MONROE - Green County taxpayers could see an increase of 2.4 percent, or 13 cents per $1,000 of equalized property valuation, in their county tax bills for 2011.
Harvey Mandel, Green County Finance and Accounting Committee chairman, presented the preliminary 2011 budget to the Green County Board of Supervisors Tuesday.
The county's total budget for 2011 is about $41.9 million, an increase of about $500,000, or 1.1 percent, more than the 2010 budget.
Mandel said the tax rate for 2011 will be $5.53, compared to the 2010 tax rate of $5.40. Rhonda Hunter, Green County finance director, said the increase was a result of the 1.6 percent decrease in property values in the county.
The 2011 tax rate of $5.53 means the owner of a home valued at $100,000 will pay $553 in county taxes. A farm valued at $300,000 would be assessed $1,659.
The tax levy, the total tax amount county residents will pay of the 2011 budget is about $14.3 million. That is a decrease of about $38,000, or 2.6 percent, from the 2010 levy of about $14.4 million.
Hunter said the county applied $1.8 million from the county's sales tax to the original tax levy of about $16.1 million to reduce the levy amount.
Mandel said personnel costs account for about 55 percent of the overall budget, about 2 percent more than in 2010. The increase was due to higher insurance costs.
Mandel said department heads were asked to cut costs wherever they could.
"That's a difficult task as we deal with increased expenses such as utilities, supplies and fuel," he said. "As the state continues to impose mandates on counties, often without funding, we are asked to do more with less."
The board will discuss the budget in detail and adopt the 2011 budget at its next meeting, scheduled for 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 9 in the Green County Courthouse.
Harvey Mandel, Green County Finance and Accounting Committee chairman, presented the preliminary 2011 budget to the Green County Board of Supervisors Tuesday.
The county's total budget for 2011 is about $41.9 million, an increase of about $500,000, or 1.1 percent, more than the 2010 budget.
Mandel said the tax rate for 2011 will be $5.53, compared to the 2010 tax rate of $5.40. Rhonda Hunter, Green County finance director, said the increase was a result of the 1.6 percent decrease in property values in the county.
The 2011 tax rate of $5.53 means the owner of a home valued at $100,000 will pay $553 in county taxes. A farm valued at $300,000 would be assessed $1,659.
The tax levy, the total tax amount county residents will pay of the 2011 budget is about $14.3 million. That is a decrease of about $38,000, or 2.6 percent, from the 2010 levy of about $14.4 million.
Hunter said the county applied $1.8 million from the county's sales tax to the original tax levy of about $16.1 million to reduce the levy amount.
Mandel said personnel costs account for about 55 percent of the overall budget, about 2 percent more than in 2010. The increase was due to higher insurance costs.
Mandel said department heads were asked to cut costs wherever they could.
"That's a difficult task as we deal with increased expenses such as utilities, supplies and fuel," he said. "As the state continues to impose mandates on counties, often without funding, we are asked to do more with less."
The board will discuss the budget in detail and adopt the 2011 budget at its next meeting, scheduled for 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 9 in the Green County Courthouse.