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Cochise County outlines FY26 baseline budget, recommends $1.18M for market adjustments
Summary
At a May 14 work session the Cochise County Board of Supervisors reviewed a proposed FY26 baseline budget, revenue assumptions and staffing requests. County staff recommended $1.18 million for market adjustments and $1.21 million for discretionary funding requests while warning of revenue uncertainties tied to state and federal actions.
Cochise County staff presented the county's FY26 baseline budget and revenue assumptions at a May 14 work session of the Cochise County Board of Supervisors in the Supervisor's Hearing Room in Melody Lane.
The budget presentation noted projected general fund revenues of about $109,000,000, and recommended setting aside $1,180,000 for market adjustments and $1,210,000 for department funding requests. County staff said those allocations represent the portion of revenues available within the baseline without increasing taxes beyond the board's tentative levy decisions.
The county's revenue assumptions include modest increases in property values, a county half‑cent sales tax forecast of $10,000,000, state shared transaction privilege (TPT) receipts estimated at $18,000,000, and a flat vehicle license tax (VLT) projection. County staff reported that the proposed levy calculation produced a levy total of $31,120,242 and discussed a…
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