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Rock County presents balanced 2026 recommended budget with 2.5% COLA and larger capital plan
Summary
County staff presented a balanced 2026 recommended budget that includes a 2.5% COLA, a 7.05% levy increase, $3.2 million of sales tax assigned to highway fund to repay an advance, and proposed borrowing for highway and park projects; timelines for appeals and adoption were given.
County staff and officials presented the Rock County recommended budget for 2026 and outlined its broad components, including operating levy, debt strategy and next steps in the review process.
Key points of the recommendation: Presenters said the recommended budget is balanced and includes a 2.5% cost-of-living adjustment for employees. The presentation cited a levy increase of 7.05% and listed components described by staff: “just over $69,000,000 in our operating levy,” a figure the presenter said was accompanied by “about 9.7 attributed to our debt service portion of the levy.” The recommended budget also includes a $289,000 limited levy item and $1,400,000 for the Prairie Lakes Library System (both described as limited-levy amounts by staff).
Debt and capital: Staff…
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