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Daniels County reviews school trustees' budget, discusses mill-levy split for road and fire funds
Summary
County and school officials reviewed last year's trustee financial summary and proposed budget; staff explained a plan to split the previous combined levy into separate road and fire levies with example mill calculations and a projected fire tax yield of roughly $47,637.
County and school officials walked through the trustees' financial summary and proposed budget for the coming year during the Aug. 19 meeting. Tammy Flattiger (present as clerk and county school official) and trustees discussed last year's actual expenditures and this year's budget assumptions.
Tammy and staff described mill-levy computations and referenced illustrative figures: "Transportation is 26.49 and 38.99 for retirement," and a sample calculation produced an estimated fire levy of approximately 8.95 mills and a projected fire levy revenue figure cited at about $47,637 in the discussion. Commissioners and trustees discussed transportation shortfalls, driver/staffing needs in Peerless, and whether to continue a permissive $100,000 levy that is ending this year.
Officials also discussed splitting a formerly combined levy so each function (road and fire) would have its own consistent allocation instead of drawing from a single pooled levy that can vary year to year. Staff said the split would give each budget a predictable baseline, though commissioners acknowledged trade-offs if one function needs more funds in a given year.
Action: no final mill-levy adoption was recorded at the meeting; staff will proceed with required budget paperwork and return with formal figures for adoption.
