Jim Ruth, Bradley County SheriffCLEVELAND, Tenn. — The Bradley County Commission is scheduled to vote Monday on a proposed 2012-13 budget that does not contain a tax increase.
County Mayor D. Gary Davis previously said avoiding a tax hike was a key goal as the county approached its fourth straight year of flat revenues.
The proposed budget also achieves two goals of the Bradley County Mayor’s Office: An increase in the county’s general fund balance and a 1.6 percent raise for full-time county employees, Davis said.
While the budget proposal does not subject any departments to fiscal cuts, the mayor’s office did request revised department budgets this spring reflecting what would “hurt them the least,” Davis said.
Law enforcement officials say their budget limitations have put them under strain.