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Caroline County administrator outlines FY2026 budget, highlights tax-rate cut and school funding increase
Summary
County Administrator presented a proposed FY2026 all-funds budget that keeps a lower tax rate after reassessment, adds several personnel positions, and proposes transfers and capital spending for schools and county projects.
County Administrator Michael Culley (presenting as "Mister Culley" in the meeting record) presented the county's proposed fiscal year 2026 budget during a public hearing, outlining the general fund, all-funds totals, staffing changes and planned transfers.
Culley told the Board the proposed total general fund budget is $75,967,821, "that's a 5 point, 28% increase over '25," and the proposed all-funds budget including transfers is $155,451,391, "that's a decrease... of 4.18%" driven largely by changes in school capital funding.
Culley recapped the county's tax-rate decision: "we set the tax rate at 52¢ per hundred. That's down 26¢" from the previous 78¢ after reassessment increased property values. He said personal property and machinery-and-tools rates remained unchanged.
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