Historically, Lyon County has managed to remain debt-free throughout each budgeting cycle, and that trend will continue for fiscal year 2025.
Following the Lyon County Commission’s certification of the 2025 budget Thursday morning, chairman Rollie Martin noted the county will once again have no debt and no direct bond obligations for the coming year.
According to County Controller Dan Williams, the budget total is just over $40 million, with $24 million in ad valorem sales tax dollars. Williams says that total could have been higher given a rise in property valuations, but simply put, the county didn’t need it to be.
As previously reported by KVOE News, the 2025 budget will also see a better-than-half mill decrease from the prior year, with a mill levy rate of 56.972. The county also managed to fulfill just over $3 million in appropriation requests, which is only $200,000 less than the total number of asks presented by outside agencies over the course of the budgeting cycle.
Before certifying the budget Thursday commissioners also approved a pair of resolutions to exceed the revenue-neutral rate both for the county and the county’s public libraries.
In other business Thursday, commissioners approved a quote from Terracon for geological services related to the Cottonwood River Bridge on Road P totaling $15,800 and received information from Southwick House leadership on a CDBG grant application for 2025. One executive session was also held with no action taken.
Commissioners will reconvene for their regular action meeting next Thursday at 9 am inside of the Lyon County Courthouse Commission Chambers.
