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Polk County staff preview budget showing just over 12.3% preliminary levy increase; fund balances used to soften impact
Summary
County staff presented a draft 2025 budget that, after adjustments, showed a preliminary levy increase "just over 12.3%." Officials described using more than $600,000 in fund balances and other reserves to reduce levy pressure and flagged potential structural risks from repeated fund-balance use.
Unidentified Speaker 3 presented the county's draft 2025 budget and said the county had earlier projected levy increases above 30% but is now "just over 12.3% levy increase." He explained departments submit budgets at different times and said staff used fund balances and one-time capital spending to lower the levy.
"I'm at a, a 12 12 point, just over 12.3% levy increase," Unidentified Speaker 3 said while reviewing the levy calculations. He told commissioners the plan includes using multiple reserves: "So we're using…
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