By Robin Hebrock Pahrump Valley Times
June 15, 2026 - 6:30 am
It was coming down to the ligament arsenic the Nye County Commission worked to equilibrium its fiscal twelvemonth 2026-2027 wide money fund successful clip for the May 29 authorities deadline.
It took large cuts to services and supplies arsenic good arsenic salaries and wages, on with a simplification successful hazard absorption backing and a simplification to the jailhouse fund, but aft immoderate aggravated fiscal finagling, the region managed to destruct its multi-million-dollar shortfall.
As the last fund proceeding opened connected May 27, Nye County Comptroller Zena Teich said the region was projecting $57.7 cardinal successful revenues and $54.4 cardinal successful expenditures. Adding successful a contingency magnitude and operating transfers, however, expenses changeable up to implicit $64 million, leaving the region upside-down by astir $7 million.
“We did a 32 (percent) simplification crossed the committee for services and supplies. Each of the departments volition see, not precisely 32 percent, but they volition spot a simplification from the anterior (FY budget) to this one,” Teich said of the adjustments made to equilibrium the wide fund.
A $1.2 cardinal alteration successful salaries and wages was besides incorporated into the budget.
Exactly what each region section volition bash to set operations to lucifer the greatly reduced 2026-2027 fund remains to beryllium seen, County Manager Brett Waggoner said.
“You springiness the fig and fto america fig retired however we’re going to get there,” helium said.
Contact newsman Robin Hebrock astatine rhebrock@pvtimes.com.
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