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Commissioners set hearing notice to exceed revenue-neutral rate as county faces budget shortfall
Summary
County administration asked the Board of County Commissioners to publish a notice that the proposed budget may exceed the revenue-neutral tax rate; commissioners voted to set an upper limit of 45.903 mills and scheduled further work sessions to explore additional spending cuts.
The Board of County Commissioners on July 7 voted to publish a notice and schedule a public hearing to consider a proposed budget that could exceed the county's revenue-neutral tax rate, setting an upper limit of 45.903 mills. The motion passed unanimously.
The county administrator told the commission the current mill levy is about 41.187 and that the revenue-neutral rate for 2026 would have been about 39.989; the 45.903 figure is an upper limit for public-notice purposes, not a final levy. "That does not mean that…
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