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Category: County Budget Series

How the County plans to spend in 2023

Posted onNovember 23, 2022November 23, 2022

JOANN KALENAK, DCCR SENIOR BLOGGER — County Administrator Robbie LeValley opened the 2023 Draft County Budget with an overview. The key points include total expenses of $54,226,108, which is a significant increase over last year’s $40,641,200 in appropriations. Revenues, however, Read on…

CategoriesCounty Budget Series, Delta County focus

2022 County Budget: In a nutshell — super high ending reserves planned

Posted onDecember 11, 2021December 12, 2021

KEY BUDGET NUMBERS: 1) Total allocations* = $40,628,278 up $5 million from 2020. The large increase is due to capital improvements budgeted but not spent in 2020 and emergency government funding resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic. 2) Total budgeted revenue Read on…

CategoriesCounty Budget Series, Delta County focus

SNAPSHOT — MAJOR TAXPAYER CONTRIBUTIONS TO COUNTY

Posted onSeptember 9, 2021

JOANN KALENAK, DCCR SENIOR BLOGGER — Delta County government enjoys substantial taxpayer revenue from three major sources: Commercial and residential property tax collection, and regular sales tax collection. Since 2017, these combined sources of income have increased 22% growing from Read on…

CategoriesCounty Budget Series, Delta County focus

County audit: Reserves drop slightly but still high

Posted onJuly 30, 2021July 30, 2021

JoAnn Kalenak, DCCR Senior Blogger — Contract auditor Pete Blair presented Delta County Commissioners his 2020 audit of county finances earlier this week. In the snapshot report, Blair told Commissioners that the county had ended 2020 with $19.3 million in Read on…

CategoriesCommissioner meeting highlights, County Budget Series, Delta County focus

2021 Delta County Budget Summary

Posted onDecember 19, 2020December 19, 2020

1) Total allocations = $36,827,509   2) Total revenue = $34,600,973   2) Total starting reserve in 2021 = $16,194,592 (44% of total allocations)   3) General operating fund = $13,602,022   4) General operating fund starting reserve = $6,018,335 Read on…

CategoriesCounty Budget Series, Delta County focus

Who in county government got the biggest rises in 2020?

Posted onNovember 30, 2020

CategoriesCounty Budget Series, Delta County focus

Highlights from the 2021 Proposed Delta County Budget

Posted onOctober 17, 2020October 17, 2020

JOANN KALENAK, DCCR, OCT. 17, 2020 — Delta County Administrator Robbie LeValley presented County Commissioners with the 2021 Draft Budget during a public meeting on Oct. 15. LeValley’s budget message painted a picture of healthy reserves (savings accounts), dramatically increased Read on…

CategoriesCounty Budget Series, Delta County focus

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