The county budget committee will begin work soon on the 2017-18 spending plan.

County Mayor Tim Stribling updated the commission Monday night on how much property tax revenue the county is expected to generate in the next fiscal year.

“Assessments based upon estimated valuations of the property in DeKalb County are currently at $481, 473, 214 including industrial, commercial, residential, farm, agriculture, public utilities. The full value of a penny is $48, 147,” the mayor said. “We will start on the budget figuring to receive $45, 147 per penny based on 93.77% collections and anything collected over 93.77% will be spread out over the various departments.”

Stribling also presented the Trustee’s Report on behalf of Sean Driver, who was unable to attend the meeting.

“People were asking how collections were going on property taxes. As of March 23, 2017 the Trustee’s Office had collected 91.31% of the property taxes owed for 2016. In a comparison, one year ago on the same date the county had collected 92.68%,” he said.

Joy Whitman was named to replace the recently resigned Danny Cowan as judicial commissioner. Whitman was recommended for the position by the county judicial committee. The county’s three judicial commissioners now include Whitman, Richard Jennings, and Tammy Ashburn.