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Lancaster County’s board of commissioners on Wednesday approved a $168 million budget for 2022. The Republican chairman, Josh Parsons, boasted that property tax rates won’t change under the plan –
âIâm pretty reserved about this budget,â said Lehman, a Democrat who worked as a budget analyst for the state before winning election to county leadership. âIt is not surprising, given COVID-19, that the county was not able to put together a structurally balanced budget for 2021.â Structural balance in a budget is when ongoing expenditures â those occurring every year â are fully funded by revenue sources that occur every year, like taxes. Lehmanâs concern is that $665,000 in one-time revenue is being used to cover expenses and balance the budget in 202...