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County administrator urges shift from bottom-line budgeting to stronger line‑item policies and periodic zero‑based reviews
Summary
County Administrator Danzel told commissioners the county's bottom-line budgeting practice obscures spending, hinders reserve-building and leads to late-year transfers; he recommended policy changes and periodic zero-based reviews to improve fiscal transparency and reserves.
Franklin County's administrator told commissioners on June 4 that the county's current bottom-line budgeting practice makes it difficult for elected officials to track line-item spending and contributes to reliance on late-year budget transfers and a lack of reserves.
County Administrator Mister Danzel described meetings with Auditor Beaton and Treasurer Kelzer to review recurring and nonrecurring expenses and inconsistent line items. "Because we are currently a bottom line budget, there's…
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