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Waupaca County authorizes $860,065 budget amendment to close broadband funding gap
Summary
The County Board approved a 2021 budget amendment of $860,065 for a fixed-wireless broadband project that received a $460,065 CDBG award; the board authorized a $400,000 transfer from the General Fund to cover an anticipated shortfall.
The Waupaca County Board of Supervisors on June 15 authorized a 2021 budget amendment of $860,065 to advance a fixed-wireless broadband tower project designed to serve underserved unincorporated areas and local school districts.
The project previously received a Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) award of $460,065 from the Wisconsin Department of Administration. The resolution notes increased project costs from material price changes and scope expansion have produced an anticipated shortfall of $400,000. To cover that gap the board authorized a transfer of $400,000 from the…
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