assuming funding for operations - city 40% / County 60%; funding for repairs and maintenance - City 50% / County 50%    assuming funding for operations - 100% County      
    Operation Budget Repairs and maintenance TOTAL Mill equivalent       Operation Budget Repairs and maintenance TOTAL Mill equivalent  
  City Budget     618,569.00    207,753.00     826,322.00 1.00       City Budget   0.00  
  County Budget     927,853.50    207,753.00  1,135,606.50 1.04       County Budget  1,546,422.50   415,506.00  1,961,928.50 1.79  
  Total  1,546,422.50    415,506.00  1,961,928.50              
               
A taxpayer in the City of Lawrence owning a house with a market value of 160,000     A taxpayer in the City of Lawrence owning a house with a market value of 160,000  
    taxes owed for health department         taxes owed for health department    
  city taxes  $       485.08  $        18.45           city taxes  $       466.68  $            -        
  county taxes  $       552.18  $        19.08         county taxes  $       565.98  $       32.97    
  Total  $         1,037  $        37.53         Total  $         1,033  $       32.97    
           
A taxpayer anywhere else in Douglas County owning a house with a market value of $160,000   A taxpayer anywhere else in Douglas County owning a house with a market value of $160,000
    taxes owed for health department         taxes owed for health department    
  county taxes  $       552.18  $        19.08         county taxes  $       565.98  $       32.97    
  total  $       552.18  $        19.08         total  $       565.98  $       32.97    
           
                   
  difference   97%         difference   0%