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Budget

County budgets $6.67M for 2025

The Barry County Commission has approved the 2025 budget, which allows for up to $6.67 million in spending across all county offices and includes a pay raise for all county employees. Joyce Ennis, Barry County clerk, said the total proposed budget is $6,670,661, which includes estimated 2025 sales tax revenue of $6,012,401, plus $6,749,308.49 carried over from 2024.
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City budgets for water project, foot bridge

The city of Cassville has multiple major projects scheduled for this year, driving the $13.8 million 2024 budget that predicts a 4 percent increase in sales tax revenue. The city forecasts $7.5 million in total revenue, which includes about $2.83 million in four sales taxes, more than $200,000 in interest and dividends, $130,000 from a refinance of the 2017 bond issue and $1.1 million in sewer and water bond proceeds.
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