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Commissioners keep $1.25 million cash reserve, schedule follow-up budget meeting
Summary
At an Aug. 12 budget workshop, county commissioners agreed to retain a $1,250,000 general fund cash reserve, discussed options to reduce the mill levy, and asked staff for a single revised draft and a follow-up meeting Wednesday at 10 a.m.
County commissioners in a Aug. 12 budget workshop agreed to keep a $1,250,000 cash reserve for the general fund and asked staff to prepare a single revised budget draft ahead of a follow-up meeting set for Wednesday at 10 a.m. The decision was framed around preserving reserves while beginning to allocate money to capital improvements.
The cash-reserve figure came during a broader discussion about how far to lower the mill levy. Commissioners debated reductions ranging from a modest 4-mill cut up to a larger, riskier 13-mill reduction; one member warned that a very large cut would leave too little buffer for unexpected costs. “So yes, we could go down, you know, 13…
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