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JOANN KALENAK, SENIOR BLOGGER, DCCR — Delta County plans to spend $60,195,703 in 2024 — up $6 million from 2023 and almost triple since 2016. County Administrator Robbie LeValley told County Commissioners at December’s special meeting called to adopt the Read on…
JOANN KALENAK, DCCR SENIOR BLOGGER — Delta County’s main operations fund started the 2023 fiscal year with slightly less in reserves than last year, but overall cash assets grew by $7 million, according to the 2022 county audit. Local auditor Read on…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…