Wausau Finance Committee Approves Budget Transfer From Snow Removal to Summer Road Work

Wednesday, July 24th, 2024 -- 9:00 AM

(Mike Leischner, WSAU) The Wausau Finance Committee has approved a $200,000 budget transfer from this year’s snow removal plan to summer road work.

According to Mike Leischner with WSAU, Public Works Director Eric Lindman told the Committee the transfer was made possible by a lack of snow emergencies in the first six months of the year.

“We could potentially put that towards hot mix for additional maintenance. That work would be done in-house,” said Lindman. “We would have to contract out for milling, but the majority would be done in-house with our new equipment.”

Mill and overlay involves removing the top portion of the street surface (milling) and replacing it with new asphalt (overlay). The $200,000 does not represent all of the city’s snow removal and winter maintenance budget for the year.

Lindman consulted with City Finance Director MaryAnne Groat to come up with the number, and both of them feel they’ve left enough money to get the city through whatever may come in November and December.

“We were both comfortable with that [number,]” said Lindman. Lindman did not specify how much extra mill and overlay work would get done thanks to the transfer.

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