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Preliminary FY26 general fund shows $1.66 million shortfall, county staff to continue budget meetings
Summary
Finance Director Matt Melvin told the Finance Committee a first look at the fiscal-year 2026 general fund shows revenues of $23,171,000 and expenditures of $24,831,000, producing a $1,660,000 deficit; staff said they expect to narrow the gap through further meetings and aim to present a tentative budget in October and a final in November.
Finance Director Matt Melvin presented the Finance Committee with a first look at the county's fiscal-year 2026 general fund showing projected revenues including transfers of $23,171,000 and expenditures including transfers of $24,831,000, producing a net shortfall of $1,660,000.
Melvin framed the presentation as an initial aggregation of department requests and said finance staff will continue meetings with department heads to reconcile requests and find savings. He told the committee the county is “about $500,000 to $700,000 away” from its target for the end of the 2026 budget process and reiterated that further adjustments are expected before the tentative budget is presented.
Melvin also reviewed the budget timeline: department entries will close later in the week in the county's budget entry system, then finance review will follow; the county plans to present a tentative budget in October and a final budget for approval in November. Melvin said the county intends to have most items settled by late September, though some multi-year items and billed projects can shift timing.
Committee members had no formal action on the presentation; the figures were received as part of the finance committee's ongoing work ahead of the countywide budget process.
