Debra J. Nye, Muskingum County Auditor, has announced the Budget Commission will be meeting on a bi-weekly basis throughout the 2024 calendar year on Mondays at 10:00 am starting on Monday, January 8, 2024.  The purpose of these meetings is to approve any requests from political subdivisions increasing and/or decreasing their Amended Certificate of Estimated Resources according to ORC 5705.36(A)(3) and 5705.36 (A)(4).

The meeting location will be in the Auditor’s Real Estate Office Conference Room located at 401 Main Street, Zanesville, Ohio, with the exception of the meetings scheduled on February 5, 2024 and August 26, 2024 which will be held in the office of the Prosecuting Attorney, 27 North 5th Street, Suite 201, Zanesville, Ohio.

The purpose of the Budget Commission meeting scheduled on February 5, 2024 is to approve the tax estimates and alternative budget requests for the school districts in Muskingum County for the fiscal year July 1, 2024 through June 30, 2025. The purpose of the Budget Commission meeting scheduled for August 26, 2024 is to approve budgets for all county related entities and approve tax estimates for all Political Subdivisions except schools for the calendar year 2025, as well as for the Board to approve the local government allocations for calendar year 2025.

For a complete listing of meeting dates, please click here.