# St Croix County Community Development Committee October 8th 2026


**Body:** River Channel
**Date:** October 09, 2026
**Jurisdiction:** SLED

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


The St. Croix County Community Development Committee meeting, identified by the title as October 8, 2026, covered the 2027 budget, comprehensive plan amendments, potential data center and solar policies, parks fees, and department finances. A public commenter urged the committee to direct the county’s one-time allocation—described as $567,541—toward groundwater and surface-water protection. Members discussed $160,000 already designated for Land and Water Conservation uses and planned to develop a resolution specifying program details and future-year amounts for consideration at a later meeting. The discussion included a proposed reverse-osmosis grant program for property owners; no vote on the resolution occurred at this meeting. The committee also reviewed parks and permit fees, including a possible 5% fee increase in a future fee schedule, but no fee action was recorded.

Staff presented proposed comprehensive plan updates, including farmland-preservation map corrections and new objectives concerning solar installations and data centers. Members favored additional public outreach and more time to refine the data-center and solar provisions; staff was asked to provide an outreach update and prepare draft ordinance material for a future meeting. Discussion covered zoning, conditional-use permits, developer agreements, infrastructure impacts, emergency planning, and financial assurance for decommissioning. Wisconsin’s existing data-center tax incentives and a possible state legislative repeal were also mentioned. No contract award, vendor selection, bid approval, or other procurement activity was identified.

**Source:** River Channel