Cache County auditors present 2027 draft budget showing $111M and $1M estimated surplus

Aug 25, 2026

Auditor Matt Funk presented a 2027 draft tentative budget showing a roughly 7.9% decrease to $111 million (largely from ending ARPA funds), reduced capital requests, proposed tax-rate adjustments, and an estimated $1 million General Fund surplus; council members asked for a workshop to review details.

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Auditor Matt Funk presented the Cache County 2027 draft tentative budget, saying the county’s topline would fall to about $111 million — “an overall decrease of approximately 7.9%” — largely because federal ARPA funding has concluded. He said capital expenditure requests were pared from $5.5 million to $2.7 million following department revisions and that General Fund expenditures rose roughly 4%, leaving an estimated $1 million surplus.

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