Hennepin County News: Budgets Increase, New County Administrator
Tell us: Is this a responsible county budget?
The following is information released by Hennepin County: The Hennepin County Board of Commissioners, on a vote of six to one, approved a 2013 county budget of $1.78 billion – a 2.85-percent increase over the 2012 budget, and a .93-percent increase in the net property tax levy over 2012. Hennepin County Board Chair Mike Opat said, “Hennepin County residents can be proud of this budget. It protects core services, continues innovations in health care delivery, and makes investments in important public infrastructure. We have dealt with significant challenges, held the line on property taxes and kept the county a model for financial stability.” In addition, the board, acting as the Hennepin County Regional Railroad Authority, approved an …
Wallace Jacobs
2:23 pm on Thursday, December 13, 2012
Note -- Gail Dorfman just voted herself a raise in this budget! Yup, SLP, you've been Dorfed again! Gail -- keep looking out for yourself and your cronies...can't wait until you retire -- no, wait, then your self-appointed mini-me Anne Meevity takes over... Park residents wake up -- Gail voted herself a raise! more ›