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2022 Grant County Budget Adoption, Capital Facilities Plan Adoption, Making Tax levies and Setting
Assessment Rates (Noxious Weed)
December 6, 2021
8:30 a.m.
In Attendance:
Cindy Carter, Chair (Webex)
Danny E. Stone, Vice -Chair
Rob Jones, Member (Webex)
Barbara J. Vasquez, Clerk of the Board
Public: See sign in sheet
The Commissioners held an Open Record Public Hearing to consider the 2022 Grant County Budget
Adoption, Capital Facilities Plan Adoption, Making Tax levies and Setting Assessment Rates (Noxious
Weed).
Madeline Prentice, Chief Accountant, gave an overview of the budgets: The total budget is
$197,059,012.00, using $4.,503.,200.00 from the reserve fund to balance the budget. Current Expense
budget is $52,165,,414.00. Madeline mentioned that the reserve monies being used is down from over
$5 million due to ARPA funds (Fund #191) being used for expenses in the Commissioner's Office (Grant
Position) and Fairgrounds/Public Works lost revenue.
Damien Hooper, Director of Development Services, gave an overview of the Capital Facilities Plan for
2022-2027.
Commissioner Carter gave the overview of the increase to the revenue request for the Assessment
Rates for the Noxious Weed Board:
Irrigated Cropland
Dryland
Range/Scabland
Minimum Parcels
23 cents per acre
09 cents per acre
06 cents per acre
$14.00 per parcel
Keith Elefson, County Engineer, discussed the Levy Amount being requested, which is 1% from 2021 in
the amount of $100,848.17.
Barbara Vasquez, Clerk of the Board, discussed the Current Expense Levy Amount being requested,
which is 1% from 2021 in the amount of $202,039.31.
A motion was made by Commissioner Jones, seconded by Commissioner Stone, to close the public
comment portion of the meeting. The motion passed unanimously. A motion was made by
Commissioner Stone, seconded by Commissioner to Jones, to approve the 2022 Budgets, Capital
Facilities Plan, Noxious Weed Assessments, and Road Fund/Current Expense levies. Discussion was held
by Commissioner Stone, to reconsider taking the 1% levy increase for the Road/Current Expense Funds.
Commissioner Stone moved to amend the motion to not include the levy increases for the road
fund/current expense fund. Commissioner Carter stated this hearing will need to be continued to redo
the budget as that revenue is also tied to expenses. There was no second on the amendment.
Commissioner Stone then moved to postpone the hearing until December 13, 2021 at 11:00 a.m.
Commissioner Jones seconded and the motion passed unanimously.