# Chippewa County Board Regular Meeting - August 11, 2026

At its August 11, 2026 regular meeting, the Chippewa County Board considered financing, 2027 budget parameters, a county forest land acquisition, and a proposed data-center moratorium. The Board took up a parameters resolution for up to $7.5 million in general-obligation promissory notes; the bond advisor said the approach would provide flexibility in timing and that the interest rate was expected to be locked around September 2, after a rating was secured. The transcript does not include the vote result. The Board approved a 2027 salary-levy resolution, as amended, 14–3: it provides $225,000 in levy funding and a 3% across-the-board adjustment, with an additional 1% salary-grid adjustment. It also approved a 5% increase in the county-funded share of health-plan costs, with employee premiums held constant, 16–2. An environmental health position conversion with an estimated $15,157 increase in wages and benefits and a levy-funded part-time social worker position were also approved, both 18–0.

The Board considered authorizing a county forest land acquisition using $61,605 from non-lapsing tax-deed proceeds and state grant funding, but the transcript omits the vote result. On first reading, it approved the data-center moratorium ordinance, 18–0 with one abstention, after amendments added transparency language, included hydrology in the review, lowered the covered project threshold from 20,000 to 10,000 square feet, and made the review period consistently 12 months. Public comments and board discussion focused on groundwater and community impacts, local input, and the balance between development and protections; no data-center contract or vendor award was considered.

**Jurisdictions:** sled
**Industries:** Construction & Infrastructure, Environment
**Topics:** Grants & Funding, Physical Infrastructure
**Published:** August 11, 2026

### Sources
- [Chippewa County Board Regular Meeting - August 11, 2026](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pf6hKjchW_s) - Chippewa County, Wisconsin