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Commissioners direct flat 'target budgets' for 2026; budget office to send letter the week of June 2
Summary
Commissioners directed county budget staff to issue target‑budget letters the week of June 2 asking departments to plan on a flat 2026 operating budget in dollar terms and to submit detailed cuts and narratives by Aug. 1.
The Board of County Commissioners instructed the budget office to distribute target-budget letters to departments the week of June 2 that will, in effect, ask departments to plan on a flat operating budget for 2026 (the same dollar amount as 2025). Budget staff and commissioners discussed how a flat dollar target does not include inflationary pressures, steps or cost-of-living adjustments and therefore departments must propose cuts or other offsets to absorb those increases.
Budget staff said they will provide department-by-department side-by-side…
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