Jefferson: County curbs services to fix $900,000 deficit

Published 12:01 am Thursday, May 30, 2002

Jefferson County employees, department heads and the public got their first chance to weigh in on plans to fix an approximate $900,000 budget shortfall Wednesday.

Many wondered how the budget shortfall had come about.

Others complained that cuts will adversely affect county services.

Jefferson County commissioners reviewed approximately $880,000 in proposed cuts submitted by county department heads Wednesday to balance the $12.1 million general fund budget.

“We pretty much achieved all the cuts that were requested,” Deputy County Administrator Gary Rowe said.

But the amount was about $30,000 short of $908,000 in cuts requested.

Commissioners will likely make up the difference by drawing $30,000 from reserves.

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