Page County adopts FY26 budget amendments and approves transfers between funds

The Page County Board opened a public hearing on the FY26 budget amendment, heard a staff explanation of major changes, and approved the record of hearing and change of appropriations. County staff said the largest adjustments related to wind turbine reimbursements and road repairs under a road‑use agreement, law enforcement costs paid from bond proceeds, courthouse roof insurance reimbursements, property tax adjustments for the county farm and a VA building, and miscellaneous sheriff’s office expenses, including K‑9 program costs.

Kristen summarized the major expense and revenue items and explained that revenues were expected to cover the additional expenditures. After brief discussion, the board closed the hearing and voted to approve the resolution recording the hearing and amending appropriations (identified in the transcript as resolution 23‑2025/23‑26).

The board then reviewed and approved two resolutions authorizing transfers between budget funds, moving dollars from the rural basic fund to the secondary road fund, from general basic to the conservation reserve fund, and from general basic to a public health subfund, among other adjustments. The transfers included line items described in the meeting transcript: rural basic transfers (19,500 and 1,229,413 mentioned), law enforcement transfers and amounts from local option sales tax, and an itemized set of transfers to support secondary roads and the Page County Fair. Supervisors moved and approved resolutions referred to in the record as resolutions 24‑2026 and 25‑2026.

Finally, the board approved an amendment specific to the DOT portion of the FY26 budget to align the DOT numbers with the county budget amendments adopted earlier in the meeting.