County Manager says final budget amendment passed amid storm-driven costs
Mitchell County adopted Final Budget Amendment No. 6 after the county manager described a near-doubling of the budget driven by storm-related FEMA claims, insurance costs and state cash-flow loans; the manager said reimbursements are lagging and the county used low-interest loans to keep essential services running.
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Mitchell County’s commissioners voted to adopt Final Budget Amendment No. 6 after the county manager described significant, storm-driven growth in this year’s budget and the use of state cash-flow loans to bridge delays in FEMA reimbursement. County Manager Davis told the board that the county began the fiscal year with about 25,355,627 and is finishing near 49,989,388, driven largely by disaster response and related FEMA-eligible costs.
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