Kendall marshal leaves for Mauston position

By SARAH PARKER | County Line Editor

Kendall’s police marshal, Brandon Arenz, resigned effective Jan. 31 after six years in the village’s part-time position.

The Village of Kendall has been interviewing candidates for his replacement.

At Monday’s Kendall Village Board meeting, board president Richard Martin explained that Arenz recently had obtained a job as sergeant with the Mauston Police Department, which stipulates that its officers cannot take part-time positions out of the city. For that reason, Arenz recently quit his positions in both Elroy and Kendall.

Other business

• The board will consider Marantha Nissiah Rauchle’s request have live poultry on her property. Rauchle, who lives at 318 George St., would like to have 10 chickens (no roosters) and five ducks, but village ordinance prohibits “loud birds/animals.”

Though Rauchle and the board had varying interpretations of the ordinance language, with Rauchle saying there was no particular ban against chickens, Martin maintained that it referred to all animals (besides companion animals).

The board intends to have a public hearing on a possible ordinance change 15 minutes before its regular meeting next month to gain community input on the matter. If the board does change its ordinance, it will also take into account which confinement requirements would be in place for those who wish to have poultry.

• The Kendall Fire Department intends to host its annual Hunters’ Night Out, which was canceled last year due to the Covid-19 pandemic, though new protocol will be in place at this year’s proposed event.

Typically, the department hosts more than 300 people at the event. This year, groups of 60 people will be allowed into the Kendall Community Hall for one-hour increments, Martin said. That will give them time to eat, play at raffles, etc., until the next group is ushered in. Altogether, Martin expected the event would last at least four hours.

At present, the Kendall Community Hall is closed for public events, though the board decided to make an exception for the fire department event. Key to the board’s decision was the fire department’s Covid-19 mitigation plan, something the Royall youth wrestling club also presented when it received permission to hold practices at the facility late last year.

“You’re not opening the door to, say, 300 people,” said board member Art Keenan. Others who wished to use the hall and likewise would give plans to offset Covid-19 risks could also receive board approval, he added. The board agreed that requests could be handled on an individual basis.

• The board agreed to sell adjoining, village-owned land to Zzip Stop owner Shane Nottestad once village employees learn how much land it needs to retain around village infrastructure, such as nearby manholes.

Part of Nottestad’s plans is to upgrade the pumps at the convenience store to accommodate large trucks.

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