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Finance staff says FY26 revenues up slightly; preliminary shortfall remains
Summary
Finance staff told the board the FY26 revenue estimate improved by roughly a couple hundred thousand to about $26.6 million, but projected expenditures (including CIP) still leave a multi-million-dollar shortfall that staff and the board will work to close before the proposed budget.
Finance staff provided an updated FY26 revenue estimate and told the board it is modestly improved from prior projections but still short of requests. "It's now better by a couple $100,000," Miss Youssef said when summarizing recent sales-tax and compensation-board updates. She reported the FY26 revenue estimate at about $26.6 million.
Staff also contrasted that figure with an operating-expenditure total near $30 million and explained that, including the planning commission's CIP recommendation, the county would still face a multi-million-dollar shortfall. "Collectively, for all funds, including CIP, we still have a shortfall of 3,600,000," staff said. Board members asked for a line-by-line proposed budget and staff agreed to present a balanced proposed budget in early April so the board can review specific tradeoffs and proposed personnel changes.
Board discussion focused on options to reduce the gap, including phasing filling of vacancies, shifting some emergency-services requests to CIP rather than operating, and using other one-time funds where appropriate. Staff committed to follow up with more detailed spreadsheets that reconcile last year's approvals and to provide the proposed administrator's column when the draft is ready.
