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County auditor outlines FY26 budget framework; staff recommends 10% employee COLA, warns of limits on additions
Summary
Nueces County’s interim auditor presented a preliminary FY26 budget framework that shows an unaudited FY24 general‑fund balance near $22.6 million and staff’s recommendation to plan on the voter‑approval tax rate.
Interim County Auditor Constance presented the county’s initial FY26 budget framework and a recommended list of statutory and discretionary items that staff proposes the court consider in the coming budget cycle. Constance highlighted that FY24 year‑end balances are unaudited but that staff closed the books and showed an estimated general‑fund ending balance of about $22.57 million. She cautioned the figures are preliminary and will change when the external audit is complete.
Constance presented two tax‑rate scenarios: the “no new revenue” rate (maintaining current effective revenue) and the voter‑approval rate; the latter, staff said, would yield roughly $11.6 million in additional property‑tax revenue…
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