Before City of Madison budget talks got underway, Dane County Board officials passed the county 2012 budget Monday.
“I believe this budget does what is necessary to defend critical human and public services at a time when our residents need them most,” County Executive Joe Parisi said in a statement.
Both Parisi and Mayor Paul Soglin proposed investing a total of $78,276 toward an initiative to combat what has been called a heroin and opiate“epidemic” in Dane County.
According to Parisi, the budget preserves the county’s safety net for seniors, kids and those with disabilities, and carries out an initiative to clean up Dane County lakes and protect natural resources.
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