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St. Croix County panel reviews February finances; departments flag new staff and equipment requests
Summary
County administrator Ken Witt briefed the Public Protection Committee on February finances, highlighting budget overages at the clerk of courts and several 2026 requests including a court law clerk and medical examiner investigator positions; committee members probed interpreter and biohazard costs.
The St. Croix County Public Protection Committee reviewed February financial statements and preliminary 2026 budget priorities at its meeting. County Administrator Ken Witt told the committee, "The financial report in the packet represents February," and walked members through department-level results and requests.
Witt said the circuit court finished 2024 in the black and will request a new full-time law clerk to help judges manage workload. He flagged the clerk of courts for a significant red balance (noted in the packet as about $152,000), driven by repeated overages in…
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