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Forest County advertises proposed 2026 budget with one‑mill increase
Summary
Forest County commissioners unanimously moved Dec. 3 to advertise the proposed 2026 budget for a 20‑day public inspection period. The proposal lists $3,279,921.50 in income, $3,595,444.18 in expenses and a one‑mill increase in the county millage rate.
Forest County commissioners voted unanimously Dec. 3 to advertise the proposed 2026 county budget for a 20‑day public inspection period beginning Nov. 26, 2025.
Commissioner Robert J. Snyder, Jr. moved to advertise the proposed budget; Commissioner Patrick Kline seconded the motion and it carried unanimously. The motion instructs the county to make the proposed budget available for public inspection in the Commissioners’ office for 20 days.
The proposed budget lists total income of $3,279,921.50 and total expenses of $3,595,444.18 and represents a one‑mill increase in the county millage rate. The action taken at this meeting was to advertise the proposal for public review; no final adoption vote is recorded in this segment.
The public inspection period is the next procedural step specified in the motion. The board did not provide additional detail in the record about a date for final budget adoption or anticipated changes during the inspection period.
Action recorded: motion to advertise the proposed 2026 budget for public inspection; moved by Commissioner Robert J. Snyder, Jr.; seconded by Commissioner Patrick Kline; vote recorded as unanimous (Commissioners Mark S. Kingston, Patrick Kline and Robert J. Snyder, Jr.).
