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Rockingham County staff outline $7.1M budget gap, propose 3¢ tax-rate projection and compensation study funding
Summary
County finance and management staff briefed commissioners on the FY2026 budget forecast, projecting a 3¢ tax-rate increase scenario, a roughly $7.1 million gap between revenues and expenditures, and proposals for a compensation study and implementation funds.
County Manager Lance Metzler and Finance Director Mandy McGee told the Rockingham County Board of Commissioners at their planning retreat that staff projects a budget shortfall for fiscal 2026 and are preparing a package that includes a projected 3¢ tax-rate increase as one scenario.
McGee said the county's adopted budget baseline for FY25 is $125,708,769 and that the forecast includes a cost-of-living adjustment effective July 1, 2025, a 3% average merit pool and an estimated CPI-driven rise in operating costs. "The tax rate increase estimated at 3¢ rate is projected in this forecast," McGee told commissioners.
Why it matters: Metzler and McGee said the gap…
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