County Mayor Claude Ramsey on Thursday morning said the county plans a no-tax-increase budget that increases overall spending by $799,000.

He said there are no raises included in the budget, but there are also no employee layoffs.

Mr. Ramsey said because there are no raises, he is recommending that the County Commission not increase the amount employees contribute for health insurance. The county earlier set a plan to raise the employee contribution to 15 percent by going up one percent a year. Mr. Ramsey recommended that it stay at 12 percent.

The amount to the county schools goes from $358.9 to the requested $371.9 million.

The total budget will be $197.3 million counting the $33.6 million that goes for debt service.

The County Commission is set to finalize the budget on Aug. 12.

Mr. Ramsey said income from real and personalty taxes is up $2.9 million and an extra $476,305 was taken in from EPB.

But he said costs paid to the private Corrections Corporation of America to operate the workhouse rose $809,000.

There is an expense of $360,771 with opening of the new Enterprise South Nature Park.

The county is providing an additional $333,493 to the Regional Planning Agency after it was noted that agency no longer has a significant fund balance of its own.

Costs are up $204,000 at the election office because of two major elections this year.

Mr. Ramsey said the county used less of its own fund balance last year - $1.7 million - than had been projected.

The budget includes continuing to set aside $900,000 for each of the nine commissioners to distribute as they wish at $100,000 each.

Medical Examiner same $944,577
Clerk and master $760,760 to $754,121
Circuit court clerk $$1,113,116 to $1,105,003
County clerk $1,825,613 to $1,722,594
Register $415,046 to $411,825
Trustee $396,539 to $383,964
Assessor $3,454,063 to $3,435,036
District attorney $976,925 to $984,905
Election Commission $1,462,438 to $1,666,425
Criminal court clerk $1,406,677 to $1,381,459
Sheriff same $23,564,159
Public defender $493,1422 to $499,584
Board of Equalization same $5,000
General Sessions Court $1,240,784 to $1,234,779
Juries $230,000 to $182,340
Criminal court judges $201,279 to $200,592
Chancery court judges same $12,000
Circuit Judge Jackie Bolton $66,400 to $63,217
Circuit Judge Jeff Hollingsworth $59,875 to $58,030
Circuit Judge Marie Williams $58,251 to $58,030
Circuit Judge Neil Thomas $71,728 to $71,498
Juvenile court clerk $1,833,367 to $1,838,695
Magistrates $371,872 to $352,756
Juvenile judge $$3,908,352 to $3,900,113
Juvenile Detention Unit $2,098,446 to $2,095,401
Juvenile IV-D $634,508 to $636,630
Juvenile CASA $79,078 to $79,168
Juvenile youth and alcohol safety $57,320 to $67,830
Forest fire prevention same $4,000
Soil conservation $111,942 to $104,158
Agriculture same $236,410
Bethlehem Community Center same $15,000
Regional Planning Agency $990,007 to $1,323,500
SETDD same $67,581
Air Pollution Control same $188,548
Humane Educational Society $392,255 to $395,255
Chamber economic development same $525,000
Erlanger Hospital same $3 million
Bicentennial Library $2,640,000 to $2,687,400
Scenic Cities Beautiful same $22,888
Allied Arts same $150,000
WTCI same $30,000
CARTA same $105,200
Regional History Museum same $28,000
Urban League same $50,000
African American Museum same $64,000
African American Museum building maintenance same $62,653
Multi-Cultural Chamber same $75,000
Choose Chattanooga same $30,000
Armed Forces Day parade same $10,000
County mayor $656,493 to $654,064
Chief of staff $372,722 to $372,425
County attorney $830,213 to $953,103
Rep. to General Assembly same $10,000
Chief reading officer $276,994 to $272,822
County Commission same $690,627
County auditor $988,851 to $985,869
Microfilming $427,315 to $426,573
Indigent care $116,146 to $118,528
Telecommunications $956,200 to $913,800
Human resources $764,164 to $761,811
Development $467,112 to $458,569
Railroad authority $135,664 to $124,561
Capital outlay from $4,568,896 to $4,417,511
Finance administrator $244,636 to $241,319
Accounting $1,968,654 to $1,878,865
Financial management $446,735 to $444,049
Information technology $392,588 to $395,884
Purchasing $779,205 to $772,918
Public works $17,917,023 to $17,774,680
Human services $41,156,772 to $41,563,380
Health $20,632,330 to $21,004,599