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Madison County delays final preliminary budget as taxable values await state numbers
Summary
Commissioners agreed to continue work on the preliminary fiscal-year 26/27 budget because county taxable values are not yet available; staff said revenue projections must be finalized by Aug. 11 so the budget can be advertised before final adoption in September.
Madison County commissioners moved to continue consideration of the preliminary fiscal-year 26/27 budget at their meeting, citing pending taxable-value data needed to complete revenue estimates. "We probably shouldn't have even put this on as an agenda item because we don't have taxable value until next week," a commissioner said during the discussion.
Staff told the board the revenue side of the budget will not be known until next Wednesday and that county rules require the preliminary budget to be completed by Aug. 11 and available for public inspection before it is advertised for final adoption in September. Commissioners asked for line-item changes in writing; one commissioner said he would submit suggested reductions to several revenue estimates and specifically asked staff to adjust an overestimated 'junk vehicle investment interest' figure.
The motion to continue the preliminary budget was framed as a procedural step to meet statutory deadlines rather than a final decision on policy or spending. The board did not take a final vote on revenue assumptions at the meeting; instead, staff and commissioners agreed to exchange written recommendations before the next deadline.
