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July 22, 2008


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Committee Sends Budget to Commission for Approval

By Joel Washburn
washburn@mckenziebanner.com

No Tax Increase Slated for 2008-2009 Year

HUNTINGDON (July 17) Carroll County Budget Committee put the finishing touches on the 2008-2009 fiscal year budget last Thursday and sent it to the full commission for adoption during its August session.

The proposed budget includes the same tax rate as 2007-2008, $1.00 per $100 assessed value. On the expenditure side, county employees will receive a 2.5 percent pay increase and Carroll Academy will continue to operate, thanks to a state grant of 75 percent of its original amount. The county had earlier been told the entire grant would be eliminated.

The budget also includes the county’s 10 percent portion of a significant upgrade to the Carroll County Airport. The entire project is $2.5 million for improvements at the 22-year old facility.

Mayor Kenny McBride said budgetary expenditures were trimmed significantly. The anticipated deficit is now $60,225 as compared to earlier projections of $250,000. Those funds will be taken from the fund balance (savings account). The mayor said Carroll County’s anticipated deficit is less than many area counties.

Each penny on the tax rate generates a net of $31,288 in revenue, said McBride.

Since the start of the 2007-2008 budget on July 1, 2007, diesel fuel has increased 75 percent, gasoline 35 percent, natural gas 31 percent, and electricity 25 percent.

A request from Carroll County Library to convert a part-time employee to full-time and the addition of a second full-time county maintenance person were not included in the new budget.

Two donations were eliminated from the non-profit list. West Tennessee Hearing and Speech ($1,000) and Huntingdon Museum ($400) were eliminated from the original list. The downtown Huntingdon Museum building is for sale and the museum is in transition to a yet to be determined location.

The list of donations to non-profit organizations is as follows: Rescue Squad $6,000; Gordon Browning Museum $4,000; McKenzie Memorial Library $8,000; Carl Perkins Center $3,500; McKenzie Senior Citizens $200; Atwood Senior Citizens $200; Carroll County Museum $400; Tennessee Rehab Center $1,000.

McBride noted the debt on the Carroll County Office Complex will retire in August 2009. The next major construction project is a new jail as mandated by the state of Tennessee. McBride said initial conversations with the jail inspector indicate the county may construct a new maximum security facility adjacent to the current jail on Highway 70 E, Huntingdon. The co-location will allow the current low-security men’s dormitories to continue to be used.

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