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County intern delivers comprehensive budget book to help board review preliminary 2026 budgets
Summary
A county intern summarized a 15-week project that compiles departmental narratives, historical levy and personnel charts, capital plans and comparative county data into a single budget book. County staff praised the product as a decision aid for preliminary levy and capital discussions.
Blake, a county intern, presented a newly compiled Hubbard County budget book created over a 15-week internship. The book assembles context and charts intended to make preliminary budget deliberations more efficient.
The presentation explained the book—s structure: state and federal issues affecting budgets, county comparisons, historical levy and personnel charts (using 2020 census where appropriate), department requests and narratives, a capital-improvement plan and debt-service schedules. Blake said the volume includes summaries of requested positions, departmental challenges and org charts; staff and department heads contributed to the narratives.
County administrators praised the book as a valuable overview that ties department-level requests to countywide debt schedules and personnel trends and encouraged board members to read the departmental narrative pages. The administrator said Blake attended numerous department-head meetings and construction updates while compiling the book.
Ending: Commissioners thanked Blake for the work and encouraged board members to review the book; staff offered paper copies on request.
