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county started off the fiscal year with, $150,000 should be left on July 1, 1983.
“That’s lower than I’d recommend. You should have $200,000,” he said. The proposed budget and a tax rate of 58 cents will produce a surplus of $209,000 as of June 30, 1984, according to Cox. “The standard (for surplus) is five percent of total expenditures," he added, noting that surplus is the county’s cushion against the need for borrowing money for unanticipated expenditures.
Thirteen cents of the proposed 26 cent tax increase will be absorbed by surplus adjustment; the remaining 13 cents, according to Cox, is required to fund the following items in the first draft budget:
—one cent to start the reassessment which must be completed by 1985,
—one cent for increases in the Health Department,
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