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County administrator presents FY26 budget preview and CIP priorities; board to schedule follow‑up work sessions
Summary
County administrator Matthew Smolnick presented a first look at the proposed FY26 operating budget and the capital improvement plan, flagged items including turf replacement and voting‑machine purchases, and recommended budget work sessions so supervisors can review department requests line‑by‑line before adoption.
County administrator Matthew Smolnick presented an initial FY26 operating budget and the proposed capital improvement plan (CIP), described staff recommendations and urged the Board of Supervisors to schedule work sessions to review departmental requests.
Smolnick described the budget presentation as a starting point and said the package published for the public includes department‑level requests and a transparency column explaining individual line items. He said the packet reflects no proposed increase to the county real‑estate tax rate (kept at $0.68) or the personal property rate ($3.25) and that his recommendation for the CIP and operating budget results in a balanced proposal.
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