highland, September 21, 2021, Meeting 7:30 pm
• WTA County Unit Stimulus drawings! (See below for details)
• Adjourn

 
The meeting will be in-person and CDC guidelines will be followed for social distancing.  Attendees are asked to wear a face covering if you have not been vaccinated yet, unless you have an underlying health condition that may prevent you from wearing one.  If you are or have recently felt ill or have a fever or have been in contact with someone that is ill, please do not attend.
 
An email reminder will be sent 3-5 business days prior to this meeting.  We use the email address submitted annually by your town.  If you are NOT receiving emails from WTA, please contact our office at 715-526-3157 with your email address.
 
Senators and Representatives:
Please advise Dan Corbin, Douglas County Unit Secretary, at 218-390-0748 as to whether you will be able to attend.  Thank you!
 

WTA County Unit Stimulus

Unit meetings are critical to WTA.  It is where we network, learn, and develop capacity with state Representatives and Senators.  All town elected and appointed officials are encouraged to attend county unit meetings.  Without effective unit meetings, town government would be much different.  Simply, a lot of our political influence is generated at and much of our network-based learning occurs during successful and well attended unit meetings.
 
COVID prompted a wide variety of approaches to unit meetings.  Members responded to each uniquely, some positively and some with decreased attendance.  In order to not only return to our previous level of success with unit meetings, but grow that success, WTA is offering the following incentives to be deployed at unit meetings:
 

Drawing #1:

One free Annual Convention registration will be raffled off at a unit meeting held sometime in June-September.  If a winner knows on the night of the drawing that they cannot attend, then a new winner should be drawn.
 

Drawing #2:

One $50 gift card will be raffled off at a unit meeting held sometime in June-December.
 

Attendance Incentive:

The unit with the best attendance at a unit meeting held between June-September will receive $250 for their unit.  Spouses and guests should not be included in the count.  The unit with the highest percentage attendance will be deemed the winner.
 
NOTE:  Unit leadership will provide the winner’s names to WTA.  The convention winner will receive a non-transferrable certificate from WTA to be sent in with their registration no later than October 4, and the gift card will be mailed to the winner no later than January 14, 2022.
 
Thank you to Scott Construction and Kwik Trip for sponsoring these drawings and supporting this effort!