By Randa Wagner — Imagine waiting on your employer to complete his budget for the next fiscal year before you can set up your own household budget and determine what funds you’ll have to live on for the next twelve months. That’s the situation Morrow County Schools are in, because there may not be any […]
By Randa Wagner — So it began at last Wednesday’s final budget hearing with the Morrow County commissioners. Commissioner Tom Whiston made it clear that whittling away almost $1.5 million from county offices’ requests to meet the amount certified by the Budget Committe was painful. Commissioner Tom Harden agreed. “We have to balance this budget […]
By Randa Wagner — Morrow County Commissioners have been whittling away at fund requests from area agencies for weeks to conform to monies certified for the 2013 general fund. Today at 11 a.m., public officials will receive their 2013 budgets versus what they requested at a public hearing in the commissioners’ meeting room. The task to shave […]
By Randa Wagner — The Morrow County Commissioners have their work cut out for them in the next week as they struggle to shave $1.58 million in requested funds from what this year’s budget will have to offer. “The budget scenario is not good,” said Tom Whiston at Monday’s elected officials meeting. “There won’t be many […]
By Randa Wagner — The new year always brings discussion of budgets and change in the county. Morrow County Commissioners discussed road work estimates and County Treasurer Dan Green’s retirement in the fall. Commissioner Dick Miller asked Green if he has a ‘transition plan’ in place (for the new treasurer) before his term ends the first […]
By Randa Wagner — Budget concerns, a council seat and a possible liquor license for Pizza Hut were topics considered in the past two Mt. Gilead Village Council meetings. Council President Steve Hart said the Finance and Personnel committee met Dec. 20 and Jan. 2 and 14 and discussed the proposed 2013 budget. “With everyone’s […]
By Taylor Kaser — Council member Steve Hart stated that council will have to consider ways to trim the villages budget while still maintaining services. Hart stated they must start considering cut backs for 2013 at the councils December 3 meeting. Cuts will be discussed in further detail at council’s next meeting. Hart noted that there […]
By Taylor Kaser — A proposed web filtering system for county computers was discussed by elected officials at their October 1 meeting. IT Director John Stinehelfer explained that the new system, Barracuda, affects county computers used at the commissioners building and the courthouse. The system is part of the software update that the county installed two […]