Columbia County: Divvying up the tax dollars

Link to October 21 Portage Daily Register article, "County digs in to tough budget".

Excerpt: The average Columbia County homeowner has an assessed valuation of $188,710 and can expect to pay a total property tax of about $3,204 in 2010. Of that, $833 goes to Columbia County.

Here's how Columbia County departments divvy up that $833 average annual property tax payment:

• Sheriff's office: $243

• Health and human services: $134

• Highway: $118

• Debt service: $80

• Building and grounds: $61

• General government: $52

• Information system management: $31

• Courts/legal: $28

• Zoning, land conservation: $24

• Libraries: $19

• Solid waste: $18

• Land information, register of deeds: $15

• Education, economic development: $10