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Dickinson County board amends FY26 budget, cites $669,152 in adjustments
Summary
At a public hearing the Dickinson County Board of Supervisors approved amendments to the fiscal year 2026 budget that reallocate $669,152 across departments while noting the change will not increase taxes. The board also approved semiannual bond payments and routine claims.
The Dickinson County Board of Supervisors on a vote approved amendments to the fiscal year 2026 budget after a public hearing in which county staff recited line-by-line changes and answered questions from residents.
County staff member Lori told the board the net adjustments total $669,152, and outlined the largest changes: a $62,217 increase in the county attorney’s appropriations connected to hiring Zack Verish; a roughly $145,000 increase for conservation-related wood-chipping and shipping costs; an increase to the medical examiner line after recent bills; and smaller changes for utilities, janitorial services and rural siren repairs. Lori also said the American Rescue Plan allocations are being reduced as those projects wind down.
“Overall the total adjustments are 669,152,” Lori said during the presentation. The clerk read language in the appropriation resolution noting the amendment “does not increase the taxes to be collected in the fiscal year ending June 30th, 2026.”
The board approved two formal resolutions reciting the departmental changes, including specific line adjustments such as the auditor being reduced by $60,100 and the attorney’s budget increased by $62,217. The resolutions (identified in the meeting as 2026-9 and 2026-10) were read into the record and moved and seconded on the floor; individual board members verbally recorded their votes. The transcript does not provide a complete numerical roll-call tally.
Separately, the board approved routine items including a semiannual bond payment for the East Okoboji Beach TIF area. Staff described the bond payment as approximately $158,625 paid from TIF dollars and said the outstanding balance on the related issue will be retired in fiscal 2030.
County staff responded to a public question about a basement pipe burst that damaged historical records, saying some books were too degraded to read but that prior digitization with American Rescue Plan funds preserved many records.
The board also approved minutes from its April 21 meeting, drainage claims and the regular claims list from April 28, and heard committee reports on recycling, land-use planning and bridge projects. The appropriations amendments and administrative approvals close the county’s current round of year‑end budget reestimates and reallocate existing funds rather than increase tax revenue.
What happens next: the amended budget entries will be reflected in the county’s reestimated totals and in departmental ledgers; no additional tax levy was authorized by these amendments.
