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Dolores County adopts 2026 budget, sets property tax revenue and approves grant transfers
Summary
The Dolores County Board of County Commissioners adopted the 2026 budget, transmitted the budget letter, set county property-tax revenue and mill levies for county purposes, and approved several grant-to-general-fund transfers and a $500 Clara Homeston distribution. Key motions passed by roll call/voice vote.
Dolores County commissioners voted unanimously Dec. 8 to adopt the county's 2026 budget, transmit the budget letter to required authorities and set the property-tax revenue figure used in certification. The board approved the budget transmittal and the related resolutions, and signed a set of year-end fund transfers and appropriations.
The board approved the letter of budget transmittal and then adopted the 2026 budget resolution (12-25-02) and the appropriation resolution (12-25-03) following a public hearing on the proposed spending plan. Commissioners announced the assessed value used in the transmittal as $99,324,611 and the total county property-tax revenue figure of $2,782,377 that underpins the levy calculation.
During budget review staff and department heads clarified where grant revenues and grant-funded salary subsidies appear in the packet and acknowledged several clerical discrepancies in the draft pages; finance staff said those will be corrected in the final packet. Commissioners asked staff to break out grants that subsidize salary lines (for example, the EMPG grant that partially funds emergency management salary costs) so the board can see program-level revenues and associated expenditures.
The board also approved several year-end transfers and grant reimbursements by voice vote: the EMPG transfer to the general fund (resolution 12-25-06, $44,912.75), Southwest RET/EMS-related transfer (resolution 12-25-07, amount as reported in the packet), and a small reimbursement transfer (resolution 12-25-08, $1,919.78). Commissioners additionally approved a $500 distribution from the Clara Homeston fund (resolution 12-25-09).
All motions were approved by voice votes in open session; where precise roll-call names were not recorded in the transcript, the packet and minutes will provide formal vote records. Staff committed to reconciling billing for shared services and maintenance (including Microsoft 365 accounts) before the end of the fiscal year and to updating the published budget pages to reflect corrected salary and grant allocations.
The board scheduled follow-up items and signatures for the adopted documents; the adopted resolutions and transfers will be posted with the official minutes.
