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Ada County commissioners present FY26 requests for general fund, community programs and public health levy
Summary
Commissioners outlined a FY26 budget that keeps veterans and some community programs flat while describing pressure from a general fund and public health levy increases; Valley Regional Transit and other community program requests drew focused discussion.
Ada County Commissioners on June budget days presented the Commissioner's Office request and related community program funding as part of the FY26 budget cycle, flagging pressures on the general fund and an expected increase in the public health levy that funds Central District Health.
The Commissioner's Office budget package includes the Commissioner's general fund, a veterans memorial levy and a public health fund that funds Central District Health. Steve Rutherford, Ada County chief operating officer, told the commissioners the Commissioner's fund “sits at $423,000 over allocation,” and that the general fund as submitted was about $2.19 million over allocation, largely driven by proposed personnel and operating supplementals.
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