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Dunn County committee advances round‑1 budgets after system overview and department reviews
Summary
Committee on Administration reviewed the new budget reporting system and department budget highlights (county manager, finance, CJC, IT, land information, HR) and voted to forward round‑1 budgets and an operational planning summary to the executive committee for consolidation and later full‑board consideration.
The Dunn County Committee on Administration on July 16 advanced the county’s round‑one departmental budgets to the executive committee after a detailed review of budget presentations and a demonstration of a new budget reporting system.
County Manager Dan displayed the new budget portal and walked members through how general fund and special fund lines, salary and fringe, shared IT expenses and footnotes now appear in a single source of truth. Dan said the system allows a single audit log for edits and is intended to replace multiple Excel spreadsheets used previously.
Staff highlighted several department‑specific changes: the creation of a communications division that reassigns marketing and subscription lines; movement of some grant‑funded positions out of Criminal Justice Collaboration (CJC) into judiciary and sheriff budgets while CJC retains oversight of certain grants such as TAD (treatment alternative and diversion); IT reported about $75,000 in operational savings from staffing changes and decommissioning on‑site servers; and land information staff noted predictable grant revenue and an NG9‑1‑1 GIS grant (about $81,000 in anticipated payments) that will likely be carried forward into 2027.
Human Resources described a 6.5% contract increase for NEOGOV (applicant tracking and personnel file system) that the department absorbed by reducing other countywide training lines. Treasurer staff described shifting investment advisory work to a lower‑cost provider and reallocations that cause apparent decreases or negative lines until levy and state aid are applied.
Committee members discussed controllables such as conferences and seminar budgets, indirect charges, and how grants with strings were categorized. After discussion, a committee member moved and another seconded forwarding the round‑one budgets and operational planning summaries to the executive committee for further decision‑making; the motion passed.
Committee staff noted that the executive committee will determine revenue allocations (new levy and state aids) and that additional adjustments are expected before final adoption. The Committee on Administration approved the operational planning summaries, which capture priority services, threats and opportunities; staff added 'public communication' to the priorities list during the meeting.
