MADISON — Money
to pay for a $478,000 renovation project at the governor's mansion will
be sought through private donations instead of taxpayer funds as
originally proposed.
The Wisconsin
Department of Administration says Wednesday the nonprofit Wisconsin
Executive Residence Foundation will seek private donations for the
project.
The funding
request was removed from Wednesday's agenda for the State Building
Commission, although Department of Administration Secretary Mike Huebsch
says it will return if enough donations cannot be raised.
The project
includes renovation of the first-floor kitchen, as well as the private
quarters kitchenette on the second floor. The main kitchen was last
renovated in 1986, while the residential kitchen on the second floor has
not been renovated since the late 1960s.
