County amends its 2025 budget and staffing levels
During their April 8 administrative public hearing, the Board of Mesa County Commissioners approved resolutions making amendments to Mesa County’s 2025 budget and staffing levels to authorize additional revenues, expenditures and departmental needs with updated information that was not available at the time of the 2025 budget adoption on Dec. 10, 2024.
The adjustments carry forward funds from 2024, acknowledge new revenue sources — such as grant funding — and authorize appropriations not previously anticipated. There is a total of $28.3M in purchase orders (PO) that are a rollover from 2024.
2025 Amended Budget Summary
General Fund (excluding PO rolls):
Total Revenue $1,318,333
Total Expenditures $2,565,817
Use of Fund Balance -$1,247,484
All Other Funds (excluding PO rolls):
Total Revenue $3,159,828
Total Expenditures $1,660,286
Benefit to Fund Balance $1,499,542
The staffing-level adjustments align with Mesa County’s evolving workforce needs to better serve residents.
2025 Staffing Amendments
- The addition of one full-time employee (FTE) in the Information Technology Department
- The addition of one full-time employee in the Financial Services Department
- The creation of the Natural Resources Department and reorganization of some FTEs across departments
- A correction in the Criminal Justice Services Department to align with personnel numbers
Explore the 2025 Adopted Budget.
