The Washington County Board met Tuesday night and went over the Washington County Budget and the Tax Levy, both later approved.  For the 2015 – 2016 Budget, in the General Fund, expenses decreased approximately $800,000 to $7,106,886, in part as some of the renovation of the courthouse, was completed and bills paid out of the current budget.  Much of rest of this fund includes salaries and offices.  The County Highway, Bridge and Matching Funds total $1,491,000.  There was relatively no change in the amount budgeted for funds such as retirement and Social Security, TORT Liability, 9-1-1 Emergency Telephone, Solid Waste Program and Senior Services.  These funds total $5,471,178, about $50,000 higher than last year’s.  The total of all funds is $12,578,064, which is again, approximately $800,000 less than the previous budget.  Last year there was nearly $459,400 transferred out to other areas of the budget, while this year’s budget has $483,260 transferred out.  The net Washington County Budget for 2015-2016 is $12,094,404.  This does not include the Budget for the Motor Fuel & Agency Funds.  The 2015-2016 tax levy is $3,397,310, which is $147,860 more than the last tax levy.  The only funds not to go up were Veteran’s and Emergency, which stayed the same, and the Washington County Health Department, which received less of the tax levy.  The largest fund is for the General Corporate Purposes, which is for the administration side of the budget and it is at $1,113,765.  The combination of the Highway, Bridge and Matching Funds, which includes Motor Fuel Tax, is up to $471,700.