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Park County workshop flags general-fund gap as juvenile detention, mental-health costs climb and tax receipts lag
Summary
At a budget workshop, county staff told commissioners a projected FY‑26 general‑fund shortfall stems from lower-than-expected local-option tax receipts and unusually high juvenile detention and mental‑health transport bills; staff removed public works from the general fund for FY‑26 accounting and will circulate updated projections.
Park County commissioners were told at a budget workshop that the county faces a projected general‑fund gap driven by weaker revenues and larger-than-expected juvenile detention and mental‑health costs.
Erica, staff member (budget presenter), said the county’s FY‑26 preliminary figures show a difference of about $318,000 under a no‑COLA scenario and about $410,000 when a cost‑of‑living adjustment is included, after removing public works from the general fund as recommended for FY‑26. "Our revenues, projections for this year are actually coming in lower than we expected for, like local option tax, justice court fines, and a couple of other things," Erica said during the presentation.
The immediate drivers staff identified were revenue shortfalls and unusually high justice and mental‑health expenditures. Erica said juvenile detention costs are running “over 90,000” this year…
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