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Apr 9, 2021
If at first you donât succeed, try, try again.
Thatâs exactly what happened here in Marion County on Nov. 3, 2020 when voters headed to the polls and approved a new levy to fund the countyâs 13 volunteer fire departments. The levy passed with 15,340 yes votes to 9,417 no votes. As approved, beginning July 1 this year, the levy is projected to bring in $815,902 annually, not to exceed $3,263,608 over the three-year period it will be on the books.
Thatâs a huge turn around from the results of the 2018 election when the fire levy was killed by 160 votes.
We applaud the Marion County Commission for establishing a fire levy board in January. When seated, the fire levy board will oversee the disbursement of funds collected from the levy, which will be paid by Marion County property owners.
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FAIRMONT â A drop in revenue from the Coal Severance Tax has forced the Marion County Commission to slash almost $2 million from its 2021-22 fiscal year budget.
The countyâs Coal Severance Fund went from $1.4 million to $80,000 which County Administrator Chris Cinalli described as a âpretty significantâ cut. Consequently, the county commission budget was cut from $16,292,000 last fiscal year to $14,527,083 in the general fund for the coming year.
âHowever, we were able to do it. We relied on some Financial Stabilization Funds that offset those revenue shortfalls,â said Cinalli.