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Conservation director presents FY2026 budget; requests vehicle, project funding and highlights campground revenue
Summary
Chad, the county conservation director, presented the department’s FY2026 budget, described revenue projections and capital needs, and requested the board consider funding a vehicle and capital projects from available fund balance.
Chad (Conservation director) presented the Chickasaw County Conservation Department’s FY2026 budget to the Board of Supervisors on Jan. 7, describing revenue projections, line-item changes, capital needs and staffing recommendations.
Chad told the board the department’s proposed bottom line totaled roughly $527,870 (staff figure based on the worksheets presented). He said camping revenue and seasonal fees remain the largest sources of operating income and that donations/grant revenues are uncertain and therefore sensitive to budgeting; staff are pursuing grants (including community foundation and hotel/motel funds) to support a planned interactive learning center at the nature center, which Chad described as an approximately $45,000 project.
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