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Grand County commissionors confront roughly $1M tentative budget shortfall; staff to strip new vehicles and rerun budget scenarios
Summary
At a Nov. 19 special workshop, Budget Director Steve Vowles told commissioners the tentative 2025 budget is about $1 million over after COLA and staffing changes. Commissioners directed staff to remove new vehicle purchases from the baseline, prepare a 2024‑level 'what‑if' budget and prioritize capital projects.
Budget Director Steve Vowles told the Grand County Commission on Nov. 19 that the county’s tentative 2025 budget was roughly $1 million over the baseline after approved cost‑of‑living adjustments and new or reclassified positions.
"We are presently over budget by... basically, 1,000,000 over budget," Vowles said as he introduced two working lists: a short list of discrete potential cuts and a separate capital projects list. He said about 75% of the flagged items are one‑time requests that could be covered from fund…
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