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Winneshiek County agrees to advance roughly $5,000 for sewer-pump replacements after lightning strike
Summary
Supervisors voted unanimously to pay the insurance deductible so a local sewer district can replace pumps damaged by lightning; the district will repay the county over time and supervisors discussed modest rate increases to build reserves.
Winneshiek County supervisors voted unanimously to advance the insurance deductible to replace sewer pumps that a speaker said were ruined by a lightning strike in early September. The board approved covering roughly $5,000 toward the cost, with the affected sewer district expected to repay the county under a payback arrangement.
Jim Olsen, introduced by the board as the presenter on the item, described the damage to…
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