OCONTO - The city of Oconto is tired of waiting on the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources.
City officials say they've tried periodically for years to get the DNR to update the contract under which the city maintains Copper Culture State Park, to no avail.
The three-year agreement expired Dec. 31, 2010.
“It’s too bad it had to get to this point … come on … 10 years and you can’t get a resolved contract?” asked Parks, Recreation and Forestry Director John Bostedt. “If I didn’t get anything done for 10 years, I wouldn’t be here. It’s ridiculous.”
The Parks and Recreation Commission voted last month to recommend to the City Council that the contract be severed.