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Pine County board refers Windermere Township pier funding request back to land advisory committee after dispute over bridge overruns
Summary
County commissioners referred a $32,000 request from Windermere Township for a fishing pier reimbursement back to the land advisory committee after discussion about contractor overruns, use of township funds, and alternative DNR grants.
Pine County commissioners on a recorded vote on Aug. 5 referred a Windermere Township request for up to $32,000 in reimbursement for a fishing pier project back to the county's land advisory committee for further review. The board's action followed testimony from township representatives and a lengthy discussion about construction overruns and alternative funding options.
The referral followed testimony from Tony Bakhtiari, vice chair of Windermere Township, who told the board the $32,000 request was intended to add a public fishing pier and related amenities to Sturgeon Lake’s island bridge and that township members had incurred some additional landscaping and driveway costs that they said were paid by individual homeowners. “We wanted actually,…
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