| 116th Year, 44th Issue | Thursday, June 9, 2005 | Sparta, North Carolina |
A preliminary budget for Alleghany County was presented Monday to the county commission totalling about $12 million for general fund expenditures.
County Manager Don Adams presented the board with his recommendations and budget summary for the proposed budget, which totalled $12,169,405. That is an increase of 5.9 percent over last year’s approved budget. Requests totalled $12,733,372.
Adams proposed leaving the county’s tax rate unchanged at 60 cents per $100 in value. About 52 percent, or $6,281,694 of the county’s income is derived from ad valorem taxes.
The county’s collection rate of 96.25 percent is slightly higher than the state average rate of 96.13 percent, Adams noted . Other county revenues include grants and reimbursements totalling $2,459,626, or 20 percent of the budget; sales taxes and other taxes totalling $2,279.000 or 19 percent of the budget; service fees accounting for $735,155 or 6 percent of the budget; and miscellaneous revenues of $125,000, accounting for 1 percent of the budget. In addition to those revenues, Adams proposed using $288,930 in fund balance appropriations, which would account for about 2 percent of needed revenues.
According to data from Adams, the county’s total expenditures by function total about 23 percent ($2,787,846) of its revenues to health and human services, 20 percent ($2,464,416) to public safety, 20 percent to education ($2,402,431, 17 percent ($2,097,252) to general government, 9 percent ($1,044,483) to debt service, 6 percent ($787,548) to insurance and 5 percent ($585,929) to other expenses. Those numbers differ when counting just county funds allocated. The county’s top expenditure is education (2,402,431), followed by public safety ($2,329,655), general government ($1,926,886), health and human
Commissioners offer names for zoning board
The Alleghany County Commission submitted names for consideration for a countywide zoning board on Monday. The move was the board’s first tangible step toward starting work on an ordinance to regulate land use here.
The names were submitted to County Planner Amy Pardue on Monday night and Pardue was asked by the board to return with a complete list of the names for board consideration by June 21. The board will meet at the county office building at 10 a.m. to discuss the matter.
Each commissioner could submit up to three names for consideration.
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