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Washington County adopts FY2025–26 budget after cuts to services; proposal for climate task force fails
Summary
The Washington County Board adopted the FY2025–26 county budget after a contentious review and a failed amendment to allocate $120,000 from gain‑share contingency to a one‑time climate action task force. The budget includes service reductions, staff eliminations and reallocated general fund transfers to close a projected shortfall.
The Washington County Board of Commissioners adopted the county’s fiscal year 2025–26 budget on June 17, 2025, voting unanimously to approve a $2.068 billion budget package that includes significant one‑time reallocations, program reductions and personnel changes intended to close a projected general‑fund shortfall.
County Administrator Tanya Angie and finance staff said the county faced a forecasted $20.5 million gap in the general fund due to constrained property‑tax growth and rising costs. To achieve balance, staff proposed and the board approved reductions that included rolling back longstanding general‑fund transfers to the Major Streets Transportation Improvement Program (MISTIP) and Washington County…
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