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Dunn County review could eliminate four University Extension educator positions, staff warn
Summary
County staff presented a budget report showing four University Extension program areas — crops and soils, horticulture, livestock and community development — were identified for potential reduction. Staff warned eliminating a 0.33 FTE educator would remove local research and services and jeopardize the tri-county cost-sharing model.
Dunn County’s Community Resources and Tourism Committee heard onetime budget documents and testimony that four University Extension program areas are under review and could be cut if the county seeks levy savings.
The Area Director (University Extension) told the committee the budget workshop identified crops and soils, horticulture, livestock and community development and leadership as programs for possible reduction. “We were alerted that four of our programs were identified as being reviewed,” the Area Director said, and staff were asked to provide recommendations to county administration.
The report supplied to the committee includes corrected, county-specific cost figures for each program and explains how co-funded educator positions are charged to counties. The Area Director said each of the four positions is 0.33 full-time equivalent (FTE) and shared among three counties; the county-facing cost figures include a proportional share of educator…
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