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2026 Nemaha Co budget approved

By Greg Bebermeyer and Heidi Wolfgang

10/01/2025

Nemaha County Courthouse

(KMZA)--The Nemaha County Commission Monday unanimously approved a 2026 budget of $15.1 million that contains a nearly 3.6 mill property tax levy increase.

The budget contains an estimated tax rate of 39.63 mills, which is to generate nearly $9.5 million in tax revenue. That's about $1 million in additional tax revenue over this year.

The Commission had originally been looking at an about 4.6 mill levy increase before making budget cuts.

Two mills of the total mill levy increase is due to a clerical error in the 2023 budget that classified certain one-time grant funds as part of ongoing revenue.

An additional one mill of the increase is attributed to ongoing private sector increases in the costs of employee benefits.

The county's assessed valuation increased $4.4 million to more than $239 million.

In other business, the Commission voted to award the bid for a road reclamation project on the Bern-Oneida road to King's Construction, of Oskaloosa, in the amount of just over $986,000
The Commission took the action on the recommendation of Road and Bridge Supervisor Adam Kuckelman.

It was the lowest among two bids opened at the Commission's September 22 meeting.

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