County commissioners are determined to cut the local tax rate in spite of inflation that has hiked costs across the board.
And it looks like they’ll get there — barely, and not without some pain.
Commissioners met for more than 5½ hours Tuesday, most of that time spent going through the budget line-by-line. Their budget work isn’t yet done; they’ll continue those efforts in the coming weeks before they schedule a public hearing to finalize the budget.
But their rough draft calls for a tax rate of about 61.4 mills, down very slightly from last year’s rate of 61.5, thanks mostly to a $10 million increase to the county’s total property value.