HomeMy WebLinkAboutWORKSHOP re 2026 Budget Goals PresentationJuly 14, 2025
Workshop
JOSH PETERS, COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR
JUDY SHEPHERD, FINANCE DIRECTOR
Workshop Topics
BUDGET GOALS AND
OBJECTIVES PREVIEW.
ROADS BUDGET WITH
DIVERSIFYING REVENUE.
LAW AND JUSTICE WITH
DIVERSIFYING REVENUE
Budget Goals &
Objectives Preview
8,000,000
6,000,000
4,000,000
2,000,000
0
2,000,000
4,000,000
6,000,000
8,000,000
10,000,000
2024 2025 2026 2027 2028 2029
GENERAL FUND 5 -YR PROJECTION
Ending Fund Balance Recommended Reserves: 15% of Expenditures
Unreserved Fund Balance Revenue vs Expenditures
Budget Goals &
Objectives Preview
When everything is a priority, nothing is a priority.
▪Non-Discretionary vs. Discretionary -Differentiate between
non-discretionary and discretionary expenditures. No Increase
for Discretionary Expenditures
▪Hiring Freeze –No new positions, Re-hire positions are
reviewed by County Administrator, Finance Director and HR
Director.
▪All Funds: Salaries & Benefits =$19M / 26.7% of total
budget
▪GF: Salaries & Benefits = $17M / 54.8% of total budget
▪Capital Expenditure Approval Process
▪Operating Transfers Set to Zero (except where required by
RCW or JC Ordinance) –General Fund Assistance Policy will
be required to be completed by each fund requesting any
operating transfer.
Law & Justice
Diversifying Revenue
HB 2015
Improving public safety funding by providing resources to local
governments and state and local criminal justice agencies, and
authorizing a local option tax.
By June 30, 2028, the legislative authority of a city or county
may approve a sales and use tax of 0.1 percent.
If enacted by the BoCC,the monies from this tax must be used
for criminal justice purposes such as:
▪domestic violence services
▪staffing adequate public defenders
▪diversion programs
▪others
Roads Budget with Revenue Diversity
Roads Budget with Revenue Diversity
Roads Budget with Revenue Diversity
Ballot
Measure for
Election
November
2025
TBD
Two tenths of
one-percent
BoCC Ballot
Decision
Deadline
8/4/2025
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What are the Board’s budget priorities for 2026?
Does the Board want staff to prepare for the ballot measure of 2/10 of
one percent sales tax for the TBD to diversify revenue for the Roads fund?
Does the Board want to take councilmanic action in the near future to
initiate the 1/10 of one percent for law and justice tax per HB 2015 to
ensure additional revenue in 2026 Annual Budget?