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Yamhill committee approves department add‑backs, moves to protect general fund and denies community grant requests
Summary
Budget committee approved roughly $607,000 in add‑backs (including parks, fairgrounds and two sheriff deputies), allocated some funding from the video‑lottery fund, and declined outside community grant requests, while discussing a target general‑fund reserve for FY27.
Yamhill County's budget committee approved a set of departmental add‑backs and funding adjustments and denied a slate of outside community grant requests during its multi‑day FY27 deliberations.
Ken, the county's budget officer, walked the committee through the tracking spreadsheet that showed discretionary buckets (general fund, retirement reserve, landfill license reserve, video‑lottery and opioid settlement funds). Committee members debated which buckets were appropriate for specific requests and emphasized preserving a healthy general‑fund ending balance ahead of the fiscal year. "I do feel like I answered it — start…
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