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Sioux County adopts $1.5 million property tax request as 2022-23 budget
Summary
The Sioux County Board of Commissioners unanimously adopted the 2022-2023 budget on Sept. 6, 2022, setting a $1,500,000 property tax request and a proposed tax rate of 0.225143; the board also approved an additional 1% base limitation increase and budget-making authority for County Clerk Michelle Zimmerman.
The Sioux County Board of Commissioners adopted the fiscal year 2022-23 county budget on Sept. 6, 2022, approving a property tax request of $1,500,000 and a proposed tax rate of 0.225143.
The adoption followed a public hearing held at 1:00 p.m. with no members of the public in attendance. Commissioner J.W. Geiser moved to approve the budget and Commissioner Hal Downer seconded; the motion carried on a unanimous roll-call vote (Downer, yes; Geiser, yes; Skavdahl, yes).
The budget resolution authorizes offices, departments and activities to expend appropriated amounts from July 1, 2022 through June 30, 2023, and specifies that necessary income will come from unencumbered cash balances, non-tax revenue and the approved tax levy. The board also voted to approve an additional one percent increase in the base limitation of restricted funds.
In related action at earlier meetings, the board appointed Michelle Zimmerman as the budget-making authority for the county for fiscal year 2022-23. Zimmerman had submitted the proposed budget to the board at the September session.
Why this matters: The property tax request establishes the county—s portion of the levy that funds core services including road maintenance, public safety and courthouse operations. The board—s decision triggers the next steps in property tax administration and informs constituent expectations ahead of the county tax statements.
What happened next: The resolution was carried by unanimous roll-call vote and the budget will be implemented starting July 1, 2022. The board also approved a motion at other sessions to transfer funds into specific capital accounts (including transfers to the Courthouse Building Fund and to the Road Fund) that align with the adopted appropriations.
Provenance: The budget adoption language and the $1,500,000 property-tax figure appear in the meeting record for Sept. 6, 2022, including the formal RESOLUTION OF ADOPTION AND APPROPRIATIONS and recorded roll-call votes.
