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

Final month the Marinette County Board of supervisors authorised contributing $43,900 to the Town of Marinette toward the invest in of a new 24 ft search and rescue airboat with the caveat that the county be equipped to use the airboat. Nonetheless, at yesterday’s County Board assembly a motion was introduced forth by Supervisor Allen to reconsider motion taken by the County board to transfer the $43,900 to the Metropolis of Marinette for order of the Airboat. Because the City of Marinette has lately allocated $500 per employee for COVID-19 vaccinations using ARPA funds when they could have made use of their ARPA resources in direction of the funding of the airboat as a substitute 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 rationale why the city is wanting for participation in the acquiring of the airboat.”

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