Board adopts fiscal year 2025–26 budget with minor allocation clarification

Mariposa County’s Board of Supervisors adopted the fiscal year 2025–26 budget and authorized related implementation actions on June 10, approving the resolution as presented with clarifications to the employee allocation schedule.

Deputy County Administrative Officer Lee Westerlund told the board the packet contained two recently requested employee allocations; after packet distribution county staff determined one position (a dispatcher supervisor) had not completed the typical new-position vetting and union review. Westerlund provided a revised allocation schedule showing the dispatcher supervisor position omitted pending review while the district attorney’s chief investigator and a jail lieutenant allocation were included. "There are oftentimes situations where departments will request new positions at the time of the budget those requests have not been fully vetted," Westerlund said.

Board members asked for confirmation of how many funded-but-not-allocated positions remained; Westerlund and supervisors confirmed one position would remain funded but not placed on the employee allocation schedule until the review was complete. The board agreed the resolution as presented reflected the explanation provided in open session and voted to adopt the budget.

Supervisor Menitrea moved adoption, Supervisor Poe seconded; the resolution passed by a 5-0 roll call. Members requested future staff reports use larger font on budget documents to improve readability.

The adopted budget includes the usual departmental appropriations and the employee allocation schedule as modified in open session; staff will bring back any fully vetted allocations for placement on the schedule when review processes conclude.