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Serving Lincoln County for more than a century!
Gap covered with cash reserve
DAVENPORT—The Lincoln County Commissioners completed the 2022 budget in the nick of time last Thursday, Dec. 30 ahead of a New Year’s deadline. The commissioners dealt with the budget gap through unestimated unreserved beginning cash and allotted expenditures for various departments.
The county is budgeting for $2,372,570 in property tax revenue, $1,090,000 in retail, sales and criminal justice tax revenue, $510, 264 from the Department of Interior, over $800,000 in state revenues, $747,376 in various fees and $829,419 in various law enforcement service, adult probation service, juvenile service and communication service revenues. All of these are within the current expense fund.
Within the county current expense fund is an estimated $8,260,046 in revenue and $1,216,934 beginning balance.
The following departments are expected to incur the following expenditures from the current expense fund. They are ranked by total expenditure cost.
Sheriff operations: $1,464,479
Jail services: $990,195
Sheriff administration: $602,821
Custodial/janitorial/security services: $598,100
Auditor: $551,572
Commissioners: $538,378
Data processing: $494,429
Prosecuting attorney: $490,438
Assessor: $456,821
Treasurer: $400,334
Information services: $340,233
District Court: $337,200
Clerk: $291,874
Planning: $209,525
Superior Court: $177,572
Juvenile services: $172,069
Other expenditures budgeted outside of the current expense fund include the following.
Roads: $12,239,085
Martin Hall operations: $2,376,709
Alcohol and drug services: $908,138
Solid waste management: $663,005
Capital improvements: $424,322
Noxious weed board: $315,930
County fair: $297,464
Drew Lawson is the editor of the Davenport Times. He is a graduate of Eastern Washington University.
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