(KLZA)-- Richardson County Commissioners were presented with the Fiscal Year 2024-25 preliminary budget document by budget-making authority and County Clerk Mary Eickhoff when they met last week.

The preliminary budget which includes the amounts submitted by each department for the next year totaled $20,944,000. The actual budget for the current fiscal year is $20,322,000.

However, the preliminary tax requirement to fund the budget would be $7,645,000, an increase of $1,786,000 from this years $5,859,000.

At this point, the final county valuation has not been confirmed.

Commissioners will be holding hearings with all department officials to review their budget requests.