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Sawyer County panel approves resolution asking state to fund full non‑federal share of mental‑health crisis services
Summary
The Health and Human Services Committee voted Aug. 6 to forward a resolution requesting state GPR funding to cover the non‑federal share of MA CASP and crisis services as part of the 2025 budget process; the motion carried without a negative vote.
Chair Kay Wilson presided as the Sawyer County Health and Human Services Committee voted Aug. 6 to forward a resolution to the County Board asking the state to provide general purpose revenue (GPR) funding to cover the full non‑federal share of MA CASP and crisis services for fiscal 2025 planning.
Andy Albarado presented the resolution during the meeting and explained it is intended to increase state support for mental‑health crisis services ahead of the 2025 budget process. Marshal Savitski moved to approve the resolution and forward it to the County Board; Carol Pearson seconded the motion. The motion carried without a negative vote.
The committee also approved a separate motion by Chair Kay Wilson, seconded by Jeff Hoehne, asking staff to draft a similar resolution advocating for an in‑patient mental‑health care facility somewhere in north‑central Wisconsin; members agreed to return that draft next month for further action.
The decisions recorded in the minutes are procedural: both motions passed at the committee level and will be considered by the full County Board in the next steps of the process. The minutes do not specify the exact fiscal impact or the text of the resolution beyond its request for state GPR funding to cover the non‑federal share of MA CASP and crisis services.
