Dogs and Tiles Occupy Board

If you’ve been wondering at the slow progress of the Baileys Harbor marina building project, Town Chairman Don Sitte provided an update at a special town meeting on Jan. 7.

Just before Christmas, Sitte saw workers at the site so stopped by to see the progress. He found that the roof tiling was almost done, except for the outer edge of darker-colored tiles the town board had opted for back in September.

Sitte then contacted Architect Dan Roarty of Dimension IV in Green Bay. Roarty was unable to explain how the wrong tiles were sent. He suggested the town settle for the wrong tiles and take a discount.

“No way,” Sitte said.

So the tiles had to be returned to the factory in Wausau to be stained the chosen color.

“No wonder she’s so far behind,” said town supervisor Bobby Schultz.

Dogs were another topic of discussion, including relocation of a planned dog park at the town’s rec park, behind the baseball field.

Sitte said the new plan includes a 24-car parking lot.

“For what goes on at the rec park, they park all over the grass there,” Schultz said. “You start making parking lots, you start wrecking things out there.”

The site has mixed terrain and is wooded, offering shade to dogs and their owners.

Sitte said Baileys Harbor Community Association’s dog park fund has more than $3,000 earmarked for the dog park, and that donations will still be accepted. He tasked supervisors Schultz and Barbara Anschutz to work with Brynn Swanson of the community association to make it happen.

“It might take a long time to get it fully developed, but I think for now it would be nice to have dog park there with the season beginning this spring,” Sitte said.

The second dog issue involved developing regulations for the renovated Anclam Park. Sitte asked Schultz and Anschutz to work with Town Clerk Doug Smith to develop park policies and cost structures should people want to rent the park for celebrations.

Anschutz asked what the policy should be about dogs on the beach.

Sitte said Egg Harbor allows dogs on a leash at the beach but not in the water.

“People don’t keep their dogs on a leash. They let them run,” Anschutz said. “My personal feeling is if we have a dog park, we shouldn’t allow them on the beach.”

Sitte suggested a sign be put up saying “absolutely no dogs on the beach.”

“We’re a dog-friendly town here. That’s how we advertise,” Schultz said. “We gotta talk about this. That’s a gray area. We’ll figure something out.”

After discussion of a sewer extension for Ward and Severn streets, from behind Zak’s Barbershop to Hwy. 57, the board decided it was best that the Wastewater Committee work out details and bring them back to the full board.

The board also adopted Option F of the state’s Implements of Husbandry regulations. Sitte said it was the option recommended by Door County Highway Commissioner John Kolodziej, and the option chosen by other municipalities throughout the county. With Option F, local governments take no action and allow the state regulation to stand, which is 23,000 pounds per axle for agricultural vehicles, or a total of 92,000 pounds.