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Union County staff warn HR1 changes and revaluation will complicate FY‑27 budget
Summary
County budget staff told commissioners March 12 that midyear revenues are tracking close to plan but that federal HR1 changes to Medicaid/FNS administrative funding and municipal revaluation choices will complicate FY‑27 planning and could raise county costs if the state does not intervene.
Jason May, Union County’s director of budget and grants management, told the board at a special March 12 retreat that midyear fiscal 2026 revenues are “on pace to be at or exceed budget in the major revenue areas,” noting ad valorem collections have historically come in slightly above budget and four months of sales‑tax receipts are running about 2.1% over plan. He added the county’s personnel and operational expenses are on or slightly below budget and that the third phase of a multi‑year compensation study and midyear COLA and pay plan increases for the sheriff’s office have been completed.
But staff framed FY‑27 planning around two complicating factors: municipal responses…
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