An $ 8.2 million deficit, created by
stagnant sales tax growth and ballooning health care and personnel costs needed to be filled, and the county did it by offering $ 10,000 buyouts to employees close to retirement.
«A projected property tax cap growth at basically zero in 2017, combined with
stagnant sales tax revenues, counties will not be able keep up with the rising costs of state mandated programs provided at the local level.