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Board amends 2026 budget spending sales tax funds and adds endorsement of conceptual design
Summary
The board amended and adopted RES 2025-21 to amend the 2026 budget for sales tax expenditures; an amendment adding the clause "WHEREAS, the County Board approves of the conceptual design;" was adopted unanimously and incorporated before final passage.
Calumet County considered RES 2025-21, an amendment to the 2026 budget authorizing expenditure of sales tax funds. Supervisor Dave Elliott moved adoption and Supervisor Pete Stier seconded. During debate Supervisor Ronald Dietrich moved — seconded by Supervisor Matthew Budde — an amendment to add after the third Whereas the sentence "WHEREAS, the County Board approves of the conceptual design;" The amendment passed unanimously (18-0; 3 excused). The board then adopted the amended RES 2025-21 unanimously.
The minutes record both the amendment text and the vote tallies (18 ayes, 0 nays, 3 excused). The minutes do not enumerate specific dollar amounts in-line with the meeting text, though the item is recorded as a budget amendment for sales tax funds. The insertion of the approval clause ties the budget action to the board's endorsement of the conceptual design discussed earlier in the meeting.
