Barry County schedules Oct. 28 hearing and recommends adoption of 2026 budget resolution
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The Barry County Committee of the Whole voted unanimously to schedule a public hearing Oct. 28, 2025 on the proposed 2026 budget and recommended adopting Resolution #25-22, the county's General Appropriations Act and millage; public comment on the budget was recorded.
The Barry County Committee of the Whole voted Sept. 16 to schedule a public hearing on the proposed 2026 Barry County budget for Oct. 28, 2025 at 9:00 a.m. and recommended adoption of Resolution #25-22, the county's 2026 General Appropriations Act and millage, following that hearing.
Commissioner Marsha Bassett moved the recommendation, and Commissioner David Hatfield supported the motion. The minutes record the measure passing with "All ayes."
The action sets a formal hearing date and conveys the committee's recommendation that the full Board consider Resolution #25-22 after public testimony. During the meeting, Gary White of Castleton Township spoke during public comment about the proposed 2026 budget and Resolution #25-22; the minutes summarize his remarks but do not include verbatim statements.
Chair David Jackson and County Administrator Eric Zuzga discussed budget planning elsewhere in the meeting, including staff efforts to identify funding approaches that would cover sheriff's office body cameras and in-car cameras without creating large mid-year fiscal impacts. The committee noted that the budget is a working document subject to amendment during the fiscal year.
The next formal step is the public hearing at the Board's Oct. 28 regular meeting; the committee recommended that the Board adopt Resolution #25-22 after receiving public input at that hearing.