County Discusses Budget, One Percent Funds

During their last meeting the Johnson County Commissioners discusses the upcoming budget and One Percent recommendations from the One Percent Committee.

Budget requests for the coming fiscal year were just over $12 million, according to Clerk Vicki Edelmen, who also reported that projected revenue, not including tax revenue for the coming year would be about $5 million.

Budget hearings will begin with county departments on June 1^st and will continue with the deadline for presenting the county budget as July 19th.

The budget hearings are open to the public and will be advertised beforehand.

Final bill pay to close out the current fiscal year budget will be June 28^th.

The commission also got the recommendations from the One Percent Committee for distribution of the $100,000 allocation from the county.

The commissioners decided to take more time to review the recommendations and set their final decision for their upcoming June 1^st meeting.