County board passes Wisconsin Fund resolution

By RICHARD JENKINS

rjenkins@yourdailyglobe.com

Hurley — The Iron County Board of Supervisors voiced its support for the restoration of the Wisconsin Fund Tuesday.

The board passed a resolution urging state politicians to push for the Wisconsin Fund’s funding to be reinserted into the state budget.

The fund provides grants to residents as a way to incentivize the replacement of failing septic systems, the county’s assistant zoning administrator, Gerry Nasi, previously told the Daily Globe.

“It helps the people of Iron County tremendously,” Nasi said in December following the Comprehensive Planning, Land and Zoning Committees vote to forward the resolution to the full county board.

“The replacement of failing private onsite wastewater treatment systems can be a tremendous financial burden to low income Iron County property owners,” a portion of the resolution reads. “The continued use of failing private onsite wastewater treatment systems due to lack of funding for replacement is not only a health hazard for all of the citizens of Iron County; but also negatively impacts the health and quality of Iron County’s 495 lakes and impoundments, 222 named streams and the combined 1,245 miles of shoreland surrounding them.”

The county had to stop accepting applications for the fund on Dec. 31, 2019, according to Nasi.

In other action:

—The board approved selling several pieces of property around the county that had been seized for back taxes — including two lots in the town of Mercer for a total of $500, one lot in the town of Upson for $500, and houses at 604 Magnetic St. and 603 Iron St. in the city of Hurley for a total $6,100.