Tazwell County Spending To Rise 1%

According to the Peoria Journal Star:

The Tazewell County Board is set to approve a $49.5 million fiscal year
2007 spending plan that includes money for additional correctional
officers at the Tazewell County Jail and funding for improvements
within the Supervisor of Assessments Office.

They go on to say later in the article that:

Overall, the budget is up about $500,000 from what was budgeted in fiscal 2006.

Sixty percent of the budget for next year will go for salaries and benefits.