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Kenosha County public works committee approves 2026 budgets, discusses FTE changes and capital funding
Summary
The Kenosha County Public Works and Development Services Committee reviewed and unanimously approved proposed 2026 budgets for UW Extension, Planning & Development, Facilities, Parks, Golf and Highways, while discussing staffing reclassifications, use of carryover and bonded funds for capital projects and an anticipated drop in General Transportation Aid.
The Kenosha County Public Works and Development Services Committee on an evening session reviewed the department-level operating budgets and capital improvement projects for 2026 and approved each departmental proposal by voice vote.
The committee began by addressing personnel changes in Highways, where a reclassification will combine the highway commissioner role with director duties and create an assistant director of public works position. Speaker 3 said the change is “more of a succession planning” move and that the net budgetary impact shown in the book is about $7,500. The reclassification reduces one highway FTE on paper while reallocating administrative duties across divisions.
Committee members heard a department-by-department presentation from staff. On the University of Wisconsin Extension, Speaker 3 said Extension is fully staffed for the coming year and runs roughly 23 programs; the committee approved the Extension budget by voice vote. Planning and Development staff highlighted stronger building-inspection fee revenue after a full year of data and said the…
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