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Chippewa County board approves 100-day committee compensation cap for 2026 and several routine appointments
Summary
The county board approved Resolution 2-26 to authorize up to 100 compensated committee days for supervisors in 2026 (rate unchanged), adopted a second-reading policy revision for balance accounts, and approved routine appointments including 2026 fire warden listings from the Department of Natural Resources.
The Chippewa County Board of Supervisors approved a package of routine business that included a resolution authorizing compensation and mileage reimbursement for up to 100 days of committee meetings in 2026, second-reading policy revisions for county balance accounts, and a set of county chair-recommended appointments including the 2026 fire warden list provided by the Department of Natural Resources (DNR).
Speaker 3 introduced Resolution 2-26 and Speaker 5 described it as "a kind of a housekeeping resolution" that the board has used previously to allow payment for more than the statutory 30 committee days by a two-thirds vote. Speaker 5 told the board the rate for days beyond 30 would remain the same as the initial 30 days; Speaker 2 asked whether the rate changed and Speaker 5 replied, "Rate is the same."
Speaker 3 noted the resolution requires a two-thirds vote under state law to depart from the 30-day limitation and the board approved the change; the transcript records the vote as approved unanimously (a numeric roll call for this vote is not recorded in the transcript). The board also completed second-reading approval of policy revisions for the use of certain balance accounts and approved the recommended 2026 fire warden appointments; Speaker 4 stated the DNR provides the recommended list and the county does not pay the volunteers who serve as fire wardens.
What happens next: the compensation cap (100 days for 2026) and policy and appointment decisions are recorded as approved and will be implemented according to county administrative procedures.
