(KLZA)-- Pawnee County Commissioners approved the budget and property tax levy for the next fiscal year when they met on September 8.

The property tax request was set at $1,993,530 requiring a property tax rate of 25.985 cents per $100 of assessed valuation. The property tax increase amounts to $57,290 which is a 2.96 percent increase.

The County valuation is $767,171,572 which is an increase of $18.6-million. 

The levy is approxmately a tenth of a cent higher than last year.  

The total budget of disbursements amounts to $8,728,225 which includes $450-thousand in necessary cash reserves.