Lyon County Manager Jeff Page presented a State of the County report to the Lyon County Board of Commissioners at its Thursday meeting. Public safety tops the list of where 2014 general fund money is being spent, making up 42 percent, followed by general government expenditures, Lyon County judicial courts, culture and recreation and public works.
Page provided the Board with a pie chart of where the General Fund dollars are spent. He explained the General Fund provides funding for all county functions other than operations of Roads, Utilities and Human Services. The funding chart is as follows:
General Government, $6,569,360, 24 percent
Public Safety, $11,466,045, 42 percent
Judicial, $6,025,119, 22 percent
Public Works, $1,044,070, 4 percent
Sanitation, $0, 0 percent
Health, $263,361, 1 percent
Welfare, $395,265, 2 percent
Culture and Recreation, $1,368,382, 5 percent
Community Services, $0, 0 percent
Intergovernmental, $0, 0 percent.
Lyon County currently has 0.0060 employees per citizen and the General Fund costs each citizen $607.57. The average cost of a Lyon County employee (wages plus benefits) is $52,328 a year, the second lowest in the Washoe, Carson City, Douglas, Churchill and Lyon region, said Page.
To illustrate the expenditures and general fund, Page provided a slide presentation covering accomplishments and issues facing the various departments. The County Manager has posted that presentation on the County’s website here or you can view it below.
Questions? Contact the County Manager at (775) 463-6531/(775) 577-5037 or by email at jpage@lyon-county.org