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Comparison of selected results of the two proposed millage rates in the proposed 2019 budget. (3.64 mils vs. 3.79 mils).

@ 3.64 [Millage rate proposed by the Board of Commissioners] @ 3.79 [Millage rate proposed by County Executive Phillips Armstrong]

Taxes $107,958,523 $112,407,363

Total Expenditures $122,579,495 $122,579,495

Beginning Stabilization Fund Balance $30,000,000 $30,000,000

Ending Stabilization Fund Balance $21,661,546 $26,110,386

Source: Lehigh County Executive Phillips Armstrong’s published documents