At the request of the Gloucester County Board of Supervisors, County Administrator Carol Steele presented information on the full budget requests for fiscal year 2027 during Monday night’s meeting held in the colonial courthouse. The FY27 budget requests total over $96 million with revenues projected to reach $89.5 million. “That leaves us with an operating gap of $6.5 million,” said Steele. “That is, again, using the equalized tax rate and no other increases to taxes or fees.” Steele reviewed the major expenditures creating this gap, which include personnel expenses ($2.68 million), school request ($2.9 million), increased facility maintenance repair and replacement (FMRR) funding ($589,400), increased external requests ($295,228), transfer to utilities fund ($935,684) and additional software fees ($568,280). Included in recommended personnel expenses are a 2.8 percent cost of living adjustment that is partially state-funded, step plan implementation for the Gloucester County Sheriff’...