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Wausau council rejects bid to build single-family infill home at 1019 W Bridge Street after residents question cost
Summary
The Common Council voted 1–10 to reject an economic-development committee recommendation to accept a single bid to build a modular single-family house at 1019 W. Bridge Street after residents and multiple council members said the project’s $348,000 build cost and $140,000 proposed sale price made the plan impractical.
The Wausau Common Council on Jan. 14, 2025, voted 1–10 to reject a bid to construct one single-family infill house at 1019 West Bridge Street using ARPA and CDBG-related funds, after public comment and council debate questioned the project’s cost-effectiveness.
The resolution before the council would have approved the economic development committee’s recommendation to award a construction contract for the property to Brian Luke and Associates Construction LLC. The motion to accept the recommendation was recorded as made by “Luke” with a second by “Hanke” (as noted in the meeting record); the motion failed by a roll-call tally recorded in the meeting as 1 yes and 10 no. The council did not identify individual roll-call votes on the record; only the tally was announced.
Several preregistered citizens urged the council to reject the plan or asked for alternatives. Joanne Leonard, a Wausau resident who gave her address as 923 Maple Hill Road, said the “numbers for the request ... do not…
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