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Eddy County staff propose higher oil-and-gas revenue estimates, expanded fire funding and a $20.5M community development fund
Summary
County staff proposed raising oil-and-gas revenue projections (toward ~$67–70M), increasing transfers from the fire excise fund toward personnel costs, creating a new Community Development Fund, and recommending personnel changes including a 2.5% or 5% COLA and dozens of reclassifications and new positions.
County staff briefed the commission on revenue and personnel assumptions for the FY26–27 budget and sought direction on several significant proposals: raising oil-and-gas revenue assumptions, increasing the transfer from the fire excise fund to cover more fire/rescue positions, creating a new Community Development Fund and moving surplus into it, and adopting targeted personnel and compensation changes.
Finance staff (identified in discussion as Roberta) proposed increasing production assumptions and moving the oil-and-gas revenue…
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