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County Finance Officer: Midyear Forecast Cuts General-Fund Deficit; Board Approves 2025–26 Budget Principles and Calendar
Summary
Siskiyou County’s midyear budget review reduced the projected general-fund gap from about $2.7 million to roughly $588,000, driven by vacant positions and unspent contracts; the board approved the county’s 2025–26 budget principles and calendar and was warned about rising risk-management costs.
Sherry Lawson, deputy administrative officer and chief fiscal officer, told the Siskiyou County Board of Supervisors that revised midyear projections cut the general-fund shortfall for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2025, to about $588,000 from an adopted estimate of roughly $2.7 million.
Lawson said departments were asked for six-month year-to-date projections and several initially provided unrealistic forecasts; after requesting revisions, the county’s aggregated estimates showed a much smaller deficit. “One of the big ones being…
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