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Manager details how Dunn County's discretionary $35 million is split among services
Summary
Dan Dunbar said about $35 million of Dunn County's budget is discretionary: roughly 30% to public safety, 21% to health and human services, 13% to public works, 5% to conservation and 1% to culture and recreation.
During the workshop Dan Dunbar provided a department-level breakdown of the county's discretionary spending pool, saying "about 30% goes to public safety, the sheriff's department, and 9 1 1," followed by 21% to health and human services and 13% to public works or the highway department. He listed conservation and culture/recreation at smaller shares.
He contrasted levy reliance across departments: "human services, for example, is 31% funded by the levy, where the sheriff's office is 90% funded by the levy," and noted some county-adjacent services receive no levy funding and rely on user fees. The distribution, he said, constrains which services can be adjusted if the board must reduce spending.
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