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Tazewell County board approves FY2025 budget, moves millions in projects and adopts levies
Summary
After amendments and roll-forward adjustments, the Tazewell County board approved the FY2025 budget (general fund total $50,429,852), authorized transfers to the capital improvement fund, and adopted multiple 2025 levies including a $7,290,818 county general levy.
Tazewell County
The Tazewell County board voted to adopt the county FY2025 budget and a slate of tax levies after a long series of line-item amendments, transfers and debate over fund roll-overs. The board approved the general fund as amended and finalized a package of levies and special-fund appropriations.
Why it matters
Adoption of the FY2025 budget sets spending limits and required levies for the county for the coming year and authorizes transfers that shift timing of capital and software purchases. The measures include added contingency, new revenue lines for a downtown lease, and multiple grant and program allocations that affect county services from courts and public health to highways and veterans assistance.
What the board did
At the meeting the chair said the board was required to leave the session with a budget and the board proceeded through a set of proposed amendments before a roll-call vote to approve the general fund as amended.
Key line-item adjustments included a $10,000 increase for court legal services, $1,000 for electronic monitoring and $4,000 for interpreter fees (staff said these reflect higher court volumes). Information technology had a $42,000 software…
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