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Departments present FY26 estimates; juvenile program flags funding gap for behavior‑management contract
Summary
Emergency management, HR/health & safety, employee benefits (to be renamed Pharmacy), facilities and juvenile bureau presented FY26 estimate of needs. Juvenile leaders said a behavior‑management contract funded by ARPA runs only through Dec. 2025 and requested county follow‑up to close an anticipated funding gap.
Several county departments presented their fiscal‑year 2026 estimate‑of‑needs worksheets on April 15; the budget committee received the estimates and asked follow‑up questions on specific items including computers, utilities and a juvenile behavior‑management contract.
The nut graf: emergency management, HR/health & safety, facilities, employee benefits (the committee approved renaming the social services line to “Pharmacy”) and the juvenile bureau all brought FY26 requests to the committee. Committee members received the submissions and asked departments to return with clarified numbers where formulas or carryovers produced inconsistencies.
Highlights and department notes: - Emergency Management: Barnes (emergency management representative) said his general fund request retains an administrative assistant position, includes $90,000 in one‑time furniture to equip a new emergency operations center and asked to…
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