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Committee sets earlier timetable for 2026 budget; administrator to develop KPIs and prioritize health-insurance review
Summary
The committee agreed to an accelerated budget calendar for the 2026 county budget, asked the administrator for a clearer work plan and initial key performance indicators (KPIs), and identified employee health-insurance reform as a top priority.
Committee members agreed the county should move earlier on budget preparation for 2026, asking staff to present a Budget 101 session in May, set priorities in June and assumptions in July, with a deliverable from administration to the board by September.
County Administrator Lance Leonard told the committee he wants the board’s input on priorities and an expectation that the administrator’s draft budget be available to committees earlier than in recent years. Several supervisors asked for a Budget 101 session in May so elected officials and committee members can evaluate priorities and assumptions before department heads begin detailed budget work. The timeline discussed: May for Budget 101, June for priorities, July for assumptions, and September for the administrator’s draft budget to the board.
The committee also reviewed the administrator’s proposed work plan and asked for priorities to be highlighted for the Executive Committee. Vice Chair Marshall emphasized employee health insurance as an urgent policy item and recommended exploring self-insurance and plan-design changes to incentivize healthy behavior and reduce employer costs; Marshall said family health care costs exceed $20,000 per family and suggested reforms to lower that figure. The administrator agreed to incorporate benefits redesign and return a workplan schedule.
Separately, committee members pressed for performance dashboards and KPIs. Leonard said the county has a single data officer and will start with the justice system as the first set of KPIs, then public works; he committed to a memo within about a month outlining 2–3 dozen candidate KPIs and a path toward automated dashboards, while acknowledging full automation will take longer. Supervisors asked for early, manual KPI reports rather than waiting for full automation.
The treasurer’s office updates included a plan to re-send delinquency notices to a batch of about 131 properties; staff said those notices will go out by the end of the week and a calendar of communications is being developed. The committee asked for quarterly reports on tax-delinquent property handling and a multi-department review of bottlenecks in the tax-foreclosure-to-sale process.
On ARPA funds, administrators said the county has encumbered American Rescue Plan Act dollars and those funds are physically in the county bank accounts; the committee asked for quarterly, detailed tracking of ARPA encumbrances and expenditures to ensure timely use before federal deadlines.
Ending: The committee asked administration to return with a Budget 101 schedule and a memo on KPIs and benefits options, and to provide quarterly ARPA and tax-delinquency reports.
