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Union County budget director reviews grant activity, cites $61 million in expenditures and potential tax savings
Summary
Budget and Grants Director Jason May told the Board that seven years of grant expenditures reached about $61,000,000 in 2025, the county has applied for 19 grants this fiscal year (more than $30 million in potential funding), and that better grant management could avoid additional cents on the ad valorem tax rate; he also outlined tools and staffing to manage grants.
Jason May, Union County’s director of budget and grants management, presented an update on the county’s grants activity and strategy during the board’s business session.
May said the county’s grant-related expenditures (not awards) rose to about $61,000,000 in 2025 and that consolidating budget and grants oversight has let staff count grant-driven cost avoidance against taxes. "If you look over the past 7 years, on average, we have avoided 6¢ in tax," May said, adding that the county avoided about "10¢ in taxes last year in FY 2025" when comparing grant-driven cost avoidance to the tax…
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