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Washington County outlines schedule for FY2026 budgets, public forums and committee meetings
Summary
Chair Harrington reviewed a timeline for Washington County's fiscal-year 2026 budget process, including publication of proposed budgets on April 28, a budget committee meeting that evening, a series of budget committee sessions in mid-May and an anticipated special-districts meeting May 20 to approve budgets.
Chair Harrington said Washington County will follow a multi-step schedule this spring to finalize fiscal-year 2026 budgets and hold public and stakeholder meetings.
"On April 28, this is where the Washington County proposed fiscal year '26 budgets, plural, are published and we have the budget committee meeting that evening, 6 to 8," Chair Harrington said during the April 8 work session.
The timeline the chair reviewed calls for a budget committee orientation on Monday the 14th, the county's proposed FY2026 budgets to be published April 28, and a budget committee meeting that same evening from 6 to 8 p.m. A county chief administrative officer (CAO) budget information session for city and special-district managers is scheduled for April 30, the document shows.
Commissioners were told budget committee meetings are currently calendared to begin May 14 with daylong sessions (9 a.m. to 5 p.m.), continuing through the committee process. The county expects staff to deliver final budget FAQs on May 16, the chair said. On May 20, the agenda lists special-districts budget meetings and the day the county anticipates approving budgets.
Chair Harrington noted a scheduling conflict with the League of Oregon Cities spring conference in May and said the Board of Commissioners Budget Community Forum will need to be rescheduled; the transcript did not specify a new date.
The chair also flagged a county holiday (Memorial Day) falling on a Monday later in May and said the board's work session will start at 1 p.m. the following day.
No vote or formal action on the budgets occurred at the April 8 work session; the board reviewed scheduling and expectations and asked staff to prepare materials and calendar holds for the meetings.
The discussion included reminders that multiple meetings may involve quorums, and that staff should coordinate schedules with city and district partners. The transcript records minimal back-and-forth during this item; one participant said the consolidated six-month calendar was "helpful to see it organized and, altogether for the next 6 months," but did not make or second a motion.
Looking ahead, the chair said commissioners should expect a busy budget season stretching from April through formal budget adoptions in late spring.
