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“Kudos to our nurses,” Health Department Director Katie Gallagher told supervisors while outlining the program. “We get a whopping $4,500 from the state. That's GPR funding. And we have no other funding. The rest is from levy.” Gallagher said about two and a half nurses work on Wisconsin Electronic Disease Surveillance System (WEDS) follow‑up in the county and that local health departments are statutorily required to follow up on reportable diseases under DHS administrative rules (DHS ch. 140 was cited in the presentation).

Gallagher explained the reporting framework: licensed clinicians and laboratories must report specified diseases to local health departments via WEDS, and local public‑health staff use the data to prevent spread, control outbreaks and connect patients to care. She described local examples — tick‑borne disease (Lyme), one active tuberculosis case per year on average, sexually transmitted infections trends and seasonal foodborne illnesses — and cited contact tracing, observed therapy for TB and outreach to providers as routine responses.

The director also described how local outreach and improved provider testing have reduced local gonorrhea case counts after a previous increase; she urged supervisors to use inspection data and public health resources. No board action was requested; the presentation was informational and staff offered to answer follow‑up questions and to provide additional program detail if the board requested it.","mediaType","Video","parentTitle","Dunn County Board of Supervisors Meeting - 06/18/2025","oneSentenceSummary","Health department director outlined communicable‑disease surveillance work using the Wisconsin Electronic Disease Surveillance system (WEDS), noting statutory reporting requirements, limited state general purpose revenue funding ($4,500), and the department’s reliance on levy and nursing staff for follow‑up.","taxTitle","Dunn County, Wisconsin","taxId",53943,"location","headline","","shortSummary",{"_33":76,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":77,"_41":78,"_43":79,"_45":80,"_47":81,"_49":82,"_51":83,"_53":84,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":85,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":86,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":68,"_72":73,"_74":73},6192276,"Land and Water Conservation division reports 2024 progress; $796,150 Notice of Discharge grant used to fix manure storage",407,2724000,3131000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=4114985-a6a9e2c50b75f620e663bf59d235d8e7&start=2724&end=3131","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/4114985-a6a9e2c50b75f620e663bf59d235d8e7/thumbnail_2724000.jpg","/articles/6192276/Dunn-County/Wisconsin/Land-and-Water-Conservation-division-reports-2024-progress-796150-Notice-of-Discharge-grant-used-to-fix-manure-storage","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6192276-69319b0f23fadb3402506289b37e87fb/orig.mp4?Expires=1771192691&Signature=BwCRE65TU7Iy21SAFDQ5aEOwowmUo5rWgmChZ9wrbWzfD1hSzMwE4qoy~Mpr2Y5-cbrhbW9FAnsUvbWomGWV45c0~D64HagLheEBStkKKl485Wq8okIJil9CMxjaow1GWGMKNPr~8eLR~SpX7moI1tFxFJrOKtIOq2uKjwebOzFLXtkHiua79ougTxPA0iWcgJaQ9ZF4xPW1Jst-mISH8jz--M-M0jNPLfnTloo~DpWGVjc3xI1iy1GLoB1bIhyGHQ8vzInUdXevaraUnGhuwsdbufIn6zuFlVxPQ8Mgc7eFrgPWBtu7BIvyJW8qAyUWbh8vWHfYX-3fZDpfWV8ccg__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","Dunn County’s Land and Water Conservation Division presented its 2024 annual report to the county board and reviewed local implementation of county ag performance standards and prohibitions adopted in July 2021. The division highlighted a multi‑year effort that resulted in a state Notice of Discharge grant of $796,150 to upgrade an existing manure storage facility.

“An offer of cost share is required to be made in order to improve that system,” Division Manager Chase Cummings said. He explained the county’s amendment to local code adopted supplemental language to implement state administrative rules commonly referred to as the ag performance standards and prohibitions. Under the rules, lands or facilities that existed before February 2002 are considered existing and generally require a bona fide offer of cost share for required upgrades.

Cummings said the county applied for and received a Notice of Discharge grant after identifying a storage facility that was overtopping and potentially leaking to groundwater. “We received that award of $796,150 that went to one farm to bring their mineral storage facility up to code and comply with the ag performance standards and prohibitions,” he said.

Cummings also described other ongoing programs: watershed planning, groundwater monitoring, nonmetallic mining reclamation ordinance administration, and conservation cost‑sharing delivered on county‑administered projects. He told the board that the awarded project reduced pollutant discharge and improved the landowner’s handling of manure; the presentation included a numeric reduction claim from the project.

The board later considered a budget amendment related to environmental services and approved it as part of the meeting’s consent business. No county policy change was adopted in the presentation; the report was informational, and staff offered to return with more details on specific projects on request.","Dunn County Land and Water Conservation presented its 2024 annual report, described implementing ag performance standards adopted in 2021, and said it received a $796,150 notice-of-discharge grant to upgrade a pre‑2002 manure storage facility to reduce environmental risk.",{"_33":88,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":89,"_41":90,"_43":91,"_45":92,"_47":93,"_49":94,"_51":95,"_53":96,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":97,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":98,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":68,"_72":73,"_74":73},6192279,"Dunn County Extension highlights 4‑H work and warns SNAP‑Ed/FoodWIse funding could be cut by June 30",803,203000,1006000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=4114985-a6a9e2c50b75f620e663bf59d235d8e7&start=203&end=1006","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/4114985-a6a9e2c50b75f620e663bf59d235d8e7/thumbnail_203000.jpg","/articles/6192279/Dunn-County/Wisconsin/Dunn-County-Extension-highlights-4H-work-and-warns-SNAPEdFoodWIse-funding-could-be-cut-by-June-30","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6192279-fe4dbcb66ac695d907f1e262b7e0ce33/orig.mp4?Expires=1771192691&Signature=jR5ajZVo408rXgzUGXpAYg2pTczSki7ytSoLjsv72OHjogJR1klhvJDGPEIhEmjDa7vMHHOvRxcqpkpCtYITrgRvuwPKTgzmhOepctKmeR~7b9grCM7wklO4XtDIVLYp263nbGbF9t3E4za9ZPPvturD4QEfwtq-bd8r8-JWr69emrKXyMYdBM3r0Js6HrospK8Jrlc6gBzpftjyka7qAHWke2YC4S0wLr6cJOMDeGEKvvZPgBOpp0ATReqeSMfAIE99hyTkX6yWwJIOY0ZZ2iYjmQwzlVHopYsf2EJ2TH-btHtCnw45RRhXEhArTa0g-k9fIcdvbz6noMpNTIXXAg__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","Dunn County Extension staff delivered a program report to the Board of Supervisors and presented youth participants from 4‑H to illustrate the countywide reach of Extension programming. Extension staff also warned the board that recent federal budget proposals could eliminate SNAP‑Ed (the FoodWIse program) by June 30, which would end nutrition education services delivered through the University of Wisconsin–Madison Extension network.

“FoodWIse is one of our programs…part of the SNAP program; they’re federally funded through the SNAP funding,” Kristen Breuder, area director for Extension, told the board. She said House and Senate budget actions already considered in Washington had put SNAP‑Ed funding at risk and that, as a result, “we are pretty certain at this point that…that program will be eliminated. There still is a chance that there there will be a reversal. We were disheartened, last week at that vote.”

Breuder told supervisors that the proposed cuts in committee language would effectively end SNAP‑Ed funding on June 30 and reduce overall SNAP funding by roughly 70–80 percent over the next 10 years under the proposed changes. She said the state’s FoodWIse network includes about 135 educators and coordinators across Wisconsin and that elimination of the federal education funding would remove nutrition education for vulnerable populations served by the program.

Extension also presented a short video and two 4‑H youth, who described civic, leadership and community‑service activities such as fair exhibits, cemetery cleanups, camp trips and projects for nursing homes and the humane society. The board heard that Extension operates on a co‑funded model: county investment is matched by state and federal funds, and local investments are used to leverage additional resources and programming.

Supervisors asked whether the county could get more local data about FoodWIse impacts; Breuder said she could share impact reports and offer a future board presentation by the FoodWIse coordinator.

No formal action was taken; the presentation was informational, and Extension staff left outcome materials for supervisors who requested them.","Extension staff and 4‑H participants presented youth and community programming to the board; staff warned that proposed federal budget changes could end SNAP‑Ed (FoodWIse) programming statewide by June 30 and that roughly 135 SNAP/FoodWIse educators and coordinators statewide could be affected.",{"_33":100,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":101,"_41":102,"_43":103,"_45":104,"_47":105,"_49":106,"_51":107,"_53":108,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":109,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":110,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":68,"_72":73,"_74":73},6192288,"Dunn County adopts 2026–2030 CIP after debate over $9.5 million geothermal HVAC plan",539,1070000,1609000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=4114985-a6a9e2c50b75f620e663bf59d235d8e7&start=1070&end=1609","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/4114985-a6a9e2c50b75f620e663bf59d235d8e7/thumbnail_1070000.jpg","/articles/6192288/Dunn-County/Wisconsin/Dunn-County-adopts-20262030-CIP-after-debate-over-95-million-geothermal-HVAC-plan","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6192288-48d7d19a884d9be48d0004b03e3b7ca2/orig.mp4?Expires=1771192691&Signature=Bqq8QEztHulD2gI283XQJTt4FNYY01FLKBCgFFcuwz0~vy8gCksx0-MY51QDcsfUW85A-TE5PuUmugWzLHolTN2Fo0jeH~yldkkUYNtdlvpsY8UF7ejDgGnAxnvW~RLzec4TfH9uad2Zh-1ERyCoVYXL~AzGnIRf8ZVX2pi0QpUM~s3bg8JKHdeWfqx5SvxeKN20D2aYt9e8rMvtqt68F~37rzCBPsB7QTsD0Nqq2QWHGP3Ci9Y3PRsUxK~3N2Glk~eIlxBjCkjdADlb4ZLXV~idhORDG48CnFwk~iQ-yhNNRPjdyZL0FZs5oS73KlYzYjmhXAkU8PpnbGfOox1fTw__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","The Dunn County Board of Supervisors adopted a 2026–2030 capital improvement plan on a voice vote after extended discussion about a proposed geothermal replacement of the judicial center’s HVAC system and related solar work.

County administrative staff and finance presenters told supervisors the geothermal option carries higher upfront costs but substantially lower 20-year operating costs. “We told you it wouldn't increase property taxes and with the knowledge that it would. It wasn't something that we wanted to move forward in in a bait and switch type way,” the staff presenter said, describing why the county did not sign the original contract under prior assumptions.

Supervisors and staff focused on three practical questions: firm bid pricing versus guaranteed-savings contract proposals, whether a competitive bid process would reduce the Verigee estimate, and how federal energy incentives could change the financing picture. Beata, a county finance staff member who presented debt scenarios, called the vote “a policy vote. It's not a vote to spend this money,” saying the CIP adoption only gives staff direction to plan and budget for the projects.

Staff summarized the financial assumptions included in the plan: an updated estimate that accounts for piping replacement and system differences, an illustrative $9,500,000 borrowing scenario for the geothermal/HVAC project, and a conservative approach that assumes the county will not receive the $2.5 million federal energy incentive when structuring debt. Staff said the Verigee contract estimate that included piping came in at about $9,240,000; a competitive bid could reduce that but would not guarantee amounts. Staff also estimated piping costs near $2,000,000 and noted the original 2024 CIP assumed roughly $11,000,000 for solar and geothermal combined.

Supervisors asked how the project schedule would interact with other capital projects. The highway committee moved its highway-building project and design funds later in the CIP to reduce overlapping borrowing pressure; the highway building design was shifted to 2027 with construction slotted in 2028 under the committee recommendation. Staff said borrowing to support the geothermal plan would likely be structured to begin in 2027 and that timing of any federal rebate would affect the final debt structure and repayment schedule.

Several supervisors asked about procurement and state law. Staff said the county must run a competitive public works bidding process under Wisconsin statutes; the county cannot obtain a guaranteed “rock solid” price from a firm in a way that would allow that firm to both prepare the detailed design and then bid on the job without creating fairness concerns.

The board voted to adopt the 2026–2030 CIP as presented; the motion was made by Supervisor Morehouse and seconded by Supervisor Quinton. Subsequent budget amendment items related to environmental services and health were also advanced later in the meeting.

The CIP adoption directs staff to move forward with planning and budgeting under the assumptions described; it does not authorize construction contracts or debt issuance. Final contract awards, bids and any debt authorizations will return for formal approvals under the county’s purchasing and debt policies.","The Dunn County Board of Supervisors adopted a five-year capital improvement plan that includes a $9.5 million allocation for replacing HVAC systems with a geothermal option for the judicial center; supervisors pressed staff for cost clarity and timeline adjustments to avoid tax impacts.","actionData","errors"]

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