Sullivan County sets June 11 hearing on proposed FY 2027 budget

Sullivan County residents will have a chance Thursday evening to press the county delegation on a proposed Fiscal Year 2027 budget that could shape staffing, corrections, the county complex and other services that show up in taxes and daily operations. The public hearing is set for 6 p.m. June 11 in the 3rd Floor Probate Court Room at the Sullivan County State Court House Complex, 14 Main Street in Newport.

Comments will be accepted in person, through a Sullivan County delegate, or by email at commissioners@sullivancountynh.gov before noon on June 10. The notice cites NH RSA 24:23, putting the hearing on formal footing and giving residents a clear deadline if they want their concerns about spending, priorities and tax pressure heard before the budget moves ahead.

The courthouse complex will be busy well before the hearing starts. The county calendar also lists a Sullivan County Delegation Executive Finance Committee meeting at 9 a.m. June 11, followed by a Sullivan County Criminal Justice Coordinating Committee meeting from 10 a.m. to noon. That schedule turns Thursday into a full budget-and-government day in Newport, where the county seat and the commissioners’ office are located on Main Street.

Sullivan County’s budget cycle runs on a fiscal year from July 1 to June 30, and the commissioners meet on the first and third Monday of each month before submitting a budget to the delegation for approval. County records describe the annual budget as $41.7 million, with the county manager overseeing about 300 employees, a scale that helps explain why even one hearing can carry direct consequences for payroll, corrections, building operations and taxpayer obligations.

The budget also reaches beyond core county services. FY27 community grant applications were due April 3 at noon, tying nonprofit and community-service funding to the same financial cycle now moving into public review. A similar hearing on the FY2026 budget was held June 16, 2025, and the county convention vote followed June 27, 2025, in Unity, showing the path this year’s proposal is likely to take if the delegation advances it after Thursday’s hearing.