Hot mix plant settlement funding billboards By Kevin Boneske For The News-Chronicle A sure sign of the settlement the Wisconsin Department of Justice reached with Kewaunee County, related to permit violations at the county's hot mix asphalt plant, can be found on the north end of Kewaunee while entering the city. In addition to paying $50,000 in penalties, the settlement requires the county in the next two years to implement a state Department of Natural Resources-approved educational program, at a cost of not less than $5,000, related to the health and environmental hazards associated with residential "burn barrels." County Administrator Ed Dorner has confirmed that the sign entering Kewaunee, visible to southbound traffic, is for the educational campaign, in which billboard locations in the county will be rotated every three months. The rotation schedule through March 31, 2005, was included in a letter sent last month from Jag Outdoor Advertising to Kewaunee County Highway Commissioner Dale Jandrain. The sign presently on State 42 about a quarter-mile south of County F is slated to remain in place through the end of June. From July 1-Sept. 30, the sign will be on State 29, visible to eastbound traffic, in the city of Kewaunee. Starting Oct. 1 and ending Dec. 31, the billboard location will be south of Algoma on State 42, visible to southbound traffic, about a quarter-mile north of 11th Road. From Jan. 1-March 31, the sign will be located between Algoma and Casco on State 54, visible to westbound traffic, about a quarter-mile east of County E. Jag's letter from Paul Wauters to Jandrain indicated the company would be able to do a two-year rotation for the county for $5,000 - the timeframe and minimum cost required in the settlement - but the "times of location may change due to availability." Dane County Circuit Court Judge Shelley J. Gaylord had approved the settlement worked out between Assistant Attorney General Shari Eggleson and Michael P. Dunn, an attorney who was hired by the county to handle the case. Kewaunee County's Finance Committee had authorized a private law firm to handle the matter when Corporation Counsel Elma Anderson, who is also employed half-time as an assistant district attorney, acted as the county's only prosecutor last year following Troy Dalebroux's resignation as district attorney.