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Worcester County presents $302 million FY2027 budget; officials cite state cost shifts and updated surplus
Summary
County Chief Administrative Officer Weston Young presented the advertised FY2027 requested budget May 5, outlining $302.1 million in expenditure requests, revenue estimates of $299.1 million and recent updates — including a March SDAT valuation boost and a reduction in health-department funding — that now project a roughly $1.3 million surplus.
County Chief Administrative Officer Weston Young on May 5 laid out Worcester County's advertised fiscal year 2027 budget and warned that state and federal funding shifts have increased pressure on local finances while also producing late adjustments to the forecast.
Young said the advertised request totals about $302.1 million in expenditures against estimated revenues of $299,118,027 based on March numbers, creating an advertised shortfall of roughly $3.0 million; more recent updates, including a State Department of Assessment and Taxation (SDAT) valuation update, have increased projected property tax revenue by $884,000 and reduced the county's required health-department core funding by about $3.2 million, producing a current projection of a surplus of about $1.3 million. "These numbers are a snapshot in time," Young said, noting the advertised figures were locked…
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