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Dallas County adopts FY2026 budget; earmarks $2 million for homelessness and approves judge supplements with one exception
Summary
The Dallas County Commissioners Court approved the FY2026 budget with two recorded amendments: $2 million was set aside for homelessness (to be allocated after further review) and a $25,000 judicial supplement was approved for judges with one judge excluded from the supplement.
The Dallas County Commissioners Court voted to adopt the FY2026 budget and approved two amendments to how portions of that budget will be used.
The court moved to earmark $2,000,000 in the county budget for homelessness programs rather than immediately designating the funds to a single contractor; the court said the ultimate recipients and programmatic uses will be determined later and returned to the court for a vote. The court also approved a $25,000 judicial supplement for judges, with the exception of one judge who was excluded from receiving the supplement in the amended motion.
The budget presentation was given by Dr. Ron Watkins, who said the proposed total FY2026 budget is $828,270,635 and identified programmatic additions that sum to $38,050,000, including new staff positions, a Dallas Eviction Advocacy Center allocation, homeless programs, a sheriff mobile command unit and an electric vehicle infrastructure upgrade for fleet operations. "The total FY 26 proposed budget is established the current rate of 0.2155…
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