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Cole County Commission receives auditor's proposed 2026 budget showing tighter revenues, recommends hearings
Summary
County auditor Jay presented a proposed 2026 budget projecting $64 million in revenues (down $2 million from 2025), flagged low reserves in the law enforcement sales-tax fund, and recommended a 2% cost-of-living adjustment; the commission voted to receive the recommendation into the record.
The Cole County Commission on the record received the county auditor’s proposed 2026 budget, which projects total revenues of $64,000,000 compared with $66,000,000 last year, a decline of about $2 million or roughly 3%. The auditor, Jay, presented the recommendation and outlined a schedule of budget hearings with elected officials and department heads.
Jay told commissioners that sales taxes are projected at just under $23,000,000 based on actuals through Sept. 30, 2025, and that the county is assuming those receipts will remain flat…
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