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Richland County auditor warns of tight budget: sales-tax debate and large health-insurance spike
Summary
County Auditor Pat presented sales-tax projections and warned commissioners they may need roughly an 8% cut (~$4.2 million) depending on final sales-tax receipts; the auditor flagged a potential general-fund health-insurance expense near $5.5 million (described in the meeting as roughly 40% higher).
County Auditor Pat presented the Richland County Board of Commissioners with revised revenue projections and a general-fund budget review on Nov. 13, telling commissioners the county may need to cut roughly 8% of budgets (about $4.2 million) depending on final sales-tax receipts.
"I'm showing we have to cut 8.82%. It's about 4,200,000.0," the presiding commissioner said during the budget discussion, describing the scale of reductions the board may face as staff finalize revenue estimates.
Auditor Pat walked the board through competing…
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