City reports airport terminal asbestos-removal delay; finance previews capital spending order
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City Administrator Steve Bargue said terminal-raising work at the Marshfield airport is delayed after asbestos was found in ceiling and floor tiles; Finance Director Jennifer Zelensky previewed a January policy on the order in which funding sources are spent on capital projects.
City Administrator Steve Bargue told the Common Council on Dec. 16 that planned work to raise the Marshfield airport terminal will be postponed after a survey detected asbestos in ceiling and floor tiles, requiring remediation before construction can proceed.
Bargue said the remediation will push the project from the originally planned Jan. 3 start and staff will announce a new date when available. He framed the delay as a necessary safety and regulatory step prior to construction.
Finance Director Jennifer Zelensky also briefed the council on a draft policy expected in early January that would establish the order in which capital-project funding is spent. Zelensky said the policy will prioritize spending the most-restricted funding first (grants, restricted donations), then tax-increment district (TIF) increments, transfers from special revenue funds, enterprise fees, debt funding, and finally, if needed, the general fund.
Zelensky said the policy will tie into a donations policy under development and will clarify when donated funds are considered restricted. The council did not debate or amend the staff previews; both updates were informational.