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Cammy (Housing Authority) said the authority had 68 vouchers in use at the time of the report, up from 61 a year earlier, and aims to reach approximately 70 vouchers in the next six months. She said about 62% of voucher households are elderly or disabled and about 34% are single-parent households. The housing authority said it worked with roughly 33 landlords in 2024.

The Family Self-Sufficiency program, operated jointly with St. Croix County, served five Dunn County participants in 2024 and aims to provide individualized goals, referrals, financial counseling and employment training. The presenter said that across the last 10 years roughly 24 of 25 FSS participants showed income gains during enrollment and several moved to homeownership.

The authority noted most administrative costs are paid through HUD but requested the ongoing support Dunn County has historically provided for local housing operations. The presenter said the program reduces homelessness, supports children’s educational stability and improves housing stock through required unit inspections (HUD-required biennial inspections for assisted units).

Ending: The housing authority asked supervisors to continue the county’s support and noted its website (duncountyhousing.org) and staff contact information for supervisors or residents seeking more details.","mediaType","Video","parentTitle","Dunn County Board of Supervisors 04/16/2025","oneSentenceSummary","The Dunn County Housing Authority reported 68 Housing Choice Vouchers in use (up from 61) and described outcomes from a joint Family Self-Sufficiency program that helped multiple participants increase income and, in some cases, reach homeownership.","taxTitle","Dunn County, Wisconsin","taxId",53943,"location","headline","","shortSummary",{"_33":76,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":77,"_41":78,"_43":79,"_45":80,"_47":81,"_49":82,"_51":83,"_53":84,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":85,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":86,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":68,"_72":73,"_74":73},6255727,"Dunn County register of deeds urges property owners to sign up for fraud alerts after attempted scams",4551,2979000,7530000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=3161869-0aa0e0e476d1374f0588c1fd685530bb&start=2979&end=7530","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/3161869-0aa0e0e476d1374f0588c1fd685530bb/thumbnail_2979000.jpg","/articles/6255727/Dunn-County/Wisconsin/Dunn-County-register-of-deeds-urges-property-owners-to-sign-up-for-fraud-alerts-after-attempted-scams","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6255727-5ed5f0d7761228de3c377020cf58ef86/orig.mp4?Expires=1770946479&Signature=lua~HQYS4KaraWGNtw3~Gk5~o1SFZPEMuXcH1DiK057Psj-ZsPya2a20EIXcY0dxNGhk-2XsyaSRVFTe7AmD3Mv7K~nPSpV-m8zhC~8Cgj3jES2xM0es6~1NAKkr75bZElBa-KVTIeX6ElFfjfxKV9uBgD9wY5pu3idqqE14XHAlR0iemMAMGR-edJtcZqFhe8n79V7bGwbgmN3ETJ0tdLb7Gv8KROnBCSkLzG~DMENggkNjdm0pQ9lqcz7qDEHi9MCuR523V8Wtkfbn5OWzUklBkaLIVr0uUhPX59XgCj8piP5Te2f-CvlfJTfRoxRch-jF59irGw8MGxOCIlMr-g__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","Heather, Dunn County Register of Deeds, told the board that fraudsters are increasingly attempting to file forged real-estate documents and that property owners should protect themselves by enrolling in a free monitoring service.

Heather described two attempted scams involving out-of-county property owners whose parcels were targeted by people posing as sellers. In one case a realtor flagged the attempted sale because a prospective seller could not correctly pronounce the local place name; in the other case a sign was placed in a yard before a neighbor contacted the listed owner. In both incidents staff said the rightful owners were not planning to sell and the recordings did not proceed.

The register urged property owners to sign up for a free monitoring service (propertyfraudalert.com). That system sends an alert within 24 hours if a document recording with a registrant’s name appears in a participating register of deeds office. Heather said Dunn County’s office already has more than 370 subscribers and staff can assist residents with enrollment.

She said the register’s office maintains paper records backed up offsite and provides statewide issuance of vital records; the office recorded 5,353 documents in 2024, including 1,545 ownership transfers. The register noted that recording fees are set by state statute and that housing-market activity affects revenues.

Ending: The register encouraged residents who own vacant or second properties to consider signing up for property-fraud alerts and to contact the register’s office for help enrolling; no formal board action was requested.","Heather, Dunn County Register of Deeds, described two recent attempted property-sale scams targeting out-of-county owners and urged residents to enroll in a free property-fraud-alert service that notifies registrants of filings within 24 hours.",{"_33":88,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":89,"_41":90,"_43":91,"_45":92,"_47":93,"_49":94,"_51":95,"_53":96,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":97,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":98,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":68,"_72":73,"_74":73},6255733,"Dunn County follows town-led EMS planning as ambulance costs and staffing rise",1188,6040000,7228000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=3161869-0aa0e0e476d1374f0588c1fd685530bb&start=6040&end=7228","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/3161869-0aa0e0e476d1374f0588c1fd685530bb/thumbnail_6040000.jpg","/articles/6255733/Dunn-County/Wisconsin/Dunn-County-follows-town-led-EMS-planning-as-ambulance-costs-and-staffing-rise","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6255733-771efa64b5e943cf06b3dea58a4bad26/orig.mp4?Expires=1770946479&Signature=nQwINLNRHIWhzyt-fYaQsKfcj2xmZqRKUndOG4kfe-lvQs~uJw03~KORfNF34ZT2EEiXN4k-0JbpObeEzPoJlNvV1Qc2kaCqSJ6TKIqwF7-lYmBgPblQ4cWMa2l8OC1EbhdTugwzoDCosGQaIY5jIVuC0sSyf8Y8tJSbPpHuP2b4LFDaeECA65jzhA999K1va~aKw-XhYDJteEKH5j3iYd-dT67F~XVEAlApD86OAJYw0JO0zDyG0~bKkA-GMC45k-8-j7mLeg14tCWe3a8ebNcQvj040UNm0Bt3eGpODVw8nZU3kosbsbn5P6KxmtH~-loQvu94lUFx9-LLjOAFZA__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","County staff told supervisors they are tracking a town-led study into emergency medical services after township leaders sought help addressing rising ambulance costs and declining volunteer capacity.

The town of Elk Mound secured a state innovation planning grant to study countywide EMS options and contracted a consultant to analyze service models. Staff said that study is underway and that it aims to gather local run and cost data in coming weeks.

Presentations to county committees have shown ambulance calls far outnumber fire incidents and that staffing shortages are concentrated in volunteer EMS departments. Staff cited a statewide figure that about 41% of ambulance providers reported they were unable to staff 24/7/365 during the previous 12 months. County presenters said volunteer recruitment is declining and that replacing volunteers with paid professionals raises personnel costs sharply for small town budgets.

The town-level example presented by staff illustrated the fiscal pressure: Elk Mound’s ambulance expense rose from roughly $10,000 in 2006 to about $78,000 in 2024, moving from around 5% of the town’s levy to roughly 28% of its levy. Staff said the state aid increase that accompanied a maintenance-of-effort requirement did not fully cover that cost growth.

Staff outlined several county roles under discussion: acting as a convening body, helping fund or contract services countywide, or in some counties directly operating ambulance service. Staff also noted a key legal and fiscal dynamic: municipal levy limits apply to towns and villages but not to counties, so a county levy could be a vehicle to spread costs if towns chose to shift funding responsibility.

Staff said the county may receive specific recommendations from the Elk Mound study and that neighboring counties have pursued a mix of approaches, including countywide levies, county-operated services and county-contracted multi-provider models. Staff recommended supervisors follow the committee-level review and said any policy or funding changes would return for public deliberation and board action.

Ending: The county is monitoring the study and encouraged supervisors to follow Judiciary and Law and other committee agendas for updates; no county-level decisions were made at the workshop.","Town-led planning grant and a county-commissioned study aim to address rising ambulance costs and volunteer shortages; staff warned costs are outpacing state aid and some towns now spend a large share of levy on EMS.",{"_33":100,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":101,"_41":102,"_43":103,"_45":104,"_47":105,"_49":106,"_51":107,"_53":108,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":109,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":110,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":68,"_72":73,"_74":73},6255738,"Dunn County staff present $750,000 design request for new highway facility; borrowing plan aims to stabilize levy",2794,258000,3052000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=3161869-0aa0e0e476d1374f0588c1fd685530bb&start=258&end=3052","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/3161869-0aa0e0e476d1374f0588c1fd685530bb/thumbnail_258000.jpg","/articles/6255738/Dunn-County/Wisconsin/Dunn-County-staff-present-750000-design-request-for-new-highway-facility-borrowing-plan-aims-to-stabilize-levy","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6255738-15ea54b6b916c4d91951db0fbc00bb98/orig.mp4?Expires=1770946480&Signature=QRlLn7kAvur7JfNoBXgBtHn4fxkRQkY9hYZIPPXVwh5glOqNWkGskJCEjh-I7rVavooEnqzslePLdeWcR7LfNzerY3rzW71hV5Amg~AWAs9jHVTcl6Dcbb~n7zU15rQkyAHTDAuGJyHtR7yvkOrlc7A59L-VfKl1tUT0cwfNOYjlIr2XDy-WjqOLUt38kmSSqaustQPcGtt34NouQSNItaJ9C59-g9gj9hfFFJKaPcZO2FtuXIk5VUbrUxo6BA~Jx1DyUdn6X63ZWVMLBo91dnoshvQLIaUlhFKtZ13XAqBJYJgkLj7E6A3j4FQ1hVlZIhu-6ygcFtWhlayFWQdTfA__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","At a Dunn County Board of Supervisors Capital Improvement Plan workshop, county staff outlined plans for a new highway facility that would add covered storage, a drive-through wash bay and a remodeled shop to accommodate modern plow trucks and equipment.

The proposal presented by county staff would add a roughly 72,000-square-foot precast concrete building for equipment storage, plus a later remodel of the existing 43,000-square-foot main shop (about 19,000 square feet used for parking and about 16,000 square feet for repair work). Staff said the CIP request for 2026–2030 would include about $757,000 for design work in the first year; construction and remodel estimates are preliminary and based on 2024 costs.

The county’s municipal advisers modeled borrowing over a 20-year repayment schedule and used a conservative 4.5% interest-rate assumption to estimate debt service. Staff said the CIP presentation assumes a pattern of periodic borrowing (including an illustrative perpetual $3 million annual borrowing bucket) and that payment schedules could be structured to smooth annual debt service so the levy does not spike.

County staff stressed the design-only request would not itself build the facility; it would fund engineering, environmental documentation, bidding and construction oversight so the project could later be bid and built. Staff said the design figure covers design fees, environmental documents and owner’s representative/oversight during construction and that the estimate would be bid before any contract award.

Supervisors asked about scope, costs and alternatives. Staff said the new precast concrete structure was selected over a steel alternative because of durability under road salts and heavy equipment use and because comparable facilities in the region used precast concrete. Supervisors pressed on whether the chosen option leaves room for future growth; staff said the chosen “biggest” option includes modest room for expansion. Supervisors also asked about automatic versus manual wash bays; staff said the current estimate is for a manual wash bay with an underbody spray, noting automatic systems can be maintenance-intensive.

Staff noted construction and remodel cost estimates do not yet include space for the sheriff’s department, which may be added later and would raise the overall cost. A remodel of the existing space was shown at about $1.4 million as a planning-level estimate; staff emphasized all numbers are estimates and that construction costs had not declined.

Beata, the county finance presenter, summarized how the design request fits into the five-year CIP and highlighted the county’s current general fund balance (reported in materials as about $12.7 million, roughly 49% of annual expenditures) and the county’s ability to structure borrowing to avoid a levy increase. Staff noted COVID-era ARPA funds had reduced borrowing needs in recent years and that department fund balances could be used for one-time design costs if the board preferred.

No formal vote was taken; staff said the CIP workshop is informational and that any borrowing or project approvals would return to committees and the full board for formal action.

Ending: County staff said next steps include committee review in May and formal budget/CIP decisions in later meetings; they recommended supervisors use the committee process to request more detailed cost breakdowns and to receive bid comparisons before any construction contract is awarded.","County staff presented a plan for a 72,000-square-foot precast storage building and a remodel of the existing highway shop at a Capital Improvement Plan workshop, proposing roughly $757,000 for design work in the CIP and a multi-year borrowing strategy intended to avoid raising the debt levy.","actionData","errors"]

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