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Finance director previews FY26 preliminary budget; commissioners ask for clearer department-level detail
Summary
Finance staff presented an initial FY26 preliminary budget snapshot and explained ClearGov and Tyler system work; commissioners asked for department-by-department line items, salary and capital details and training on the online budget tool.
Grant County finance staff on May 6 presented a preliminary overview of the fiscal year 2026 budget process and said the county remains in the middle of a Tyler financial system reconfiguration and plans to bring a fuller preliminary budget for formal action in May.
Finance Director Andrea Montoya told commissioners the county is still configuring its Tyler system and is deploying ClearGov as a public‑facing budgeting tool. “We’re currently still in the 2026 preliminary budget process,” Montoya said, adding the county expects Tyler reconfiguration to go live with fixed assets and all modules in August and to complete the FY24 audit by November.
Montoya said the county is managing more than $11 million in grant funding and plans to go live with an Amplifund grant tracking system around July. She also noted the county moved banking to Western Bank on May 1 and will begin issuing new JPMorgan P‑cards for county purchasing.
Commissioner questions focused on clarity and timing: Commissioners asked for a department‑level breakdown of increases and capital requests, how salary‑increase scenarios would be modeled in the preliminary figures and for one‑on‑one training on navigating ClearGov. County Manager Webb explained the two‑step budget process: staff will present a preliminary budget to Department of Finance and Administration (DFA) in May that provides a working authority and then return to approve a final budget later after year‑end numbers and any adjustments are complete.
Why it matters: Commissioners expressed particular interest in how proposed salary increases and capital requests affect the general fund and transfers to major operating funds (County Road, Corrections and Airport). Montoya said some funds (for example, fire protection and lodging tax) are pass‑through or grant funds and thus were not included in the initial high‑level snapshot; staff said they will fill in those details before the final budget.
Next steps: Staff will provide more detailed line‑item and department reports, complete Tyler configuration work and offer training on ClearGov to commissioners before the May preliminary‑budget action. No budget vote occurred at the May 6 work session.
