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Rock County holds public hearing after $160,600.70 budget increase
Summary
Rock County held a public hearing Sept. 16 after Clerk Daunitta Buoy reported a $160,600.70 increase to the county’s 2025–26 budget that exceeded allowable growth and triggered the hearing; the session drew several residents and adjourned at 7:15 p.m.
Bassett, Neb. — Rock County officials opened a public hearing at 6 p.m. on Sept. 16 after Clerk Daunitta Buoy reported the county’s 2025–26 budget increased by $160,600.70, a sum she said exceeded the allowable growth percentage that requires public notice and a hearing. “There was an increase of $160,600.70 to the Counties 25/26 budget, which is greater than the allowable growth percentage, which triggers a Public Hearing,” Buoy said.
Chairman Wade Hollenbeck presided over the hearing in the commissioners’ room at the Rock County Courthouse. Attending were Commissioners Faye Smith and Colby Sybrant and residents Loren Ammon, Kurt Leonard and Vera Kreitman. Discussion took place but the transcript records no formal vote or change to the adopted budget at the hearing; the session adjourned at 7:15 p.m.
The hearing was convened under the notice published Sept. 10 in the Rock County Leader. No additional figures on how the $160,600.70 increase would be allocated or the anticipated tax-rate impact on property owners were provided in the hearing record.
Next procedural steps were not specified in the transcript; the board’s regular meeting schedule shows the next regular commissioners’ meeting will be Oct. 7, 2025, at 9:00 a.m. at the courthouse.
