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Lewis County board adopts 2026 budget and approves tax assessment resolution
Summary
After a public hearing, the Lewis County Board of Legislators adopted the fiscal-year 2026 budget (effective Jan. 1, 2026) and passed Resolution No. 239 to assess and levy the tax called for under the adopted budget; roll-call votes recorded all present legislators as 'Yes' and Legislator Frost as excused.
The Lewis County Board of Legislators held a public hearing on the tentative 2026 county budget and then adopted the budget for the fiscal year commencing Jan. 1, 2026, by roll-call vote.
Clerk introduced the resolution to adopt the budget and the board carried the measure by roll-call; the clerk recorded "Yes" votes from the legislators present; Legislator Frost was recorded as excused. Later in the meeting the board considered and passed Resolution No. 239, described by the clerk as assessing and levying the amount of tax called for under the county budget as adopted by the board.
Resolution No. 239 was moved (Jessica) and seconded (Tom Osborne). The clerk conducted a roll-call vote on the tax-assessment resolution and recorded 'Yes' votes from the legislators present; Frost was excused. Both measures were adopted during the same meeting after the public-hearing and a procedural motion to waive rules to act on late resolutions.
Votes at a glance - Budget adoption (fiscal year commencing 01/01/2026): Passed by roll call; recorded yes votes: Osborne, Norts, Nellenback, Kalmus, Levicker, Mosher, Morehand, Leyendecker, Dalhoff; Frost excused. - Resolution No. 239 (assess and levy tax under adopted budget): Passed by roll call; recorded yes votes: Osborne, Nellenback, Kalmus, Levicker, Mosher, Morehand, Leyendecker, (names variably spelled in transcript but all present members voted yes); Frost excused.
The meeting record shows the Finance and Rules Committee recommended waiving rules to act on late resolutions; the board approved that procedural motion earlier in the meeting. No further amendments or split votes were recorded in the transcript. The board adjourned after completing votes and other routine items.
