With no fanfare, the Jefferson County Commission passed the county’s 2023 fiscal budget at its meeting Thursday.

The budget was one of 73 resolutions that passed without discussion as part of the commission’s consent agenda.

The proposed budgetary appropriation for all funds is $962,149,935 with $672,306,998 in the operating budget and $289,842,937 in the capital budget. The capital budget represents 30% of the total budget and the operating budget accounts for 70%.

The operating budget supports daily operations as the county strives to provide efficient basic governmental services to its citizenry. It includes salaries, benefits, supplies, contracted services, etc. The capital budget allows the county to pay for new facilities, roads, existing county facilities and the like.

There will be a draw on the fund balance to the Sanitary Operations Fund in the amount of $147,913,594 to help defray the costs of sanitary operations capital improvements.

The budget has projected revenue of $818,372,640. The budget includes a 5% cost-of-living increase for employees, which will cost approximately $5.9 million.