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RECOMMENDED TO ADOPTION
REVENUE AND EXPENDITURES
Revenues Expenditures
General Fund 28,474,383$ 29,557,938$
Other Funds 57,776,694$ 66,395,199$
REVISED:
ENHANCEMENT REQUESTS INCLUDED
Expenditures
General Fund $ 667,376
Other Funds $ 1,744,369
SIGNIFICANT CHANGES & CHALLENGES
GENERAL FUND
2026 PRELIMINARY BUDGET WITH ENHANCEMENT REQUESTS RESULTED IN $5.2M DEFICIT.
OVERALL REDUCTION TO THE DEFICIT BY:
•INCREASING REVENUE BUDGET
•REDUCTION OF GENERAL FUND EXPENDITURE BUDGETS BY $2.8M
•REDUCING POSITIONS 10.18 FTE
•ADDITIONAL PUBLIC SAFETY TAX OF ONE-TENTH OF ONE PERCENT
•UTILIZE $150K OF OPIOID SETTLEMENT FUNDS FOR ABATEMENT ACTIVITIES
•SUPPLEMENTING SECURE RURAL SCHOOLS HAS BEEN ELIMINATED WITH THE ROAD
FUND KEEPING THE FULL ROAD DIVERSION
2026 GENERAL FUND BUDGET PROPOSES $1.1M DEFICIT
SIGNIFICANT CHANGES & CHALLENGES
OTHER FUNDS
•GENERAL FUND REDUCED TRANSFERS 49.96% COMPARED TO 2025
•DEPT OF COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
✓REDUCED STAFF 3.5 FTES
✓ABSORBED CODE COMPLIANCE ACTIVITIES
✓REDUCED TRAINING/TRAVEL BUDGET
•COUNTY ROAD FUND
✓VOTER APPROVED TBD INCREASE SALES TAX 2/10THS OF 1%
✓100% ROAD DIVERSION COLLECTED REMAINS WITH ROAD FUND
✓REDUCED STAFF 3 FTES
•COOPERATIVE EXTENSION: REDUCED ONE FTE AND EXPENDITURES
•PARKS AND RECREATION: ADDED REVENUE DONATIONS TO COVER $150K
SHORTFALL
2025 HIGHLIGHTS AROUND
JEFFERSON COUNTY
PUBLIC
WORKS
FINANCIAL TEAM
Third consecutive annual clean audit from the
Washington State Auditor’s Office
for financials and accountability.
•FIRST ENVIRONMENTAL COMMUNITY HEALTH ASSESSMENT (CHA) FOR EAST JEFFERSON
COUNTY
•OPENING OF FOURTH (4TH) SCHOOL BASED HEALTH CENTER AT BLUE HERON MIDDLE SCHOOL
•ONSITE SEWAGE SYSTEM (OSS) CODE REVISION
•IMPLEMENTED NEW SCHOOL HEALTH & SAFETY PROGRAM
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
•SHORT TERM RENTAL PROGRAM LAUNCHED APRIL 2025
•REDUCTION IN PERMIT PROCESSING TIMES BY AUGUST 2025 UP TO 75%
•DEVELOPED PROPOSED UPDATES TO CRITICAL AREAS ORDINANCE AND COMPR EHENSIVE PLAN
PERIOD UPDATE WITH ADOPTION IN 2026
•FIRE MARSHAL COMMERCIAL FIRE INSPECTION PROGRAM LAUNCHED, INVESTIGATED 32 FIRES
•MAJOR DEVELOPMENT PROJECT HEARINGS FOR HABITAT FOR HUMANITY’S MASON STREET IN
PORT HADLOCK AND PLEASANT HARBOR MPR IN BRINNON.