(KLZA)-- Pawnee County Commissioners conducted budget hearings Tuesday drawing no public comment.

Following the hearings the Board approved a total budget of disbursements amounting to $10,495,226 plus an additional $450,000 for necessary cash reserve.

The personal and property tax request will increase 2.319 percent to $2,424,415. The increase amounts to an additional $54,954. The tax levy will be 28.9343 cents per $100 of assessed valuaiton which is a decrease of 0.1444 cents per $100 of assessed valuation.

The Pawnee County valuation increased 2.83 percent to $837,904,741 which is a total dollar increase of $23,059,492.