The Del Norte County Board of Supervisors concluded its 14 day public hearing for the 2024/25 Fiscal Year Budget for the General County and Special District Budgets. The Final Budget for the Fiscal year is $242.6 million, an increase over last year, $45.8 million General Fund (discretionary spending), a slight decrease over last year and carry over of $6.8 million unused from last year’s Budget. The adopted Budget is retroactive to July 1, 2024.#placement_573654_0_i{width:100%;max-width:550px;margin:0 auto;}var rnd = window.rnd || Math.floor(Math.random()*10e6);var pid573654 = window.pid573654 || rnd;var plc573654 = window.plc573654 || 0;var abkw = window.abkw || '';var absrc = 'https://ads.empowerlocal.co/adserve/;ID=181918;size=0x0;setID=573654;type=js;sw='+screen.width+';sh='+screen.height+';spr='+window.devicePixelRatio+';kw='+abkw+';pid='+pid573654+';place='+(plc573654++)+';rnd='+rnd+';click=CLICK_MACRO_PLACEHOLDER';var _absrc = absrc.split("type=js"); absrc = _absrc[0] + 'type=js;referrer=' + encodeURIComponent(document.location.href) + _absrc[1];document.write('');The primary source of revenue for County General Fund services (Public Safety- Sheriff/ Jail/ Coroner, Probation/ Reentry, Public Defender, District Attorney), Community Development( CDD Admin, Planning, Building Inspection, Environmental Health, Code Enforcement, Assessor, Auditor/ Controller, Treasurer/ Tax Collector, Clerk/ Recorder/ Elections, Agriculture Commissioner/ Weights and Measures, Animal Servi es, Building Maintenance and Parks, Information Technology, Administration (including Human Resources, Risk Management, Recreation, Veterans Services and County Counsel) are realized from property tax, sales tax, property tax in lieu of vehicle license fees and transient occupancy tax.Del Norte receives 1 percent of sales tax in the County.Measure R was the 1 percent sales tax passed in 2020 from 7.25 to 8.25 percent. The 1 percent difference translates to a 12.2 percent increase in sales tax revenue. Funds collected from Measure R totaled just under $2 million, last year. Currently, there are reserves of about $4 million. The seven member Measure R Oversight Committee makes recommendations to the Board, which ultimately allocates the funding. googletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('ad-1515727'); });