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Votes at a glance: Kewaunee County approves grants, equipment purchase and highway design services study
Summary
The Kewaunee County Board approved several grant applications, two equipment purchases and authorized design services for highway facilities; one facilities-design vote passed 17–1 after extended discussion about scope and financing.
The Kewaunee County Board of Supervisors approved multiple resolutions and motions during the meeting. The board voted to accept state and federal grant awards, to purchase highway equipment, and to award a design-services contract for highway facilities. Several of the motions required no county match; one grant listed a required 50% county match.
Key outcomes (votes recorded from meeting):
- Resolution authorizing application for and acceptance of state financial assistance for a county snowmobile bridge replacement: state grant revenue $143,300; motion by Supervisor Vollenwider, second by Supervisor Gillet; vote recorded as 18 yes, none opposed; outcome: approved.
- Resolution authorizing application for and acceptance of 2025–2026 County Snowmobile and ATV Maintenance Grant (and related state grant language recorded in packet): state grant revenue listed as $61,000 for expenditures; meeting packet also referenced a state grant revenue item of $23,000 with a county-required 50% match; motion by Supervisor Vollenwider, second by Supervisor Gillet; vote recorded as 18 yes, none opposed; outcome: approved. (Grant language in the packet was presented as shown; specific line-item clarifications were not provided on the record.)
- Resolution accepting a $54,000 award from the Department of Children and Families Youth Justice Innovation Grant and a $24,096 award from the Department of Justice statewide crisis intervention program: combined increase in grant revenue and expenditures of $78,096; motion by Supervisor Romdon, second by Supervisor Teske; vote recorded as 18 yes, none opposed; outcome: approved.
- Purchase of highway equipment: purchase of a portable single-bin recycle system (packet purchase amount presented as approximately $154,000 with setup costs noted); motion by Supervisor Poppe, second by Supervisor Romdon; vote recorded as 18 yes, none opposed; outcome: approved. Board discussion included questions about the machine’s role in producing recycled hot mix and experience elsewhere with recycled material.
- Resolution to approve bid and award contract for Kewaunee County Highway Department facilities design services: fiscal impact listed in the packet as an increase in expenditures (packet figure read as approximately $179,500) funded from fund balance committed for future capital projects; motion by Supervisor Augustine, second by Supervisor Ramden; after questions and extended discussion about overlap with a potential jail project and project scope, the vote recorded was 17 yes, 1 opposed; outcome: approved.
The board recorded routine votes earlier in the meeting to approve the agenda and minutes; those motions also passed on the record.
Several supervisors asked for additional presentations and detail on the highway facilities plan (including a request that Highway Commissioner Tremmel present his earlier slideshow to the full board) before any construction decisions or bond financing are pursued. County staff said financing and final designs are not yet decided and will be brought back to the board when available.
