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Firm hires 35 workers for downtown office By Jeff Starck
and has promised to create 200 of Collaborative's Marketing and company thinks the new location BusiNESS jobs within the next five years at Services in a news release. Efforts to reach company offiits offices in the Dudley Tower in will help it reduce Want more jstarck@wdhprint.com cials Tuesday afternoon were not downtown Wausau. or eliminate costs business "We have hired an outstanding successful. A Massachusetts-based IT con- and challenges news? Collaborative Consulting group of new employees that will sulting services firm that opened if the jobs were Visit www. centralwisconsin help deliver our brand of high- received $2.7 million in incenan office in Wausau this year overseas. business.com for quality information technology tives, including $2.25 million The 35 employ- more business announced Thesday that it has services for our clients; anoth- from the Wisconsin Economic ees specialize headlines from hired 35 people to work here. er milestone in bringing jobs Development Corp., to locate Collaborative chose Wausau in in software and throughout the back from overseas and grow- its new office in Wausau. The November as the company con- IT services. area. ing them in the U.S.," said John city of Wausau agreed in sidered cities in seven states for Collaborative the location of a new office. The hired 13 employees in January Williams, senior vice president February to give the company Wausau Daily Herald
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$285,000 in grants and loans and Northcentral Technical College gave Collaborative a $135,000 grant for training costs. "The entire Wausau community is excited to be part of Collaborative's mission," Wausau Mayor Jim Tipple said in a statement released by Collaborative. "Our quality of life along with our skilled workforce will be a key component to Collaborative's successful future."
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Residents Court: Weston owed $113K want jobs, education in debate
Appeals decision upholds ruling that Rothschild pay for power plant revenue
Seidel, Petrowski to face off May 23 By Amanda Seitz Wausau Daily Herald aseitz@wdhprint.com
Education and jobs, Those are the issues north central Wisconsin residents hope to hear state Senate candidates Donna Seidel, DWausau, and Jerry Petrowski, R-Stettin, talk about during a May 23 debate in Wausau. The two lawmakers are battling for the District 29 state Senate seat in what could be one of the most hotly contested races, outside of the governor's race, in the upcoming recall elections June 5. The debate will be held at University of Wisconsin Marathon County. The Senate seat became vacant in March after Pam Galloway, RWausau, resigned to spend more time with two family members Joan with long-term health problems. Jackson Galloway said her resignation did not have anything to do with the recall election she faced. Courtney Mullen, 27, of Wausau, said she wants candidates to address their plans for improving education and supporting public teachers. Sarah "I'm all for schools," Mullen Hoppa said. "Without teachers or education where would you be?" Retired teacher Joan Jackson, 66, of Wausau, said she wants to hear how candidates will continue an open dialogue about collective bargaining and retirement funds. "Collective bargaining is a big issue — not that it shouldn't happen — but that it's fair and honest," Jackson said. "As a retired teacher, I've heard our retirement can be affected. Can retired people be assured that state retirement is as it stands?" In March 2011, Republican Gov. Scott Walker put his signature to a historic measure that severely curtailed the ability of public union employees to bargain collectively. Walker said the law was necessary to give financially strapped state, county and local governments the latitude to negotiate labor contracts. Wausau resident Sarah Hoppa, 26, wants See DEBATE/Page 8A
IF YOU GO What: Debate between state Senate candi-
dates Jerry Petrowski, R-Stettin, and Donna Seidel, D-Wausau When: 7 p.m. May 23 Where: University of Wisconsin Marathon County, Center for Civic Engagement, theater, 625 Stewart Ave., Wausau Cost: Free
The sun sets behind the Weston 4 power plant Tuesday in Rothschild. An appeals court upheld the decision that Rothschild owes Weston money for the revenue generated from Weston 4. (DAN YOUNG/WAUSAU DAILY HERALD) By Jeff Starck Wausau Daily Herald jstarck@wdhprint.com
A Wausau-based appeals court Tuesday upheld a Marathon County Circuit
Court ruling ordering Rothschild to pay the village of Weston more than $113,000 from revenue generated by Wisconsin Public Service Corp. power plants. The Third District of Appeals opinion released Thesday was the latest court ruling in the legal dispute between the two municipalities. Rothschild Village Board Chairman George Peterson said Thesday morning that he had not yet read the decision, but he was aware of the court's ruling. He said the village will meet with its attorney to determine its next move. Petitioning the Supreme Court to hear the case is a possibility, but that decision would come with more court and attorney fees. "I don't know if there is a lot of enthusiasm for doing that among board members," Peterson said. Attorney Matt Yde, who is
WESTON POWER PLANT SITE The following is a timeline for the WPSC Weston Power Plant and its four coal-fired electric plants:
1954 Weston 1 goes into operation.
1960 Weston 2 goes into operation.
1981 Weston 3 goes into operation.
1992
Rothschild annexes land from Weston, including Weston Power Plant property.
1993
Rothschild and Weston reach agreement on power plant revenue payments.
2008
Weston 4 goes into operation.
2010
Weston files lawsuit in Marathon County Circuit Court against Rothschild alleging breach of settlement agreement.
2011
Marathon County Circuit Court judge rules in favor of Weston.
TUESDAY
Third District Court of Appeals in Wausau affirms circuit court ruling.
representing the village of Weston, said Rothschild has 30 days to make a decision. If Rothschild chooses not to petition the Supreme Court, Rothschild would owe $113,713 plus an undetermined amount of interest, he said. Rothschild agreed to pay Weston a percentage of
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the power plant revenue it received from the state each year until 2025 as part of a 1993 agreement after Rothschild annexed land that was formerly part of Weston. The land included the three WPSC power plants. WPSC completed construction in 2008 of a
fourth power plant, and Weston filed a lawsuit April 28, 2010, alleging that Rothschild breached the settlement agreement in 2009 by failing to pay Weston 25 percent of the power plant revenue Rothschild received in 2009. Rothschild paid Weston $134,767, short of the $248,481 Weston claimed was owed. Rothschild argued in court that the agreement was ambiguous about revenue from the fourth power plant unit. Marathon County Circuit Judge Jill Falstad sided in May 2011 with Weston and said that the agreement included the entire WPSC site, not the individual units. "While Rothschild argues on appeal that the agreement only applies to shared revenue generated by 'the original units,' the term 'original units' does not appear in the settlement agreement," the appeals court judges wrote in their opinion. "In fact, looking at the settlement agreement alone, one would have no idea how many units existed in 1993."
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