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Public comment raises town concerns about special-events threshold as county considers multiple ordinances and appointments
Summary
A town chairman told the Marathon County Board of Supervisors that a proposed ordinance increase in event threshold would burden volunteer fire departments; the board also heard a broadband update, appointed committee chairs and listed several ordinance and resolution items for future action.
Dean Beck, Towne Easton chairman, told the Marathon County Board of Supervisors on Jan. 16 that a proposed amendment to county code he identified as a "12.04 ordinance" would place an "undue burden" on small, unincorporated towns that rely on volunteer fire departments.
"It puts an undue burden on our small communities who have a volunteer fire department and we have to provide the safety for this," Beck said, adding that the ordinance as described in earlier meetings had moved a threshold from 3,000 to 5,000 and that his town receives no compensation for providing emergency services for such events. He said towns have five days to appeal approvals and that appeals are limited to public-safety…
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