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Council discusses DPW fleet facility options; members balk at buying 12 neighborhood parcels
Summary
City staff presented four options for a DPW fleet facility — purchase one adjacent property, acquire roughly 12 parcels, pursue the county highway site, or wait — and committee members expressed concern about neighborhood displacement, high costs and eminent-domain implications.
City staff described site options for a proposed Department of Public Works fleet maintenance facility, laying out four paths: buy the adjacent Wausau Engines parcel, acquire roughly a dozen neighboring properties to create a large campus, pursue county-owned sites (including a County Highway/West Street location), or defer action and continue talks with county partners and monitor the MBX property.
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