TAKE NOTICE that the Board of Supervisors of Clark County, Wisconsin (“Clark County”), at a meeting held at the Clark County Courthouse, 517 Court Street, Neillsville, Wisconsin, on May 19, 2022, adopted an initial resolution (the “Initial Resolution”) pursuant to Section 66.1103 of the Wisconsin Statutes, as amended, expressing the intention to issue not to exceed $240,000,000 of industrial development revenue bonds (the “Bonds”) on behalf of Bug Tussel 1, LLC, a Wisconsin limited liability company (the “Company”), and/or one or more of its affiliates (including, without limitation, Bug Tussel Wireless, LLC, Hilbert Communications, LLC and Cloud 1, LLC), to finance a project consisting of the acquisition, construction and installation of certain telecommunications infrastructure that includes, among other things (i) acquisition of tower sites by purchase or lease of land and equipping such sites with towers and electronics to provide broadband, high speed cellular, emergency communications and point to point (P2P) data communications; (ii) constructing fiberoptic data transmission facilities (cable and electronics) between towers, key community facilities, businesses and residential aggregation points; (iii) where appropriate, connecting individual premises into the broadband network including the cost of Consumer Premise Equipment (CPE); (iv) payment of capitalized interest; (v) funding of a debt service reserve fund; (vi) payment of project costs located in Clark County in an amount not to exceed $18,000,000; and (vii) payment of professional fees (collectively, the “Project”), all of which will be for the purpose of providing wireless internet and telephone communications services to businesses, governmental units and residents of rural communities. The Company has represented that the net number of full-time equivalent jobs which will be created in Clark County is 2.
Pursuant to the terms of Section 66.1103 of the Wisconsin Statutes, all requirements that the Project be subject to the contracting requirements contained in Section 66.1103 are waived, the Company having represented that it is able to negotiate satisfactory arrangements for completing the Project and that Clark County’s interests are not prejudiced thereby.
THE BONDS SHALL NEVER CONSTITUTE AN INDEBTEDNESS OF CLARK COUNTY, NOR SHALL THE BONDS GIVE RISE TO ANY PECUNIARY LIABILITY OF CLARK COUNTY, NOR SHALL THE BONDS BE A CHARGE AGAINST THE GENERAL CREDIT OR TAXING POWERS OF CLARK COUNTY. RATHER, THE BONDS SHALL BE PAYABLE SOLELY FROM THE REVENUES AND OTHER AMOUNTS TO BE DERIVED PURSUANT TO THE REVENUE AGREEMENT RELATING TO SAID PROJECT TO BE ENTERED INTO BETWEEN THE ISSUING COUNTY OR ISSUING COUNTIES AND THE COMPANY.
The Initial Resolution may be inspected in the office of the Clark County Clerk at 517 Court Street, Neillsville, Wisconsin, during business hours.
TAKE FURTHER NOTICE THAT THE ELECTORS OF CLARK COUNTY MAY PETITION FOR A REFERENDUM ON THE QUESTION OF THE BOND ISSUE. Unless within thirty (30) days from the date of the publication of this Notice a petition signed by not less than five percent (5%) of the registered electors of the Clark County is filed with the County Clerk requesting a referendum on the question of the issuance of the Bonds, the Issuing County will issue the Bonds without submitting the proposition for the electors' approval. If such petition is filed as aforesaid, then the Bonds shall not be issued until approved by a majority of the electors of Clark County voting thereon at a general or special election.
Christina M. Jensen, County Clerk