Highway department outlines multimillion-dollar projects including $325,000 fire suppression phase
Highway staff listed multiple CIP items including a $75,000 one-ton pickup, a $110,000 baby dump truck, a $325,000 phase-one fire suppression electrical upgrade (figure from the Carl Sanderson report), a $675,000 Rhinelander shop drainage project, and ongoing patrol truck replacement funding plans (projected $390,000 for 2027).
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Highway Commissioner Ben Rich and Finance Specialist Dan Gleason reviewed the department's capital needs and replacement schedule. Rich said the one-ton pickup purchase is estimated at $75,000 and argued a baby dump truck replacement is preferable to extensive repairs; the baby dump replacement request was listed as $110,000 to come from the equipment fund.
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