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Camden County CFO warns of $3.8 million operating shortfall as staff seeks cuts and commissioner input
Summary
New Camden County CFO Lisa Lynch presented a draft FY2027 operating budget showing roughly $51 million in department requests against projected revenues of about $47.6 million, a $3.8 million shortfall; the presentation highlighted insurance, personnel and parks costs and set follow‑up work sessions for May 12 and May 18.
Lisa Lynch, the county's newly hired chief financial officer, told Camden County commissioners at a work session that staff has prepared a draft FY2027 operating budget showing a roughly $3.8 million gap between department requests and preliminary revenue projections.
"I do I have only been here for 30 days," Lynch said, opening the presentation and asking for the board's patience and input as finance works through estimates and recommended reductions. She said departments requested about $51,000,004 in operating expenditures while projected revenues — based on a preliminary 3% ad valorem assumption and incomplete digest numbers — were about $47,631,827.
The shortfall reflects several trends Lynch highlighted: lower local option sales‑tax receipts year‑to‑date (presented as roughly $4.2 million collected against a $6.2 million budgeted target), rising insurance and benefit costs, and the impending…
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