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Collier County staff outline FY 2026 budget plan, propose limits on operating increases and larger health-insurance reserve
Summary
County finance staff presented a FY 2026 budget timeline and recommended policy settings including a 3% operating control line, a 5% capital maintenance transfer adjustment and a larger health-insurance reserve; commissioners asked for higher capital reserves and more detail on priority budgeting.
Christopher Johnson, director of corporate finance and financial management services, on behalf of Collier County staff, outlined the FY 2026 budget timeline and recommended policy settings to the Board of County Commissioners during a budget-policy discussion.
Johnson said staff’s planning scenario is built around a 5% projected increase in taxable value and recommended limiting department operating control lines to a 3% increase for current program services. He told the board the county’s net adopted budget for FY 2025 is roughly $2.1 billion, with $691 million in reserves; ad valorem (property) taxes are the county’s largest revenue source at about 47% (approximately $573 million).
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