The Polk County Board of Commissioners held a special meeting on Monday, May 8, where the commissioners received the proposed budget for the 2023-2024 fiscal year from County Manager Marche Pittman.

This is only the first step in the annual budget process. If you want to learn more, read this post about the process.

The proposed budget includes a 2-cent increase from the current property tax rate and all revenue raised by this increase is designated to go to Polk County School Operations.

The budget also recommends a county-wide pay increase that would go into effect in January.

There will be a public hearing regarding the budget at 5 p.m. on June 5 and the budget will be on the agenda for adoption during the Polk County Board of Commissioners’ regularly scheduled meeting at 5 p.m. on June 19.

If approved, the budget will go into effect July 1. The total proposed budget for the county is $41,307,888.

A copy of the recommended budget will be available for review in the County Manager’s office until it is adopted. Anyone interested can contact the Clerk to the Board, Kristy Tipton 828-894-3301 or ktipton@polknc.org.