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County controller warns proposed 10% fund-balance rule would be 'unfunded mandate'
Summary
Northampton County Controller Tara Zrinsky told council the proposal to raise the fund-balance minimum to 10% would create an "unfunded mandate," cited cuts to court-ordered programs and pension funding, and urged caution before codifying the increase.
Tara Zrinsky, who identified herself at the Nov. 20 meeting as Northampton County controller, used her public comment period to criticize a proposed ordinance that would increase the county's minimum fund-balance stabilization requirement to 10 percent. Zrinsky said the change was "an unfunded mandate" and that, in the context of the FY2026 budget, it "fails to meet our county's…
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