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Douglas County board approves $2.05 million in bills and sets 2026 preliminary levy at $38.12 million
Summary
The board authorized payment of $2,047,937.26 in bills and set the preliminary 2026 tax levy at $38,121,394, a 5.65% increase from 2025; finance director Jill said one-time public safety aid had already been budgeted for 2025.
Finance Director Jill asked the board to approve bills totaling $2,047,937.26; the board approved the payment request by motion.
Jill then presented the county's preliminary levy recommendation for the 2026 budget: set the preliminary levy at $38,121,394, a 5.65% increase from 2025, and noted changes in health-insurance rates and approved outside-agency requests and position changes had been reflected in the update. "We can't go up after the preliminary levy is set," Jill told the board, urging caution as staff continues to refine the budget.
Jill also noted that the one-time public safety aid had been budgeted as a spend-down in 2025 and that those funds will be spent by the end of the year; the sheriff had referenced those funds earlier in discussing retention of a deputy.
The board voted to set the preliminary levy at a 5.65% increase and carried the motion.
