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Committee forwards $15,000 recommendation for University Alliance projects to county board
Summary
The finance committee voted to forward a $15,000 recommendation from the Flood Mitigation Alliance to support three University Alliance projects (infrastructure, policy, and education) to the full county board for consideration as a 2026 budget amendment.
The committee heard a proposal to partner with UW–Madison's University Alliance on three flood-mitigation projects: short-term roadway structures, policy/ordinance recommendations, and an education campaign targeted to two watersheds. Staff said the three projects would typically cost between $3,000 and $5,000 each and recommended using $15,000 in non-lapsing land-and-water funds to support the work.
Cassie (who described the partnership) said the money requested will come from non-lapsing conservation funds and that the balance in the relevant account was about $178,000. "The total that is being requested is $15,000," she said. A committee member moved to forward the recommendation to the full county board; the motion was seconded and carried by voice vote. The item will appear in the county board packet as a budget amendment for formal board action.
