County Budget Picture Murky

Levy County’s finances are a mixed bag and commissioners may wish they could read tea leaves to know the county’s future.

Clerk of Court Danny Shipp and Sheila Rees, head of county finance, gave a report on county revenues and expenditures during Tuesday’s Board of County Commissioners’ meeting that was neither glowing or dismal.

For the first three months of the fiscal year revenues estimated general fund revenues are up with Rees estimating the county will receive $5,321,042 for the period when the commission had budgeted $5,173,241.

General fund expenditures in the fiscal year starting Oct. 1, 2008, are $5,761,756, down from the $6,573,753 that was budgeted.

Some departments are spending less than was budgeted in the first three months: state attorney’s office, public defender, general operations, legal department, building & zoning, county agent, medical examiner, school board and sheriff.

Some are over budget, like human resources, veterans’ affairs, tax collector, and guardian ad litem.

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