MONROE - The Green County tax rate will notch down slightly again next year under the proposed 2017 budget currently under review.
The county's finance committee submitted the 300-page document to the board of supervisors Tuesday. The board will hold a public hearing on the budget Nov. 9.
The budget proposal includes $54.2 million in expenditures, an increase of 13.4 percent over 2016's projected final expenses of $47.8 million. Expenses were $50.2 million in 2015.
The tax levy to support expenses comes to $18.96 million; adding in more than $2.5 million from the county sales tax fund and an additional $1 million from the undesignated fund brings the net tax levy to $15.35 million. That's a slight increase over 2016's net tax levy of $15.04 million.
The numbers translate to a tax rate of $5.53 per thousand dollars of valuation. The tax rate in 2016 was $5.658, which had dipped from $5.738 in 2015. That means the owner of a $100,000 home would pay $553 in county taxes for 2017. Taxes on that same home were $569 for 2016 and $574 for 2015.
The levy takes into account a 4.4-percent increase in property values over 2015.
Three areas - health and social services, Pleasant View Nursing Home and transportation - each account for about 23 percent of the county's expenses. Public safety is about 13 percent of the budget, while general government is 9 percent.
Property and other taxes account for 27 percent of the county's revenue. Other charges, such as fees assessed for services that the county provides, bring in 23 percent. Bond proceeds are 16 percent of revenue. State grants and aids are 13 percent and federal monies are 2 percent of county revenues.
The county's finance committee submitted the 300-page document to the board of supervisors Tuesday. The board will hold a public hearing on the budget Nov. 9.
The budget proposal includes $54.2 million in expenditures, an increase of 13.4 percent over 2016's projected final expenses of $47.8 million. Expenses were $50.2 million in 2015.
The tax levy to support expenses comes to $18.96 million; adding in more than $2.5 million from the county sales tax fund and an additional $1 million from the undesignated fund brings the net tax levy to $15.35 million. That's a slight increase over 2016's net tax levy of $15.04 million.
The numbers translate to a tax rate of $5.53 per thousand dollars of valuation. The tax rate in 2016 was $5.658, which had dipped from $5.738 in 2015. That means the owner of a $100,000 home would pay $553 in county taxes for 2017. Taxes on that same home were $569 for 2016 and $574 for 2015.
The levy takes into account a 4.4-percent increase in property values over 2015.
Three areas - health and social services, Pleasant View Nursing Home and transportation - each account for about 23 percent of the county's expenses. Public safety is about 13 percent of the budget, while general government is 9 percent.
Property and other taxes account for 27 percent of the county's revenue. Other charges, such as fees assessed for services that the county provides, bring in 23 percent. Bond proceeds are 16 percent of revenue. State grants and aids are 13 percent and federal monies are 2 percent of county revenues.