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Jefferson County board adopts 2025 budget, sets health and library levies
Summary
The Jefferson County Board approved the countywide 2025 budget, set non‑countywide levies for health ($983,750) and library services ($1,592,117), and approved a countywide levy totaling $32,696,383; votes were recorded by roll call where required.
The Jefferson County Board of Supervisors on a November meeting approved the recommended 2025 budget, including countywide and non‑countywide levies and related fee schedules.
Supervisor Jones presented the budget and urged passage, saying, “The budget allows for salary and cola increases which rewards our hardworking employees and helps with retention and hiring.” The board first voted to divide the countywide and non‑countywide levy questions to allow separate action.
On the non‑countywide levies, the board approved a health department levy of $983,750 and a library services levy of $1,592,117. The fiscal note attached those figures to mill rates of 0.0965 for health and 0.2242 for the library per $1,000 of equalized value. The roll‑call vote on that resolution was 27 yes, 1 no and 2 absent.
The board then adopted the countywide levy resolution, which lists a proposed countywide levy of $32,696,383 with a general operations mill rate of 2.4688 and a total mill rate (including debt service) of 2.8049 per $1,000 of taxable value. Jones told the board the figures reflected efforts to meet service demand while holding the mill rate down from 2024 levels.
Members raised questions about revenue sources during discussion, including shared utility tax revenue from energy generation facilities and a pending liquefied natural gas project. Staff explained the state’s shared‑revenue formula and that the estimate did not yet include the LNG facility’s final numbers.
The board approved the necessary motions and roll‑call votes where required. With those actions, the county’s 2025 budget and levy figures were adopted; the resolution documents also approve the related fee schedules described in the budget book.
