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Minnehaha County outlines 2026 budget with public-safety costs and layered opt-outs driving forecasts
Summary
County finance staff presented a proposed 2026 budget that keeps opt-outs at 2025 levels, shows roughly $122 million in means of finance and nearly $132 million in appropriations, and projects pressure from public-safety spending, CPI caps and reserve targets that could require layered opt-outs or use of reserves.
Minnehaha County finance officials on Tuesday presented a proposed 2026 budget that staff said keeps opt-outs at 2025 levels while showing rising costs concentrated in public safety and justice.
‘‘The 2026 budget, we have in there just over just under $65,000,000 in property tax revenue for the general fund,’’ Susan Beeman of the auditor’s office said, identifying property taxes as the budget’s primary revenue source. Beeman said the county currently levies about $15,500,000 in general-fund opt-outs and has roughly $20,100,000 in approved general-fund opt-outs that are not all levied yet.
Beeman told commissioners that total net means of finance across all funds is about $122 million while total appropriations approach $132…
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