By Anton Riecher
A three percent cost of living adjustment is being proposed for most of Medina County elected officials under a $59 million proposed county budget presented by County Judge Keith Lutz during the most recent budget workshop for the upcoming 2024-2025 fiscal year.
“I like everybody to understand where I’m coming from with the budget at this point,” Lutz told the commissioners. “Based on our current budget, this is what I put together (supported by) a voter-approval tax rate of $.4511 which would raise (an additional) $3.742 million.”
Under the state tax code, a voter-approval tax rate is the maximum rate an elected body can approve on its own authority without triggering an automatic election required for ratification.
Lutz said the increases he is proposing under the new budget amounts to nearly $77,000 compared to a total annual budget of $59 million.
Lutz said the proposed three percent rate follows a similar four percent cost of living adjustment approved for county employees in the previous year’s budget. The increase is based on a…
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