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Hillsdale County approves 2026 budget after hours-long debate, approves transfers for jail nurse, 9-1-1 IT post and other line-item changes
Summary
After extended discussion and multiple amendments, the Hillsdale County Board of Commissioners adopted an amended 2026 general fund and special-revenue budget that shifts funds to cover collective-bargaining costs, a pay increase for the jail nurse, and a new IT position to support 9-1-1 dispatch. Several transfers and internal reallocations were approved unanimously.
The Hillsdale County Board of Commissioners approved the county's 2026 general fund and associated special-revenue budgets at its Dec. 23 meeting after several hours of debate and multiple amendments.
The package the board adopted increased total 2026 appropriations and moved funds within and between accounts to cover wage adjustments driven by recent collective bargaining, to add a competitive pay adjustment for the jail nurse, and to fund an IT position related to the county's 9-1-1 radio and dispatch project.
Finance director Derek presented the proposed appropriation, which the resolution described as a $16.23 million general-fund revenue and expenditure budget for 2026 with a projected beginning fund balance of roughly $1.17 million. Commissioners moved and approved a series of budget amendments over the course of the meeting that reallocated revenue and expenditure lines across departments and special funds before the…
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