St Croix County Community Development Committee September 10th 2026

The St. Croix County Community Development Committee meeting was held September 10, 2026. The committee reviewed the 2027 requested budget, which remains under development; staff reported an approximately $790,000 gap before the recommended budget is prepared for a later meeting. Discussion also covered using about $500,000 from fund balance over several years for water-quality work, including field buffers and reverse-osmosis incentives; a $30,000 annual figure was discussed for the reverse-osmosis program, alongside ongoing water-quality monitoring. These were planning discussions, not procurement approvals. No contract awards, vendor selections, or bid approvals were identified. The committee also discussed the county’s emissions inventory and a possible public meeting about Lake Mallalieu and dam responsibilities; no decision to hire a facilitator was recorded.

The committee unanimously approved conditional use permits for a general store and an existing recreational property, and approved the catering-kitchen permit with amended operating and equipment conditions. These were land-use actions rather than purchasing decisions. The committee also discussed proposed Board of Adjustment rules and began reviewing shoreland zoning amendments; no procurement action was identified in those items.