Wabasha County Board of Commissioners

Wabasha County approves final plat for ‘Cornerstone Acres’

Feb 21, 2024

Wabasha County Commissioners on Feb. 6 approved a final plat request by Brent Beck of Cornerstone Real Estate LLC in Rochester, for a land division involving the creation of more than three new and residual parcels in West Albany and Oakwood townships. The County Planning Commission conducted a...

Wabasha County adopts excess right-of-way policy

Sep 21, 2022

The Wabasha County Board of Commissioners approved a new policy concerning excess right-of-way conveyance after discussion and debate during its meeting on Sept. 6. The policy formalizes and clarifies the process of handling requests from landowners who would like to have an easement vacated or...

New zoning administrator joins Wabasha County staff

May 11, 2022

At their regular meeting on May 3, the Wabasha County Board of Commssioners welcomed the new zoning administrator, Jason Kaltenbach, to the county staff. Wabasha’s newest employee comes to Wabasha from Dodge County, and he is already at work in his new position. Don Springer was not present for...

Wabasha Co. board seeks bids on County Road 5 culvert replacement

Feb 9, 2022

The Wabasha County Board of Commissioners discussed zoning enforcement cases in a closed session that followed their regular meeting on February 1. Zoning Administrator Kevin Krause was present for this part of the meeting. All Commissioners were present, along with Wabasha County Administrator...

Board approves software contract and information security program

Jul 28, 2021

The Wabasha County Board of Commissioners, with UKG, Inc., has moved forward with a contract for payroll and human resources software. This action was taken at their regular meeting on July 26. All Commissioners were present, along with County Administrator Michael Plante. The contract includes...

Wabasha County Board tables one zoning request, denies another

May 12, 2021

The May 4 meeting of the Wabasha County Board of Commissioners focused on several zoning items. All Commissioners were present, along with County Administrator Michael Plante. County Attorney Karrie Kelly was absent. Zoning Administrator Kevin Krause was present for the Zoning matters. The...

Familiar names emerge as finalists for Wabasha County administrator

Jan 27, 2021

Two of the three finalists for the Wabasha County administrator job will be familiar to people who have followed Lake City and Wabasha County government over the last few years. One is Michael Plante, who was previously Wabasha County administrator, and before that, an assistant county attorney....

Wabasha County Board amends zoning ordinance, approves conditional use permits

Dec 9, 2020

The Wabasha County Board of Commissioners met at 4 p.m. on December 1, just ahead of the annual Truth in Taxation (TNT) hearing at 6 p.m. This annual hearing is for information and discussion regarding the upcoming county budget. It is not intended for questions regarding property valuations on...

County board accepts administrator’s resignation

Nov 25, 2020

In action taken during their regular meeting on Nov. 17, the Wabasha County Board of Commissioners voted unanimously to accept the resignation of County Administrator Brian Buhmann, without further discussion, effective Nov. 12. All commissioners were present with Rich Hall attending via Zoom....

County administrator resigns abruptly

Nov 18, 2020

Wabasha County is looking for a new county administrator after the sudden resignation of Brian Buhmann. Buhmann’s resignation was on the Nov. 17 Wabasha County Board meeting agenda, effective Nov. 12, the previous Thursday. In a farewell email that day to county department heads, Buhmann wrote...