City officials in Green Bay (WI) are debating whether to use $9 million in American Rescue Plan funding to replace two aging fire stations, according to a report published by NBC26.
The city was given more than $23.5 million in COVID relief money and $10 million of that can go to capital improvement projects like new fire stations, according to the report.
City Alders met Tuesday night to talk about how to spend the money with 40 proposals on the agenda, according to the report.
After a lengthy meeting, the alders decided to spend $25,000 on a study and set aside $1 million for land acquisition, according to the report.
Some alders had wanted to appropriate the whole amount for the new station to replace one building that is 93 years old and another that is 86 years old and showing some structural issues, according the report.
Other alders said the fire stations should be paid for with bonds not the relief money and that it would take at least a couple of years before the fire station would be complete, according to the report which also said the city officials had other plans for the money.