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Board adopts 2027 budget priorities, setting compensation and health‑insurance targets
Summary
The Board adopted Resolution 15 (2026) establishing 2027 budget priorities including compensation increases, a 2.5–3.5% health‑insurance target, and an ordered list for position requests; the resolution passed unanimously.
The St. Croix County Board adopted a resolution establishing 2027 budget priorities intended to guide the County Administrator and department heads as they compile the operational and capital budgets. Administrator Witt said the priorities will be used to balance revenues and expenditures and to sequence spending decisions, beginning with wages and benefits (including union contract obligations) and then position requests and operational expenses.
Witt described health‑insurance target ranges and an ordered priority for position requests (co-responders, economic support, medical examiner, then operational needs) and walked supervisors through the capital and operational timeline leading to committee review and an October Committee of the Whole review, followed by the November public hearing and final vote. The resolution was adopted by a vote of 19–0.
