In another example of reversing recent decisions by the Clark County council, the expanded board voted on Tuesday to undo a 2 percent reduction in the county’s property tax levy approved last month.

By a vote of 3 to 2, the council voted to reset the county’s general fund tax levy to a zero-percent change over the taxes collected in 2015, except for what revenue is naturally added through new construction. Councilors Jeanne Stewart, a Republican, Julie Olson, a Republican, and Chairman Marc Boldt, who has no party preference, voted to undo the tax reduction. Councilors David Madore, the Republican who proposed the tax cut in the first place, and Tom Mielke, also a Republican, voted to maintain the 2 percent cut approved on Dec. 1.

“I’d rather preserve funding for financial stability, for the sheriff’s department, for the parks and for the obligations we made in the budget when it was adopted than to go forward with what looks to me like a campaign slogan,” Olson said.

The decision means the county will bring in about $59.4 million in 2016, as opposed to the $58.3 million the county would have brought in under the 2 percent cut, according to a presentation from budget staff. County budget staff projected that the 2 percent cut would have reduced the county’s reserve fund balance to about $21.9 million by the end of 2016, below the $23 million county policy requires to remain in the coffers for emergencies and cash flow.

The actions mark the second time in as many weeks that the Clark County council, which this year expanded from three members to five, voted to overturn actions Madore and Mielke supported last year. At the request of Acting County Manager Mark McCauley, sheriff’s deputies provided extra security in the hearing room, where a packed audience of both critics and supporters of the tax cut cheered and shouted throughout the meeting.