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Committee approves resolution urging state to boost county conservation staffing funding to $20.2M annually
Summary
The Land and Water Conservation Committee approved a resolution to ask the state to increase base funding for county conservation staffing to $20,200,000 annually and voted to forward the resolution to the full county board.
The Portage County Land and Water Conservation Committee approved a resolution urging the state to increase base funding for county conservation staffing to $20,200,000 annually and voted to forward that resolution to the full county board for consideration.
Supervisor Heather Schwartz introduced the item to request that the state dedicate $20,200,000 annually as a conservation funding standard to cover county conservation staffing. Schwartz said the resolution would go to the county board if approved by the committee.
A committee member noted the resolution mirrors similar requests from other counties and argued it would show the state county-level interest in increased support. One attendee asked whether the resolution would be shared with other counties; the chair said yes.
A motion to approve the resolution passed by voice vote. Committee members called for the item to go to the county board; the chair said the motion carried after members answered “aye.” No roll-call vote or tally of individual votes was recorded in the meeting transcript.
The committee also approved minutes from the March 4, 2025 meeting earlier in the agenda (motion by Isherwood, second by Schwartz; voice vote, motion carried).
