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Auditor/Treasurer presents 2025 budget summary; levy estimate updated to 6.82%
Summary
Auditor/Treasurer Kit Johnson presented the proposed 2025 budget summary at the Dec. 4 Truth in Taxation meeting, saying the board's preliminary levy was 9.39% but the effective levy increase was 6.82% as of the meeting. Commissioners deferred final certification to Dec. 17.
Auditor/Treasurer Kit Johnson handed out the proposed 2025 budget summary at the Traverse County Truth in Taxation meeting on Dec. 4, 2024 and outlined the latest levy estimates. Johnson said the Board had set a preliminary levy representing a 9.39% increase over 2024, and that “as of today the levy increase is 6.82% over 2024.”
Johnson's presentation prompted questions from the public and follow-up discussion among commissioners about timing and next steps. After discussion the commission voted 4-0 to table certification of the 2025 budget until Dec. 17, 2024, allowing staff to provide any updated calculations before the Dec. 30 statutory deadline to set the levy.
The transcript does not include further numerical breakdowns or dollar amounts in the budget summary; staff indicated they would return with updated materials at the next meeting.
