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Hillsdale County adopts tentative 2026 budgets, schedules public hearing
Summary
Hillsdale County commissioners approved tentative general-fund and multi-fund budgets for 2026, balanced the general fund at $16,226,532, and set a public hearing for Dec. 23 to receive public comment; commissioners flagged limited capital transfers and revenue pressures from changes in recreational marijuana licensing.
Hillsdale County commissioners voted to adopt tentative 2026 budgets for the general fund and other county funds and scheduled a public hearing for Dec. 23, 2025.
Finance staff told the board the tentative general-fund budget is balanced at $16,226,532 in both revenue and expenditures. The draft incorporates approved wage adjustments and negotiation assumptions for deputies and nonunion staff, and includes an estimated $13,000 transfer to the capital improvement fund — nearly $11,000 of which is already earmarked to cover a lease payment for a skid steer…
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