(KLZA)-- Nemaha County Nebraska Commissioners conducted public hearings last week pertaining to the budget for the next fiscal year. 

Commissioners approved the additional 1% budget authority allowed by state statute.

Following the hearings, Board members approved a resolution adopting the fiscal year 2017-18 budget requiring $3,416,122 in property taxes, an increase of $35,250 from the previous year.

The property tax levy was also approved at 29.99 cents per $100 of assessed valuation an increase of approximately six-tenths of a cent.