Hurley council takes action allowing beauty salon to open

HURLEY — The Hurley City Council agreed to add one-chair beauty salons to its conditional use ordinance on Tuesday.

Mayor Joe Pinardi said a woman on Maple Street plans on opening a one-chair salon in her house, but the ordinance didn’t cover it.

Adding beauty salons to the list will allow her to receive a permit to operate the business.

In other action Tuesday, the council approved Jake Hodgdon as a part-time police officer, to be used as needed by Police Chief Dan Erspamer. The new officer had been riding along with other officers to acquaint himself with the city, pending the hiring.

The council discussed putting up Lions and Lioness Clubs signs on U.S. 2 with Ricky Kelly, of the Lioness Club, pending input from the Wisconsin Department of Transportation as to where and how the signs can be placed.

The pending sale of two lots on LaBlonde Lane was discussed. The lots would be sold for around $8,000 combined. City attorney Ray O’Dea will write a letter to the interested woman, explaining added title search costs that would be associated with the sale and the location of a nearby snowmobile trail.

Council members agreed to reinstall a Hurley Claus of 1949 memorial light at the cemetery, as recommended by Lawrence Kutz. The light has been out for about a decade. It will cost about $8 to $10 a month of electricity.

Council member Terry Seibel said he has a pedestal that could be used for the light, saving some money.

The council agreed to spend no more than $500 to set up the light.

Some address changes were approved Tuesday to conform with the installation of enhanced 911 by Iron County.

The new addresses will allow the computer data base to function properly.

Second Street North will become Stub Street and three addresses on Odanah Road and Ringle Drive will be changed.

Pinardi said other communities in the county had to make many more changes than Hurley, saying Mercer had about 40.

The council tabled a bill for $5,664 from Computer Doctors for repairs on the server, pending a discussion with the company.

It rejected a request from Ken Maki for payment for clearing snow at 704 Cary Road, saying he was never hired to do the job on a parcel that was donated to the city.

A payment of $75 to Seibel was approved for cleaning up blight on a parcel. O’Dea said the council could approve the payment, but Seibel had to abstain from the vote because he stood to financially gain from the action.

Pinardi said some other blight clean-up issues that were identified were resolved by the property owners before the city had to step in.