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The issue matters because manufactured home communities often house low-income and vulnerable residents and county inspections could identify health and safety hazards earlier than the current complaint-driven state process, speakers said.

Public commenter Steve Carlson, board president of the Wisconsin Manufactured Homeowners Alliance, told the board he had reviewed state lists and found multiple communities with expired licenses and said residents report sewage backups, sand in tap water and abandoned, dilapidated homes. “Proactive annual inspections by the Dunn County Health Department would relieve MHC residents of shouldering the burden and risk of having to confront community owners individually,” Carlson said during his written statement read to the committee.

Residents who spoke at the meeting described visible trash, long-term neglect and uncertainty about where to make complaints. “They don't know where or how to make a complaint and express a fear of retaliation, real or imagined, from community owners,” Carlson said in the packet letter the board received.

Katie (KT), public health staff with environmental health experience, briefed the board on statutory and operational issues. She said state rules (SPS 326 and related DSPS guidance) require specific inspection forms and enforcement steps and allow counties to seek delegated authority but do not require DSPS to perform proactive annual inspections unless a complaint is filed. KT warned the board that lists of licensed communities vary across DSPS, municipal clerks and county zoning records—making it time consuming to determine which communities are licensable or currently licensed. She also detailed startup costs and implementation challenges, including substantial staff time, complex enforcement work when parks are out of compliance, and the risk that bringing sites up to code can result in removal of unrepairable homes and a loss of home sites.

Board members expressed concern about unintended consequences. Supervisor Steen and Dr. Hall asked whether inspections would trigger evictions or leave residents without alternative housing; Dr. Hall said the timing could be problematic given regional housing shortages. KT confirmed that making a park compliant can mean removing unusable units and that moving older manufactured homes is often infeasible or can cause them to break apart. Supervisor Bishan asked whether an owner could simply close a park after inspections; KT and others said such closures can and do occur and create difficult displacement and case‑management needs.

Cost and revenue questions also shaped the discussion. KT said DSPS fees are set on a two‑year schedule and that local health departments can set fees only for direct inspection costs; he noted DSPS requires a 37% reimbursement and that overhead costs (departmental administrative time, computers, utilities) are not reimbursable under DSPS rules. KT and board members noted that municipalities and county planning and zoning must be involved, and that ordinance updates would likely be required to collect local fees. Several attendees suggested looking to neighboring counties that have delegated authority as models for staffing, cost and ordinance language.

The committee did not vote to pursue delegated authority at the meeting. Instead, the chair and staff directed Katie and Human Services Director Paula to work with county planning and zoning and to return to the committee with more detailed financial estimates, an implementation plan, and options to reduce displacement risk. KT said she and Paula would prepare a more detailed package for future discussion.

The discussion combined public comment, staff briefing and a general direction for further study rather than a formal action. Board members emphasized protecting residents from both unsafe living conditions and unintended displacement while accounting for the county’s staffing and budget limits.

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KT said county data show kindergarten and early‑childhood MMR coverage at roughly 70–75 percent countywide but with some private‑school pockets as low as about 45 percent; public‑health nurses will begin a quality‑improvement outreach project to work with private schools and inform families of exposure and quarantine protocols.

KT also summarized national food‑safety news: a recent Listeria outbreak led to multiple hospitalizations and deaths and underscored safe‑cooking guidance. On nutrition supports, staff said federal changes are reducing per‑participant allowances for fresh produce in some programs; meeting participants noted reported decreases such as childhood fruit‑and‑vegetable benefits dropping from about $26 to $10, and larger reductions for pregnant, postpartum and breastfeeding participants discussed in the meeting.

Public‑health staff announced a lead‑testing outreach campaign tied to the state’s “2 by 2” DHS initiative and noted that approximately 46 percent of Dunn County housing stock was built before 1978, a factor that raises lead‑exposure risk for young children. The county has started outreach to increase lead testing among young children who missed routine well‑child care during the COVID era.

On restaurant inspections, staff reported progress on food‑safety licensing (DACAP) with 100 percent of required inspections completed and about 70 percent of high‑complexity establishments inspected twice this year under voluntary FDA standards.

No formal board action was taken; these updates were presented as staff reports and flagged for follow up where applicable.

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Greg, the county’s veterans service officer, told the committee the change reflects the higher population figure used to compute state or federal allocations and that the increase was needed to align the office budget with service demand. Supervisor Steen moved approval and Supervisor Bishan seconded; the motion carried.

Greg reviewed recent outreach and training activities: participation in Memorial Day events, QPR suicide‑prevention refresher training, a regional housing summit and the state veterans service conference that provides continuing education for accredited service officers. He also said the office will participate in Department of Veterans Affairs listening sessions on mental‑health needs and stressed focusing on helping veterans rebuild purpose after life‑change events.

In an explainer to the committee, Greg outlined the VA home‑loan benefit, saying qualified veterans can borrow up to 100% of value without monthly private mortgage insurance and that the program helps veterans establish community roots. He encouraged veterans to work with local lenders and the veterans office for certificate‑of‑eligibility assistance and loan counseling.

No further budget changes were requested at the meeting; the board approved the adjustment and Greg said the office did not anticipate broader budget shortfalls for the year.

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The commitment is intended to leverage Vital Strategies’ matching funds to expand locally driven harm‑reduction initiatives, early recovery supports and services for people with co‑occurring mental‑health conditions, health department staff told the board.

Public‑health staffer KT outlined that Vital Strategies requires a formal letter of commitment from the governing board as part of the application. The draft letter in the meeting packet pledged that, if the grant is awarded, the county would earmark a portion of local opioid settlement funds as the required match and would incorporate any ongoing commitments into the 2026 county budget. KT said the proposed items in the packet were focused on harm‑reduction activities and services for people in early recovery.

Board members voted to approve the letter. Supervisor Breslin moved to approve the letter and Mr. Grama seconded; the motion carried without recorded opposition. KT said the application had not yet been submitted and the draft budget in the packet remained open to revision; Dr. Hall pointed out a typographical error in the budget table (an item labeled for marketing and promotions repeated under supplies) that staff said they would fix prior to submission.

KT and Paula said they would, if funded, include the local match amounts in next year’s budget and carry out the funded activities in coordination with the county’s opioid settlement oversight group. The committee’s approval authorized the chair or staff to sign the commitment letter and forward it with the application.

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