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York County staff outlines FY2025 state and federal funding, including $7M for constitutional officers
Summary
A York County staff member summarized fiscal-year 2025 funding: recurring grants like Head Start, competitive grants such as SAFER and SLAF, about $7 million in state support for constitutional officers' salaries, $8.7 million for personal property tax relief, and totals of $6.7M federal and $19.7M state funds.
A York County staff member said the county’s mix of state and federal funding can vary significantly from year to year, driven by recurring grants, competitive awards and occasional one-time emergency aid.
"In fiscal year 2025, which ended on June 30 of last year, we received about $7 million to pay for the salaries of our constitutional officers and their staff," the York County staff member said. That allocation, the presenter said, helped cover pay for the sheriff, the commonwealth’s attorney, the commissioner of the revenue, the treasurer and the clerk of the circuit court.
The presenter framed those recurring and targeted grants as a core part of the county budget. He cited Head Start as an example of an annual grant for early childhood education, and named competitive programs the county seeks — the SAFER grant, which helps hire firefighters, and SLAF grants geared to stormwater or stream restoration projects. "There are other types of grants…these are competitive, and we don't get those every year," the staff member said.
The presentation also flagged one-time pandemic-era aid as an example of funding the county received that is unlikely to reappear: the presenter said the county obtained several different sources of funding in response to the COVID-19 pandemic that were unique to that emergency.
For fiscal year 2025 the presenter reported $8.7 million earmarked for personal property tax relief and summarized the year’s totals as roughly $6.7 million in federal funds and $19.7 million in state funds. The staff member characterized the mix of funds — recurring grants, competitive awards and one-time emergency assistance — as a source of both support and uncertainty for county budgeting.
The presentation was informational and contained no formal motions or votes; staff framed these figures as background for budget planning rather than final appropriations or policy changes. The county did not specify whether any of these funding streams carry conditions that would change in upcoming fiscal years.
