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Rutherford County manager presents budget that keeps tax rate steady and recommends 4% COLA
Summary
County Manager Harrison presented a proposed budget that keeps the tax rate at 45.4, recommends a 4% cost-of-living adjustment, and proposes appropriating $2,431,718 from fund balance to balance a roughly $80.8 million general fund and $107.5 million all-funds budget; commissioners set the formal budget hearing for June.
County Manager Harrison presented the county’s proposed budget at a standing board workshop, saying the plan balances services and personnel pressures without increasing the property-tax rate.
“We did not ask for a tax increase,” Harrison said, adding the recommendation to maintain the current rate at 45.4 and to appropriate $2,431,718 from fund balance to balance the plan. He listed a general‑fund total of $80,826,507 and a total-all-funds package of $107,510,000, with an operating-budget increase of about 4.283%.
Harrison told commissioners the budget includes a 4% cost-of-living adjustment, a level…
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