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The Marathon County Resources, Finance & Property Committee met to review 2026 budget development guidance, discuss budget assumptions (net new construction, sales tax, shared revenue, utility and insurance projections), and consider policy items including a revised fund-balance policy with non-lapsing contingency accounts. Committee members debated workplace access hours and holiday schedule changes aimed at improving retention, and heard several facilities and financing items: approval to accelerate an AHU condenser replacement (saving an estimated $100,000), direction to request a parcel transfer from the City of Wausau, and preliminary consent discussion for PFA taxable conduit financing. Several administrative updates were given (register of deeds activity, state/federal budget items) and next steps for the budget timeline were set.
