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Supervisors debate capital projects, courthouse access control, scales and pay policies during budget work session
Summary
At a budget work session, supervisors discussed capital requests — including dam mowing options, community building floors, election equipment, courthouse access control, transfer-station scales, ambulance options and a proposed approach to use unreserved fund balance — and debated salary adjustments and consistency in grant review.
Patrick County supervisors spent a substantial portion of their meeting in a budget work session reviewing capital requests, security upgrades, equipment options and personnel pay policy.
Finance staff outlined the calendar for the budget process and proposed timing: additional work sessions over the coming weeks and a proposed adoption on May 12. The commissioner of revenue and county finance staff explained several capital items could be postponed (community college flooring and election equipment were moved off the immediate list), while other requests remain under consideration.
On dam mowing, staff presented three options: purchase a Ventrac track tractor (quoted at roughly $42,000), buy a remote-control slope mower, or contract the work. Two contractor quotes for…
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