County sets revenue neutral budget goal
Two of the three Reno County Commissioners agreed during budget discussions earlier this week to consider cutting County Commission salaries next year by a third.
The proposed cut from $18,000 a year to $12,000 would pay for a fourth county commission seat should the expansion of the board be placed on the November ballot and be approved by voters.
However, it doesn’t go far toward achieving a goal also agreed to early on in the budget talks, cutting last year’s mill levy rate by at least 5%.
To do that will require cutting more than $400,000 from proposed property tax receipts.