Operating growth replaced the capital line
Kern County Information Technology Services’ total appropriations rise from $28,707,600 in fiscal 2024–25 actual results to $35,156,369 in the adopted 2025–26 plan. The $6,448,769 increase equals 22.5%.
Yet capital assets fall from $201,662 to zero. Salaries and benefits rise $2,687,934, or 17.5%, while services and supplies rise $3,449,162, or 15.9%.
| Measure | FY 2024–25 actual | FY 2025–26 adopted | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $15.65M | $19.06M | +$3.41M |
| Salaries and benefits | $15.36M | $18.05M | +$2.69M |
| Services and supplies | $21.71M | $25.16M | +$3.45M |
| Capital assets | $0.20M | $0 | −100% |
| Total appropriations | $28.71M | $35.16M | +$6.45M |
Transfers grew even faster than operations
Other financing uses rise from $45,357 to $1,216,925—an increase of $1,171,568, or roughly 26 times the prior actual amount. Expenditure transfers and reimbursements become $658,233 more negative, partly offsetting gross spending.
Revenue increases $3,410,965, including a new $1.5 million miscellaneous-revenue line. Even so, the magnitude of net county cost rises $3,037,804 to $16,096,695.
Zero capital does not mean zero technology investment
The records establish a change in accounting mix: spending authority moves toward payroll, purchased services and financing uses while no amount remains in the capital-assets row. That does not prove Kern stopped acquiring technology; equipment or hosted services can be classified outside capital assets.
Schedule 9 does not identify software contracts, cybersecurity projects, cloud services, devices, headcount or service-level results. Contract and asset registers are needed to determine what the additional operating money buys.
Method and limitations
The newsroom transcribed and recalculated the two columns printed in the adopted budget. Percentages use unrounded source figures, and the analysis treats negative reimbursements as offsets rather than stand-alone spending.
A budget line is not proof of a completed purchase. Miscellaneous revenue and internal transfers can be one-time items; the county’s future actuals and contract records will determine whether the planned mix occurred.