Article: GRAVEL PIT APPROVAL MUST BE RECONSIDERED.(LOCAL/WISCONSIN)

Byline: Ed Treleven Courts reporter

A Dane County committee must reconsider its approval of a controversial town of Verona gravel pit because one of the committee's members showed bias toward the gravel pit's developer, a state appeals court ruled Tuesday.

The 4th District Court of Appeals said former County Board member Carlton Hamre, then a member of the board's Zoning and Natural Resources Committee, showed bias when he co-signed an endorsement letter for Payne & Dolan, the gravel pit's developer. The company included the letter in its permit application.

The court also said the committee had not considered 10 specific factors Dane County ordinances require for ...

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