MONROE - Green County taxpayers will pay about 3 percent more in county taxes next year, under the county's proposed 2012 budget.
Green County's proposed budget will total about $42.1 million, down slightly from the $42.2 million budgeted for 2011.
The Green County Board of Supervisors received the proposed 2012 budget Tuesday. The board is scheduled to vote on the budget at its annual meeting Tuesday, Nov. 8.
Under the budget plan, the tax rate per $1,000 of equalized assessed value will increase about 3.4 percent next year, compared to the 2011 rate. The 2012 rate is $5.72, while the 2011 tax rate was $5.53. Taxes on a $100,000 home would be $572, compared to $553 in 2011.
The proposed tax levy for the county is more than $14.6 million, an increase of about 2 percent, compared to the more than $14.3 million levy in 2011.
The tax levy needed to cover the proposed budget is actually about $16.5 million. But according to Harvey Mandel, chairman of the Green County Finance Committee, the committee's intent is to apply projected 2011 county sales tax totaling $1.8 million, as well as $108,000 from the undesignated general fund, to reduce the net levy to the $14.6 million mark.
Personnel costs are projected to decrease in 2012, down about 8 percent from 2011, due in part to savings from switching from a self-funded health plan to one offered through the State of Wisconsin Department of Employee Trust Funds. The county will also pay less for employee retirement contributions, according to Mandel.
But the county is also expected to get about $210,000 less in state aid next year.
"When they redid the (state) budget, they took away state aid from everyone," said Green County Finance director Rhonda Hunter, adding many areas like transportation and school districts were cuts.
A second year of declining property values is also contributing to the increased tax rate.
Areas that saw a decrease of more than 4 percent in equalized value include the Town of Exeter, the Village of New Glarus, the Village of Monticello, the Village of Brooklyn, the Town of Albany, the Town of York and the Town of Brooklyn.
The Town of Cadiz is the only area that saw an increase of more than 2 percent for its equalized values. The Village of Albany and the City of Monroe saw an increase of more than 1.5 percent in its equalized values.
The projected budget is also less than the total actual expenses for 2011, which are projected to be more than $43 million, about $800,000 over the 2011 budget approved last fall. The 2012 budget reflects a decrease of about $890,000, or 2.1 percent, compared to actual projected expenses for 2011.
Green County's proposed budget will total about $42.1 million, down slightly from the $42.2 million budgeted for 2011.
The Green County Board of Supervisors received the proposed 2012 budget Tuesday. The board is scheduled to vote on the budget at its annual meeting Tuesday, Nov. 8.
Under the budget plan, the tax rate per $1,000 of equalized assessed value will increase about 3.4 percent next year, compared to the 2011 rate. The 2012 rate is $5.72, while the 2011 tax rate was $5.53. Taxes on a $100,000 home would be $572, compared to $553 in 2011.
The proposed tax levy for the county is more than $14.6 million, an increase of about 2 percent, compared to the more than $14.3 million levy in 2011.
The tax levy needed to cover the proposed budget is actually about $16.5 million. But according to Harvey Mandel, chairman of the Green County Finance Committee, the committee's intent is to apply projected 2011 county sales tax totaling $1.8 million, as well as $108,000 from the undesignated general fund, to reduce the net levy to the $14.6 million mark.
Personnel costs are projected to decrease in 2012, down about 8 percent from 2011, due in part to savings from switching from a self-funded health plan to one offered through the State of Wisconsin Department of Employee Trust Funds. The county will also pay less for employee retirement contributions, according to Mandel.
But the county is also expected to get about $210,000 less in state aid next year.
"When they redid the (state) budget, they took away state aid from everyone," said Green County Finance director Rhonda Hunter, adding many areas like transportation and school districts were cuts.
A second year of declining property values is also contributing to the increased tax rate.
Areas that saw a decrease of more than 4 percent in equalized value include the Town of Exeter, the Village of New Glarus, the Village of Monticello, the Village of Brooklyn, the Town of Albany, the Town of York and the Town of Brooklyn.
The Town of Cadiz is the only area that saw an increase of more than 2 percent for its equalized values. The Village of Albany and the City of Monroe saw an increase of more than 1.5 percent in its equalized values.
The projected budget is also less than the total actual expenses for 2011, which are projected to be more than $43 million, about $800,000 over the 2011 budget approved last fall. The 2012 budget reflects a decrease of about $890,000, or 2.1 percent, compared to actual projected expenses for 2011.