County budget holds steady; assessments on the rise
On Monday, the Humboldt County Board of Supervisors approved the county redistricting and reprecincting plan by county ordinance. Some supervisor districts have slight changes, particularly within the city of Humboldt. Supervisors Bruce Reimers District 1 (on the map), Sandy Loney, District 2 and Rick Pedersen, District 3 are all running for re-election this fall. All are unopposed in the June 7 Republican primary. Map courtesy of Cherese Sexe, Humboldt County 911.
By KENT THOMPSON
The good news is that taxes for the coming budget year will only see a slight increase. The not so good news is that holding the line on taxes is only one part of the equation.
On Monday, the Humboldt County Board of Supervisors approved a $15.1 million budget, in terms of revenue collected.
The budget for fiscal 2022-23, which begins July 1, shows $13,061,656 in revenues. Of that amount, net property taxes will account for about half at $6,491,469. Intergovernmental – revenues from other government agencies, is expected to account for $4,653,376. TIF tax revenues and other taxes are expected to amount to $817,691. When approximately $2 million in transfers in are included, the $15.1 million figure is reached.
On the expenditure side, total expenditures are slated at $14,201,494, about $600,000 more than the current fiscal year. When operating transfers out are included, the total is $16,267,051.
Humboldt County Assessor Linda Fallesen spoke to the Board about using a new cost manual for the current year's assessments and said there are some pretty significant bumps upward in the assessment schedules, according to the manual.
“Farmland did not change, but dwellings on ag land are up by 12 percent. Residential property is up 8.17 percent on average. Rural residential increased by 15 percent and urban is up 6 percent. Commercial went up 1.86 percent and industrial went up 22 percent. Read more about this and other county news in this week's Humboldt Independent, your trusted source for local news and sports.
