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Oakland County executive presents structurally balanced recommended budget for 2025–27
Summary
County Executive Dave Coulter and CFO Brian Leffler presented a triennial recommended budget that the administration described as structurally balanced, with no planned use of fund balance and investments in housing, workforce training and public health; board finance hearings are scheduled ahead of an October 1 adoption deadline.
County Executive Dave Coulter presented his recommended budget for fiscal years 2025 through 2027 to the Oakland County Board of Commissioners on July 17, saying the plan is “structurally balanced and sustainable” and aims to preserve the county’s AAA bond rating.
The plan, introduced in a presentation by Chief Financial Officer Brian Leffler, projects general fund revenues and expenditures at roughly $598 million and includes no planned use of the county’s fund balance. Leffler told commissioners the audited general fund balance was about $291,000,000, equal to roughly 51% of ongoing general fund expenditures.
Why it matters: The recommended budget sets the county’s spending priorities and establishes the baseline for committee hearings and amendments that must be resolved before the new fiscal year…
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