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HomeMy WebLinkAbout04-12-2023 Committee of the Whole Minutes MEETING MINUTES COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE April 12, 2023 8:30 AM St. Croix County Government Center - Room 1284 Government Center - 1101 Carmichael Road, Hudson, Wisconsin CALL TO ORDER ROLL CALL Attendee Name Organization Title Status Arrived Lisa Lind St. Croix County Supervisor Present Shawn Anderson St. Croix County Supervisor Remote 8:35 AM Bob Long St. Croix County Supervisor Present Cathy Leaf St. Croix County Supervisor Present Carah Koch St. Croix County Supervisor Present Paul Adams St. Croix County Supervisor Present Paul Berning St. Croix County Supervisor Present Richard Ottino St. Croix County Supervisor Present Bob Feidler St. Croix County Supervisor Present Dave Ostness St. Croix County Supervisor Present Scott Counter St. Croix County Supervisor Present Daniel Hansen St. Croix County Supervisor Present Ryan Sherley St. Croix County Supervisor Present Greg Tellijohn St. Croix County Supervisor Present Mark Carlson St. Croix County Supervisor Present Mike Barcalow St. Croix County Supervisor Excused Bob Swanepoel St. Croix County Supervisor Present Jerry VanSomeren St. Croix County Supervisor Present Tim Ramberg St. Croix County Supervisor Present APPROVAL OF MINUTES 1. Committee of the Whole – Work Session – October 27, 2022 8:30 AM Motion by Supervisor Koch; second by Supervisor Ostness. Approved unanimously RESULT: ACCEPTED PUBLIC COMMENT None BUSINESS ITEMS 1. Consideration of 2024 Budget and Budget Priorities County Administrator Ken Witt provided a summary of the budget process, explaining that today we will hear from department heads what the foreseen needs are for the 2024 budget and then establish what the budget priorities will be for 2024. Supervisor Sherley makes motion recommending County Board consider a proposal of how to fund various items from the County referendum that failed at the April Spring Election; second by Supervisor Berning. Discussion held. Supervisor Berning withdraws his second. This will be referred to the Administration Committee to discuss. Public Protection and Judiciary Register in Probate- Rebecca Rohan- No anticipated additional budget needs in 2024 Clerk of Court- Kristi Serverson- Anticipates increased fees in court appointed attorney fees and interpreter fees which have increased significantly and two Court clerk positions Medical Examiner- Patty Schachtner- No anticipated additional budget needs in 2024 CJCC- Phil Galli- Request to retain two positions currently funded through ARPA, but that funding will end December of 2023 District Attorney- Karl Anderson- Supports the request for an additional Assistant Corporation Counsel attorney. Another need is to be able to enhance the diversion program- Investigator Child Support- Lisa Plunkett- Specialist position in 2024 (if the Governor's budget stays the same and additional GPR funding for the Child Support Agency -- no additional cost) - Additional funds for staff development taking on any child support related training for Corporation Counsel Sheriff- Scott Knudson- Investigators, patrol and jail staff are top budget priorities as far as staffing- computer forensics/computer subscriptions and upgrades will have increased costs in 2024- there will be a mandatory increase in the jail meal plan in 2024 Administration Corporation Counsel- Heather Amos- New assistant Corporation Counsel position Administration- Ken Witt- No additional budget needs for administration. Administrator Witt did review costs related to health insurance and employee compensation from either step increases or COLA increase or both County Clerk- Christine Hines- No additional budget requests for 2024 Human Resources- Audrie Haycraft- No additional budget requests for 2024 Information Technology- John Allegro- Increase in software subscriptions Finance- Dustin Hawkins- No additional budget requests for 2024 Treasurer- Denise Anderson- No anticipating increase for 2024- will need to transition into a new version of the tax collection software in either 2024 or 2025- this is a shared cost with Community Development Facilities- Taylor Mabis- New contracted cleaning may result in increase but wont have those numbers until May. No other anticipated cost increase Transportation Highway- Robbie Krejci- No additional budget requests for 2024 Health and Human Services (HHS) HHS- Bob Rohert- Nine positions. Five of the nine will require additional budget requests The five budget impact positions are: One Initial Assessment Case Manager or Social Worker I/II in Children's Services- this is an increased budget request One Ongoing Child Protection Case manager- this is an increased budget request Reclassify current Social Worker II position to Lead Social Worker- budget impact will be minimal (salary and Fringe for step increase) One Information and Assistance Worker for ADRC - this is an increased budget request One .6 position for Volunteer Coordinator- this is an increased budget request HHS Position with no impact to 2024 budget: One "Birth to 3" program and Children's Long-Term Support Services Case manager/Social Worker- no anticipated budget impact- Medicaid funded One Program Support Specialist- no budget impact (or very minimal) as salary/benefits will be offset by no longer having to contract with outside vendor for these services One Mental Health Therapist within the Behavioral Health Division- no anticipated budget impact as this service is billed to Medicaid One Adult Protection Case Manager/Social Worker- no anticipated budget impact County Veteran Services- Phil Landgraf- No anticipated increase for 2024 Community Development Register of Deeds- Beth Pabst- No additional budget requests for 2024 Community Development- Ellen Denzer- Reviewed the earlier discussed tax collection software cost- There will be an additional staff member needed to perform GIS duties in 2024 or 2025 at the latest- Fund balance reserves have been used in the Resource Management Division to fund the Water Quality Program and those funds will be going away in either 2024 or 2025 and that will need to be funded UW Extension- No additional budget requests for 2024. County Administrator Witt explains the exercise to the committee. Each supervisor was given $1,000.000 in chips, which is about the amount of new money coming into the county. The exercise will help establish what the priorities are for that new money; areas of expense include operational expenses, variable expenses and positions. Results of this exercise were reviewed. In May the County Board will establish budget priorities. After discussion regarding information on budget and mandatory expenses supervisor Leaf recommends the 2022 departmental reports of mandated services be included in the budget workbook for 2024. Supervisor Sherley requests to receive the County Administrator's recommended budget, which is the balanced budget a month earlier than last year. RESULT: DISCUSSED REQUEST FOR FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS None ANNOUNCEMENTS & CORRESPONDENCE None ADJOURN Adjourned at 11:09 a.m. Respectfully Submitted: Christine Hines DATE OF NEXT MEETING There will be a meeting on CIP projects and another budget meeting in October. The dates for those meetings are yet to be determined.