# Lost Creek Township adopts a flat 2027 tax levy with no pay raises

## What happened
The advisory board's vote on August 31 was the second and final reading the State Board of Accounts (the state agency that oversees local government finances) requires before a township's tax levy can be filed. Trustee Rick Long told the board the levy funds the same budget as this year — no line items changed and no one is getting a pay raise. Long said the township typically doesn't spend its full budget, so he expects another year-end surplus large enough to cover any gap between what the levy raises and what the budget calls for.

## The outcome
An advisory board member moved to accept the tax levy as discussed at the prior meeting; another board member seconded, and the board passed it on a voice vote.

## Sources
- [Second reading required by the State Board of Accounts, 0:00](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=74fBAQvxClU&t=0)
- [Budget unchanged, no pay raises, 0:36](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=74fBAQvxClU&t=36)
- [Expects a year-end surplus, 1:07](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=74fBAQvxClU&t=67)
- [Motion, second, and voice vote, 1:25](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=74fBAQvxClU&t=85)

*Also known as: Lost Creek Township tax levy · Lost Creek Township budget · 2027 township levy · township tax levy second reading*