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Lyon County Board sets 2026 levy rates, minutes show conflicting ambulance-rig funding language
Summary
At an April 6 budget workshop the Lyon County Board of Supervisors set final levy rates for fiscal 2026 and recorded changes to planned General Basic Subfund allocations; the meeting minutes contain contradictory language about which fiscal year will carry funding for an ambulance rig.
The Lyon County Board of Supervisors at a April 6 budget workshop adopted final property-tax levy rates for fiscal 2026 and recorded adjustments to planned General Basic Subfund allocations, according to minutes filed by the Lyon County Auditor's office.
The board retained the proposed levy for the General Basic Fund at 3.26611 mills, reduced the General Supplemental Fund levy from a proposed 0.87224 mills to 0.69053 mills, and reduced the Rural Services Fund levy from a proposed 3.26012 mills to 2.9000 mills. The minutes say those determinations followed public comments submitted at a March 23 public hearing.
The minutes also list subfund designations drawn from the General Basic Subfund. They state that the board had originally designated the following: for FY2026, $300,000 for an ambulance rig and $50,000 for Sheriff’s Office building updates; and for FY2027, $50,000 for a server, $300,000 for Sheriff’s Office building and equipment updates, and $350,000 for an ambulance rig. The same minutes then say, "Following further review, the Board moved the ambulance rig funding into the FY2027 budget; therefore, no funds are designated for an ambulance rig in FY2027." That passage is internally inconsistent with the preceding list and does not make clear whether funding for an ambulance rig was moved out of FY2026 into FY2027, removed entirely, or merely reclassified.
The minutes do not list who made or seconded motions, nor do they provide vote tallies for the levy decisions or the subfund designations. The document ends with signature lines labeled "County Auditor" and "Chairman" and a note that the minutes "are as recorded by the Clerk to the Board of Supervisors and are subject to Board approval at the next regular meeting." The minutes do not resolve the ambulance-funding inconsistency; the record in SEG 001 does not specify which fiscal year will ultimately contain an appropriation for an ambulance rig.
Because the written minutes contain the conflicting statement, the county's formal record will require clarification or correction at a subsequent meeting or via the board's approved minutes. The minutes as written provide the levy rates listed above and the listed subfund designations but are unclear on the final disposition of ambulance-rig funding.
