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Tooele County manager presents tentative budget overview, flags one-time revenues and high fund balance
Summary
County Manager Andy Welch told the County Commission the tentative 2026 budget shows a strong fund balance and a mix of one-time and recurring revenues; he urged caution about hiring against temporary receipts and highlighted consolidated personnel and capital requests across departments.
County Manager Andy Welch told the Tooele County Commission at a Nov. 5 work session that the county's tentative budget shows a healthy fund balance and a number of department staffing and capital requests that the manager's office is consolidating for council review.
Welch said the county's external auditor pegged the 2024 fund balance near $50 million and the county's internal estimate is roughly $47 million. He noted state code caps a general fund balance at 65 percent of general fund revenues and reminded the council of a previously discussed guideline to maintain roughly 45 percent of general fund revenues for ongoing reserves.
'We're in really good shape,' Welch said,…
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