Lyon County adopts tentative FY 2025–26 budgets amid revenue concerns, staff cuts and major capital plans

Lyon County commissioners on Monday reviewed and adopted tentative budgets for the coming fiscal year after a presentation from County Manager Andrew Haskin and Comptroller Josh Foley that outlined revenue softness, one-time capital spending and proposed staffing cuts.

Haskin told the board that “we saw a slight increase in revenues, but, about 2.3%,” while expenses rose faster: “expenses went up about 7.1%.” The comptroller described a package of one-time uses of fund balance and targeted vacancy eliminations to narrow a roughly $900,000 budget gap.

Why it matters: the tentative budgets set spending and tax-rate assumptions that will be finalized later this spring. Commissioners approved multiple tentative budgets and asked staff to return with final numbers and contract options; any final changes will be adopted at a later public hearing.

Revenue and pay assumptions Foley said the draft budget includes no net new positions in the governmental funds and no broad reclassifications, but it does include a 3% across‑the‑board salary-table increase “for all employees other than elected officials and, and Lyon County Sheriff Employees Association.” He noted contract provisions for represented staff and step/ longevity increases for sheriff’s employees. The presentation showed that when the various components are combined some employee groups could see total pay changes materially higher than 3%.

The draft also includes a built‑in figure tied to a state bill: “SB 116 regarding an increase in elected officials’ salaries,” Foley told the board, and staff added roughly $200,000 to the draft in case the legislation is enacted in its current form.

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