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Limestone County Commission adopts FY2526 budget after commissioner raises process, transparency concerns
Summary
The Limestone County Commission voted unanimously to approve the fiscal year 2526 operating budget, effective Oct. 1, after Commissioner Samet said the budget process lacked an open, collaborative work session and flagged limits imposed by the state Open Meetings Act.
The Limestone County Commission voted unanimously to approve the fiscal year 2526 budget, which the commission said will take effect Oct. 1.
Commissioner Daryl Samet raised sustained concerns about how the budget was developed, saying commissioners were not given a formal work session to debate departmental requests and that staff sent the proposed budget by email on Sept. 2 with instructions not to share it. "By law, I cannot discuss what I want to see in this budget with more than one commissioner without triggering the Open Meetings Act," Samet said,…
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