(KMZA)--The Nemaha County Commission has approved a 2025 county budget that calls for total expenditures of $16 million and maintains about the same tax levy.

The Commission took the action Monday.

The Commission held a public hearing on the budget at their September 16 meeting but decided to delay approval at that time to see if they could get the budget closer to the revenue neutral rate.

The original budget proposal had called for a nearly 1.8 mill levy increase.

The adopted 2025 budget contains an estimated tax rate of 36.090 mills, which is .078 mills below the revenue neutral rate.

The budget calls for the county to collect nearly $8.5 million in local tax revenue, which is an about $15,000 decrease over this year.