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Hardin County adopts FY 2025–26 budget, moves health insurance to general supplemental and funds paging upgrades
Summary
After a public hearing, the Hardin County Board of Supervisors approved the FY2025–26 budget, including a $1.3 million increase in the general supplemental fund largely tied to shifting health insurance costs and a $325,000 one‑time payment for paging/radio upgrades.
The Hardin County Board of Supervisors voted to adopt the fiscal year 2025–26 budget after a public hearing that highlighted several line‑item shifts and one‑time expenses. Speaker 2, who presented the budget overview, said: "So in the budget, it is an increase. It's an $87,000 increase to the general fund. It's a $66,000 increase to the road fund and ... to the general supplemental, it's a $1,300,000 increase."
Speaker 2 told the board the bulk of the $1.3 million increase reflected moving health insurance costs into the general supplemental fund and several other budgetary adjustments; the presentation also identified a $325,000 expense described as upgrades to paging/hardware in county communications rather than a bonded radio purchase. "325,000 of it is for the radios," Speaker 2 said, and later clarified it covers paging-system hardware and associated wiring repairs.
Board members and members of the public asked questions about salary totals and the durability of some budget choices. Speaker 1 asked for clarification on total salary costs; Speaker 2 replied only an accounting review would provide an exact figure. Public commenters urged sensitivity to residents and workers facing wage pressures.
After discussion, the board approved the budget and the accompanying Resolution 2025‑12 adopting the FY26 budget. The board also completed several routine approvals tied to the fiscal year, including issuing RFPs for an outside auditor and submitting the county's FY26 secondary roads budget to the Iowa Department of Transportation.
Votes at a glance: • Resolution 2025‑12 (adopt FY26 budget) — motion moved and seconded; roll call approved. • Authorize RFP for outside auditor — approved. • FY26 Iowa DOT secondary roads budget — approved.
What happens next: the county will proceed with the budget as adopted; staff indicated RFP timing for the outside auditor will be specified in the RFP documents and some road projects will proceed within constraints of state funding and environmental reviews.
