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Commissioners debate reserve‑accumulation practice, consider capital funds and tightening outside‑agency funding
Summary
Commissioners questioned decades‑long practice of accumulating reserves outside the formal budget and discussed creating transparent capital outlay funds; some members recommended scaling back or pausing non‑mandated outside agency funding.
A prolonged discussion at the July 23 Pennington County commission meeting focused on the county’s longstanding practice of building reserve accumulations outside of line‑item budgets and how the practice affects transparency and the use of cash for capital projects.
Commissioner Durr urged a change in practice: “This practice of budgeting ... I don't want those and I have talked to you know departments about this and what I would like to see is ... if we knew in this fiscal year ... that we were going to purchase a jail transport bus ... let's just budget for it and so let's put it…
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