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Trinity County supervisors adopt $150.93 million final budget, add library grant and tourism earmark
Summary
The Trinity County Board of Supervisors unanimously approved a $150,930,034 final budget for fiscal year 2025–26, adding $20,000 for a library grant and setting aside $70,000 for tourism-funded entities; the board heard public comment urging higher IT spending and questions about claimed indirect fire-department funding.
The Trinity County Board of Supervisors voted unanimously to adopt the county’s final budget for fiscal year 2025–26 at its meeting, approving a spending plan totaling $150,930,034.
Tuthill, county administrative staff, presented the resolution and told the board the item was “in accordance with the County Budget Act,” recommending adoption. Staff said the only change since the September budget hearing was adding $20,000 in revenue and matching expenditures to recognize a library grant that was awarded late in the prior fiscal year and will be used in 2025–26.
During public comment Ben Kellogg, a resident of Weerville, urged the board to reconsider increasing the IT budget, saying the county is vulnerable to ransomware and other cyberattacks and that preventative investment could be less costly than responding to a breach. Kellogg also asked the board to clarify a prior statement by Supervisor Lutweiler that $500,000 in “indirect funding” goes to volunteer fire departments; Kellogg said several fire chiefs told him they were unaware of such funding.
An unnamed board member thanked the Friends of the Library for pursuing the grant and described recent technology investments, saying the county’s IT department “is actually in a better place than we were before.” The same speaker noted past Office of Emergency Services–related grants that supplied radios, rescue tools and other equipment to volunteer fire departments. The board discussion also identified $70,000 in the adopted budget as earmarked for tourism-funded entities; staff and an ad hoc committee will review applications, with an October 15 deadline and the committee expected to bring recommendations to the board’s November 4 meeting.
A board member moved to adopt the resolution as presented and another board member seconded. Supervisors McVaille, Cox, Brownfield and Carpenter Harris each voted “Aye,” and the motion carried.
The board’s action adopts the county’s final FY2025–26 spending plan, recognizes a $20,000 library grant in revenues and expenditures, and leaves $70,000 earmarked for tourism-related awards pending the ad hoc committee’s recommendations. No amendments to the resolution were recorded at the meeting. The board adjourned after the vote.
