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Human Services board to map county services as shortfall looms
Summary
Dunn County’s Human Services Board began building a service catalog intended to clarify 'basic/better/best' service levels and guide 2027 budget choices after staff warned the county could face a $1 million–$5 million shortfall; some supervisors cautioned that tiering essential services risks becoming a tool for cuts.
The Human Services Board on Feb. 26 began an operational planning process to catalogue county services and set priorities ahead of next year’s budget cycle, after staff warned of a potential $1,000,000–$5,000,000 gap between departmental requests and available funds.
The chair introduced the initiative as a structured alternative to short, last-minute budget workshops, saying the county will ask departments to identify ‘‘basic, maybe better, maybe best’’ levels of service to create a consistent service catalog. ‘‘The estimates this time around are we could be 1,000,000 short. We could be 5,000,000 short over the departmental requests,’’ the meeting chair said.
Jenna Lee Nutter, assistant county manager, told the…
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