County tax bill down in 2015

Jamestown (CSi) The Stutsman County Commission has unanimously approved the county’s 2015.

Expenditures amount to $23.38 million down more than $700,000 from the 2014 budget.

Stutsman County Auditor, and CEO Casey Bradley, says the county will start 2015 with a $16 million fund balance, and if the 2015 budget is spent as presented the fund balance will be around $15 million at the end of the year.

The commissioners approved setting the 2014 property tax mill levy at 107.92 mills, down 5.27 mills from 2013. With property values up, the county will receive $580,869 more in property tax revenues than 2013.

For a home with a value of $100,000, the taxable value is $4,500. For 2015 that home will have a tax bill of $427.36, down from $448.23 from 2014.

Bradley says so far in 2014 the county performed 30 road projects, and in 2015 the county is planning on one, unless the state Legislature approves another round of road funding.