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Fair bleacher grant approved; dairy sector warns of $70M local impact from milk‑price drop
Summary
Committee recorded a $50,000 grant for fair grandstand bleacher updates and heard that a $0.06 per‑hundredweight drop in milk price — described in the minutes as a $70 million hit — is affecting the Wyoming County economy.
Fair Association representative M. Roche reported the fair received a $50,000 grant to update grandstand bleachers at the county fairgrounds. The minutes list the grant amount and that bleachers near the grandstand will receive improvements; no further county funding action was recorded for the item.
Separately, S. Klein reported a $0.06 per‑hundredweight reduction in the milk price (noted in the minutes as a $6 cwt reduction) that the minutes state results in an estimated $70 million hit to the Wyoming County economy. The committee noted both items; no formal motions beyond notation are recorded in the minutes for these updates.
