Board approves forwarding 2026 CVSO budget with 1.5 FTE after 4–3 vote
Summary
The board voted 4–3 on Aug. 4, 2025 to approve the proposed 2026 County Veterans Service Office budget that preserves the CVSO assistant as full-time (1.5 FTE total) and to forward the proposal to the Executive & Finance Committee.
The Marquette County Department of Human Services board on Aug. 4 voted to approve the proposed 2026 budget for the County Veterans Service Office (CVSO) and to forward the plan to the Executive & Finance Committee. The motion, moved by Peggy Krause and seconded by Chuck Bornhoeft, carried 4–3 (Noes: Cathy Christensen, Mary Walters, and Tim Jozwiak).
CVSO Veterans Services Officer Kris Bergh presented the recommendation to retain the CVSO assistant position as full-time, citing data about caseloads, workload and backlog before and after having a full-time CVSO. The board’s decision preserves the staffing at 1.5 positions for the CVSO in the proposed budget and advances the item for further executive-level review.
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