County commissioners to adopt the FY2027 budget June 30

Teton County’s Board of County Commissioners is set to adopt the Fiscal Year 2027 budget at a special meeting Tuesday, June 30 at 9 a.m. special meeting agenda. If you care about summer programs, parks, or emergency response, this is the vote that locks in what gets funded starting July 1.

A big thing to watch is how the county lands on joint department costs that have been debated with the Town of Jackson during the spring budget work sessions. Staff notes the two boards previously agreed to include funding for a Fire/EMS Division Chief of Training and Wildfire (listed at $196,925 total) but were not aligned on several Parks and Recreation items, including a proposed public engagement position ($115,805) and whether to fund projects like Karns Meadow Phase 2 and Phil Baux Park playground replacement June 1 joint budget packet. The June 30 agenda also includes a separate action item to consider a Fiscal Year 2026 end-of-year budget amendment.