Zachery James Vruwink will likely be the next Rhinelander City Administrator.
Tuesday, Mayor Chris Frederickson announced the city had successfully negotiated an employment contract with Vruwink. It still needs to be approved by City Council.
Vruwink is the former mayor of Wisconsin Rapids. Mayor Frederickson hired Vruwink as a consultant in May 2020 to help with administrative duties after the termination of former administrator Daniel Guild.
Guild was charged after an investigation by the Oneida County Sheriff s Department regarding open records requests. Those charges could be dropped pending an agreement with the DA’s office.
After Guild was terminated, Frederickson announced he had hired Vruwink on a short-term contract. Later, the council extended Vruwink s contract.
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City of Rhinelander utility customers who experienced problems with water and sewer lines freezing should start running water at your property if you are approved to do so.
People on the list can run water 24 hours a day in stream that’s about the diameter of a pencil-lead. It should be coming from just one faucet. The City Utility will adjust billing usage accordingly.
Special cases of water only customers, or other special circumstances requiring greater flow rates, can also be approved and authorized the same as in the past.
The starting list of approved utility customers allowed use of this activity is posted at City Hall and is posted on the quick links section of the City website.
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The former Rhinelander City Administrator could get charges against him dismissed if he doesn’t break any criminal laws for the next three months.
Daniel Guild is facing a felony charge of misconduct in office. His arrest last March followed an investigation by the Oneida County Sheriff s Department regarding open records requests.
In Oneida County Court on Friday, a Deferred Prosecution Agreement signed by both the Oneida County District Attorney and Daniel Guild was filed.
The document states Guild can get the charge against him dismissed with prejudice if he follows the requirements and conditions in the agreement.
1:21 An anti-mining group is trying to get Oneida County towns to oppose sulfide mining in the county and oppose looser laws on the practice statewide.
So far, five Oneida County towns have signed on.
The towns of Lynne, Cassian, Nokomis, Newbold, and Lake Tomahawk have all approved resolutions on the subject.
The measure is being considered by several other towns, too, said mining opponent Karl Fate.
“What we’re looking for ultimately here is to have the county take a position against sulfide mining and then to ask for the repeal of Act 134,” Fate said.
Act 134 is a 2017 Wisconsin law that eased the process for potential mining companies in the state.