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Oldham County Health Department outlines tax district revenue, priorities and accreditation bid
Summary
Health Department Director Matt Rhodes presented the Board of Health taxing‑district budget and said the department will submit accreditation documentation next year; he also highlighted mental‑health work funded partly by opioid settlement dollars.
Matt Rhodes, director of the Oldham County Health Department, told the Oldham County Fiscal Court on Sept. 2 that the health department’s public‑health taxing district continues at 2.5¢ per $100 of assessed valuation and provides the majority of the agency’s operating revenue.
Rhodes said the 2.5¢ rate — unchanged since February 2016 — generated $2,397,101 in revenue in 2025 and that the taxing district accounts for roughly 63% of the department’s operational budget. He told the court the department maintains investments to help meet a $7.9 million pension liability and reported $150,000 in interest income in the most recent accounting period. “This rate is the same rate that the board has maintained since 02/2016,” Rhodes said.
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