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Shelby still waits for disaster relief from past years

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6 years ago

August 31, 2018

Brad Williams

Communities hit by natural disasters always hope that they can get government relief quickly.

But the wheels of government can grind slowly after an emergency.

Carroll Vizecky, town administrator in Shelby, said his community is still waiting for disaster funding from a few years ago.

“I actually have a project yet from 2015 that we’re trying to work through,” Vizecky said Thursday morning on WIZM. “I believe that will come full circle by the first of October, finally.”

Vizecky added that Shelby still hasn’t gotten money from FEMA for disaster relief from flooding in July of 2017, and that’s causing stress for local government workers and contractors on those relief projects:

“Again, the requirements to have the three bids, make sure we operate within the restraints of the FEMA viewers of these particular projects,” he said.

Vizecky said Shelby officials might have to make changes in the project plans in hopes of getting approval faster for that federal funding.

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Brad Williams

A native of Prairie du Chien, Brad graduated from UW - La Crosse and has worked in radio news for more than 30 years, mostly in the La Crosse area. He regularly covers local courts and city and county government. Brad produces the features "Yesterday in La Crosse" and "What's Buried on Brad's Desk." He also writes the website "Triviazoids," which finds odd connections between events that happen on a certain date, and he writes and performs with the local comedy group Heart of La Crosse. Brad been featured on several national TV programs because of his memory skills.