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Brown County reviews 2027 budget requests in daylong work session; no binding actions taken
Summary
Brown County commissioners spent May 15, 2026 reviewing 2027 budget requests from dozens of departments, including large requests for Road & Bridge, employee benefits and solid waste; the session was informational and produced no votes or binding actions.
Brown County commissioners convened a daylong budget work session May 15, 2026, at the Brown County Courthouse to review 2027 budget requests submitted by county departments and partner agencies. The session began at 9:00 a.m. and adjourned at 4:57 p.m.; no binding action was taken.
The review covered requests from more than a dozen departments. Notable figures in the packet and as read into the record included a $4,003,620 request for Road & Bridge; an Employee Benefits request of $2,370,675; a Solid Waste request of $1,564,626; and an Ambulance request of $610,000. Department representatives were noted in the record with their submitted amounts, for example Steve Markham for the Appraiser’s Office ($277,490) and Betty Spiker for Treasurer/MVT ($252,748). Several judicial and public-safety budgets were also listed, including entries from the Sheriff’s Office and District Court.
The work session also recorded discussion of several policy and operational topics without attributing those remarks to a single speaker in the record. The minutes-style text notes conversation about motor vehicle fees; current economic development projects; discontinuation of the ROZ program (no further details were provided in the session record); building maintenance priorities; upcoming equipment purchases; and ambulance run statistics. The record does not identify specific motions, votes, or deadlines related to those discussions.
County Clerk Nicole Lee and CPA Scot Loyd were present for the session; multiple department representatives were listed as the submitters of budget requests. The meeting recessed at 11:53 a.m. and reconvened at 12:56 p.m. to continue presentations.
Next steps recorded in the work session are procedural: department requests were submitted for commissioner review and will be considered in subsequent budget meetings. The session concluded without any formal votes or adopted changes to the 2027 budget requests.
Meeting adjourned at 4:57 p.m.
