Board receives FY27 departmental budgets; multiple budget items received by unanimous votes

At its Friday budget work session, the Woodbury County Board of Supervisors received a broad set of department budgets and improvement requests as staff walked members through line‑item detail.

Key board actions and votes at a glance:
- Improvement requests for emergency services (including FTE recalculation and hiring proposals) were received (motion by Nelson; second Bittinger; voice vote carried).
- A $90,151.69 budget increase tied to emergency services function 1200 was received (motion by Nelson; second Bittinger; voice vote carried).
- Paramedics fund 1201, which includes a large $508,891.03 improvement request for additional medic positions, was received (motion by Nelson; second by Dietrich; carried 4‑0 reported).
- Fund 6200 (patrol/animal control) was received with no changes (motion by Nelson; seconded; carried).
- Planning and zoning, human resources, juvenile detention, veterans affairs, WCICC/IT and the county attorney’s budget presentations were each received following staff presentations (motions and seconds recorded in the transcript; voice votes carried, typically 5‑0).

What this means: Receiving an item places the request into the budget review process; it is not final approval. Several improvement requests and fund reallocations will return for more detailed review or for intergovernmental agreement (WCICC items depend on city concurrence). Supervisors asked for additional backup on specific items (CIP bids for juvenile detention repairs, town‑hall input for emergency‑services staffing) before any final budget approvals or levy changes.

Next steps: The Board scheduled follow‑up reviews of remaining departments (mental health, Department of Human Services, gaming, library, medical examiner) in upcoming meetings; staff will provide updated budget summaries and requested backup for the items the Board asked to revisit.