Buffalo County adopts 2023–24 budget and sets $23.56 million property tax request
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The Buffalo County Board of Commissioners unanimously adopted the county’s 2023–24 budget and set a $23,562,956.89 property tax request, noting a 9.87% change in assessed value and a proposed tax rate of $0.321211 per $100 assessed value.
The Buffalo County Board of Commissioners unanimously adopted the county budget for the fiscal year July 1, 2023–June 30, 2024 and set the county’s 2023–24 property tax request at $23,562,956.89 during its Sept. 26 meeting.
Commissioner Sherry Morrow moved to adopt the budget under Resolution 2023-47, and Commissioner Timothy Higgins seconded. The adoption authorizes spending by offices and departments as listed in the budget document and passed on a unanimous roll-call vote.
At the same meeting the board approved Resolution 2023-49 setting the property tax request at General Fund $21,908,301.16, Veterans Fund $26,490.81 and Bond Levy Fund $1,628,164.92 for a total of $23,562,956.89. The board noted the county’s total assessed valuation changed by 9.87% from the prior year and recorded that a tax rate of $0.321211 per $100 assessed valuation is expected to produce the requested levy. The record also states the tax-rate that would have produced the same total as last year is $0.303101 per $100 assessed value.
The board noted budget-wide metrics in the resolution: the county’s proposed operating budget is 6.79% higher than the prior year and a copy of the resolution will be certified to the County Clerk by Oct. 15, 2023 as required.
Action details and votes were recorded in the meeting minutes: the budget adoption motion was moved by Morrow and seconded by Higgins and approved with Commissioners Morrow, Higgins, Kouba, Loeffelholz, Lynch, Maendele and Chairperson Ivan H. Klein voting "Aye." The property tax request resolution likewise passed on a unanimous roll-call vote following a motion by Morrow and second by Maendele.
The board also approved a separate procedural motion earlier in the meeting to permit an additional 1% increase in prior year restricted funds where allowed by law; that motion passed unanimously.
The board adjourned following routine closing business and a quarterly jail inspection; the next regular meeting is scheduled for Oct. 10, 2023.