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Josephine County flags levy expirations that could draw down jail and animal shelter funds
Summary
At the March 19 budget workshop, county finance staff told commissioners the Jail & Juvenile Detention and Animal Shelter & Control levies expire June 30, 2027, and said status‑quo budgets would draw those levies close to zero without renewal.
During the March 19 budget workshop, County Finance Director Ruth Nelson highlighted two expiring levies that the board will need to address in the FY 2026-27 budget process.
Nelson said the Jail & Juvenile Detention Fund levy and the Animal Shelter & Control Fund levy both expire June 30, 2027. She warned that if current budgets remain unchanged and the levies are not renewed, the funds associated with those levies would be drawn down close to zero.
Nelson noted that some reserved funds exist in the General Fund and that the Reserved for Future Expenditure balance could be used to sustain the Law Enforcement Fund for up to five years, but she presented that as a contingent, limited option rather than a permanent solution. The presentation did not record any formal board decision to use reserves for law enforcement; those options remain subject to later deliberation by the board and the Budget Committee.
Commissioners were given a schedule of next steps, including a March 25 workshop where levy impacts and allocation decisions can be revisited before Budget Committee review and the June adoption timeline.
