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Yolo County staff present $13.7M in viable budget cuts; board seeks more analysis and delays final decisions
Summary
The county's chief financial officer told supervisors staff identified $13.7 million in technically and legally viable reduction options for FY 2026'27, but a total gap (after HHSA non-general-fund shortfalls and legal-defense costs) remains. The board asked staff to engage nonprofit partners, analyze overtime vs. FTE trade-offs, and continue budget deliberations on May 5 and at the June recommended-budget hearing.
Yolo County's finance team on April 28 presented supervisors with a preliminary plan to address a structural deficit in the county general fund and a related shortfall in Health and Human Services Agency (HHSA) non-general-fund sources.
Tom Haines, the county chief financial officer, told the Board that departments submitted about $20.9 million in proposed reduction options after a board direction in January. Staff filtered those proposals and identified roughly $13.7 million in reductions that are technically and legally viable for the 2026'27 recommended budget; another $7.1 million in suggested options needs additional analysis before being considered. Haines added that HHSA faces approximately $11.7 million in non-general-fund structural shortfalls that could require general-fund backfill if not addressed.
"A structural budget…
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