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Marathon County board adopts solid-waste plan; directors say loan application needed to pursue $12.8 million project
Summary
The Marathon County Board of Supervisors adopted a solid waste environmental management plan that lays the groundwork to seek an estimated $12,800,000 environmental loan; the plan does not bind the county to accept loan funds, and a 2003 tri-county agreement may share repayment obligations with Portage and Shawano counties, officials said.
The Marathon County Board of Supervisors on July 22 adopted the county's Solid Waste Environmental Management Plan, a blueprint officials said is needed to apply for state environmental loan funding for landfill work. The board voted to adopt the plan by roll call after discussion; the motion was made by Supervisor Ritter and seconded by Supervisor Kroll.
The plan, which was described during the Environmental Resources Committee report, is intended to be the basis for an application the county would submit for what Solid Waste Director Hagenbusher described as an environmental loan in the neighborhood of $12,800,000. “We stand no chance of even getting any principal forgiveness on it if we don't submit a plan and an application,” Hagenbusher said at the meeting.
Why it matters: Board members and staff said submitting a…
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