The Pipestone County Board of Commissioners adopted the county’s 2026 budget and final taxes payable levy, approving Resolution 593225 after discussion of alternative levy scenarios.

Speaker 5 walked commissioners through several options and said the board’s preferred Option 3 would reduce road and bridge valuation and non-departmental revenue while using $400,000 in reserves to offset property taxes; Speaker 5 stated, “That brings us to our final levy of $10,000,002.26 ... an increase of 4.22% over $9,812,007.00,” per the transcript, and recommended the board adopt that option.

Speaker 2 said the Option 3 approach matched the consensus reached at a prior meeting, moved to approve the option and Speaker 1 seconded; the board voted by voice and the chair declared the motion carried. The board then moved to adopt the county budget and the final levy resolution (identified in the transcript as Resolution 593225). Speaker 1 acknowledged staff (including Steve and Nick) for their work on the six-month budget process.

The transcript records the figures and percentage change as read aloud by staff. Some spreadsheet lines referenced during discussion were not reproduced verbatim in the transcript; those documents should be consulted for precise line-item amounts. The board approved the levy and budget by voice vote; the transcript does not include a roll-call of individual named votes.