Overview
Monterey County's FY 2025-26 adopted budget appropriates $2,225,986,519 across all funds against revenues of $2,139,022,899, a gap of $86,963,620 covered from fund balance — consistent with the board record's summary of about $2.23 billion in appropriations, about $2.10 billion in revenues, and $87 million of fund balance. The General Fund (fund 1001) accounts for $971,145,889 of expenditures against $947,689,121 of revenues. The budget was adopted June 17, 2025, on a 4-1 vote.
Source: County of Monterey FY 2026-27 Recommended Budget book, Fund Analysis schedules, Adopted Budget 2025-26 column.
At a glance — FY 2025-26 adopted
Source: County of Monterey FY 2026-27 Recommended Budget book, Fund Analysis schedules.
All funds — expenditures by fund, FY 2025-26 adopted
The ten largest funds below sum to $2,101,001,265. The remaining $124,985,254 — community service areas, special districts, internal service funds, and smaller funds — is shown as a computed residual so the table sums exactly to the book's grand total of $2,225,986,519.
| Fund | Adopted FY 2025-26 |
|---|---|
| General Fund (1001) | $971,145,889 |
| Natividad Medical Center | $531,635,149 |
| Behavioral Health | $199,316,276 |
| Local Revenue Fund 2011 | $116,218,579 |
| Health and Welfare Realignment | $87,621,738 |
| Road Fund | $64,594,726 |
| Capital Projects | $62,594,607 |
| Workers' Compensation | $28,701,000 |
| General Liability | $24,725,844 |
| Library | $14,447,457 |
| All other funds (computed residual) | $124,985,254 |
| Grand total, all funds | $2,225,986,519 |
All-funds revenues in the same adopted column total $2,139,022,899, so expenditures exceed revenues by $86,963,620, the fund-balance use noted above.
Source: County of Monterey FY 2026-27 Recommended Budget book, Analysis of Expenditures by Fund and Analysis of Revenue by Fund (All Funds), Adopted Budget 2025-26 column.
General Fund — FY 2025-26 adopted
| General Fund (1001) | Adopted FY 2025-26 |
|---|---|
| Revenues | $947,689,121 |
| Expenditures | $971,145,889 |
| Gap (fund-balance use) | $23,456,768 |
Source: County of Monterey FY 2026-27 Recommended Budget book, Fund Analysis, fund 1001, Adopted Budget 2025-26 column.
Positions
The FY 2026-27 Recommended Budget supports 5,700.8 positions, a decrease of 111.1 (−2%) from the current year. That implies 5,811.9 positions for FY 2025-26. This figure is disclosed as derived from the later book's comparison, not taken from a standalone FY 2025-26 adopted-budget position table.
Source: County of Monterey FY 2026-27 Recommended Budget book, position comparison.
Sources & notes
- Only source used: County of Monterey FY 2026-27 Recommended Budget book, Adopted Budget 2025-26 columns. Read the budget book.
- Sum checks: all-funds expenditures $2,225,986,519 − revenues $2,139,022,899 = $86,963,620 fund-balance use; General Fund $971,145,889 − $947,689,121 = $23,456,768; the ten listed funds ($2,101,001,265) + computed residual ($124,985,254) = $2,225,986,519 exactly.
- Disclosed, not smoothed: (1) basis is the Adopted FY 2025-26 column of the FY 2026-27 Recommended Budget book — the standalone FY 2025-26 adopted book was not isolated; (2) positions (5,811.9) are derived, not from an adopted position table; (3) no outstanding debt total is claimed.
- Fiscal-year label: FY 2025-26 (July 1, 2025–June 30, 2026); adopted June 17, 2025 (4-1 vote).
- Jurisdiction palette: no verified Monterey County palette was on file, so this page uses the neutral Hometown Numbers dark-glass theme rather than a county color.