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Delegation fixes $944,802 bookkeeping omission, approves $45.99M 2026 budget and $25.60M in taxes
Summary
Carroll County’s Delegation Executive Committee corrected a $944,802 omission in the nursing-home housekeeping line and approved a balanced 2026 budget of $45,987,025, including $3.0M from fund balance and $25,602,298 raised by taxes.
The Carroll County Delegation Executive Committee on March 20 accepted an Executive Director report that a $944,802 nursing-home housekeeping line had been included in the detailed budget spreadsheet but accidentally omitted from the grand-total formula. Executive Director Mellisa Seamans identified the discrepancy and the committee moved to absorb the item without increasing the county’s overall tax ask.
To incorporate the missing $944,802 while maintaining the commissioners’ proposed total of $45,987,025, the Delegation reduced the Mountain View nursing-home capital reserve transfer and cut $800,000 from the general fund capital outlay line by deferring the water tank roof project to 2027. Representative MacDonald moved to set the nursing-home capital reserve transfer at $207,719; Representative McAleer moved to set the 4900 capital outlay at $1,177,919. The motions were approved by recorded votes.
The committee then set the Mountain View/nursing-home bottom line at $21,188,963 (including the housekeeping correction). The Delegation approved total 2026 budget expenses at $45,987,025, total revenues at $20,386,727 (including a $3,000,000 use of unassigned fund balance), and voted to raise and appropriate $25,602,298 in tax revenue. All final motions carried unanimously as recorded (4-0). The committee noted the ending fund balance remains near the fund balance policy target (roughly 8%).
The adjustments followed a formal reconsideration process: motions to reconsider prior Friday votes were made and passed before new amounts were set. No public testimony or external legal authorities were cited during the budget actions; the committee discussed pursuing grants for the deferred water tank roof but did not commit funds. The committee adjourned at 4:49 p.m.
