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Fremont County releases 2026 draft budget with modest spending growth, raises and ARPA allocations
Summary
Fremont County presented a conservative 2026 draft budget that anticipates higher property assessment revenue, a projected drop in sales taxes, stepped pay increases for county staff, and continued use of ARPA funds for capital projects; final adoption is scheduled for Dec. 16, 2025.
Fremont County on Nov. 10 presented a draft 2026 budget that projects higher property-assessment revenue but lower sales-tax receipts, proposes modest employee pay increases, and continues use of federal ARPA funds to support local projects.
Finance Director Sean Sutton told the Board of County Commissioners the county is working from preliminary assessor numbers showing an 8.2% increase in assessed property value that would add about $522,000 to the general fund and smaller amounts to social services, airport and road and bridge funds. "Based on the preliminary numbers, property assessment, county revenue would increase, by 522,000 in the general fund," Sutton said (transcript SEG 1057–1060).
Sutton also projected…
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