By Gordon Hopkins
Jefferson County Commissioners have decided not to raise the county’s tax levy for the next budget year.
Brian Blobaum, CPA with Blobaum & Busboom PC, has been working with commissioners for several weeks on the new budget. Blobaum told commissioners at a meting on Tuesday, August 24, “This budget leaves $803,356 more reserves in the prior year budget that we did a year ago.”
While the county is in a better financial position than in the previous year, Blobaum warns that is likely due to exceptional circumstances that cannot be counted on in the future, “We had a very fortunate year in inheritance fund receipts and we ha...
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