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Committee commits $30 million in highway reserves and authorizes phase‑1 design for new Marathon County highway facility
Summary
Marathon County Infrastructure Committee approved a $30 million commitment of highway reserve funds for a potential new highway facility and unanimously authorized phase‑1 schematic design services, including hiring a construction manager at risk; the approvals were forward recommendations to the full county board.
The Marathon County Infrastructure Committee unanimously voted Sept. 4 to recommend that the full county board commit $30,000,000 of highway reserve funds toward a potential new highway facility and to authorize expenditure of highway reserve funds for phase‑1 schematic design services.
Administrator Leonard told the committee that “committing funds” is an accounting action intended to organize the highway reserve and create a designated project funding pool; it is not an authorization to expend the funds immediately and committed amounts may be uncommitted later if needed.
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