Rawlins County holds budget workshop and sets proposed mill rate above revenue‑neutral level

The Rawlins County Board of Commissioners met in a special session on July 19, 2024, and convened a budget workshop at 12:04 p.m. to review the proposed 2025 budget line by line, the meeting record shows. Auditor Randy Hofmeier participated by video conference.

The transcript records the Revenue Neutral Rate at 58.777 and shows the board set a proposed mill rate of 61.946, which the record describes as exceeding the revenue‑neutral rate. The workshop included a detailed review of budget line items and adjustments by commissioners and county staff.

Commissioner Lincoln Pochop moved to pay the Miller & Associates bill with a $1,000 reduction; Commissioner Alan A. Solko seconded the motion, and the meeting record states the motion carried. Later, Commissioner Mark Mosley moved to adjourn; Commissioner Solko seconded and the meeting adjourned at 2:41 p.m.

Attendees listed in the record were Commissioners Lincoln Pochop (Chairman), Alan A. Solko (Vice‑Chairman) and Mark Mosley; County Clerk Rachel Finley; Deputy County Clerk Renee Sagel; and Auditor Randy Hofmeier (via video). The transcript contains an apparent internal inconsistency referring once to the "proposed 2024 budget" and elsewhere to a 2025 budget workshop; the report above follows the workshop label recorded at the start of the session (2025 budget workshop) and notes the inconsistency in the minutes.

No formal vote tally (individual yes/no votes) is recorded in the transcript for the Miller & Associates motion; the minutes record only that the motion "carried." The board did not record further formal actions in this segment of the minutes; the meeting focused on budget review and small accounting items and concluded with adjournment.