BUDGET BREAKDOWN
$13,221,100
What it is: This is the amount budgeted for Nobles County Public Works in 2016.
What it was last year: $7,299,764
Total county budget: $34,372,047
Percentage of total budget: 38.5 percent
How it’s used: 2016 will be a busy year for road reconstruction and bridge replacements, including a street reconstruction project in Dundee.
It will also be a catch-up year for equipment replacement, with more than half a million dollars budgeted for a new loader, truck for plowing, pickup trucks and smaller items.
Grant leverage: The county will get $1.76 million in federal grants, as well as other one-time money for road and bridge work. In all, nearly $2.5 million will come to Nobles County Public Works in 2016.
Also, all of the funding for Environmental Services is received through fees. The County Parks budget gets a small amount of property tax revenue for operation.
Number of staff members: 27
More information: The public works budget consists of the Highway and Street, Environmental Services (Planning & Zoning, Ag Inspection and Recycling, Feedlots), County Parks and Conservation departments.
