Fond Du Lac County Board Reviews 2022 Budget

(Fond du Lac) The Fond du Lac County reviewed their proposed 2022 budget document this week. The proposed tax levy would be $1.8-million more than last year at $49.4million-dollars. The preliminary tax rate of $5.72 is lower than this past year’s rate of $5.81 or a decrease of 9cents. The 2022 Fond du Lac County Budget has been turned over to the Board’s Finance Committee, which begins work on it next week. The County Board will approve the budget and tax levy next month. Fond du Lac County Executive Allen Buechel is proposing a one-percent increase in wages for county workers for the second year in a row. He noted some of the more expensive items in the budget include reconstruction of Pioneer Road in the West Johnson Street area of Fond du Lac and $3million to replace the county’s financial software. The county still has to decide how to use the $20-million-dollars in American Rescue Plan Act funds but has until the end of 2024 to spend the money.