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Commissioners weigh ending county dispatch to city amid stalled compensation talks; ask for road-maintenance pilots
Summary
Brown County commissioners discussed whether to stop dispatching for a city that has not settled compensation dating to 2017, and directed staff to study legal options. The board also pressed for data-driven road-and-bridge pilots and budget planning that could change chip-seal rotation practices.
Brown County commissioners spent a large portion of their meeting debating what to do if a neighboring city fails to pay the county for dispatching services.
One commissioner said the county has been absorbing dispatching costs since 2017 and that negotiations with the city have stalled. “At some point, we will no longer be dispatching,” the commissioner said, urging staff to prepare a legal and operational plan that could include a fixed notice period (suggested ranges included 90 to 120 days) before services end if no…
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