County Budget Plan: Hike Taxes 1%

After months of meetings and crunching numbers on thousands of pages of spreadsheets, Clark County Manager Mark McCauley and his staff unveiled a proposed budget for the 2017-2018 biennium Wednesday that seeks to make up for projected shortfalls with tax increases, cost savings and new debt. Speaking to the Clark County council, McCauley said that the proposed budget contains cost savings while paying for critical infrastructure and increased employee costs while seeking to minimize adverse effects on county residents.

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