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Federal County auditor presents revised FY2025-26 budget showing $244,000 gap; recommends tapping contingency
Summary
Field County Auditor Crystal Marquez presented a second draft of the FY2025-26 general fund budget, describing department cuts and transfers that reduced an initial $403,000 shortfall to about $244,033 and recommending use of contingency reserves to balance the budget before final adoption.
Field County Auditor Crystal Marquez told the Federal County Commissioners Court on a special called meeting that a second draft of the county’s FY2025–26 general fund budget reduces the shortfall from about $403,000 to roughly $244,033 and recommended using contingency reserves or targeted cuts to balance the budget before final adoption.
Marquez, the county auditor, said the change followed a review of departmental requests and several targeted transfers from reserve accounts, including shifting funds for courthouse security and district-clerk projects into the proposed budget. “Once I plugged in courthouse security, we were looking at about cutting the budget by $403,000. After further adjustments and transfers, we reduced that to $244,033,” Marquez said.
The auditor said she increased a planned transfer from reserves to cover three district-clerk projects — book binding, final phase restoration and mold…
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