By SARAH PARKER | County Line Editor
The Wilton Ambulance Service will provide coverage to 307 town of Glendale residents, an increase from 172, as of Jan. 1.
At its monthly meeting Monday, the Wilton Village Board reviewed a map of the new coverage area, which includes a section east of Kendall, along the Monroe/Juneau county line.
The Wilton Ambulance Services provides coverage to the villages of Norwalk, Wilton and Kendall and rural areas in between. Also serving as Wilton’s police chief, Jeremy Likely is the ambulance director.
Other business
• The village intends to form an economic-development committee, whose focus will be the downtown area, board president Tim Welch announced. Committee members will endeavor to contact developers and obtain funding for projects.
The makeup and size of the committee will be determined at a later date, Welch noted.
• After spending $5,000 on a pilot project, the board learned that a system using algae to absorb phosphorus from ponds at the village’s wastewater treatment plant would cost between $1,270,000 and $1,570,000.
Considering it cost prohibitive, boardmembers will not pursue the project.
Both the DNR and the EPA have called for significantly reduced phosphorus limits in wastewater effluent.
On a related note, the village will spend $3,000 with Delta 3 Engineering for a DNR-required phosphorus report.
• The board approved 2018 expenditures of $590,282, an increase of 5.07 percent over last year’s figure of $561,799.
Local property taxes of will make up $176,349 of the 2018 budget. For the village’s portion of the tax bill, the mill rate will be $6.50 per $1,000 of property valuation.
• The Wilton AmericanLegion recently donated $1,097.79 toward improvements at the village basketball courts.
• The board approved operator’s licenses for Keelie Suhr and Edith Glaser.
• Last summer, Wilton spent $10,500 on improvements at the village pool, including new sand filters, new valves and an automated chemical system. On Monday, the board agreed to transfer that amount from the pool outlay account to the general fund.
Street plan
The board approved a proposed six-year street-work plan, which calls for the following:
• 2018 — Mill Street between Center and Water streets
• 2018 — Packard Street between Walker to dead end (the village will apply for Local Road Improvement Project funds for that segment); Railroad Street from E. Packard Street to alley; East Street from Walker Street to Center Street; Center Street from W. East Street to alley; and Water Street from S. Water Street to Packard Street
• 2019 — Packard Street between Center and Water streets
• 2020 — Packard Street between Center and Walker streets
• 2021 — Center Street between S. Water and Mill streets
• 2022 — Center Street between Packard and Main streets
• 2023 — Enderby Street between Walker and Railroad streets