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Wausau committees enter closed session to discuss purchase of riverfront parcels after contamination concerns raised
Summary
City of Wausau finance and economic development committees voted to go into closed session April 22 to negotiate purchase of properties along the riverfront at North First Avenue and Cherry Street after members raised concerns about contamination and missing groundwater testing for PFAS.
On April 22 at 5:15 p.m., the joint Finance and Economic Development Committees of the City of Wausau voted to go into closed session to discuss negotiating the purchase of properties identified as 201 North First Avenue and 901 and 1021 Cherry Street in Wausau.
Committee members raised environmental concerns during the open portion of the meeting, citing the Cherry Street parcel’s proximity to a Superfund site and a nearby landfill. A city staff member said the phase 1 and phase 2 environmental reports provided to the committees showed contamination typical of century‑old industrial riverfront parcels and…
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