County approves 2018 budget

Boulder County Commissioners approved a $426.9 million budget last week for the 2018 fiscal year.

The budget includes a decrease in property tax of 2.117 mills to make the total county property tax at 22.726 mills for 2018.

Commissioners estimate property tax revenue to come in at $178,590,811 — up from $165,014,873 in 2017 — based on increases in property values which enabled them to make the cut...