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Greenlee County ahead of revenue projections; administrator warns election bills could raise costs
Summary
County Administrator Derek Rippert told the Board of Supervisors the county is roughly $600,000 above shared sales- and local half-cent sales-tax projections seven months into the fiscal year, but cautioned that severance-tax volatility and proposed election-law changes could affect future budgets.
County Administrator Derek Rippert told the Greenlee County Board of Supervisors that shared sales-tax receipts and the local half-cent sales tax are ahead of the county's current projections, leaving the county roughly $600,000 above forecast seven months into the fiscal year.
Rippert said the county projected $5.1 million in shared sales-tax revenue and that the current figures show an overage of roughly $620,000. He also said the half-cent local sales tax was projected at about $1.44 million and is currently roughly $18,000 above that projection. "We're about $600,000 above projected revenue 7 months into our fiscal year," Rippert said.
The uptick has led staff to consider increasing next year's monthly revenue projection from $425,000…
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