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Siskiyou County adopts 2025–26 budget while flagging roughly $10 million general-fund shortfall
Summary
The Siskiyou County Board of Supervisors approved a $438.7 million budget for fiscal 2025–26 that relies in part on one-time funds and leaves officials warning of a projected roughly $10 million general-fund gap next year.
The Siskiyou County Board of Supervisors on a unanimous vote approved a recommended budget for fiscal year 2025–26 that totals $438,749,089 and relies on one-time funds and internal transfers to close near-term shortfalls.
The budget presentation, delivered by Sherry Lawson, deputy client, showed $234,700,000 in appropriations and $203,900,000 in projected revenues for the county-wide budget. Lawson told the board that the county is facing a roughly $10,000,000 imbalance in the general fund and used one-time monies and other sources to close the gap for the coming year.
Lawson said officials moved $5,700,000 in one-time funds to balance part of the current year’s shortfall and used local assistance and tribal consistency funds to cover the remainder. “If we do have to move that money, then it’s gone,” Lawson said, describing the limits…
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