County’s proposed budget exceeds $37M

Lazaro Aleman ECB Publishing, Inc.  Budget Officer Gus Rojas recently presented a summary of the Fiscal Year 2025-26 budget to the Jefferson County Commission, ostensibly his last budget summation, as he has resigned the post.  In his presentation before the commission on Thursday evening, July 17, Rojas touched on the highlights of the fiscal document.  The county manager, Rojas said, was proposing the adoption of a total operating budget of $37,467,429, which included $567,955 in operat