Taxpayers Get Good News, Bad News In Lewis County Spending Plan

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Story Published: Nov 4, 2009 at 1:12 AM EST

Story Updated: Nov 4, 2009 at 1:12 AM EST

There's good and bad news for Lewis County taxpayers now that the proposed county budget has been unveiled.

The bad news is: sales tax revenue is down and the county won't be getting $9 million in wind power money.

The good news is: the property tax rate is going down.

Under the spending plan, if you own a home worth $100,000, you would pay $680 in taxes.

That's down about $20 compared to last year.

"One of the things that's always a challenge is trying to put together a budget without knowing what the state is doing and they're not scheduled to come back to plug their hole of $10 billion now until November 10," said Lewis County Administrator Dave Pendergast.
 
The proposed budget doesn't include any layoffs.

However, nothing is set in stone.

A public hearing is set for November 18. 

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