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gf_adopted, the reserve row has is_reserve = 1. Filter it out when you total departments.fund_overview is missing 5 departments with no county payroll: 701, 941, 091, 296 and 298. Their totals are in dollars_by_program (rows where program_name = 'TOTAL').category column in fy27_changes is our grouping, not the county's. We assigned it by keyword so the change lines could be totaled by type. The detail text and amount are exactly as printed.Each link runs the query in your browser. Edit the SQL there to ask your own.
General Fund budget by department, FY2025 and FY2026 adopted, FY2027 proposed (status). The Working Capital reserve is the row with is_reserve = 1.
Source: FY25 and FY26 Adopted Volume I spreadsheets; FY27 Proposed Volume I, Appendix A.
Every line of every department's FY2027 "Change Table": what was added or cut, and by how much. The 81 tables add up to $326.0M. page is the PDF page in Volume II.
Source: FY27 Proposed Volume II.
For FY2024 and FY2025: each department's original budget, amended ("adjusted") budget, spending and encumbrances at year end.
Source: County Auditor, September 2024 and September 2025 Monthly Financial Reports, "Budget Status – By Department".
Adopted vs. actual spending by department for FY2024 and FY2025, with the difference.
Source: FY25 and FY26 Adopted Volume I spreadsheets.
FY2024 and FY2025 adopted budgets by department and fund, split into Labor, Non-Labor and TOTAL. Also SFY2022 and FY2023 actuals.
Source: FY25 Adopted budget book.
FY2025 adopted dollars and budgeted positions, broken down by each department's programs.
Source: FY25 Adopted budget book.
Department codes and names.
The full text of the FY25 Adopted Volume I, one row per page, with full-text search.
Source: FY25 Adopted Volume I.
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