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County committee debates $175,000 budget for emergency shelter access; agrees to retain funding while studying long-term services
Summary
Supervisors debated using $175,000 in the 2026 proposed budget for emergency shelter operations versus funding a county health-department position to expand case management aimed at long-term housing stability, but took no reallocation vote and left the funding in the proposed budget while asking staff for more detail.
Marathon County supervisors debated funding priorities for homelessness services during the committee's Oct. 7 meeting, weighing the county's role in paying for emergency shelter access against investing in case management and longer-term pathways to housing stability.
Supervisor Lemmer urged shifting some of the $175,000 the budget proposes for emergency shelter toward a health-department position to coordinate case management and to accelerate implementation of gap-analysis recommendations from the county's opioid…
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