Co. Forwards $10.8 Million Capital Improvement Plan After close to an hour of discussion and debate on the county’s future direction concerning finances and capital improvements at their Monday, June 17 meeting, the Marinette County Finance and Insurance Committee forwarded two substantial recommendations to the County Board meeting.
The first recommendation was to approve a $10.8 million Capital Improvement Plan for calendar year 2014. The second recommendation was for the County Board to fund the massive Capital Improvement Plan (CIP), the funding for which could come from bonding, bor...
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County Board Will Act On 911 Upgrade, Appointments Upgrade of the 911 system in the sheriff department, two appointments, funding of Highway Department deficits and honoring Crivitz High School state pole vault champion will be among items of business when the Marinette County Board meets Tuesday, June 25, starting at 9 a.m.
The Law Enforcement Committee is seeking approval of an agreement to upgrade the 911 phone system at a cost of $146,393.03 with CenturyLink and also to improve inmate telephone services on a five year contract with Inmate Calling Solutions LLC.
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Town Peshtigo Okays Purchase Of Fire Truck The Town of Peshtigo Fire Department will soon be getting a new fire truck. At their regular monthly meeting Tuesday, June 18 the town board unanimously accepted the recommendation of Supervisor Pat Ravet, based on information collected by Fire Chief Mike Folgert, and approved purchase of a Red Power Diesel foam pumper truck from Fremont, Wisc. for $85,478.
The Wisconsin firm was second lowest bidder, but Ravet explained Fremont is a Wisconsin company that they have worked with before and received good service, and the vehicle selected ...
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Peshtigo School District Hike Health Insurance Contribution Every employee of the Peshtigo School District will see changes to the employee contribution toward health insurance costs in the next fiscal year, as well as major changes to the available deductibles. The changes were enacted at the Wednesday, June 12 meeting of the School Board.
District Administrator Kim Eparvier introduced the topic by reminding the Board that insurance is the second highest cost category for the district, second only to salaries. He said that the district has been lagging behind most area districts in starting sa...
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Marinette County Pay Study Updated Marinette County Human Resources Director Jennifer Holtger delivered the most recent update on the ongoing Pay Study taking place in the county government to the Marinette County Personnel Committee at their Friday, June 14 meeting.
In meticulous detail Holtger explained the labor involved in pulling all of the needed information together as well as all of the internal meetings being conducted by the Review Team. The most recent meetings have been with Department Heads as examination takes place on current job descriptions. WiPFLI, th...
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