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Board adopts Santa Fe County final fiscal year 2025–26 budget and approves related adjustments
Summary
Commissioners adopted the county's final FY26 budget (resolution 2025‑085), approved LGBMS reconciliation and the fourth quarter financial report (resolutions 2025‑083 and 2025‑084), and discussed reallocations including a $3.2 million transfer tied to corrections medical services and funding for the youth behavioral health center.
The Santa Fe County Board of County Commissioners unanimously adopted the county's final fiscal year 2025–26 budget during the July 29 meeting and approved related budget housekeeping resolutions.
Finance staff explained a required correction to the Department of Finance and Administration's Local Government Budget Management System (LGBMS). The correction (resolution 2025‑083) reconciles a chart‑of‑accounts crosswalk error that affected LGBMS but not the county's internal accounting; commissioners approved the budget adjustment by motion and vote. The board also approved the county’s FY25 fourth quarter financial report for submittal to DFA (resolution 2025‑084), a cash‑basis unaudited report summarizing revenues, expenditures, beginning and ending cash balances and investment schedules.
County finance staff then presented the final FY26 budget (resolution 2025‑085). The final budget reflects the interim FY26 budget previously approved and DFA‑accepted, plus additions and carryovers including capital and maintenance projects, adjustments for unspent purchase contingencies, and proceeds from the county’s general obligation bond sale closed July 1, 2025. Staff described specific adjustments tied to the youth behavioral health center property purchase: the budget replaces $2.3 million originally planned from the indigent hospital fund with general fund dollars and adds approximately $50,000 for closing costs. The county will transfer $3.2 million from the indigent hospital fund to corrections medical services to support indigent inmate health care, with a corresponding reduction in general fund support to free resources for the youth center purchase.
Commissioners asked clarifying questions about the order of operations: budget adoption creates available appropriations but does not itself authorize the county manager to purchase property (that was a separate resolution approved later in the meeting). Commissioners repeatedly requested that staff return with specific line‑item cost estimates and funding sources before final contracts are executed.
Motions: Motion to approve the FY26 final budget was made by Commissioner Justin Green, supported by Commissioner Adam Johnson; the motion carried unanimously. Resolution numbers were recorded in the minutes: 2025‑083 (LGBMS adjustment), 2025‑084 (fourth quarter report) and 2025‑085 (final FY26 budget).
