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County approves $132.2 million provisional 2026 budget; officials flag staffing, tax options
Summary
The Pennington County Board of Commissioners approved a provisional 2026 budget of $132,234,641 on July 23, 2025, while commissioners discussed personnel costs, a set of new full‑time positions and whether to use property tax growth and CPI increases this year.
The Pennington County Board of Commissioners on July 23 approved a provisional 2026 budget of $132,234,641 and set an additional public budget hearing for Aug. 19 before the mandatory Sept. 2 meeting. The provisional budget figure includes the 5% mandatory appropriation required by SDCL and reflects the board’s decision to present a baseline that does not yet assume property tax growth or CPI adjustments.
Jordan Ebb, director of the Commission Office, said the county’s estimated cash position as of June 30 would leave the general fund with a projected start balance for 2026 of about $28,300,000. “When I’m looking at the cash balance accounts … we’re looking at about 35.6, almost $35,700,000 in the general fund,” Ebb told commissioners as he reviewed spreadsheets. After accounting for assigned and restricted funds, Ebb said the unassigned balance…
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