St Croix County Community Development Committee November 12th 2026

The St. Croix County Community Development Committee meeting was held November 12, 2026. The committee unanimously approved rezoning five acres in the Town of Stanton from Ag-1 to C-3 commercial for a proposed 18,000-gallon propane storage and distribution site serving local agricultural producers; the project still requires a conditional use permit. Members also unanimously approved the 2026 amendments to the county’s 2025–2045 comprehensive plan, including a change to designate the new light-blue land-use category as institutional, with utilities to be reconsidered later. The amendments update farmland-preservation maps and other planning information; they do not change zoning for the affected farmland areas discussed at the meeting.

The committee amended and unanimously approved a resolution reserving $568,000 from the unassigned general fund balance for county water-quality programs. Proposed uses include groundwater testing and assistance for eligible households to install reverse-osmosis systems (up to $1,500 per system), plus multiyear field-buffer contracts with payments of $250 per acre for five years, $350 per acre for ten years, or $400 per acre for high-phosphorus land. Staff reported a separate $150,000 foundation grant for regional PFAS testing and received unanimous authorization to apply for and administer a Wisconsin DNR PFAS sampling grant, with no additional county funding anticipated. No vendor contract awards or purchasing decisions were identified; the committee also discussed future data-center planning and received budget-performance reporting updates.