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Votes at a glance: Winnebago County97 key budget amendments and final vote, Oct. 12, 2025
Summary
The Winnebago County Board considered and voted on multiple amendments during the Oct. 12 budget hearing. The board approved a number of one-time and budget-line amendments ranging from Parkview private-pay adjustments to grants for data and recovery services. Final adoption of the 2026 budget followed the amendment votes.
Below are the recorded budget amendments, the motion descriptions, and vote outcomes as recorded in the Oct. 12 meeting minutes. This list summarizes formal actions taken during the budget hearing and subsequent roll-call votes.
1) Amendment 1 — Increase Parkview private-pay rate - Motion: Increase Parkview private-pay rate by $15 per day (to $465/day). - Movers/Authors: Supervisors Swan, Cabot, Petochski, James, Ponzer and Cox (moved on floor by Supervisor Tom Swan). - Outcome: Approved (recorded vote 33 yes, 3 no).
2) Amendment 2 — Special pay adjustment and shift differential - Motion: Adopt special pay adjustments and shift differential as proposed in amendment. - Outcome: Approved (36-0).
3) Amendment 3 — Eliminate longevity pay (pay structure change) - Motion: Transition existing longevity payments into base pay and eliminate separate longevity pay for new hires. - Outcome: Approved (36-0).
4) Amendment 4 — Grant to Fox Valley Data Exchange (FVDE) - Motion: One-time $25,000 grant to Fox Valley Data Exchange to support data exchange pilot. - Outcome: Approved (20-16).
5) Amendment 5 — Regional service and resource sharing grant - Motion: Regional service and resource-sharing grant appropriation (as listed in amendment materials). - Outcome: Approved (24-12).
6) Amendment 6 — Taking Action With Data grant - Motion: Appropriation for a data/education pilot to place sensors and data tools in some schools (as described in amendment paperwork). - Outcome: Approved (28-8).
7) Amendment 7 — Solutions Recovery peer response team - Motion: Add $322,050 to public health budget to continue Solutions Recovery peer response team for one year; clawback if other grants fund the program. - Outcome: Approved (35-1).
8) Amendment 8 — Solid waste capital project (Snell Road landfill remediation) - Motion: Capital appropriation for landfill remediation (Snell Road, as described in amendment). - Outcome: Approved (35-1).
9) Amendment 9 — Increase county scholarship awards - Motion: Increase scholarship award amounts using scholarship reserves and county allocation. - Outcome: Approved (35-1).
10) Amendment 10 — Parkview recruitment and retention actions - Motion: Use Parkview fund balance for recruitment and retention measures (specifics in amendment). - Outcome: Approved (35-1).
(Other amendment items were debated; some line-item elimination proposals were introduced on the floor but did not pass or were withdrawn during debate.)
Final budget adoption: After voting on the amendments listed above and others included in the meeting packet, the board adopted the full 2026 county budget by roll-call vote (final vote recorded as 34 yes, 2 no).
