But if pressed, county treasurer Tony Sook can give several reasons why no one at the courthouse should be overconfident about the county' s finances.
Revenues are stable, and our expenditures are conservative to moderate.
The occupancy level of the new jail once it opens to prisoners this summer. That money alone earns the county half a million dollars a year. The budget is based on the tax rate not changing, Sook said. Overall, the proposed budget for total revenues and expenditures is down 2.63 percent from a year ago, mostly reflecting less state and federal grant dollars flowing through county accounts. Money flows into the fund from the state based on the amount of coal that is either mined in the county or hauled on county roads.