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Little Butte and Pioneer cemetery boards ask Jefferson County to study boundary realignment
Summary
Representatives of Little Butte and Pioneer cemetery districts asked Jefferson County commissioners to explore redrawing cemetery district boundaries after finance and capacity data showed a large tax-base disparity, and county staff agreed to research statutory process and next steps.
Dean Hancock, chairman of the Little Butte Cemetery board, told the Jefferson County Board of Commissioners that Little Butte is running short of burial plots and operating funds and proposed a boundary realignment with the adjacent Pioneer Cemetery district to balance tax bases and long-term capacity.
“We passed an override levy for for a 2 year override, which will generate approximately $60,000 in 2 years,” Hancock said, describing limited near‑term revenue for Little Butte and listing a sprinkler bid of about $200,000 for the existing cemetery.
The county’s treasurer provided assessed‑value and tax‑revenue figures…
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