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Waupaca County board places 2022 proposed budget on file and unanimously approves a package of resolutions
Summary
At its Oct. 26 meeting the Waupaca County Board heard the finance director’s presentation of the proposed 2022 budget, set a Nov. 9 public hearing, and unanimously approved a series of resolutions covering supervisor pay, a 2% employee wage increase, staffing adjustments, conservation grants, CDBG cooperation, a five‑year capital plan and two zoning amendments.
Heidi Dombrowski, Waupaca County finance director, presented the county’s proposed 2022 operating, special purpose and debt service budgets and placed the full proposal on file in the county clerk’s office; the board set a public hearing on the budget for Tuesday, Nov. 9, 2021, at 9:00 a.m.
The board then moved through a slate of resolutions, each approved unanimously (26-0). Major actions included: establishing a 50-cent per-dog license reimbursement for collecting officials who are not full‑time municipal employees (Resolution No. 25); setting board leadership pay at $13,500 for the chair and $1,200 for the vice chair and establishing per-diem amounts (Resolution No. 26); fixing the administrative coordinator salary at $5,000 (Resolution No. 27); authorizing a 2% wage/salary increase effective Jan. 1, 2022 for employees paid under the county wage schedules (Resolution No. 28); and approving staffing adjustments that add two telecommunicator positions in the sheriff’s office and expand one legal secretary to full time while eliminating or reducing several health and extension positions (Resolution No. 29).
The board authorized county participation in Department of Natural Resources cost‑share grants for conservation projects and empowered Parks and Solid Waste Director John Francis to act for the county on grant applications and contracts (Resolution No. 30). Supervisors also approved a cooperation agreement to join the Central Wisconsin Housing Region and participate in a joint Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) application administered by Juneau County as lead applicant (Resolution No. 31). The board adopted the county’s 2022–2026 Capital Improvement Plan as a planning guide (Resolution No. 32).
Planning & Zoning amendments passed by the board approved two Town of Union rezoning petitions from the October 5 Planning & Zoning public hearing: petition Z‑028‑21 to rezone roughly 2.00 acres from Rural Residential (RR) to Rural Commercial General (RC‑G), and petition Z‑029‑21 to rezone approximately 2.50 acres from Rural Commercial Neighborhood (RC‑N) to RC‑G. Both amendments were approved by the county board and are effective upon required town approvals or after the statutory waiting period.
Votes at a glance
- Resolution No. 25 (dog license reimbursement): adopted 26-0 (mover: Supr. P. Craig; second: Supr. Zaug). - Resolution No. 26 (board chair/vice chair compensation and per diem schedule): adopted 26-0 (mover: Supr. Morack; second: Supr. Golding). - Resolution No. 27 (Administrative Coordinator salary $5,000): adopted 26-0 (mover: Supr. Johnson; second: Supr. Bosquez). - Resolution No. 28 (2% employee wage increase effective 1/1/2022): adopted 26-0 (mover: Supr. Federwitz; second: Supr. G. Murphy). - Resolution No. 29 (staffing additions/reductions for 2022): adopted 26-0 (mover: Supr. P. Craig; second: Supr. Bosquez). - Resolution No. 30 (DNR cost-share grant authorization; empower Parks Director John Francis): adopted 26-0 (mover: Supr. Wengelski; second: Supr. Bosquez). - Resolution No. 31 (CDBG cooperation agreement with Central Wisconsin Housing Region; Juneau County lead): adopted 26-0 (mover: Supr. Zaug; second: Supr. Nygaard). - Resolution No. 32 (2022–2026 Capital Improvement Plan): adopted 26-0 (mover: Supr. Morack; second: Supr. Hardy). - Zoning amendments Z‑028‑21 and Z‑029‑21 (Town of Union): approved 26-0 (movers and seconds as noted in Planning & Zoning and on the floor).
Why it matters
The package clarifies near‑term personnel and compensation policy for the county government ahead of the new budget year, commits the county to pursuing specific conservation and housing grant opportunities, and sets a multi‑year capital planning framework. The 2% wage increase and approved staffing changes have direct budgetary and operational effects for county employees and departments; the budget public hearing on Nov. 9 is the next formal opportunity for public input.
What’s next
The proposed 2022 budget remains on file and will be the subject of a public hearing at 9:00 a.m. on Tuesday, Nov. 9, 2021. Several zoning amendments will become effective after required town approvals or the lapse of the statutory review period.
Attributions
- Heidi Dombrowski, Waupaca County Finance Director, presented the proposed budget and forecast. - Chair Dick Koeppen presided over the meeting. - Jill Lodewegen, county clerk, was listed as clerk/attest on resolutions and filed the meeting record.
