La Paz County' A La Paz County Board of Supervisors public hearing and special meeting on June 30 resulted in adoption of the county'wide fiscal year 2025'26 budget and levies as presented, with total revenues and general-fund obligations reported at $22.7 million.

The budget matters because it sets spending levels, staffing and levy rates for county services for the year that begins July 1, 2025.

County staff reported two primary technical changes from the tentative budget: loss of expected DEMA emergency-management grant funding, and a net reduction of one full-time-equivalent position. Staff said the DEMA shortfall required an internal transfer that reduced the Board of Supervisors'nondepartmental line by $88,546 and shifted those responsibilities into the general fund and other department budgets. Finance staff also reported the county'wide FTE count moved from 238.5 (tentative) to 237.5 final after internal reorganizations in the assessor's office and transfers from emergency management.

Finance staff provided revenue details during the hearing. "We did receive an email from the Arizona Department of Revenue this morning confirming their estimated shares of the TPT tax at 3,590,000.00," a staff presenter said. The presenter also stated the total revenue projection and general-fund obligations remained $22.7 million and described the property-tax levies the board planned to adopt, noting a property-tax rate figure given in the presentation as 2.5157%.

Supervisors discussed the percentage change in the general fund and the county's share of the property-tax bill. One supervisor said the adopted general-fund departmental asks represented about a 1% increase from the prior year and noted the county was reducing its portion of the tax rate by roughly 6.5 cents; supervisors also observed other taxing districts (for example, local community college and school districts) will affect taxpayers'final bills and that those rates will not be known until later in the summer.

After discussion, a motion to adopt resolution number 2025'13, adopting the fiscal year 2025'26 La Paz County budget as presented, was made, seconded and approved by voice vote. The board then recessed as the Board of Supervisors and convened as the Jail District Board of Directors.

The adopted budget document and the state budget forms were noted as updated to reflect the FTE change and the internal funding shifts; staff said the final state forms would be provided to the board after adoption.

The board took no public comments on the county budget at the hearing and made no additional directions to staff beyond adoption.