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Board rejects $5,000 county contribution for regional site study after two‑thirds threshold not met
Summary
A proposal to spend $5,000 from the 2025 budget to pay Synergy for a regional economic‑development site review failed on a 22–12 vote after debate over whether counties should fund nonprofit proposals and whether the county should disburse money before a pending WEDC commitment.
The Marathon County Board of Supervisors voted down a proposed $5,000 allocation to Synergy to review potential economic development sites after the motion failed to meet the two‑thirds threshold required for that item.
Supervisor Zhang introduced the HR/Finance committee's recommendation, but Supervisor Poole argued that county government should not be paying for nonprofit…
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