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me supervisors propose raising the utility tax to bring in $60,000. Last year, utility taxes were set at Five percent of the First $30. This year, the tax will be 20 percent of the first $15, the maximum allowed by the state.
In the First draft of the proposed budget, expenditures totaled $77,419 more than incoming revenue under last year’s tax rate of $4. According to Supervisor Chairman E. P. Luke, the budget could be funded without raising property taxes but this would mean exhausting the county's $71,751.50 reserve fund.
On the basis of trends established over the last few years, the Supervisors
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