Category: Taxes
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Supervisor Baker’s Debt Repayment and Debt Levy Policy Proposal
One of the objections to my plan to reduce the proposed 2024 tax levy increase by $1,500,000 has been the assertion that we need to consider an overall long term debt repayment and debt levy policy before we approve any reduction in the debt levy. Of course, one of the reasons for raising this issue…
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SIF Fund Balance – Projection, Misinformation, and Obfuscation
Projection, Misinformation, and Obfuscation My proposals regarding the large recent increase that I discovered in the County’s SIF fund balance have been focused on reducing the Social Service Department’s 2024 budgeted revenues and property tax levy to bring them in balance with historical Social Service Department expenditures. As explained in presentations at both HHS and…
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Supervisor Baker Plans to Propose 2 Amendments to the 2024 Budget
I am planning to propose 2 budget amendments to the 2024 Marathon County Budget to reduce the proposed tax increase by $1,665,000 with no expected impact on services provided or budgeted expenditures. These 2 amendments would cut the 2024 total levy increase from an approximate 5.7% increase to an approximate 2.7% increase. The proposed amendments…
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HRFC committee refuses to consider HHS resolution to reduce proposed tax increase
The HRFC (Human Resources Finance and Property) Committee refused to consider the HHS resolution to cut the proposed property tax increase by $1,500,000. The resolution was passed unanimously by the HHS committee and was sent to HRFC using the new budget process developed by the HRFC committee and approved by the full Board. The HRFC…
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HHS Committee UNANIMOUSLY approves Supervisor Baker’s resolution to reduce proposed tax increase
The Marathon County HHS Committee unanimously approved Supervisor Baker’s resolution to reduce the 2024 proposed tax increase by $1,500,000 and voted to send the resolution to the HRFC committee for further consideration. The proposal reduces the proposed tax increase without cutting County service by reducing the projected growth of the Social Improvement Fund and received…
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Supervisor Baker Finds 3 Year, $9,095,322 Increase in County Social Improvement Fund Balance
Even though I was not appointed to the HRFC (HR Finance and Property Committee), I often attend the HRFC committee meetings and spend a significant amount of time studying and reviewing the County’s finances. Since the County has been unable to produce detailed monthly Financial Statements due to outdated accounting software, I have also been…