Bond approved
Supervisors discuss potential budget numbers
September 10, 2020
Holt County Supervisors faced a Shakespearean-like conundrum during the group’s Aug. 31 meeting at the Holt County Courthouse.
To include $2.5 million, monies promised by TC Energy for a road-use agreement, or not to include that amount in the upcoming road and bridge budget, dominated more than an hour of discussion.
Without payment in hand, the proposed levy would cost taxpayers an additional eight pennies, jumping to 36.25 cents, a 31% increase.
In the end, supervisors agreed to pursue a $1.5 bond to defray a larger levy increase.
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