Bobbie Bicknell Coray, Reporter
Rich Civic Times
RANDOLPH, Utah. December 5, 2018. Rich County operates on a budget of $6,
753,541, increased from last year. There will be no tax increase to balance the
budget.
Major revenue sources are the ¼% sales tax of $126,000, Class B Road Funds
$551,584, Payment in Lieu of Tax (PILT) $464,133, property tax $1,200,000, Transient Room Tax
$348,000.
The Sanitation department has a separate budget of $920,550 of which
$600,000 is paid for by user fees and the shortfall of $320,500 is made up by
the Sanitation Reserve.
The largest expenditures include the jail with a cost of
$524,000, mosquito control $175,000, sheriff’s office $477,583, tourism
projects $216,000. The county commission’s
salary and benefits are $166,244.
The commissioners said that the jail budget and sheriff equal 75% of property tax revenue, and they noted that the north end of the county (Garden
City and Laketown) use the greater part of the funds.
There was a wage increase of 4% for county employees after a
market research on salaries.
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