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expected to add to the surplus.
When Mr. Cox prepared the budget for next year, he based it on a 75cent tax rate.
Expenses for the coming year are expected to be $66,000 lower than the current year. The 75-cent rate was expected to produce a surplus of almost $188,000, but $40,000 of that was earmarked for the E-911 emergency system and about $135,000 was a one-time contribution from the state for its share of the expenses of the jail expansion. “It takes a 75 cent tax rate to meet the recurring expenses of the budget,” Mr. Cox said.
He said he was now recommending a 10 percent rather than 5 percent surplus. “We’ve been holding 5 percent based on a stable state,” Mr. Cox said. “We’re not in the same situation now.”
The supervisors decided to advertise at the 77-cent tax rate. They can lower the rate, but not raise it, once the budget has been advertised.
County Administrator John McCarthy said, “I have utter faith that if the state can make our budget situation worse, it will.”
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