Higher than normal budget being proposed following pandemic year

CBS 13's Cody Lee dives into the budget with Yuma County administrator Susan Thorpe

YUMA, Ariz. (KYMA, KECY) - The Yuma County budget comes with a larger price tag for the next fiscal year. The county is proposing a $464 million budget to the board of supervisors. That’s 58% over the current year’s $289 million plan.
 
Officials say it's due to federal funds that were allocated to the county for COVID-19 relief.
 
However, the county says revenue is unexpectedly on the rise. The money going into the county is likely to be $12.7 million higher than anticipated.

Throughout all of the county branches, plans were made very conservative. Spending is projected around $5.3 million which is less than budgeted by year’s end. 

This results in about $18 million in one-time funds going into Fiscal Year 2021-2022. 

Susan Thorpe explains the increased bottom line, “We experienced one-time revenues that are higher this year than we expected because COVID didn't have the bad, the detrimental impact that we thought it would have on our economy, which is good news. We also people got stimulus money from the federal government, they were able to use that to pay for things that they needed, which also translated into revenues for Yuma County. So going into next year we have additional one-time revenues that we can use on one-time needs.“

Tonight at 10 P.M. on CBS 13 - Our Cody Lee breaks down those one-time needs that include a 68-million dollar construction plan on several county buildings.