Skagit County Commissioners to host annual budget meetings

(SKAGIT COUNTY)- The Skagit Board of County Commissioners will host a series of budget work sessions over the next two weeks with each department and elected office to discuss 2026 budget requests. These work sessions are open to the public either in-person in the Commissioner’s Hearing Room at 1800 Continental Place, Mount Vernon, or via Zoom at the link on the Commissioners’ website below, according to a news release from the county.

www.skagitcounty.net/commissioners

To view the schedule, please visit the Budget and Finance page on the county's website.

While these meetings are open to the public, there will be no public comment taken during work sessions. These meetings are for the Commissioners to meet with staff to discuss budget requests and any other information requested by the Board to help make decisions as to items for inclusion in the 2026 budget. The draft 2026 county budget will be released for review on November 17, 2025, which will begin the official written public comment period. A public hearing to take feedback on the draft budget will be held on December 1st, 2025, from 11 a.m. to 12 p.m. Written comments can be submitted at any time to the Commissioners’ Office at commissioners@co.skagit.wa.us or via mail to 1800 Continental Place, Mount Vernon, WA 98273, Attn: 2026 Budget. The written public comment period will end at the conclusion of the public hearing.

Please be advised, the schedule for budget work sessions is subject to change at any time, and the order for each presentation within a work session might be different than how the schedule is presented online.

After work sessions with departments and elected offices, the County Commissioners will host two non-televised work sessions to review all budget requests collectively and provide direction to the Budget and Finance Department on which requests should be included in the draft 2026 budget. These work sessions will be held on October 9th from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. and on October 15th from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. The Commissioners are scheduled to consider the 2026 budget for final adoption on December 8th at 2 p.m. County budgets are legally required to be adopted by December 31st of each year.