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Winnebago County Budget Mess | Green Bay News
Winnebago County’s budget is in disarray after a series of costly accounting errors—$129K in unaccounted expenses from a dissolved department and a $149K gap between approved and collected property taxes. Three budget amendments were also funded incorrectly, shifting costs to other funds. The county executive insists these were honest mistakes, not fraud, and two former directors have already resigned. The board is now being asked to correct the records and fix an uneven public health tax levy by reallocating general fund money. To prevent future issues, they’re overhauling hiring practices…
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