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Commissioners debate redirecting excise-tax revenue and ask staff for fund breakdowns
Summary
Board members discussed whether to move excise-tax receipts from restricted funds into county general, warning it would shift rates among affected funds; staff will provide exact fund names and percentage allocations for future action.
Commissioners discussed a proposal to change how excise-tax receipts are allocated among restricted funds, including debt service, courthouse, health department and the highway fund. Staff warned that moving excise-tax money into county general would require recalculating rates for the affected funds and could shift revenue burdens.
No motion was made to enact a change during the meeting; commissioners asked staff to provide the exact names of each fund and the percentage allocations or calculations that determine distribution. Staff said that an ordinance or resolution would be the cleaner way to document any change and that the board should review specific fund amounts before voting.
The board agreed to review a staff report with the fund names and percentage impacts and scheduled the item for further consideration later in the year.
