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Fire commissioners approve 2025–26 operating budget with $738,000 projected year-end balance
Summary
The Elko County Board of Fire Commissioners approved the fire district’s fiscal year 2025–26 operating budget, which projects a beginning balance of $1.3 million, $5.5 million in revenue, $6.1 million in expenditures and an ending balance of about $738,000 (roughly 12% of expenditures).
The Board of Fire Commissioners voted to adopt the fire district’s fiscal year 2025–26 operating budget after a presentation by Susan, who summarized the district’s revenue and spending projections. "Beginning fund balance of 1,300,000, revenues of 5,500,000, expenditures of 6,100,000, leaving an ending fund balance of 738,000, which is about 12% of expenditures," Susan said.
Susan told the board the main difference between the tentative and final budget would be the effect of a potential agreement with the City of Wells and noted the district maintains a separate emergency fund capped at $1,000,000 "budgeted to be spent and not carried as an ending fund balance in case it is needed in an emergency situation," she said. Commissioners asked about fund-balance policy; Susan explained the state minimum is 4% and the county goal is roughly 8–12% (about one month of operations). After a motion and second, the Chair called for a vote and declared the motion carried. The board did not specify further vote tallies in the record.
