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Davis County moves to close $6 million gap with cuts, early-retirement plan and public hearing
Summary
County Controller Scott Parke outlined $7.2 million in 2025 rollovers (including $5 million in ARPA funds), proposed departmental cuts and an early-retirement incentive intended to save about $2 million, and secured commission approval to hold a public hearing and lift the hiring freeze to implement staffing changes.
Davis County Controller Scott Parke on Feb. 9 presented proposed adjustments to the county’s 2026 operating and capital budgets, telling the Board of Davis County Commissioners that roughly $7.2 million in unspent 2025 appropriations would be carried forward into 2026 and that the county still faces about a $6 million shortfall.
Parke said approximately $5 million of the rollovers are American Rescue Plan Act funds that must be used by year-end; those funds and other rollovers are earmarked for projects including Davis County Conference Center improvements, a West Point sewer project, the Switch Point Teen Center project and equipment purchases such as an excavator and replacement truck. Parke listed a range of rollovers and project amounts, including $312,396.17 for conference-center work and $627,173 for roads equipment.
The controller…
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