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Board votes to publish budget using fund balance; approves levy scenario (option 7) for public notice

Blackhawk County Board of Supervisors · April 7, 2026
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Summary

After a lengthy work session on fund balances and levy scenarios, supervisors voted to publish a revised FY27 levy scenario (recorded in the minutes as option 7) using county fund balance to reduce the proposed property tax increase; staff will present updated numbers at upcoming hearings.

The Board of Supervisors discussed multiple levy and fund‑balance options during a lengthy budget work session and voted to publish a revised proposed budget that uses assigned fund balance to blunt the property tax increase. Finance staff presented scenario tables showing unassigned and assigned general fund balances and several levy/usage permutations.

Finance staff described the county’s unassigned general fund balance (reported in the packet as $15,131,264 for FY27) and walked…

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