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Commissioners review fourth-quarter budget adjustments; DA appeals funding for conviction-integrity unit and sheriff seeks UTV asset number
Summary
During a fourth-quarter review of 2025 finances and 2026 requests, Arapahoe County staff outlined roughly $13M in GASB lease adjustments and multiple supplementals. The EBC recommended most items but withheld support for two DA FTE for a conviction-integrity unit; DA Patton urged reconsideration. The board agreed to include a sheriff request for a $31,000 UTV fixed-asset number in forthcoming public-hearing resolutions.
Arapahoe County finance staff presented the fourth-quarter 2025 budget review and a slate of supplemental appropriations on Thursday, detailing a set of required accounting adjustments, department overages and proposed 2026 requests.
Finance said accounting entries required by GASB 87/96 for new leases (including the Tyler taxation system and human-capital-management software) will require recognition and appropriation of roughly $13 million for 2025 supplemental reporting.
Staff reviewed multiple 2025 supplemental requests (clerk and recorder overages, DA payroll and vehicle transfers, facilities and fleet overages and several grant and revenue-recognition adjustments) and 2026 requests that included DA staffing and vehicle purchases, IT subscription increases,…
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