I'm not an accountant but the math just does not add up. County politicians would like us all to believe that they have been dealing with budget deficits because they are being held to a 1% tax hike on property taxes. They claim that this is less than the rate of inflation - true. What they seem to be leaving out is the value of the property they tax continues to go up year after year thus the value of the 1% tax increases annually - correct? Also this increase in value does not add population or infrastructure to the county so should not be adding any cost - correct? The other issue is the rise in population which also raises the need for housing which, I believe, would raise the values of property that is being developed  which in turn would raise the tax income of the county. 
Like I said I'm not an accountant but it looks like the politicians are leaving out a part of the equation - oh and did I forget to add that the county is adding levy costs as was described in this article.