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Beltrami commissioners set budget priorities as state cost shifts loom; committee named to craft FY26 plan
Summary
County administrators presented draft budget principles and warned of large state-driven cost shifts that could push levy increases into the high single digits or double digits; commissioners appointed representatives to a budget committee and asked staff for targets and scenarios.
Beltrami County officials told the Board of Commissioners on Wednesday that the county must prepare for large state-driven cost shifts and asked the board to give early policy guidance ahead of the FY26 budget process.
County Administrator Tom Barry said state and federal reductions and shifting of program costs to counties are the main drivers of uncertainty. "When those federal and state sources of funding get reduced, they have a much more amplified impact on our budget," Barry said, noting only about one-third of the county budget comes from property taxes.
Barry presented a draft set of budget…
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