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Effingham County committee lays proposed budget over to full board; seeks data on mental‑health funding request
Summary
Committee laid the proposed fiscal year budget over to the full board for the required public review period, discussed levy changes (general levy up, county health levy increase tied to health insurance costs, liability insurance and Social Security increases) and asked for additional data on a request to increase a mental‑health levy to $200,000.
The Effingham County budget committee voted to lay the proposed fiscal year budget over to the full board and the public for the statutorily required review period, after discussing proposed levy changes and requests from local mental‑health partners.
Deb (county staff) and Josh walked the committee through proposed levy adjustments: an increase shown in the general (corporate) levy, an increase to the county health levy largely to shift county health insurance costs back to the health…
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