The Harvey County Commission has proposed a 2025 recommended budget with a 3.0 mill increase, with the additional mills targeted toward public safety staffing and infrastructure resiliency.
The Commission approved moving forward with the budget process at its July 16 meeting.
The maximum tax levy was set at $18,728,537. Throughout the rest of the budgeting process, commissioners can determine whether to maintain or decrease that number, but it cannot be exceeded.
The 2025 recommended budget would put the County's estimated mills at 46.593, a 3.0 mill increase over the 2024 budget. Here is a comparison of County mills over previous years:
- 2025: 46.593 (estimated)
- 2024: 43.593
- 2023: 43.604
- 2022: 42.629
- 2021: 42.649.
The recommended budget would focus on additional personnel for the Sheriff's Office and funding toward Road and Bridge projects. Goals include:
- Adding two full-time road deputies to increase overnight law enforcement coverage
- Strengthening Detention Center staffing with one full-time deputy to assist with secured inmate transports for court appearances
- Addressing paved road maintenance by rehabilitating 17 miles of roadway with 2-inch hot-mix asphalt overlay
- Utilizing Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act fund savings to complete two bridge replacements.
The recommended budget is not official - the budget will continue to be discussed, and later, be considered for adoption. The Commission will convene to conduct a revenue neutral rate hearing and public budget hearing Aug. 20 at 6 p.m. at the Harvey County Courthouse. Consideration of adopting the budget may follow.
(Updated July 16, 2024)