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Fiscal Year 2026 Budget Adjustment Resolution

Original title: Amendment by resolution supplementing the Fiscal Year 2026 Budget recognizing unanticipated fund balance, unanticipated revenue, and realign appropriations for requesting departments, and realign reserves for requesting departments and funds.

Record date · May 19, 2026

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What This Bill Does

This resolution updates the county's 2026 budget to account for unexpected revenue and fund balances. It also shifts existing funding and reserves between various county departments.

Why it matters

This resolution changes how county funds are allocated across departments for the 2026 fiscal year, which may impact the resources available for specific government services.

Who It Affects

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Directly affected

County Departments

Departments requesting funds will have their budget appropriations and reserves adjusted by this resolution.

Indirectly affected

County Taxpayers

Taxpayers are affected by changes in how county funds are distributed and utilized across government services.

Key Facts

The Board of County Commissioners passed resolution 26-0589A.
The resolution supplements the Fiscal Year 2026 Budget.
The budget is updated to recognize unanticipated fund balances.
The budget is updated to recognize unanticipated revenue.

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Appropriations are realigned for requesting departments.
Reserves are realigned for requesting departments and funds.

Frequently Asked Questions

What does it mean to 'realign appropriations'?

It means moving money that was already set aside for one purpose or department to a different purpose or department.

Why is the budget being changed?

The budget is being updated to account for revenue and fund balances that were not originally anticipated when the budget was first created.

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Mid-year budget adjustment

The resolution indicates a standard mid-year process of reconciling actual revenue against initial budget projections.

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