Lieutenant Paul Corson, representing a Timmerman Airport‑based Civil Air Patrol composite squadron, spoke to the County Board Committee on Finance about membership recovery after the COVID‑19 pandemic, education outreach and facility maintenance needs at the Timmerman hangar.

Corson said the squadron — based at Timmerman Airport and used intermittently by a broader Wisconsin Wing — has rebuilt cadet membership since the pandemic and currently fields a composite squadron that includes about 40 members and an active core of roughly 30, plus a senior cadre and a seven‑member flight team that handles communications and building duties.

Education and outreach: Corson described ongoing and planned outreach with local schools. He said the squadron is formalizing a sponsorship with “McGonagall Parkview Middle School” to assist a 7th–8th grade STEM aerospace education program and is seeking one additional nearby school to expand classroom engagement and cadet recruitment. Supervisor Shaquana Taylor, who represents the Timmerman area, offered to connect the squadron with Milwaukee Public Schools contacts and said she would circulate school leads.

Facility needs and costs: Corson reviewed maintenance and infrastructure work at the county‑owned hangar, which county staff built in 1961 for search‑and‑rescue operations. He listed recent upgrades — remote thermostats, improved safety lighting, an updated communications room, ceiling fans, and a near‑completion facade and window replacement at Timmerman funded by a federal grant. Corson said ongoing projects include replacing insulation in the hangar and pest control work; he cited an example earlier this year when a broken hangar‑door mechanism cost about $2,800 to repair and said insurance and maintenance costs “will be more, maintenance expenses very annually based on aircraft and facility condition… hundreds to $31,000,” language he used to describe the range of likely costs.

Corson said the unit conducts teacher orientation flights, flight training support for cadets (including a cadet who received nearly $10,000 in private‑pilot funding), and community outreach events. He asked supervisors for help publicizing youth programs and for contacts to expand school partnerships.

Supervisors and staff thanked Corson for the presentation; Supervisor Taylor offered to forward school contacts and to share program information in her outreach materials.

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