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Gallatin County holds final preliminary FY2026 budget hearing; departments request additional funding
Summary
At the county’s third preliminary FY2026 budget hearing, CFO Justine Swanson outlined schedule and timing after certified taxable evaluations arrived; departments requested additional funds, including $15,000 for fairgrounds chip sealing, $55,126 for laptop replacements, and personnel and software funding.
The Gallatin County Commission held its third and final public hearing on the FY2026 preliminary budget on Aug. 5, 2025. Justine Swanson, the county’s chief financial officer, told the commission certified taxable evaluations arrived yesterday, triggering work to compute maximum mill levies and finalize revenue estimates; she said the commission will consider requests at a final budget work session and expects to adopt final budgets on Aug. 26, 2025.
Multiple departments placed additional requests on the record for consideration at the final work session. Caller Lee,…
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