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Liberty County reports healthy reserves; commissioners discuss SPLOST, T-SPLOST and tax-relief option
Summary
County finance staff told commissioners the county has collected about 96% of budgeted revenues through April and holds 6.5 months of operating expenses in unreserved fund balance; commissioners discussed ongoing SPLOST and T‑SPLOST receipts and a proposed sales-tax measure for property tax relief.
Samantha, the county finance director, told the Liberty County Board of Commissioners that as of April the county had collected approximately 96% of its budgeted revenues and spent about 78% of budgeted expenditures.
The finance presentation, given during the board's regular meeting, outlined that the county currently holds an unreserved general fund balance equal to about 6.5 months of operating expenses, up from about 5.6 months at the same point last year. Samantha said the county showed revenues over expenditures for the year of roughly $11.3 million and noted that several departments are running ahead of schedule but “there are not currently any departments that are causing finance any concern.”
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