It’s Budget Time: Escambia County, Century Beginning Budget Workshops

July 7, 2022

Both Escambia County and Century are moving into the process of establishing their budgets and tax rates for the upcoming fiscal year.

Escambia County will hold all-day budget workshops at 9 a.m. on Tuesday, July 12, and Wednesday, July 13.

Century’s mayor will meet with staff members the next three Thursdays — July 7, 14 and 21 — at 3 p.m. The town council will hold a budget meeting on August 9.

Either entity may schedule additional meetings. All meetings are open to the public.

The new fiscal year begins October 1, 2021, for both Escambia County and Century.

Comments

5 Responses to “It’s Budget Time: Escambia County, Century Beginning Budget Workshops”

  1. John Doe on July 13th, 2022 11:23 am

    @ LAW, money is not the issue when it comes to the employee shortage. You can’t hire what doesn’t apply.

  2. LAW on July 8th, 2022 12:34 pm

    Please Town of Century ,When you do budget provide more money for maintenance of ditches. Last 2 months I have complained to Mayor, Street Supervisor, City Hall 3 times. about drainage problems in front of my house on Pinewood Ave. Don’t know if this is a manpower shortage, lack of communication, between each other or just don,t care.If shortage of workers please come up with more money to hire extra help or contract work out to help catch up with weed eating and dirt in ditche.

  3. Beach Boy on July 7th, 2022 1:34 pm

    Further thoughts on the issue of “No property tax for Seniors”…If you’re 65 or more and your AGI meets the standards for Senior discounts, make that the qualifier for “No property taxes for Seniors.”

  4. Beach Boy on July 7th, 2022 1:24 pm

    @ ensley boy…..you can just about guarantee that they will inflate the budget based on “speculated” future prices since the economy isn’t anywhere stable enough.
    One issue that should be addressed is….No property taxes for Senior adults so they can keep their homes. With the economy like it is…it’s difficult enough for Seniors to survive just on Social Security.

  5. ensley boy on July 7th, 2022 10:52 am

    With inflation it is hard enough to figure out a budget with the family, I would hate to try to budget services for the whole county. Without the stability of prices, this is going to be difficult for anyone to make a close decision on how much money should be provided for each service.