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Union County commissioners adopt 2025 annual budget, set levies totaling $9.18 million
Summary
The Union County Board of Commissioners unanimously approved the countyannual budget for Jan. 12025 through Dec. 31, 2025, approving levies that total $9,177,173; the levies are pending Department of Revenue approval.
The Union County Board of Commissioners voted 4-0 on Sept. 24, 2024, to adopt the countyannual budget for Jan. 1, 2025, through Dec. 31, 2025, approving the provisional budget without changes. Commissioner Joffer moved to approve the annual budget; Commissioner Dailey seconded. The roll-call vote recorded Joffer-aye, Kimmel-aye, Dailey-aye and Chairman Headid-aye.
The budget packet and Appendix D4 included adopted levy schedules and dollar amounts for limited and unlimited levies and other special levies. The document lists total taxes levied of $9,177,173 and a combined levy rate figure presented as 4.843. The appendix also itemizes specific levy lines and subtotals (including amounts shown for county purposes, county road and bridge, courthouse and jail bond/sinking, and fire protection). The resolution accompanying the budget cites South Dakota codified statutes governing preparation and adoption of the county provisional budget and resolution (identified in the record as SDCL 7-21-5 through 7-21-13) and states the adopted budget is available for public inspection at the county auditor's office.
The minutes record a note that, as of Sept. 24, 2024, the listed levies had not yet been approved by the South Dakota Department of Revenue. The board did not modify the provisional budget during the vote and no amendments were recorded on the transcript.
A recess and an executive session followed; the board entered executive session for a personnel matter relating to public buildings pursuant to the cited SDCL executive-session authority and later reconvened. The meeting adjourned at 10:25 a.m.; the board scheduled its next regular meeting for Oct. 1, 2024.
Authorities and procedural references in the record are limited to the statutory citations printed in the resolution and motion text; the transcript does not provide additional administrative waivers or requests to alter levy amounts. The adopted budget is available for public inspection at the Union County auditor's office, per the resolution.
