 Public Safety
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DARE - Drug Abuse Resistance Education and community outreach
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Drug Task Force - multi-agency drug task force including narcotics investigations
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Access to Sheriff's offices remote from Baraboo - precincts
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Secure and work release jail operations
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Jail Alternatives - alcohol and drug abuse counseling, electronic monitoring
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Community Service - alternatives to incarceration where defendants work at non-profit agencies instead of setting out the time in jail
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Communications Center - E911 dispatch
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Dispatch provided by non-County units of government
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Coroner - death investigations
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Emergency Management - disaster/emergency planning
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Judicial
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Circuit court system for all criminal matters
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Circuit court system for all civil matters, including family actions
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District Attorney - prosecutorial function for all crimes
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Victim / Witness assistance
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Clerk of Court - administrative support for court system
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Register in Probate - supervises probate of estates and trusts, administrative support for guardianships and commitments for court system
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Mediation - dispute resolution for child custody
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Health & Social Services - Aging and Disability Programs
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Meals - home delivered and meal sites
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Adult day care and respite
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Residential nursing home care
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Outpatient therapies - physical, occupational, speech, psychiatric
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In-home assistance - home nursing care, personal care, chore assistance
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Coordinated transportation of clients
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Health & Social Services - County Health
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Environmental Health - health code inspections, radon testing, on-site wastewater systems, wells, rabies control, inspection of retail food establishments, asbestos and lead testing, inspection of hotels, motels and campgrounds
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Maternal and Child Health and the Women, Infant and Children programs
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Adult Health - express enrollment in Medicaid, visiting nurses and therapists program (Home Health Care), paternity testing, medical voucher program, foot clinic
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Children and School Health - public health immunization nurses in schools, oral health programs, fluoride programs, Rural Safety Days, Dental Mobile
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Communicable disease prevention, detection, surveillance and control: TB, Measles, Chicken Pox, Salmonella, Avaian Flu, rubella, STDs West Nile virus, etc.
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Public Health Emergency Preparedness - Pandemic BioTerrorism Planning and Readiness (anti-viral medications, protective clothing, etc.)
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Health & Social Services - Human Services
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Safety and protection for children who are abused or neglected
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Services for adults and children with mental illness
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Services for adults and children who are developmentally disabled (DD) or developmentally delayed
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Protective services for vulnerable adults
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Services for youth offenders
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Financial, employment and economic assistance - W2, Food Stamps, Child Care, and Medical Assistance
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Services for adults and youth with alcohol and/or other drug abuse problems
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Recruitment, development, licensing and training of foster care and kinship care providers, and the certification of adult family home
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Fraud investigation and recovery
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Emergency shelter and transitional housing for homeless families or battered women and their children
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Programs to prevent substance abuse and child abuse and neglect
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Comprehensive coordinated services to prevent placement of children and adolescents in alternate care (foster homes, group homes, residential care centers)
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Other Health & Social Services
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Establish and enforce child and medical support orders
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Establish paternity for nonmarital children
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Animal protection and safety
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Veterans' Federal and State benefits programs
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Veterans' education and outreach
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Health & Social Services - Housing Authority
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Authority-owned housing for low income families
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Rent subsidies for low income families
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Rent subsidies and supportive services for low income frail elderly
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Loans to low and moderate income families for housing rehabilitation, down payments and closing costs, and septic system replacement
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Transportation
| County highways are those mostly rural roads identified by a letter such as highway “A” |
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County Highways: Sign and Line Painting
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County Highways: Pothole patching, ditch cleaning, culvert repairs, crack filling, other general maintenance
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County Highways Mowing and brush cutting
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County Highways: Snow plowing, from 4 am to 8 pm
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County Highways: Snow plowing, from 8 pm to 4 am
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County Highways: Snow plowing on Saturdays, Sundays and holidays
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County Highways: Road and bridge reconstruction
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County Highways: litter and trash pickup
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| State highways are those roads identified by a number such as US12 and I-94. The county contracts with D.O.T. to do this work |
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State Highways: Snow plowing
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State Highways: All other maintenance work
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Local Highways: All contracted work to assist other agencies
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Parks, Education and Economic Development
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Beaches and boat landings
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Dam operation and maintenance
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Trails systems - biking, hiking, horseback riding, skiing, and snowmobile trails
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County forest and nature reserve
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Assistance to farmers in agricultural productivity, profitability and environmental balance
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Home garden horticulture services
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Parenting skills development, nutrition education and aging care information
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Youth development in leadership and citizenship
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Promotion and support the arts, humanities and historic preservation.
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Community leadership development.
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Involve the public in local decision
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Improve effectiveness of community organizations.
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Promote local tourism efforts.
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Revitalize downtowns and strengthen the local economy.
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Land Use/Land Records
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Zoning Codes - construction and land use regulations / inspections
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Sanitary Codes - private septic system regulations / inspections
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Land Division Codes - subdivision regulations / review
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Comprehensive Planning - land use planning activities
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GIS / Mapping - maintenance and access to digital mapping products
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Surveyor - survey records management and preservation of U.S. Public Land Survey System
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Real Property Listing - maintains data relating to real estate ownership
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Register of Deeds - Record real estate documents (Deeds, Mortgages, etc) -
File and keep Sauk County vital records (births, deaths, marriages)
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Conservation
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Technical planning and financial assistance to farms to help address soil erosion and runoff pollution to prevent surface and groundwater contamination
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Planning and technical assistance to landowners to help address the influx of invasive species
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Lake rehabilitation for reducing sedimentation and pollution in county lakes
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Programs designed to provide permanent protection for agricultural lands such as purchases of agriculture conservation easements
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General Government
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County Board and Committee operations
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Corporation Counsel - in-house attorney operations, mental commitments, termination of parental rights
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Administrative Coordinator - manages overall county operations
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Personnel - employee management, labor negotiations
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Information Systems - manages county computer operations
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Maintenance - manages mechanical systems, buildings and grounds
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Finance - general accounting, accounts payable and payroll
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County Clerk - county board minutes, marriage licenses, dog licenses, elections, public sale of delinquent tax properties
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Treasurer - property tax processing and collection
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