County budget approved for FY23

At their Sept. 6 meeting, Jefferson County Commissioners approved the county budget for fiscal year 2023, which will feature considerably lower spending from a year earlier despite some rising costs. 

The total budget approved for FY2023 is $26,720,284, down almost 10% from the $28,253,886 budgeted for FY2022 – but still up 17% from pre-pandemic levels.

The roughly $1.5 million decrease in spending is a function mostly of a decline in grant funding and corresponding personnel expenses, according to County Clerk and Recorder Ginger Kunz. One department that requires less spending this fiscal year is the public health department.