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The Fond du Lac County Board of Supervisors met on Tuesday, October 13, 2026, at 6:00 PM CDT, with 25 supervisors present and a quorum. Navy Club Ship 75 of Fond du Lac presented the colors, followed by the Pledge of Allegiance. The board heard County Executive Sam Kaufman's proposed 2027 budget, approved routine items, passed several fee and staffing resolutions, and held a lengthy debate on four new jail correctional officer positions.
Good evening, everyone. We hereby call to order the Tuesday, October thirteenth, twenty twenty-six meeting of the Fondalac County Board of Supervisors. As is our tradition, we will have the presentation of color colors, followed by a moment of silence, followed in turn by the Pledge of Allegiance. This evening we have the Navy Club Ship 75 of Fond du Lac presenting the colors. Please rise. Okay, this evening we have a quorum. We have twenty-five supervisors present. First item on the agenda this evening is to approve the minutes of the September fifteenth, twenty twenty-six meeting of the Fond du Lac County Board. Is there a motion to approve? Motion by Supervisor Fenric, second by Supervisor Simon. Are there any errors, omissions or corrections to the minutes? I don't see any, so we'll move right to the vote. All those in favor, press your button aye. Oppose nay. However, you read the agenda is the twenty twenty-seven meeting dates. Hopefully you did look at them and put them in your calendars. But um, the only strange one that I would bring out is on Tuesday, it's the second Tuesday in September, and that is because um for whatever reason WCA annual conference is a week earlier. You'll see it's earlier next year, the nineteenth through the twenty-first. So other than that, I don't think there was anything different that we've done in the past. Okay, thank you. Is there a motion to approve? Motion by Supervisor Rickard, second by Supervisor Beer. Any questions or comments about the meeting dates? Okay, I don't see any comments, so we'll move right to the vote. All those in favor, press your button aye. Oppose nay. Oh, I'm sorry. The new meeting dates have been approved, 25 in favor and none opposed. All right. Our next item on the agenda is a presentation. Uh we have a presentation of the proposed 2027 Fond du Lac County budget by County Executive Sam Kaufman, and you'll see all the materials are on your desk this evening. Done. There we go. Good evening, everyone. I just want to hit some of the highlights with regard to my budget. The materials are already before you for review itself. This budget for 27 is 120 20 171 million dollar growth budget. The budget itself is proposed did not come without challenges as usual. We continue to see a decrease in revenue with increases in operational expenses. But for 2027, uh I was fortunate enough that department heads, as they presented their budgets, presented them knowing that we were going to have to make cuts, and what they presented to me did not include uh additional CIP items. They looked to reduce expenses where they could.