Correction: An earlier version of this article misstated the cost of the Rivers Casino and the size of Schenectady County's surplus. The casino's price tag is $330 million and the surplus is $249,000.

SCHENECTADY - Schenectady County residents would see a 1 percent property tax reduction in part because of the $2 million in revenue from Rivers Casino that County Manager Kathleen Rooney included in her tentative 2018 budget.

Still, the casino cash in Rooney's preliminary $319.83 million spending plan that she introduced Wednesday at Schenectady County Community College is significantly less than the between $3 and $4 million she mentioned during her budget presentation a year ago.

And it's also lower than the $2.7 million in casino cash that was prorated from March 2017 in the current budget because the casino opened in February.

The Times Union on Sunday reported that the $330 million casino in Schenectady and two other licensed gambling halls are hundreds of millions of dollars behind what they projected they would earn in their first year of operation.

As of the end of August, Rivers had made 37 percent of the $222 million it projected it would make in the first year.

Afterward, County Legislator Brian McGarry said in a phone interview that he is not all that alarmed by the casino revenue figure.

"It's a Goldilocks scenario that governments always expect all these revenues but they never appear, and then when they do the government spends the money as soon as they get it," the Rotterdam Republican said.

The tax levy, or amount to be raised by taxes, in the county budget is $70.43 million, about 1.2 million less than in the current plan.

It also relies on about $249,000 in surplus, which is also more than was used last year to help balance the 2017 budget.

The budget also includes $2 million for a new countywide police task force of between 10 to 15 cops who will respond to problem areas in the county and three new patrol officers for the county sheriff's department.

Rooney highlighted the $5.82 million library system, saying it provides for staff for the upgrades in technology and additional staff at the new Mont Pleasant library branch and employees who will work at multiple branches.

Rooney said there are no bad county roads because of all the preventative maintenance work over the years. She said the county "has set a goal to rehabilitate the county airport" by focusing on runway and taxiway improvements.

She also talked about the nearly $3 million more in 2018 in mandated cost increases in areas and programs like Medicaid, public safety, and college chargebacks for in county students who attend school out of county. For example, the county is paying about $33 million in Medicaid.

After Rooney's presentation, lawmakers began to review the budget, a process that will at 7 p.m. Monday for three straight nights with a public hearing set for 7 p.m. on Oct. 10. The adoption vote is Oct. 11.

The 2017 budget of $318.6 million kept property taxes stable .

Over the next few days, budgets in Schenectady, Niskayuna and Glenville are expected to released to the public.