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• <br /> Y BUDGET IN <br /> Expense <br /> Budgets: <br /> IF <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 /> PERSONNEL <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 /> OPERATING <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 /> nth 2025 2026 <br /> INCREASE:$1MM, 109.2% $ 0.8 $ 1.7 <br /> Kittitas County has traditionally carried minimal debt.Recent <br /> Operating Personnel Capital Expense Debt Service <br /> initiatives—such as the Transfer Station and Grandstands— <br /> have increased the County's need for external financing. <br /> 01/10/2025 NOTICE:All documents prepared, owned, used, or retained by the Kittitas County Auditor's Office are <br /> public records and may be subject to disclosure pursuant to the Public Records <br />