AMENDING THE 2015 BUDGET TO APPROPRIATE $90,259 PURSUANT TO AN INTERGOVERNMENTAL AGREEMENT BETWEEN SAUK COUNTY, WISCONSIN AND THE HO-CHUNK NATION

WHEREAS, by Resolution 43-10 dated April 20, 2010, Sauk County was authorized to enter into an intergovernmental agreement with the Ho-Chunk Nation; and,

WHEREAS, this agreement provides for an annual payment of $90,259 from the Ho-Chunk Nation to Sauk County; and,

WHEREAS, these funds may be used at the County’s discretion for any purpose unless that purpose is considered a prohibited purpose that diminishes the Nation’s governmental jurisdiction or has an adverse financial impact on the Nation; and,

WHEREAS, the County may not spend any money received under this agreement until the County provides a written report to the Nation each March 1; and the Nation must expressly state that the intended use does not constitute a prohibited purpose, or 30 days must have elapsed since the Nation has received said report and the Nation has not objected.

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, by the Sauk County Board of Supervisors, met in regular session, that the 2015 budget is hereby amended to appropriate $90,259 as follows:

Conservation, Planning & Zoning

Sauk Prairie Recreation Area or Badger Army Ammunition Plant

$20,000

Criminal Justice Coordinating Council

Justice continuum start-up training

$4,500

Criminal Justice Coordinating Council

Operating after revocation programming

$7,000

Highway

Highway maintenance

$25,000

Public Health

Nurse Family Partnership

$25,000

Public Health

Seal-a-Smile

$5,000

Public Health

Child Death Review Team

$2,259

UW Extension

Hire a Ho-Chunk Summer Intern to work with Summer Lunch Bunch

$1,500

$90,259

For Consideration by the Sauk County Board of Supervisors on February 17, 2015.

SAUK COUNTY FINANCE COMMITTEE

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Tommy Lee Bychinski, Chair                            Joan Fordham

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Andrea Lombard                                               Martin F Krueger

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Wally Czuprynko

FISCAL NOTE:  So as to avoid supplanting the property tax levy and creating undue reliance on this potentially non-recurring and somewhat non-discretionary funding stream, these dollars were purposefully not included in the original 2015 budget.

MIS NOTE:  No MIS impact.