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Ashland County board approves change to Ashland–Bayfield PSAP agreement so each county retains its own innovation grant funds

Ashland County Board of Supervisors · May 5, 2026
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Summary

The Ashland County Board of Supervisors approved a revision to the Ashland–Bayfield PSAP intergovernmental agreement after the Department of Revenue required that each county be listed to keep its own innovation-grant proceeds; county staff said the change preserves eligibility and that Ashland’s payout over five years is expected to total roughly $890,000, subject to program conditions.

The Ashland County Board of Supervisors voted to approve a revision to the Ashland–Bayfield PSAP (public safety answering point) intergovernmental agreement so each county will retain its own innovation-grant funds, a change county officials said was requested by the Wisconsin Department of Revenue (DOR) to preserve eligibility.

Administrator (county official) told the board the DOR would only award the grant to the counties as written unless the agreement explicitly listed that each county keeps its funds; the revision clarifies that Bayfield County and Ashland County each retain their separate award amounts. The…

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