EL DORADO COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS APPROVES $1 BILLION BUDGET

Published on June 11, 2025

EL DORADO COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS APPROVES

$1 BILLION BUDGET

(PLACERVILLE, CA) – 

The El Dorado County Board of Supervisors unanimously approved the Fiscal Year 2025-26 Recommended Budget of $1.04 billion to fund the County’s programs and services for the coming year. It reflects all Governmental funds, including Special Revenue funds, and excludes Special Districts and Proprietary funds. $409.9 million of that amount is the County’s general fund which funds public safety and general government services.

“Despite a decrease in discretionary General Fund revenues and an increased demand from the State in the form of unfunded/underfunded State mandates, the Recommended Budget reflects a countywide effort to conserve General Fund costs where possible without any reduction in services to the public,” said Chief Administrative Officer, Tiffany Schmid.

The budget fully funds the General Fund Contingency of $7.85 million to provide resources in the event of unforeseen fiscal issues and a General Reserve of $13 million to provide resources in the event of significant emergency situations. The Recommended Budget also adds $1 million to the Designation for IT Infrastructure and $142,172 to the Disaster Expenses Designation, to fully meet the Budget Policy Goals for both designations. Additionally, the policy goal of maintaining at least two years’ worth of CalPERS UAL cost increases is fully met. The Recommended budget misses the Board’s policy goal of contributing $5 million of discretionary revenues to road maintenance by $100,000 but is expected to meet that goal when the final budget is adopted in the fall. The budget falls short of meeting the goal of adding $6 million annually to a designation for Capital Projects but does include $1.5 million set aside for the replacement of the Spring Street facility, which houses several Health and Human Services programs.

While the budget is balanced and the County’s overall position is relatively strong in terms of maintaining reserves and designations for future needs, the economic outlook calls for continued efforts to bring spending in line with downward-trending revenues to achieve long-term structural balance. Departments’ use of discretionary resources is decreasing by $11.3 million when compared to the FY 2024-25 Adopted Budget. The Recommended Budget includes the reduction of 39.2 full-time equivalent position allocations, 11 of which are filled, representing a 2% reduction in full-time equivalent allocations and the first time the County has reduced overall allocations since FY 2017-18.

“Although we have known this day has been coming for years, it is nonetheless difficult to make some of the adjustments when the time arrives, so I want to acknowledge the difficult decisions the Board and Department Heads have made during this process, demonstrating fiscal responsibility and restraint,” said Schmid.

The Board has directed that staff work to develop 5% and 10% budget reduction scenarios for the development of the FY 2026-27 Budget.

The final budget will be adopted September 30, 2025, in accordance with state law. The Recommended Budget can be found here. The presentation to the Board can be found here.

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