FY 2026 ADOPTED BUDGET PRESENTATION - COUNTY.PDF

FY 2026
BUDGET
Adopted Budget Presentation
June 23, 2025
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MCSO Market Adjustments
Goal – Improving compensation to retain staff and fill vacancies
• Law Enforcement Officers
• Provides a 10-15% pay increase for Deputy and ranked positions
• Aligns new salary ranges more closely with market averages 
• Focuses funding on lowering turnover in Deputy positions
• Emergency Dispatch
• Provides a 5-10% pay increase for Emergency Operators, Dispatch, and 
management positions
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MCSO Extradition Airplane
• Kodiak 900 airplane improves the safety and efficiency of 
MCSO’s extradition operations
• Increases passenger capacity                                            
resulting in improved productivity                                             
and safety
• Extends range allowing for longer                                      
flights, multiple stops, and less 
   commercial travel
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Changes from Tentative to 
Proposed Final Budget
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Item
To Dept-Fund- 
Appropriation
To 
Expenditure
From Dept-Fund- 
Appropriation
From 
Expenditure
MCSO Airplane Purchase
D500-100-AIR1
4,900,000 D470-100-NRNP*
-4,900,000
MCSO Law Enforcement 
Market Adjustment
D500-100-OPER
D500-100-MEL0
D500-255-OPER
6,838,910
1,254,747
51,274
D470-100-OPER*
D470-255-OPER*
-8,093,657
-51,274
MCSO Dispatch Market 
Adjustment
D500-100-OPER
373,310 D470-100-OPER*
-373,310
MCSO Detention Retention 
Incentive Payment
D500-100-NRNP
D500-100-MEL1
D500-255-NRNP
118,404
21,528
3,024,684
D470-100-NRNP*
D470-255-NRNP*
-139,932
-3,024,684
Total
16,582,857
-16,582,857
*Contingency Request

Property Tax Rate
5
0
0.2
0.4
0.6
0.8
1
1.2
1.4
1.6
FY 2022
FY 2023
FY 2024
FY 2025
FY 2026
1.3459
1.2473
1.2044
1.1591
1.1591
0.1792
0.1592
0.1536
0.1470
0.1428
0.0556
0.0505
0.0488
0.0470
0.0462
County Primary
Flood Control
Library
Total Rate
 $1.3531
Total Rate
 $1.4570
Total Rate
 $1.5807
Total Rate
 $1.4068
Total Rate
 $1.3481

Maximum Levy vs Actual Levy – 
General Fund
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$518 $538 $558 $581 
$606 $628 $656 $684 $713 
$746 
$781 $816 
$853 
$892 
$933 
$973 
$463 
$492 
$492 $478 
$425 $410 $443 
$471 $506 $536 
$566 
605 $640 656 643 659 $676 $704 
 $100
 $175
 $250
 $325
 $400
 $475
 $550
 $625
 $700
 $775
 $850
 $925
 $1,000
 $1,075
Millions
 Maximum Levy
Actual Levy

Property Tax Levy Growth 
Comparison
A v e r a g e % G r o w t h – F Y 2 0 2 1 - 2 0 2 5
7
0%
1%
2%
3%
4%
5%
6%
7%
8%
9%
10%
% Growth
Government

Staff to Population Ratio 
Comparison
A v e r a g e S t a f f p e r T h o u s a n d - F Y 2 0 2 2 - 2 0 2 5
8
11.7
11.0
10.7
9.5
8.7
7.8
7.4
7.2
6.9
6.7
6.4
6.4
6.0
6.0
5.9
4.6
3.6
3.3
2.3
2.1
0.0
2.0
4.0
6.0
8.0
10.0
12.0
14.0
Staff to Population
Government
Staff Per Thousand

Budget Calendar – Remaining 
Dates
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August 18
Property Tax Levy Adoption

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Economic and Policy Briefing
June 2025
Jim Rounds
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What will be covered?
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Brief update on the budget situation.
•
Brief update on select macroeconomic issues.
•
Issues to monitor.
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Budget Comparisons – Anticipating the Risk
• MC’s budget grew by 5%/year over the last decade; AZ = 7%.
• If the state utilized MC’s forecast procedure, the AZ budget would 
have $1.9B more in the bank right now.
• MC was also the lone government entity that formally planned for 
the one-time revenues coming from the heightened federal stimulus 
spending.

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“Real” Budget Figures
• For FY  2026, the nominal budget will grow by 1.65%
• But its -1.0% to -1.5% if we back out inflation.
• This means you improved services and effectively reduced the 
budget…again!

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FY 2026 Net Variance to the
FY 2025 Revised Budget ($ Millions)
(in Millions)
FY 2023 
Revised
FY 2024 
Revised
FY 2025 
Revised
FY 2026 
Recommended
Increase / 
Decrease
% Change
Total Operating
2,409.84
2,564.51
2,600.09
2,667.77
67.68
2.60%
Total Non-Recurring
2,071.26
1,804.74
1,290.94
1,287.35
-3.58
-0.28%
Total County
4,481.10
4,369.25
3,891.02
3,955.12
64.10
1.65%
Real DECREASE = -1.0% to -1.5% (if adj for inflation forecast)

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Budget Comparisons – How the Larger Counties 
Performed:
Source: US Census Bureau*
Rank (Pop)
County
State
July 1, 2024 
Population*
Total FY 25 
Budget
Spending per 
Person
1
Los Angeles
California
9,757,179 $49,200,000,000 
$5,042.44 
2
Cook
Illinois
5,182,617
$9,900,000,000 
$1,910.23 
3
Harris
Texas
5,009,302
$4,100,000,000 
$818.48 
4
Maricopa
Arizona
4,673,096
$3,900,000,000 
$834.56 
5
San Diego
California
3,298,799
$8,500,000,000 
$2,576.70 
6
Orange 
California
3,170,435
$9,500,000,000 
$2,996.43 
7
Miami-Dade
Florida
2,838,461 $12,800,000,000 
$4,509.49

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Budgeted FTE’s – Increasing Efficiency
*Recommended Budget
Staff/Pop
3.52
3.47
3.45
3.37
3.39
3.41
3.41
3.40
3.30
3.22
3.19
3.18
3.13
3.18
3.17
3.12
3.08
13,471 13,348 13,387 13,277 
13,572 
13,896 
14,157 14,339 14,151 14,077 14,131 14,323 14,348 
14,827 
15,076 15,062 15,147 
10,000
11,000
12,000
13,000
14,000
15,000
16,000
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
2026*

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Where is the risk going forward?
 -
 200
 400
 600
 800
 1,000
 1,200
 1,400
 1,600
FY 2024 Budget
FY 2024 Forecast
FY 2024 Actual
FY 2025 Budget
FY 2025 Forecast
FY 2026
Recommended
$926
$935
$952
$954
$959
$987
$270
$273
$279
$277
$280
$288
$211
$212
$213
$218
$217
$223
DOLLARS (MILLIONS)
Sales Tax
Jail Tax
VLT

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Potential Forecast/Budget Risks
•
Tariffs,
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Medicaid,
•
Stagflation,
•
Housing,
•
Fed govt. spending,
•
Fed Res Board,
•
State forced impacts,
•
Clean air regulations,
•
Others.

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