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Budget committee approves FY27 budget package for full court with $389,497 proposed deficit
Summary
Budget committee approved the FY27 tax levy resolution and forwarded the budget package to full court with a proposed $389,497 deficit after debate about added items and potential offsets. Commissioners discussed timing to publish the budget and the need to refine several line items.
The budget committee reviewed and approved the FY27 tax levy resolution keeping the county’s tax rate unchanged at a total of 141 pennies (allocation among funds as presented). Director Markham explained the three-part budget process — tax levy resolution, appropriations resolution and nonprofit resolution — and provided the line-item details for the appropriations resolution presented to the committee.
Committee members discussed expected expenditures of $21,632,639 and a projected deficit of $389,497. Several commissioners questioned added items that increased the deficit — including a $12,000 host test and a roughly $19,000 custodial position for a new health department — and urged staff to search for small offsets ("one penny" in the tax rate calculations) rather than cutting necessary services. Commissioners also noted prior-year fund balances and the county’s practice of conservative budgeting.
The committee considered but did not remove an item funding a recurring surveillance-camera contract (discussed separately); members discussed offsets such as savings from vehicle purchases. After debate, the committee voted to approve the budget as submitted and forward it to full court for adoption; the motion carried with at least one recorded 'nay.' No final appropriation changes were approved at the committee meeting; additional adjustments or amendments could follow when full court and subsequent meetings consider the package.
