Leggett FY16 Operating Budget Tightens Belt on County Spending; Property Tax Rate Cut, Solid Waste Fees Down 4 Percent; Economic Development, Schools & Libraries Among Few Increases

County Executive Ike Leggett today released his Recommended FY16 Operating Budget of $5.1 billion for the year that begins on July 1, 2015 – a budget that increases County government tax-supported spending by only 1.1 percent while cutting the County property tax rate by about one cent. The balanced budget closes an estimated $238 million gap