The 2024 Doniphan County budget has been approved for publication.

That happened during Monday's meeting of the Doniphan County Commission, with the unofficial minutes of the session stating that the budget was presented to the County leaders by County Clerk Peggy Franken.

According to the minutes, the budget contains a projected mill levy rate of 36.917 mills and tax collections remaining revenue neutral, at $5,850,611.

Following a review of the budget document, the Commissioners voted unanimously to approve it for publication.

During the meeting, Franken also presented the Commissioners with the proposed 2024 Doniphan County Ambulance District Number 1 budget, with that also approved for publication unanimously.

The vote followed a review of the figures, with Franken showing that the budget contains a projected mill levy rate of 2.199 mills, with tax collections remaining revenue neutral at $348,516.

Franken explained to the Commission that the reason for keeping tax collections the same was unknown funding from dedicated 1-percent sales tax generations to fund the countywide ambulance service.