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Crook County adopts $139.3 million FY2027 budget, sets permanent tax levy
Summary
The board adopted the FY2027 budget totaling $139,305,000, set a permanent tax rate of 3.8702 per $1,000 and a museum operating levy of 0.06 per $1,000, and noted a roughly 15‑FTE reduction. The budget provides appropriations of about $92.945 million and reserves for contingency.
The Crook County Board of Commissioners adopted the county’s fiscal year 2027 budget, approving a total budget of $139,305,000 and setting the permanent tax levy at 3.8702 per $1,000 of assessed value.
A county staff presenter summarized the budget’s principal figures: total appropriations of $92,945,000, spending authority of just over $65.5 million, contingency of about $27.5 million and reserve funds totaling $46,360,000. The presenter said the general fund is increasing by about 5 percent and that the sheriff’s office operating budget reflects a 1 percent reduction in operating expenditures driven by unfilled positions and realignments. The budget also shows a reduction of about 15 FTEs through staffing adjustments without layoffs of filled positions.
Jamie Berger, budget manager, explained two supplemental budgets approved in the same meeting: an additional $242,000 passed through to the Cook County School Fund reflecting extra SRS and REA in‑lieu receipts, and a $136,000 increase for the fairgrounds fund from fund balance, donations and interest earnings to cover projects.
Commissioners amended the budget motion on the record to include the $139,305,000 total before voting. The board then adopted the budget and separately approved the permanent tax levy, the museum operating levy of 0.06 per $1,000, and a debt service estimate of $672,000, resulting in an estimated combined tax rate of 4.1141 per $1,000 of assessed value.
What happens next: the budget adoption gives the county spending authority beginning July 1, 2026. Staff and the budget manager said there were no changes from the budget committee’s May 11 recommendation and that staff will continue evaluating rate structures in funds such as the airport.
