(KLZA)-- Pawnee County Commissioners conducted a budget hearing and a tax request hearing during their Tuesday meeting. 

No one from the public attended the hearings to provide input on the budget proposals. 

The 2019-20 budget was presented by County  Clerk Candi Nicholas.  The total proposed operating budget is just over $8.9-million  plus $450-thousand for necessary cash reserve making the total $9,359,456. 

The property tax requirement to support the budget proposal is $1,936,239, an increase of $69,562 form last year, amounting to an approximate 3.7 percent increase.  

The county valuation is $748,550,260 which is a 2 percent increase from the 2018-19 Fiscal Year.

The property tax levy is proposed at 25.8665-cents per $100 of assessed valuation.

The final budget and tax request will be voted on at a later meeting.