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Ordinance 25-26/040 (Town of Washington rezoning, Hines properties): Motion by Supervisor Beckfield, second by Supervisor Myron. Planning and development recommended approval 5-0; Town of Washington approved. Vote: 28 yes, 1 absent. Outcome: Approved.

Ordinance 25-26/044 (Town of Washington rezoning, Bergman parcel): Motion by Supervisor Myron, second by Supervisor DeLuca. Planning and development recommended approval 5-0; Town of Washington approved. Vote: 28 yes, 1 absent. Outcome: Approved.

Resolution 25-26/056 (Multi-Hazard Mitigation Plan, Eau Claire County): Motion by Supervisor Leary, second by Supervisor DeLuca. Planning and development recommended approval 5-0. Vote: 28 yes, 1 absent. Outcome: Approved. The plan was noted as making the county eligible for state and federal mitigation grant funding and was described as the product of intergovernmental collaboration.

Ordinance 25-26/048 (Amendment to county rule on meetings to avoid Veterans Day conflicts): Motion by Supervisor Schmayer, second by Supervisor Myron. County clerk's office identified a statutory restriction on meeting on Veterans Day; the ordinance instructs meetings falling on Nov. 11 to move to the next succeeding day. Vote: 28 yes, 1 absent. Outcome: Approved.

Resolution 25-26/038 (Authorize $37,500 opioid settlement funds for court navigation services, 2025): Motion by Supervisor Myron, second by Supervisor Schrafnagel. Committees including finance and budget and judiciary reviewed the proposal; staff confirmed the contract meets opioid-settlement-use requirements. Vote: 27 yes, 1 no, 1 absent. Outcome: Approved (two-thirds vote required and achieved).

Resolution 25-26/050 (Purchase of an all-wheel-drive hybrid van for ADRC nutrition program using ADRC fund balance): Motion by Supervisor Myron, second by Supervisor Hirsch. ADRC board and staff presented reasons for vehicle type (rural road conditions); fund balance cited as funding source. Vote: 28 yes, 0 no, 1 absent. Outcome: Approved (two-thirds vote required and achieved).

Resolution 25-26/057 (Resolution supporting state investment for income-maintenance administration): Motion by Supervisor Leary, second by Supervisor Dunning. The resolution urges the state to assume increased administrative costs after federal changes to SNAP matching; human services and other boards reviewed and recommended support. Vote: 27 yes, 1 no, 1 abstain. Outcome: Approved; to be forwarded to Wisconsin Counties Association.

Items not acted on by final vote in the provided transcript: Ordinance 25-26/047 (comprehensive budget-management code and budget policy). That item drew extended discussion and at least one proposed amendment; action on it was not recorded before the meeting recessed in the available transcript.

For votes that recorded only tallies, named votes were captured where the roll call indicated speaker names; where roll calls showed partial names or technical issues, the published minutes and roll-call record should be consulted for the official roll-call list.

Summary of formal actions: the board approved multiple rezoning requests, a county hazard-mitigation plan, a meetings-rule amendment, opioid-settlement spending for court navigation, an ADRC vehicle purchase, and a resolution urging state action on income-maintenance administration; the budget-procedures ordinance remained under debate.","mediaType","Video","parentTitle","Eau Claire County - County Board of Supervisors - September 16, 2025 Part 1","oneSentenceSummary","At its Sept. 16 session the Eau Claire County Board approved several ordinances and resolutions affecting zoning, hazard mitigation, meeting rules, opioid-settlement spending, an ADRC vehicle purchase and a resolution on state funding for income-maintenance administration. Tallies and movers are listed below.","taxTitle","Eau Claire County, Wisconsin","taxId",4139,"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},6481087,"Board debates new budget-management code and process; oversight committees press for clarity",4760,2176000,6936000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=5777535-894ee17218d5fd33f3804f73e10afa3e&start=2176&end=6936","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/5777535-894ee17218d5fd33f3804f73e10afa3e/thumbnail_2176000.jpg","/articles/6481087/Eau-Claire-County/Wisconsin/Board-debates-new-budget-management-code-and-process-oversight-committees-press-for-clarity","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6481087-961710eec4cb3a9bb2998dbf8e5376b5/orig.mp4?Expires=1773569911&Signature=Y-fMyUd8AEk3bsRjB8jh4At7pwZVdgX4AafWa0C43jaKVzu4WEPt1krtT9rohAB-bsDkac391YgvR-ElFdiWzDQ3eqavFHR2VlVHjTDRxTnRZrnVxGmHweW2rJHkXE0AANAxF7BTKZOz-dGDmhoi2oPNMT9UZNfyqO8UZA2qpffbH8VdIHZXOiKz1Xt85dlyUHxdwZCjCDKXBpJQf8qtRQRIgw~L4rcoumbVS-k8Qmk8K9cZZuD9eYjZF1CdROUHppfCcI-EqzjOLQO6kOlka8NSzqxRevADE5pw62iRQo0ligBiiyXzIF0ZrMu9bJeJrcDpNKmi46aItR5BkWn26Q__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","Eau Claire County supervisors engaged in an extended, often technical debate Sept. 16 over proposed code changes and a budget-management policy intended to streamline the annual budget process and increase transparency.

The ordinance under discussion (File 25-26/047) would align county code with state statute 65.90, formalize the administrator's recommended budget and create a multi-column presentation so the board can compare departmental requests, the administrator's recommendation and finance-and-budget committee suggestions. \"We're working very close. We want complete transparency,\" Supervisor Pagonis said while explaining the change.

Proponents, including members of the finance and budget committee, argued the change would reduce repeated on-the-floor amendments and make supervision of department requests and committee recommendations clearer. Supervisor Wilkie, a long-time member of budget committees, said the format would restore the finance-and-budget committee's ability to offer a consolidated fiscal recommendation: \"I want my finance and budget committee to be a finance and budget committee. Bring to me your best recommendation,\" Wilkie said.

Opponents urged caution about ceding the appearance of authority to the finance committee. Supervisor Schmoyer said he wanted to ensure the administrator's proposed budget remained clearly identified as the administrator's submission and not appear to be replaced by a committee's version. \"The function of the committee on finance and budget is not to author the budget,\" Schmoyer said, and proposed restoring language that previously described the committee's role as recommending amendments to the administrator's proposal rather than returning an edited budget as the final document.

Code changes introduced new sections allowing oversight committees or individual supervisors to submit amendments in advance for fiscal assessment, while explicitly preserving the right of any supervisor to introduce amendments on the floor during final budget deliberation. \"Each proposed amendment will receive a vote during the annual budget meeting,\" one new paragraph reads, and the meeting record shows supervisors repeatedly asked for that clarity during debate.

Corp counsel and staff said the changes were intended to conform local code with state statute and to define roles, limits on transfers within departmental budgets (personnel vs. non-personnel categories), and contingency rules. Director Symansky and Administrator Johnson were identified as lead staff on drafting guidance and the budget calendar that will accompany the new code.

Discussion on the ordinance was extensive and had not concluded when the meeting recessed for a short break; members signaled intent to return after recess with at least one proposed amendment to the draft code. The board did not vote on File 25-26/047 within the portion of the transcript provided.","Eau Claire County supervisors spent an extended period debating an ordinance to change county budget procedures and a new budget-management policy that would change how the administrator's recommended budget is reviewed and how finance and oversight committees present recommendations to the full board.",{"_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},6481093,"Eau Claire County board accepts 2024 audit after split vote",847,556000,1403000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=5777535-894ee17218d5fd33f3804f73e10afa3e&start=556&end=1403","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/5777535-894ee17218d5fd33f3804f73e10afa3e/thumbnail_556000.jpg","/articles/6481093/Eau-Claire-County/Wisconsin/Eau-Claire-County-board-accepts-2024-audit-after-split-vote","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6481093-04b91de7feeee2a26b1b42bbbb63dbda/orig.mp4?Expires=1773569911&Signature=odme749mI3HCCyXbDgVYUBu3fiQRQkUkIKVE21aF26u-7OGkv2o86uweBKODnPqyhxCNw8NpT3iKg0lb0F6sC5doVGjq6b8diRwM6Q6VwaGIX8aKP4j~Fwejpiy5jBgYQ~hj3ALV34Yo413QkIsjhI2yw2-mENBYgI-Bgs98VPrN6AVDwB6iv-cNGdbIXSWp-VFdF1FsXd3XUYI5CmzyUNfWt0dSbCh86o1Wt9F2C5sKeEwoyZ2JrxPZ4zo8In-j6IKM9vwz2CZCR6A6~eVq9SUjom84lVPGNGHfFRmLxVhN4fJcLEHBvbi5ZwQoP-Yj9Jy3KswMbL5I5hvvjcZMmg__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","The Eau Claire County Board of Supervisors voted to accept the county's 2024 audit on Sept. 16 after hearing a presentation from CliftonLarsonAllen auditor Dan Carlson and a period of questioning from supervisors.

CliftonLarsonAllen presented an audit summary that included an unmodified audit opinion, a reduction in general fund cash and investments from about $17.2 million to $11.2 million, and the adoption of a new GASB accounting standard affecting compensated absences. \"The county receives an unmodified audit opinion,\" Dan Carlson said, adding the audit found no material adjustments and no instances of noncompliance with laws, regulations, grants or contracts identified in the work he described.

The audit acceptance was contested on the floor. Supervisor Polstead pressed auditors and staff on internal controls after raising concern about an apparent budget overage in the Department of Health and Human Services. \"How can we have good internal controls when $3,000,000 that exceeded budget can go out without county board approval?\" Polstead asked, arguing the overage was not identified in the audit work and saying she would vote against accepting the audit.

Carlson responded that the audit is a financial statement audit and not designed to detect every possible management or approval deficiency. He also noted limited segregation of duties as an internal control observation that appears commonly across similar governments. Administrator Johnson and auditing staff discussed that the general fund had borrowed money to cover Health and Human Services and highway department needs, which contributed to shifts in the balance sheet.

A motion to accept the 2024 audit was made by Supervisor Schmier and seconded by Supervisor Beckfield. Supervisor Eichle announced, \"I will vote no.\" The final tally announced in the meeting was 23 yes and 5 no, and the board accepted the audit.

The board asked follow-up questions about maintaining bond ratings and the potential steps to preserve creditworthiness; Carlson advised those questions be directed to the county's financial advisor. The board also directed staff to continue work on budget and internal-control topics during upcoming finance and budget meetings.

The vote completed the auditors' scheduled presentation and moved the meeting on to other agenda items.","The Eau Claire County Board of Supervisors voted to accept the county's 2024 financial audit, receiving an unmodified opinion from auditors but drawing objections from several supervisors over internal controls and an unexplained $3 million overage in Health and Human Services.","actionData","errors"]

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