On Tuesday, October 22 at 7 p.m. the\nJefferson County Board met at the courthouse in Jefferson to discuss topics\nsuch as their budget for 2020 and the Badger State Solar Project. The important\ntopic of the evening was the proposed budget of $85 million for the 2020 year.\nThis budget would go towards paying off debts, remodeling old buildings\nincluding the courthouse and other road reconstruction projects.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The renovations of old buildings\naround the town of Jefferson are being evaluated to see where priority stands.\nThe board is looking to update the Jefferson County Courthouse for operational\npurposes. The world we live in has turned to technology and the courthouse is\nbehind on the equipment. This project will take a few years as they will make\nsmall changes throughout that time to modernize the interior of the building. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
While looking at the infrastructure\nof the courthouse, it is over 30 years old. Money will be spent wisely while\nmaking these renovations. Jim Schroeder, Chair of Jefferson County Board\nstates, \u201cIf you have a car that\u2019s nickel and diming you to death, it isn\u2019t\nworth it.\u201d Schroeder is referring to the renovating of the courthouse and\nbelieves that if they are going to make changes, they are going to make the\nchanges that have a longer lifespan. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
With over 26 departments and over 800\nprograms to look at when thinking about a proposed budget, they focus on Human\nResources because that is the largest department by far. Schroeder states, \u201cThe\nfinance committee is made up of 5 people but the budget itself goes through a\nlot more than that.\u201d When looking at an $85 million budget, it has to be\nrevised many times and approved by multiple people for it to move on. This\nboard focuses on all the departments and programs to declare where they will\nput some of the money from the budget. The amount they receive is calculated by\nhow much they need during this time and placed in the budget outline by the\ncommittees. One large project they will put a fraction of the budget towards is\nthe Badger State Solar Project. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Badger State Solar Project is a\nproject that many power companies are looking for when providing sustainable\nenergy. This project is specifically looking at a place west of Jefferson and\nuse about 1500 acres. There will be pros and cons to this but they are hoping\nthe pros will outweigh the cons. The financial help for this will go through\ntaxes and they would receive $3,000 back from that agreement. The board is\nhoping that this project will help the community in the long run. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Agriculture is going through a tough\ntime right now so the Badger State Solar Project would be an economic\nsustainment for them. With this project being on a farmer\u2019s field they would be\nreceiving $1,000-$12,000 per year in the acre. This would be a benefit for some\nfarmers since the crop rotation isn\u2019t going too well with the weather. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
There are some cons to this\ninvestment and that would be the impact on property owners. There are\nlimitations but there are impacts and converters would have to be used to help\nsupport the power. Overall, this project will take a little bit to get more\npeople on board but with good faith in negotiating community members will begin\nto see both the pros and the cons of the project. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Community members will have the\nopportunity to openly comment on the project on November 6 at 2 p.m. and 6 p.m.\nat the Jefferson County Fair park grounds in the activity center. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
For\nmore information on the Jefferson County Board, including the meeting agenda\nand minutes, visit https:\/\/www.jeffersoncountywi.gov\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" On Tuesday, October 22 at 7 p.m. the Jefferson County Board met at the courthouse in Jefferson to discuss topics such as their budget for 2020 and the Badger State Solar Project. The important topic of the evening was… Continue Reading →<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7347,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-35","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/j347taylormiller\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/j347taylormiller\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/j347taylormiller\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/j347taylormiller\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7347"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/j347taylormiller\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=35"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/j347taylormiller\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":36,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/j347taylormiller\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35\/revisions\/36"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/j347taylormiller\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=35"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/j347taylormiller\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=35"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/j347taylormiller\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=35"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}