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Deschutes County adopts multiple fiscal-year 2026 budgets and adjustments, including countywide and service-district levies
Summary
The Board of Commissioners adopted a series of FY2026 budgets and budget-adjustment resolutions for Deschutes County and multiple service districts, including 911, extension & 4-H, Black Butte, law enforcement districts, Sunriver Service District, and the countywide budget. Votes were recorded and resolutions adopted as read on the record.
Deschutes County commissioners on Wednesday adopted a slate of fiscal-year 2026 budgets and related budget-adjustment resolutions for the county and several service districts, approving property-tax levies and appropriations as presented by staff.
Budget manager Cam Sparks told the board the budget committee had approved the county and service-district budgets on May 14 and that there were no changes between the budget-committee approvals and the documents presented for adoption. The board opened and closed public hearings for each district and then approved resolutions adopting the budgets and property-tax levies.
Key adopted items (as read on the record): - Deschutes County Extension and 4-H Service District: Resolution 2025-021 adopting a FY2026 budget of $1,076,000; tax rate 0.0224 per $1,000 of assessed value. Motion carried as read. - Deschutes County 911 Service District: Resolution 2025-022 adopting a FY2026 budget of $853,100; tax rate 0.3618 per $1,000 of assessed value. Motion carried as read. - Black Butte Ranch Service District: Resolution 2025-023 adopting a FY2026 budget of $3,363,860; operation and local option tax rates as stated in the resolution. Motion carried as read. - Countywide Law Enforcement District (District 1): Resolution 2025-024 adopting a FY2026 budget of $55,439,000; tax rate 1.25 per $1,000 of assessed value. Motion carried as read. - Rural Law Enforcement District (District 2): Resolution 2025-025 adopting a FY2026 budget of $22,342,000; tax rate 1.55 per $1,000 of assessed value. Motion carried as read. - Sunriver Service District: Resolution 2025-026 adopting a FY2026 budget of $15,369,205; operation and local option tax rates as read. Motion carried as read. - Deschutes County general fund and overall county budget: Resolution 2025-020 adopting a total FY2026 county budget of $658,727,347; property tax rate 1.2783 per $1,000 of assessed value. Motion carried as read.
Commissioner roll-call votes on these routine items were read on the record; for the items the transcript records, commissioners voted yes. The board also approved a separate budget-adjustment resolution (2025-028) transferring appropriations within fiscal year 2025 for ARPA and campus improvement funds; staff said the adjustment reduces program expenses in ARPA by approximately $3.3 million, recognizes about $1 million in additional revenue, and shifts $4 million from campus improvement reserves to capital outlay appropriations to pay for courthouse work completed this fiscal year.
The board asked questions about adjusted figures in the consent items and a roughly $2.5 million net increase related to housekeeping adjustments; staff said those were fund housekeeping appropriations to ensure funds had sufficient appropriations through June. Commissioners thanked the budget and finance team: staff signaled a multi-month process and noted they anticipated returning with a final remand decision for other items later in July.
Votes and resolutions were adopted as read in the public hearing process; details, levy rates and appropriation totals are recorded in the resolutions themselves and the county’s final budget documents.
