The Fond du Lac County executive says a proposed 2020 budget includes funding to hire several additional social workers. County executive Al Buechel presented the budget at Tuesday night’s county board meeting. Buechel says the budget benefits from more than $600,000 in additional state aid targeted toward child welfare programs. Buechel says increased state aid is helping in several other areas of the budget including transportation. Buechel says the budget also recommends an across the board two percent salary increase for all county employees. Buechel says there is a slight increase in the tax levy, but an overall tax rate decrease of six cents. The finance committee will review the budget next week with a public hearing on October 29. Budget adoption is scheduled for November 5.
