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Dunn County CJCC approves 2026 priorities and moves to shore up program funding
Summary
The Dunn County Criminal Justice Coordinating Council approved three 2026 priorities: feed CJCC recommendations into the county's operational planning, boost stakeholder attendance by adjusting membership, and secure grant funding to sustain diversion and treatment programs facing grant expirations.
The Dunn County Criminal Justice Coordinating Council on a voice vote approved three priorities for 2026 to align the council's work with the county's operational planning, strengthen stakeholder participation, and secure grant funding for established diversion and treatment programs.
The priorities were presented to the full council by a CJCC presenter, Sarah, who said the executive committee had reviewed goals in December and January and recommended the council forward them to inform the county's priority-based budgeting process. Sarah said the CJCC will catalog programs, quantify current activities and needs, and provide step-by-step recommendations to the county's administration to help supervisors make strategic budget decisions amid rising costs.
The second priority calls for formal steps to keep key stakeholders attending CJCC meetings; the executive committee plans bylaw changes to add the judiciary and the county's judiciary-and-law committee chair as regular participants so supervisors remain informed. The third priority emphasizes sustaining grant-funded positions and services: staff identified several upcoming grant endpoints, including a law-enforcement deflection grant ending in December 2026 and a federal family-treatment-court enhancement grant ending September 2026, and said the CJCC will look for backfill funding and alternatives.
Council members moved and seconded the recommendation, heard no edits, and approved the priorities by voice vote.
Votes at a glance: minutes from the November meeting were approved by voice vote; the 2026 priorities recommended by the executive committee were approved by voice vote; the council voted to forward a legislative recommendation (see separate item) and approved the Crime Prevention Funding Board's grant award to Crime Stoppers through the established process (see related report).
The council next scheduled its Executive and Operations meeting for March 4, 2026, and the CJCC quarterly meeting for May 21, 2026.
