# St Croix County Community Development Committee September 10th 2026


**Body:** River Channel
**Date:** September 10, 2026
**Jurisdiction:** SLED

**Tags:** Environment, Energy & Utilities, Grants & Funding


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.

**Source:** River Channel