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Supervisor urges using ARPA for snow-removal facilities, notes lack of women on commission
Summary
During public comment a supervisor urged the committee to spend remaining ARPA/Spirit Fund dollars on capital improvements for snow removal (truck wash, salt storage, grinder) and criticized the commission’s lack of female representation; another supervisor said the committee previously included a woman who later left.
During the meeting’s public-comment period a supervisor (speaker 3) urged the commission to use remaining ARPA/Spirit Fund dollars for capital investments in snow-removal infrastructure, saying the county should “build it like the Roman kind of policy” so facilities serve the community for decades. The commenter recommended funding a large truck washing bay, modern salt/ice storage and equipment grinders and argued that snow removal is a central local government function in Wisconsin.
The speaker also pointed out the absence of women on the committee that day and said that local women’s groups had been asking for information about ARPA spending. Another supervisor (speaker 5) responded that the committee originally included a strong woman leader who later chose to leave the panel.
Chair (speaker 2) acknowledged the public comment and the commission proceeded to the consent and business items.
