MEDFORD CITY INFORMATION
City Government
Development Incentives
Transportation
Medical Services and Facilities
Utilities & Services
Major Manufacturers/Top Employers
CITY GOVERNMENT
Medford has a mayor-council type of government which has a reputation for progressive public administration. The day-to-day operations of municipal government are run by a full-time city- administrator, clerk, treasurer and deputy clerk. The City Of Medford Meeting Notices and the Common Council Meeting Minutes are available on line or at the City Clerk's office.
Inquiries about municipal facilities or community information can be addressed to the
City Clerk, City Hall, 639 South Second Street, Medford, Wisconsin 54451. Phone: (715)
748-4321.
Local Property
Taxes
Effective Real Estate Full Value Rate per $1,000:
~ $28.57 - 1990
~ $27.92 - 1991
~ $29.08 - 1992
~ $29.34 - 1993
~ $29.21 - 1994
~ $28.12 - 1995
~ $23.24 - 1996
~ $29.45 - 1997
~ $22.39 - 1998
~ $24.08 - 1999
~ $25.98 - 2000
~ $26.58 - 2001
~ $26.34 - 2002
~ $27.05 - 2003
Equalized evaluation of all taxable property in 1996 was $149,000,000.
DEVELOPMENT INCENTIVES
Medford offers businesses and industries a variety of incentives to encourage economic development. The city has three tax increment financing (TIF) districts to help provide municipal and infrastructure improvements. The city is eligible for Community Development Block Grants and Wisconsin Development funding to provide direct assistance to industries which create new jobs. It also has a local Revolving Loan Fund and when fully capitalized will provide up to $500,000 for industrial development at below market interest rates. The city has two developed industrial parks with land available to qualified industries below the City's cost. In addition, the Medford Industrial Foundation will finance up to 90 percent of the cost of land and building for qualified industries.
TRANSPORTATION
Highways
Major highways intersecting in Medford are State Routes 13 and 64. County Highway O connects the Industrial Parks with both highways. State Highway 13 is a designated federal highway in the Department of Transportation's Corridor 2020 Plan.
Rail
Medford is served by a branch of the Wisconsin Central Railroad which extends from Medford south to a connection with the main line at Spencer, Wisconsin. All accounts are handled at the Wisconsin Central Railroad customer service office in Stevens Point.
Bus Service
Wisconsin-Michigan Trailways provides regular route bus service between Abbotsford and most cities in Wisconsin, plus Minneapolis and direct service to Chicago. (Abbotsford is only 15 miles away.)
Air Service
Three miles southeast of Medford is the Taylor County Airport. It has a 4,100 foot paved and lighted runway with a NDB non precision approach. Services provided include: Jet A fuel, 100 low-lead AV gas, car rental, taxi service, large ramp/tie down area, flight instruction, and computerized weather briefing/flight planning service. The current operating hours are 8 a.m. to 6 p.m., or with prior arrangements. The addition of an east/west 4,950 foot paved and lighted runway and an automated weather observation system (AWOS) was completed in 1996.
Taxi
Section 18 subsidized shared ride taxi services in the city six days a week. One cab and one wheel chair equipped van are available.
MEDICAL SERVICES AND FACILITIES
Hospital and Clinics
Memorial Health Center is a Level III Trauma Care Hospital with Emergency room physicians onsite 24/7. Memorial offers comprehensive primary care through its clinics in Gilman, Medford, Phillips, Prentice, and Rib Lake. It has an after-hours urgent care clinic – open 7 days a week, therapy centers in Prentice and Medford; an acute care Swing Bed program; dialysis center; public fitness center and retail pharmacy in Medford. Plus, a continuum of senior care services from independent living, to assisted living, to skilled nursing services.
Memorial Health Center is a partner of a regional health care system, Aspirus Inc. Through its affiliation, Memorial Health Center has over 60 specialists and surgeons on-staff. It is a satellite location for the award-winning Aspirus Heart & Vascular Institute, and depending on the 9-1-1 call, an Aspirus MedEvac paramedic, intercept vehicle, and/or air flight transportation – a higher level of emergency services - is dispatched immediately from Memorial Health Center.
Memorial Health Center is continuously recognized for the quality of its patient care and its high employee satisfaction scores. To name a few: ¨ 4-Star National Excellence Award for Quality of Patient Care (Medical/Surgical Inpatient Stays, 2010) ¨ Top 5-Star Governmental Rating (Memorial Nursing & Rehab Center 2009, 2010) ¨ Nationally Ranked - Modern Healthcare's Top 100 "Best Places to Work in Healthcare" (2008, 2009) ¨ Top 10% in the Nation: 5-Star Excellence Award for Quality of Patient Care (Family Center (birthing & delivery services) 2009) ¨ Highest Overall Employee Satisfaction - SIGMA Award (2007, 2008, 2009).
Memorial Health Center has a passion for excellence, a compassion for people. www.memhc.org
Quality patient care at Memorial Health Center
UTILITIES & SERVICES
Electric Power Supplier
Medford Electric Utility/715-748-3211 is a city-owned utility serving the City of Medford. Peak system demand in 1996 was 20,836 kW. Total installed system substation capacity is 49,000 kW. Taylor Electric Co-operative/715-678-2411 serves the rural areas in portions of Taylor, Marathon, Clark and Lincoln Counties with single or three-phase power supply.
Gas Utility Supplier
WE Energies Company/1-800-242-4035 - City of Medford
Propane available in rural.
Telephone
TDS TELECOM/Midway Telephone Company/715-748-3500 provides telephone service to the Taylor County exchanges of Medford and Stetsonville and to the Clark County exchange of Dorchester. With 104 companies in 28 states, TDS TELECOM is the tenth largest non-Bell telephone company.
With the latest in digital central office technology, Midway offers custom calling and CLASS services (call forwarding, call waiting, caller ID, etc.). Centrex, ISDN, cellular and paging service, voice mail service and local Internet access.
Midway sells or leases a variety of telephones, including cordless, and offers high quality key and PABX systems, voice paging systems, automated attendant/voice messaging equipment, and FAX machines.
Internet
DataWave Technologies is central Wisconsin's oldest and largest Internet service provider. Datawave's business tools include: 56k dial-up to all digital modems, exclusive wireless access, consulting services, web site designs and hosting, on-site and phone technical support and securing server for online transactions. DataWave is located in Wausau and can be contacted by calling 1-877-262-WAVE.
TDS NET offers flat-rated active direct-to-the-Internet access. TDS NET provides free Internet software for customers with operating systems such as Windows 95, 98 and NT 4.0 and Mac system 8.0 or greater. TDS NET offers 28.8 modem capacity, V.90 (56K)technology and other evolving technologies such as ISDN and DSL. TDS NET can be contacted by calling 1-888-4TDSNET.
Taylor ElectriNet, a division of Taylor Electric Cooperative, is a unique, full-service company with an impressive track record. Taylor ElectriNet offers Internet services such as unlimited access, extension e-mail accounts, 56K Dedicated Internet Business Access and T-1 Dedicated Internet Business Access. Taylor ElectriNet can be contacted by calling 715-678-2411.
Charter Communications offers a high speed internet connection through their cable modems. The service is offered in bronze, silver and gold packages depending on the speed of service necessary. You may access your account through their company website, you may see a listing of other services provided and even contact a customer service representative. For more information on the services that Charter Communications has to offer you may call 1-800-581-0081.
Radio
K99 WKEB/WIGM Radio is the most localized daily medium available. Through state-of-the-art processing and transmission equipment, WKEB broadcasts classic oldies with today's favorite adult hits. 25,000 watts of power with a tower located near Wisconsin's highest point delivers WKEB's signal to a 9 county area of Central Wisconsin, 24 hours a day. On the dial...WIGM AM News/Talk is located at 1490, WKEB FM at 99.3. WIGM/WKEB designs their music, news, weather, sports, promotions, special programs, etc., to meet the specific needs of our listeners and is a reflection of the unique characteristics, personality, and lifestyle of Central Wisconsin. WIGM/WKEB Radio, serving this community for almost 60 years.
Newspapers
The Star News, published every Thursday, is the only newspaper published in Taylor County. The Electronic Star News on the World Wide Web provides around-the-clock information about Medford and the Taylor County area.
Foto News, published weekly is based in Merrill. The newspaper covers Merrill, Medford, Tomahawk and Lincoln County government as well as providing northern Wisconsin regional news and entertainment on the Internet. Daily newspapers from Wausau, Marshfield, Minneapolis, Chicago, and Milwaukee are also circulated in the area.
Realtors
Century 21 Dairyland Realty North: Dan Olson, 575 W. Broadway, Medford, WI 54451 715-748-5700
Dixon Greiner Realty : Luke Dixon 921 S 8th St, Medford, WI 54451 715-748-2258
Re/Max New Horizons Realty: Dave Brandner & Wesley Delasky , 1126A S. 8th St Medford WI 54451
Phone 715-748-6868 Fax: 715-748-6889 Cell: 715-965-2360
Television
Excellent television reception is received from stations in Wausau, Eau Claire, and Rhinelander serving CBS, ABC, and NBC networks: Wausau with Channel 7 and Channel 9, the Educational Channel PBS, Eau Claire Channel 13, and Rhinelander Channel 12. Charter Communications also provides cable TV access.
Water Utility
Water is supplied to Medford by the Medford Water Department. The water source is four wells, averaging eighty feet in depth. Present pumping capacity is 1,075,000 gallons per day. Average daily usage is 750,000 gallons. Maximum daily usage is 900, 000 gallons. Storage capacity is 470,000 gallons, consisting of one overhead tank. Ample pressure is available for sprinkler systems. Treatment consists of chlorination of only two of the four wells. The water supply can be increased at any time. One additional test well was dug in 1996 for future construction. A well was put in operation in 1994 with additional capacity of 350 gallons per minute. The city of Medford is continually seeking new sources of water. A new well was recently added in 2003 by the Medford Fire Hall to increase the water capacity for the City of Medford. This well is located near the New Fire Hall.
Sanitary Sewer Service
A wastewater treatment plant is owned and operated by the city of Medford, and utilizes the extended mode activated sludge process.
Other processes used for treatment include:
1. primary treatment
2. activated sludge as mentioned prior
3. tertiary filtration
4. disinfections
5. aerobic digestion and mechanical sludge handling
The treated effluent is discharged into the Black River, with sludge being agriculturally applied. The plant is designed to treat 1.5 million gallons per day. The present loadings are about 70 percent of this design. Remodeling of the facility was completed in the summer of 1990. This ended a seven year construction phase to bring the plant up to the more stringent effluent limits set forth by the DNR (including nitrification and lower biological oxygen demand, and suspended solids limits).
The current rate for household treatment is a fixed charge of $6.70 a month, plus a volume charge of $5.58 per 1,000 gallons of water used. The City also has usage rates for industrial users, along with the ability to treat domestic holding tank and septic tank waste from outside the collection system service area at specified rates.
Medford Area Fire
Department
From its start in 1885, Medford's Fire Department has expanded to a force of 26 full time volunteers with 3 reserves. It is equipped with three pump-engine trucks, two tankers, one ladder truck, and a fire-rescue van furnished with the "jaws of life." They have also recently purchased a thermal-imaging camera. The Department is currently ranked "Class 5" protection.
Major Manufacturers/Top Employers (*= Top Employers)
Company |
Product |
Contact |
*B&B Engineering |
Window Grilles |
Brian Hallgren 715-748-2288 |
*Bauer Trucking |
Trucking/Hauling |
Jon Bauer 715-748-3207 |
Black River Industries |
Packaging |
Randy Oaklief 715-748-2950 |
Central Mink Foods |
Mink Food |
715-748-3188 |
Enerquip, Inc. |
Steel Weldments,Metal Fabricating Pressure Vessels, Heat Exchangers |
Jeannie Deml 715-748-5888 |
Freudenthal Manufacturing |
Farm Equipment, Metal Clotheslines |
Jack Freudenthal 715-748-4132 |
G&D Enterprises |
Promotional Window Displays |
Gary Kapfhamer 715-748-0555 |
Gad Cheese |
Cheese Manufacturing & Packaging |
Diane Albrecht 715-748-4273 |
Hickory Nutz Sausage |
Venison Processing |
Angie Netzer 715-748-4828 |
Huotari Construction |
Building/Remodeling |
Dennis Huotari 715-748-4000 |
*Hurd Windows & Doors, Inc. |
Window Manufacturing |
Gary Lex 715-748-2011 |
*James Peterson & Sons, Inc. |
Road Building/Concrete Division |
James Peterson 715-748-3010 |
*Kmart |
Retail |
Trudy Jorstrad 715-748-2222 |
|
Plumbing & Heating |
Dave Zimmerman 715-748-4646 |
|
Nestles Pizza Division |
Frozen Pizza |
Steve LaMere 715-748-5550 |
*Maple Island, Inc. |
Instantizing & Agglomerated Dried Milk & Food Products |
Dani Bellemare 715-748-3900 |
*Marathon Cheese |
Cheese Packaging |
Mark Stoll 715-748-4500 |
*Medford Clinic |
Health Services |
Jim Borgstrom 715-748-2121 |
*Medford Co-operative |
Grocery, Feed, Fuel |
Chip Courtney 715-748-2056 |
Medford Fur Foods |
Mink Feed |
Tony Kleifgen 715-748-2255 |
*Medford Public School District |
Education |
Steve Russ 715-748-4620 |
*Melvin Companies |
Concrete Products & Supplies |
Jim Melvin 715-748-3200 |
*Memorial Health Center |
Health Services |
Gregg Olson 715-748-8100 |
Mid-States Equipment |
Hydraulic Equipment |
Jim Gummerson 715-748-5565 |
*Mid-Wisconsin Bank |
Financial Services |
James Warsaw 715-748-8300 |
Paustenbach Machinery |
Machinery Repair & Welding |
Don Paustenbach 715-748-2827 |
Pep's Pizza |
Frozen Pizza |
715-748-2266 |
*Phillips Plastics Corporation |
High volume, value-added Injection Molding, Painting and Laser Etching Capabilities |
Brad Erickson 715-748-2304 |
Pleasant View Processing |
Cheese & Dairy Products |
715-678-2943 |
*Prochnow Trucking |
Hauling |
Dale Prochnow 715-748-4556 |
*Taylor County |
Various County-wide Services |
Linda Daniels 715-748-1400 |
WaDal Plastics |
Plastic Molding |
715-748-2227 |
*Weather Shield Mfg, Inc. |
Window units, Steel entry systems, Metal storm doors, Insulated glass panes, Vinyl extrusions, Solar related products |
Mark Shield 715-748-2100 |
Woodland Marketing |
Shelves, Wood Products |
Marilyn Mueller 715-748-4004 |
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