Oconto City Attorney Frank Calvert also waived a preliminary hearing on the two counts of first-degree recklessly endangering safety, court records show.
Oconto City Attorney Frank Calvert made an initial court appearance on charges he recklessly fired his shotgun on Thanksgiving Day while target practicing.
OCONTO – Less than a day after City Council members voted to discontinue maintaining Copper Culture State Park unless a new contract was in place with the state by the end of the year, the Department of Natural Resources is poised to come to the table.
The city and a DNR official confirmed Thursday that they are planning to negotiate a new deal to replace the one that expired at the end of 2010.
However, statements from both sides illustrate differences of opinion on how things reached this point and on the structure of the lapsed agreement.
City officials said it was frustration that led them to take the action at the April 13 Committee of the Whole meeting, saying they had tried periodically for years to get the DNR to update the contract.
Incumbents Jean Feldt and Wesley Markusen are being challenged by John Reed and Tina Frye.
Reed retired on June 15 after nearly 40 years with the Oconto Fire Rescue Department, including the last four as chief.
Frye was unsuccessful as a write-in candidate in 2019 and finished last behind the four incumbents in the 2020 election.
Council members generally meet at a Committee of the Whole on the first Tuesday of the month and the regular council meeting on the second Tuesday, as well as meetings of city committees to which they were appointed.
The annual salary for alderpersons after the election is $3,744, paid bi-weekly.