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Amherst County board directs staff to advertise budget built around 58¢ tax rate
Summary
After a workshop on capital needs and revenue projections, the Amherst County board directed staff to advertise a budget built from “Option C,” centered on a 58¢ tax rate to sustain capital projects including fire trucks and school support; a public hearing is set for April 21 and adoption for May 5.
Amherst County board members on Wednesday directed county staff to prepare and advertise a fiscal-year budget based on “Option C,” a mixed cash-and-financing plan built around a 58¢ real-estate tax rate, after a workshop in which county staff and consultants from Davenport & Company laid out trade-offs between tax levels, financing and deferred capital needs.
Tracy, a county staff member who presented the three scenarios, said each model includes a 3% employee pay increase, a 14.4% rise in health-insurance costs, a $70,000 outside funding request, approximately $1.9 million in school funding, a $42,000 voting-machine purchase spread over three years, and capital items such as a new landfill compactor and an EMS reserve fund. “Model A…comes in at a 58¢ tax rate,” Tracy said when outlining the options, and staff…
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