Offers considered during closed session
By Jalen Maki
Tomahawk Leader Editor
TOMAHAWK – The City of Tomahawk Finance Committee is continuing to work towards determining the future of the city-owned property at 1775 Kaphaem Rd.
During its meeting at City Hall on Tuesday, June 27, the committee adjourned into closed session, per Wisconsin statues, to consider offers made for the property.
The consideration of offers comes several months after the committee assumed responsibilities regarding the site’s future.
In April, an ad hoc committee tasked with coming up with a plan for the property disbanded.
The ad hoc committee was formed in Jan. 2021, following the city’s Dec. 2020 purchase of the former Lincoln Industries property from Lincoln County for one dollar.
The city made the purchase while it was considering moving its emergency services to a centralized location – a course of action that is still being mulled today.
The property, which features a roughly 8,000 square-foot building sitting on about 19 acres, was eyed as a potential choice for a new emergency services hub.
In the months leading up to the ad hoc committee’s dissolution this spring, facing challenges related to costs and the Kaphaem Rd. property’s location near the southeastern city limits, the city shifted its focus to the potential construction of a new fire station at the city’s yard waste site on S. Tomahawk Ave. and ultimately dissolved the committee.
This week’s meeting marked the first time the Finance Committee discussed the Kaphaem Rd. property since the ad hoc committee’s disbandment.
No specific information regarding the offers was provided after the committee returned to open session, and no action was taken, but it was ultimately determined that the premises will remain under the Finance Committee’s purview until a long-term plan is developed.
A Finance Committee meeting centered on the Kaphaem Rd. property is anticipated.