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Plumas County recommends $174.1 million budget for 2025–26; board asked to cover $5.6M general-fund gap
Summary
County officials presented a $174.1 million recommended budget that uses $5.6 million of general-fund balance to close a structural gap; the increase largely reflects previously unbudgeted appropriations, new overhead allocations and capital projects including roads, airports and energy projects.
Plumas County officials opened a public hearing on the fiscal year 2025–26 recommended budget on Sept. 15, presenting a countywide expenditure plan of $174,121,542. Rodney Craig Goodman, the auditor's consultant, told the Board of Supervisors the recommended budget appears up 7.8 percent from the prior-year recommended budget largely because last year's recommendation omitted several appropriations that were later added (about $12 million) and because the county is allocating a larger overhead/cost-plan charge to departments this year (about $4.9 million).
Goodman and the county budget team said the headline increases also reflect capital work and new debt-service payments: roughly $20.6 million in roads and airport projects and $6.2 million in energy projects are budgeted in 2025–26, and the county is beginning principal and interest payments on borrowings tied to recent capital projects. The…
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