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Summit County Council approves 2025 amendments and adopts $100.5M operating budget for 2026
Summary
Council approved 2025 budget amendments that include a $300,000 indigent defense increase and grant adjustments to Search and Rescue, and adopted the 2026 operating budget of approximately $100.5 million; councilors pressed staff on forecasting, capital carryovers and the restricted emergency services sales tax.
The Summit County Council held a series of public hearings and voted to approve 2025 budget amendments and to adopt the 2026 operating budget. Matt Levitt, the staff presenter, summarized the amendments and the proposed 2026 budget and answered council questions.
Levitt told the council the 2025 amendments include roughly $300,000 for indigent defense because an aggravated murder defendant was declared indigent, and roughly $185,000 in search-and-rescue adjustments that reflect grant receipts and…
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