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Beltrami County staff present 2026 preliminary budget; recommend 9.63% levy increase driven partly by state and federal cost shifts
Summary
County staff presented a preliminary 2026 budget that would raise the property‑tax levy by 9.63% (about $3.2 million), citing $1.2 million of that total as preparation for anticipated state and federal cost‑shift reductions and a $700,000 contingency to smooth future impacts.
County administrators presented a preliminary 2026 budget that would increase the county tax levy by 9.63 percent, citing significant state and federal cost shifts and rising operational costs.
The county administrator said the proposed levy increase would generate about $3.2 million in additional revenue for 2026. He described two principal drivers: operating‑cost increases (utilities, insurance, wage and benefits pressure and rising demand for services) and a projected state/federal cost‑shift amount the county plans to absorb. “About $1.2 million of that $3.2 million is attributed to state and federal cost shifts,” the administrator said, and the preliminary budget built in a…
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