Marinette County approves funds to support City of Marinette Airboat after reconsideration
Final thirty day period the Marinette County Board of supervisors accredited contributing $43,900 to the City of Marinette to the purchase of a new 24 ft lookup and rescue airboat with the caveat that the county be in a position to use the airboat. Having said that, at yesterday’s County Board conference a movement was brought forth by Supervisor Allen to rethink motion taken by the County board to transfer the $43,900 to the City of Marinette for invest in of the Airboat. Due to the fact the Metropolis of Marinette has a short while ago allotted $500 per worker for COVID-19 vaccinations using ARPA money when they could have utilized their ARPA cash toward the funding of the airboat as an alternative of asking the County for funding. County Administrator John Lefebvre states, “the Town of Marinette got $1.1 million in ARPA funding.”
Supervisor Ken Keller claims, “there is a cause why the metropolis is on the lookout for participation in the obtaining of the airboat.”
Soon after a lengthy discussion, the board voted, and it arrived in at 14 in favor of the airboat to 13 not in favor. The envisioned supply date of the airboat is mid-January.
