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County auditors propose levy adjustment to offset valuation drop; overall levy drops from 9.68072 to 9.21314
Summary
During budget sessions Auditor Sandi Sturgell proposed using one-quarter of the Mental Health levy spread across funds to offset state-ordered valuation drops to Rural Services, resulting in a reported overall levy decrease to 9.21314.
Louisa County’s budget session on Jan. 25 examined levy rates and departmental budgets. Auditor Sandi Sturgell reported that because the state reduced the valuation for Rural Services, the county would need to adjust the Rural Services levy to avoid an excessive reduction in services funded from that line. Sturgell proposed using one-quarter of the Mental Health levy split among General Basic, General Supplemental and Rural Services; using that quarter lowered the county’s overall levy from 9.68072 to 9.21314.
Sturgell explained that transfers to Secondary Roads and parts of the Sheriff’s budget draw from Rural Services, so the adjustment was intended to preserve those budgets. The board discussed multiple departmental budgets, including Supervisors, Ambulance, Libraries, Non-Departmental, County Historical Society, Zoning, Auditor, Recorder, County Attorney, Public Health and Environmental Health.
