Boone County’s Finance Committee is two months from sending the budget to the county board.
property taxes for the average homeowner will increase by 2.4 percent. Property tax levies were reduced by 5 percent, but the reduction goes to the general fund
bad news translates into is layoffs or downsizing,” Hanson said. For the 2011 budget, county departments were asked to cut expenses by 5 percent of the past year’s budget.
sheriff’s office will lose two patrol deputies, one detective and one communications officer
state’s attorney’s office asked for a 2.5 percent reduction instead of 5 percent
Several other departments will cut hours or transfer employees to other cost centers.
Bockman proposed cutting the number of county board and committee meetings to save money. The number of monthly meetings each year would be reduced from 12 to 10.
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