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Finance Committee repurposes $35,000 from gun sale to buy red-dot optics and rescinds prior restriction
Summary
Committee approved a budget amendment to use $35,000 from a 2016 sale of a Thompson submachine gun to buy Vortex Defender ST red-dot optics for the police department, rescinding the prior restriction that limited proceeds to range improvements and approving a sole-source purchase to outfit department handguns.
The Wausau Finance Committee on March 10 approved a motion to rescind a 2016 restriction on $35,000 in proceeds from the sale of a Thompson submachine gun and to reallocate those funds toward purchasing red-dot optics for department handguns.
Police leadership told the committee the Thompson firearm and some parts were sold to a private collector in 2016 for $35,000; at that time the proceeds were restricted by resolution for use only on…
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