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�5{A4ES..io ryf f?T 2026 <br /> �7 <br /> r <br /> ti Y � <br /> ■ I, <br /> K,TTIT.ASCOVNTY Expense Budgets: Annual Comparison BRIEF <br /> CAPITAL EXPENSE <br /> INCREASE: $12MM, 31.4% <br /> Significant increases in Capital Investment, including the EXPENSE BUDGETS BY CATEGORY <br /> County Rural Broadband Project, Grandstands Renovation, 2025 - 2026 <br /> Public Safety Building Renovation, and Upper County <br /> Emergency Operations Facility. <br /> $ 61.1 <br /> iWa:+-191eIi ;i: <br /> INCREASE: $3.5MM, 7.4% <br /> $ 51.9 $ 50.9 $ 49.9 <br /> Personnel expense growth is consistent with last year. $47.4 <br /> Notable year-over-year change includes the completion of <br /> five bargaining-unit contract agreements <br /> $ 38.0 <br /> • • <br /> INCREASE: $9.3MM, 17.8% <br /> Primary driver of the increase is the budgeting of Awards <br /> across multiple tax funds, including.09 Tax, 1/10th Mental <br /> Health, and Lodging Tax. Additional increases are directly tied <br /> to rising costs of goods and services. <br /> � - � - -INCREASE: $1MM, 109.2% 2025 2026 $ 0.8 $ 1.7 <br /> Kittitas County has traditionally carried minimal debt. Recent <br /> initiatives—such as the Transfer Station and Grandstands— <br /> have increased the County's need for external financing. <br /> NOTICE:A11 documents prepared, owned, used, or retained by the Kittitas CountyAuditor's Offic,, U <br /> public records and may be subject to disclosure pursuant to the Public Records Act(RCW 42.56) <br />