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Dane County adopts amended short-term contract for airport grounds maintenance after union testimony
Summary
The County Board approved a committee-recommended amendment that limits commercial grounds maintenance at Dane County Regional Airport to 2025 and requires any contract extension to return to the board for approval.
The Dane County Board approved a revised short-term agreement allowing commercial grounds-maintenance services at Dane County Regional Airport for the remainder of 2025, while requiring any extension beyond that term to return to the county board for approval.
Public testimony before the board came largely from members and officers of AFSCME Local 65 and related employee groups, who opposed the original five-year contract proposal and urged that grounds work be returned to county employees. Imran Geier, listed as secretary for Dane County employee group Local 65, told supervisors “this contract started as a nearly $850,000 5 year deal,” and urged the county to use the amendment approved in committee to…
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