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Regional trail authority will ask county to join, consider loan or forgiveness to cover $180,000 shortfall
Summary
The Kiwanis Regional Trail Authority approved talking points and a memo for a May 13 presentation to county commissioners that outline an estimated $180,000 project shortfall and three options the board will request: partial forgiveness, a loan with repayment terms, or county partnership. Members emphasized providing donor lists, timelines and DNR grant documentation in a single packet.
The Kiwanis Regional Trail Authority finalized a memo and talking points to present to the county board of commissioners on May 13 that explain a roughly $180,000 funding shortfall tied to engineering changes, post‑award construction modifications and unanticipated drainage and tree work.
The memo, reviewed at Tuesday’s meeting, lays out three requests the Authority plans to present to county commissioners: “Number 1, would the county consider partial forgiveness? Number 2, would they consider a loan repayment, you know, schedule? And then number 3… would the county join us?” said Unidentified Speaker 4, who drafted the…
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