MONROE - The Green County tax rate will go up about 9.5 percent next year if the county's Board of Supervisors approves the proposed budget it received Tuesday.
The budget calls for the county to collect $14.4 million in property taxes in 2010, compared to about $12.9 million in 2009. That's about an 11.26 percent increase.
Much of the difference is the additional $819,000 in taxes the county will collect to bridge the funding gap at Pleasant View Nursing Home, the result of a successful referendum Oct. 6.
The county's overall budget actually would drop significantly, from $50.68 million in projected expenditures in 2009 to $41.44 million in planned spending for 2010. Almost all of that difference is due to the county's 2009 expenditures toward the new Justice Center, which opened in September.
The board received copies of the 300-plus page budget plan during its meeting Tuesday. It will discuss and vote on the budget during its next meeting at 7:30 p.m. Nov. 10 at the Green County Courthouse.
The property tax rate would increase by 47 cents to $5.40 per $1,000 of equalized value. The owner of a home valued at $150,000 will pay $810 in 2010 county property taxes, up from $739.50 in 2010. The owner of a $400,000 farm will pay $2,160, compared to $1,972 for 2009 county property taxes.
When amounts levied for exempt expenditures are removed, the levy increase for 2010 would be about 3 percent, which is the state-imposed limit. Exempt expenditures include $399,000 for payments to the county's public libraries, and $54,000 for bridge and culvert repairs.
The board learned the county will ask for $819,000 in additional taxes to be collected for Pleasant View Nursing Home funding. That's less than the $890,000 this month's successful referendum allows the county to collect. Green County Finance Director Rhonda Hunter said the Pleasant View Nursing Home Committee decided $819,000 was all that was needed
"The committee wasn't going to tax the taxpayers more than they needed to," Hunter said.
Also, the county projects to collect $2.079 million in sales taxes in 2010. That's less than the $2.12 million it projects to receive in 2009. But the projected drop from this year to next year isn't as large as the drop from $2.25 million collected in 2008 sales taxes to the 2009 projection.
The budget calls for the county to collect $14.4 million in property taxes in 2010, compared to about $12.9 million in 2009. That's about an 11.26 percent increase.
Much of the difference is the additional $819,000 in taxes the county will collect to bridge the funding gap at Pleasant View Nursing Home, the result of a successful referendum Oct. 6.
The county's overall budget actually would drop significantly, from $50.68 million in projected expenditures in 2009 to $41.44 million in planned spending for 2010. Almost all of that difference is due to the county's 2009 expenditures toward the new Justice Center, which opened in September.
The board received copies of the 300-plus page budget plan during its meeting Tuesday. It will discuss and vote on the budget during its next meeting at 7:30 p.m. Nov. 10 at the Green County Courthouse.
The property tax rate would increase by 47 cents to $5.40 per $1,000 of equalized value. The owner of a home valued at $150,000 will pay $810 in 2010 county property taxes, up from $739.50 in 2010. The owner of a $400,000 farm will pay $2,160, compared to $1,972 for 2009 county property taxes.
When amounts levied for exempt expenditures are removed, the levy increase for 2010 would be about 3 percent, which is the state-imposed limit. Exempt expenditures include $399,000 for payments to the county's public libraries, and $54,000 for bridge and culvert repairs.
The board learned the county will ask for $819,000 in additional taxes to be collected for Pleasant View Nursing Home funding. That's less than the $890,000 this month's successful referendum allows the county to collect. Green County Finance Director Rhonda Hunter said the Pleasant View Nursing Home Committee decided $819,000 was all that was needed
"The committee wasn't going to tax the taxpayers more than they needed to," Hunter said.
Also, the county projects to collect $2.079 million in sales taxes in 2010. That's less than the $2.12 million it projects to receive in 2009. But the projected drop from this year to next year isn't as large as the drop from $2.25 million collected in 2008 sales taxes to the 2009 projection.