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Columbia County finance director says property-tax receipts are ahead of pace; flags coding and transparency questions
Summary
Finance Director Amy Hansard told county commissioners that property-tax receipts are arriving earlier than usual and that most departments are under 50% of annual spending; she flagged two mis-coded lines, explained grant indirect-rate rules and said she could not validate a widely circulated $448,000 savings claim without the authors’ methodology.
Amy Hansard, Columbia County finance director, presented the county’s first- and second-quarter budget overview and said property-tax receipts are running ahead of typical pacing. “We traditionally see roughly about 75% to 80% of that in the first of the years,” Hansard said, adding that the general fund is currently a little ahead of expectations.
Hansard walked commissioners through department-level spending and revenues, noting most departments are at or under roughly half their annual expenditures…
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