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Board approves midyear budget package that includes permanent cuts, position eliminations and layoff notices
Summary
Tuolumne supervisors voted 4–1 to approve midyear budget adjustments that implement board‑directed 15% cuts (prorated), shift roughly $2.6 million to contingencies and eliminate 22.5 positions (10 filled). The board instructed staff to pursue follow‑up workshops and to return a recommended FY25‑26 budget in June.
The Tuolumne County Board of Supervisors on Tuesday approved a midyear budget package that combines regular midyear adjustments with board‑directed permanent reductions intended to close projected shortfalls.
Deputy County Administrator Liz Petersen and budget staff described the package as two parts: routine midyear adjustments and a set of long‑term 15% reductions to non‑public‑safety general‑fund departments (prorated for the remainder of the fiscal year). "The direction from your board was that these cuts should be long term and permanent," Petersen told the board.
Details the board approved include increasing contingencies by $2,598,680, adopting departmental reductions and recognition of…
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