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DES presents FY26 budget with targeted cuts, service reductions and staff changes
Summary
Arlington Department of Environmental Services director Greg Emanuel outlined the department's proposed FY26 operating and capital budgets at a March work session, describing $1.3 million in reductions, several service-level cuts and the elimination or reclassification of a small number of positions while preserving most frontline staffing.
Arlington Department of Environmental Services Director Greg Emanuel told the County Board at a March budget work session that the department's proposed FY26 budgets include roughly $1.3 million in reductions and a mix of targeted additions to support climate and customer-service efforts.
Emanuel said the proposed cuts include operational changes intended to minimize impacts to core services but that some reductions will affect service delivery. He told the board the largest single service cut is $448,000 tied to reducing the frequency on ARTS route 43; another $318,000 in proposed savings comes from eliminating four filled positions in the internal print and mail operation, with two of…
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