Marinette County approves funds to support City of Marinette Airboat after reconsideration

Very last thirty day period the Marinette County Board of supervisors permitted contributing $43,900 to the City of Marinette in the direction of the invest in of a new 24 ft lookup and rescue airboat with the caveat that the county be equipped to use the airboat. Even so, at yesterday’s County Board assembly a movement was introduced forth by Supervisor Allen to rethink motion taken by the County board to transfer the $43,900 to the City of Marinette for acquire of the Airboat. Given that the Metropolis of Marinette has lately allocated $500 for each employee for COVID-19 vaccinations working with ARPA funds when they could have made use of their ARPA money towards the funding of the airboat as an alternative of asking the County for funding. County Administrator John Lefebvre suggests, “the Metropolis of Marinette bought $1.1 million in ARPA funding.”

Supervisor Ken Keller claims, “there is a reason why the metropolis is seeking for participation in the buying of the airboat.”

Just after a lengthy dialogue, the board voted, and it came in at 14 in favor of the airboat to 13 not in favor.  The envisioned supply day of the airboat is mid-January.