Coos County delegation approves budget with county tax level

COOS COUNTY — After starting out with a projected 7.5 percent increase in the amount to be raised by taxes, the Coos County delegation Saturday approved a final 2021 county budget that will actually see a very small decrease in the county tax.

At their budget presentation in December, the county commissioners had projected a budget of $43.1 million, a decrease of 4.3 percent. Revenue projections were also down, however, resulting in a big increase in the amount to be raised by taxes. The commissioners predicted the number would change as they continued to work on the budget.