Carver County Board of Commissioners--Work Session - April 22nd, 2025
Tuesday, April 22, 2025
2026 Carver County budget services review
General levy and property tax impacts
Legislative cost shifts to counties
Health and Human Services funding concerns
Non-mandated vs. mandated service definitions
Budget process timeline and calendar
Areas of Interest (5)
- Unprecedented uncertainty in the 2026 budget process due to state legislative cost shifts.
- Potential for a $750k to $1.6M budget hole due to legislative changes in disability services.
- The end of legislative relief for regional treatment center costs threatens to add $835k to the county's annual budget.
- County administration is shifting its budget focus to non-mandated services to identify potential savings.
- Concerns over the Governor's budget plan including an 8% levy impact via cost shifting.
Notable Quotes (2)
If in fact we're going to make major cuts, let's make sure we're doing it correctly and carefully.
The only right now the house has a placeholder for that with no dollar amount there. It is not in the Senate's bill and it is not in the governor's proposal.
People (4)
Administrator HemsyCounty AdministratorLeading the 2026 budget review and discussing service delivery.
1 quote
Leading the 2026 budget review and discussing service delivery.
“The key word here will be uncertainty. So this budget process may shape up unlike any other.”
Describing the 2026 budget outlook.
HeatherDivision DirectorDetailing cost shifts in Health and Human Services.
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Detailing cost shifts in Health and Human Services.
“Depending on the cocktail of how that gets kind of shakes out, we're talking 750,000 cost shift to maybe 1.6 million on the bad end.”
Explaining the financial impact of legislative budget proposals.
Dave FishmanFinance/StaffProviding financial breakdown and budget pie charts.
Providing financial breakdown and budget pie charts.
Mark MetsCounty AttorneyExplaining discretionary prosecution vs. mandated services.
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Explaining discretionary prosecution vs. mandated services.
“We're mandated by statute to prosecute cases, but we have the discretion as prosecutors decide to how we handle that case.”
Explaining the use of diversion programs as an example of service discretion.
Places Mentioned
Events & Meetings (4)
- June: Next budget work session
- August: Upcoming budget work sessions
- September: Adoption of preliminary 2026 levy
- December 2nd: Final levy and budget adoption