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Council adopts 2024 budgets, approves two targeted property‑tax increases after trimming process
Summary
After a months‑long budget review, the Summit County Council approved the 2024 county budget, adopted 2023 budget amendments, and approved additional property tax revenue for the assessing & collecting fund ($1.4M) and Service Area 6 ($750,000). The assessing & collecting increase will average roughly $23/year on a $1.3M primary home, per staff.
Summit County manager Matt Levitt and finance staff presented a trimmed, balanced 2024 budget and a package of 2023 budget amendments for council consideration. The council discussed whether to go through truth‑in‑taxation for operating funds and, after additional cuts, decided not to pursue a general operating tax increase; it approved limited, targeted increases for two functions where staff argued additional revenue was necessary.
Assessing & collecting fund: Finance staff recommended increasing property tax revenues for the assessing and collecting fund by approximately $1,400,000 to fund assessor/auditor/treasurer and related…
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