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County presents FY25 closeout and warns of a $35–45M FY27 gap as costs climb
Summary
Budget staff told the board the FY25 books closed nearly to budget with $1.8M discretionary funds remaining, recommended using $275K for Safe Havens and held the remainder for compensation pressures, while projecting a preliminary FY27 funding gap of $35–45M driven by healthcare, collective-bargaining, WMATA and consumption-tax weakness.
Arlington County’s budget director presented the FY25 financial closeout Nov. 15 and outlined early indicators for FY27, telling the board departments ended FY25 nearly at budget with only about $1.8 million in discretionary funds available after reserves and carryovers.
The manager recommended allocating roughly $275,000 to the Safe Havens supervised visitation program and using the remaining…
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