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Brown County commissioners reject landfill building bids, direct staff to draft new specs and funding plan
Summary
After reviewing bids, commissioners voted to reject current proposals for the landfill and solid-waste office project and directed county staff to prepare new design specifications and a financing plan for a smaller new building and limited modifications to the existing shop.
Brown County commissioners voted to reject the current round of bids for a proposed landfill and solid-waste facility and directed county staff to produce new bid specifications and a funding plan.
The vote followed a detailed presentation from the county’s solid-waste staff proposing a smaller new building — described in the meeting as roughly 30-by-40 feet — to be placed immediately south of the existing shop. The staff recommended leaving the old building in place for workshop use and adding a new overhead door at the north end of the existing bay rather than trying to fully refurbish the aging structure.
The solid-waste presenter said the approach would produce new above-grade office space, an insulated chemical-storage bay for…
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