Cochise County supervisors adopt $293.1 million fiscal 2025-26 budget; restore small enhancement allocation after debate

The Cochise County Board of Supervisors voted 3-0 on July 8 to adopt Resolution 25-18, setting the county’s final fiscal year 2025-26 budget at $293,120,335.

The adopted total includes $110,635,215 in the general fund and $182,485,750 in special revenue funds, and the board approved the funding requests shown in the resolution’s attached exhibit. County officials said the adopted budget preserves a contingency balance of about $18,560,000.

The vote concluded a public hearing on the budget for which no members of the public asked to speak. After the vote, board members and staff discussed several follow-up items including a staff work session on health-department funding and a separate work session on economic development related to the port of…