Ald. Tom Kolb, left, shares his concerns over a proposed development while Ald. Bryant Hazard, who also voted against the agreement that would kickstart the project, listens Tuesday during a Baraboo City Council meeting.
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GALLERY: Scenes from Baraboo city council meetings
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Baraboo council member Tom Kolb speaks as Mike Plautz listens Tuesday during a meeting at City Hall.
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Baraboo City Council member Scott Sloan asks a question during a March meeting at City Hall where the council voted unanimously to drop the city's ownership in the Baraboo-Wisconsin Dells Regional Airport.
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Baraboo Common Council member Tom Kolb, right, clarifies during a March meeting that the name of the airport will remain the same and said it will still bring economic benefits to the city.
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Baraboo Common Council member Phil Wedekind tells other council members during a March meeting that after talking with constituents, some of whom are pilots, he doesn't see a point in keeping the city's partnership overseeing the Baraboo-Wisconsin Dells Regional Airport.
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City Administrator Casey Bradley explains equipment and other costs associated with maintaining the Baraboo-Wisconsin Dells Regional Airport during a March council meeting as Mayor Rob Nelson listens.
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Baraboo Parks & Recreation Director Mike Hardy presents the 2022-26 Comprehensive Outdoor Recreation Plan to the city council during a mid-December meeting.
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City Administrator Casey Bradley, right, speaks to Baraboo Common Council members as he looks up at the 2022 city budget presentation Nov. 23 alongside council member Kathleen Thurow.
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Baraboo Common Council members Jason Kent and Joel Petty review the screen during a presentation of the 2022 city budget at a late November council meeting.
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Baraboo Common Council member Jason Kent speaks during the first September council meeting.
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Baraboo City Administrator Casey Bradley speaks during a Baraboo Common Council meeting in August. Council members voted unanimously to authorize Bradley to execute a development agreement for multiple types of new housing on the eastern edge of the city commonly referred to as the Jackson Property.
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Baraboo council member Scott Sloan, right, expresses dismay at a proposed COVID-19 employee policy during an August meeting as fellow council member John Ellington listens. Sloan said he supported no policy at all.
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Mayor Rob Nelson talks about a proposed ordinance change during a Baraboo Common Council meeting in July at City Hall.
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Baraboo Common Council member Michael Plautz asks a question during a mid-July meeting at City Hall.
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Utility Superintendent Wade Peterson outlines the new water fees for residents during a June meeting to members of the Baraboo Common Council. When LSC Communications shut down its plant in 2020, the city lost 20% of its revenue, which prompted the request for an increase to the state Public Service Commission, Peterson said.
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Baraboo Common Council member Michael Plautz, right, speaks as fellow council member Tom Kolb listens during an April 2021 council meeting at City Hall.
