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Kevin Cook

Sep 15, 2026

16:03
How much more do you have to cut to get back to what would keep the mill levy at its current point?
16:08
We would still need to take off approximately about another $13 million to have the same amount.
16:17
That seems impossible.
16:19
It may be, but we're still looking at every opportunity.
16:22
The problem that we are having right now, we are at about a 5% increase from last year.
16:27
If you were to look at some of the price indexes and inflation, there's been about a 5% increase as far as business owners in their cost of doing business.
16:37
The consumer price index has gone by 3.5%, but the business side of providing services has increased by 5.4. We're just about seeing the same that you would see from a business.
17:42
What is the county going to be doing to mark Emergency Preparedness Month?

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