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Muscatine County Board adopts FY 2025-26 budget, approves elected officials’ salaries
Summary
On April 14 the Muscatine County Board of Supervisors adopted the fiscal year 2025-26 county budget and approved a resolution setting elected officials’ salaries; both measures passed 4-1.
The Muscatine County Board of Supervisors on April 14 adopted the county’s fiscal year 2025-26 budget and approved a separate resolution setting elected officials’ salaries for the coming year, each measure passing by a 4–1 vote.
The board held a public hearing on the proposed 2025-26 budget before voting. County staff presented two slides summarizing planned expenditures and anticipated revenues; the presentation grouped spending by major categories including public safety and legal services (the jail, sheriff’s office, county attorney and court services), physical health and social services, conservation and roads, and general government functions. “So this gives the expenditures and our revenues that we budgeted,” a county staff member said during the presentation.
The adopted spending plan shows roughly $55 million in budgeted expenditures against about $34 million in budgeted revenues; the board and staff said the gap will be covered in part by other funding sources such as federal bridge aid and one-time resources. County staff described the difference as primarily construction and bridge projects. A claims docket totaling $1,107,586.19 was approved earlier in the meeting.
Board members debated whether to delay adopting the tax levy but were told adopting the budget now was necessary to meet statutory deadlines. The board’s adoption of the budget sets the county’s maximum authorized expenditures for the fiscal year; the actual tax levy setting and related calculations will be handled through the county’s tax-setting process, which the board discussed as a separate procedural step.
The separate resolution to set elected officials’ salaries was presented and approved by the same 4–1 margin.
The board did not adopt any amendments to reduce the budget at the meeting. One supervisor asked that staff and the board revisit cost implications tied to recent personnel decisions and the salary-survey implementation, and staff said the board could still amend departmental budgets if needed before final tax levy actions.
The board closed the public hearing on the budget and moved on to other business.
