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File #: 2026-0561    Version: 1
Type: Report Status: Administrative Matters
File created: 2/20/2026 In control: General Legislative Session
On agenda: 2/25/2026 Final action:
Title: Presentation and Submission of Advisory Report from the Fiscal Sustainability Taskforce
Attachments: 1. Presentation, 2. Final Advisory Report
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Executive/Council Action Form (ECAF)

 

 

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Presentation and Submission of Advisory Report from the Fiscal Sustainability Taskforce

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DEPARTMENT:  Executive Office

 

ORIGINATOR:  Kara Main-Hester

 

EXECUTIVE RECOMMENDATION:  Approved by Tom Teigen 2/20/26

 

PURPOSE: File a report with Council

 

BACKGROUND: The County Executive convened the Fiscal Sustainability Task Force in 2025 to build a shared understanding of long-term fiscal pressures and explore potential strategies. Members represented labor, business, housing, education, law and justice, and community organizations. The Task Force’s charge was advisory. Members worked to understand long-term revenue and cost dynamics impacting the county; explore a range of near, medium, and long-term strategies; identify areas of alignment, uncertainty, and tradeoffs; and inform decisions by County leadership. This report provides the findings of the taskforce.

 

FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:

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REVENUE: FUND, AGY, ORG, REV, SOURCE

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DEPARTMENT FISCAL IMPACT NOTES:  Click or tap here to enter text.

 

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OTHER DEPARTMENTAL REVIEW/COMMENTS:  Reviewed/approved by Finance - Nathan Kennedy 2/20/26