Committee begins trimming county budget

Wednesday, May 23, 2012

After three weeks of listening to budget presentations and understanding what the county's financial position looked like, the county budget committee rolled up its sleeves and began the process of trimming costs to create a balanced budget. The morning started out with good news as Director of Budgets Nancy Broadstone announced that funding was higher than expected for the commodity food program. The increased revenue reduced the county's deficit for the year down to $70,787. The deficit figure includes the fire department's request of $50,000 for new truck(s) and a match commitment in the amount of $25,600 for the city of Newbern's Fire Department, which is submitting a grant application for the purchase of a new fire truck.

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