Hamilton County Mayor Jim Coppinger said Saturday he is set to propose a balanced budget with no tax increases to the county commission this month.
Workshops for the county budget began last week with a presentation of the schools budget and will continue on Tuesday when the commission and mayor go over requests for the general government budget.
And while the full county general operating budget won’t officially be introduced to the commission until May 24, Coppinger said there won’t be any major surprises.
“It will be a balanced budget with no tax increases or anything like that,” he told the Times Free Press. “The biggest new thing will be the federal funding.”
Hamilton County is slated to receive about $71.5 million in one-time federal COVID-19 relief funds this year, which Coppinger said will offset some of the pandemic-related expenses incurred by the county this year, heading into fiscal year 2022.