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Miami County finance updates sales‑tax decline, outlines conservative budget assumptions for 2026 process
Summary
Assistant county administration presented March sales‑tax distributions showing a year‑over‑year decline and proposed conservative revenue assumptions for the 2026 budget; commissioners discussed priorities including courthouse accruals, roads, and continued focus on employee retention.
Miami County’s assistant county administrator updated commissioners on March 26 that March distributions (sales tax collected in January) marked the twelfth straight month of year‑over‑year declines in sales‑tax receipts. Staff and commissioners used that context to begin framing budget assumptions for the 2026 process.
Lucas, assistant county administrator, showed the county’s sales‑tax sheet and explained that the county’s quarter‑cent (CIP) sales tax was down about 5.7% year over year and the one‑cent distribution was down about 5.88%. He noted that the county’s share of the one‑cent has trended down as the…
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