Finance committee approves $640,000 land purchase adjacent to Duck Egg

The Vernon County Finance Committee on Feb. 17 approved a $640,000 voucher from the Land & Water Department to purchase a parcel adjacent to the Duck Egg property. Supervisor Charlie Jacobson moved to approve the voucher; Supervisor John Pedretti seconded, and the committee voted unanimously to carry the motion.

The minutes state the purchase will be reimbursed to the county through two different funding sources but do not specify those sources or a reimbursement timetable. The committee's action was recorded as an approval of the voucher as presented by the Land & Water Department.

The committee took the vote during the vouchers-over-$500,000 review, a routine agenda item used to flag large expenditures for committee approval. There was no separate recorded discussion in the minutes about appraisal, sale terms, or contingencies.

The committee's approval moves the voucher forward as an authorized expense; the minutes do not record any immediate next steps such as finalized closing dates or required county-board action beyond the committee approval.