The county will be reviewing the $8.985 million proposed budget, which reflects a 2.6 to three percent increase, with department heads on Tuesday, Aug. 20 and that could be whittled down by the time the discussions are over.
One budget that the council will be focusing on is the Jail CAGIT fund. The council will be watching the funding in order to feed the increasing amount of prisoners in the jail. Sheriff Tom Chamberlin just requested an additional appropriation for $80,000 to feed the inmates for the rest of the year. That appropriation was approved by the council this week.
