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Public Safety & Legal Services expenditures are the highest percentage of the County operating budget. Public Safety expenditures have increased dramatically in recent years due to increasing staffing and costs in housing jail inmates in out-of-county facilities.

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Scott County represents only 16.2% of total property taxes collected from all taxing jurisdictions in the county. Note schools represent almost half of all local property taxes collected.

Scott County has an annual budget of over 50 million dollars. Property tax is the largest source of funding for the county.

Scott County is known for its fiscal responsibility. While ranking third in population, Scott County ranks the lowest among the eight largest metropolitan Iowa counties in the urban area and second lowest among the eight largest metropolitan Iowa counties in the rural areas tax levy rate amount for Fiscal Year 2005-06. Additionaly Scott County has the third lowest county property tax amount per capita of all ninety-nine Iowa counties and is 29% below the statewide average.

There is a wealth of information in the budget plans, summaries, quarterly indicators, and audits contained on these pages. If you have any questions, please call the Scott County Budget Coordinator at (563) 326-8250.

Scott County's Fiscal Year begins July 1st and ends June 30th.