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Douglas County outlines behavioral health projects fund, one-time capital commitments
Summary
Staff reviewed the county's Behavioral Health Projects Fund balance, ongoing obligations moved into the fund, one-time capital awards approved in 2025 and constraints on future spending from sales-tax and property-tax revenue streams.
County staff provided a detailed briefing on the Behavioral Health Projects Fund during a budget work session, reporting the fund’s actual 2025 starting balance and explaining recent transfers and one-time spending.
Staff said the Behavioral Health Projects Fund had an actual starting fund balance of about $20.7 million for 2025 and that anticipated 2025 revenue (reestimate) was about $12.7 million. That revenue total, staff said, includes roughly $6.6 million from the behavioral-health sales tax (a quarter-cent countywide sales tax) and about $5.2 million in property-tax funds that were levied for behavioral health before the sales tax was enacted.
Staff explained the county…
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