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Bourbon County holds budget hearing as residents urge cuts, back local fair and question consultant hires
Summary
At a Sept. 15 budget hearing, residents pressed commissioners to reduce salaries, restore fair funding and explain new consultant contracts; the board approved routine consent items and closed the hearing for later action.
The Bourbon County Board of County Commissioners opened a public budget hearing Sept. 15 as residents urged the panel to cut expenses and to restore funding for community programs.
Public commenters pushed a range of budget priorities. JD Handley urged the commission to forgo or substantially reduce commissioners’ pay, calling county finances “not in the best financial situation” and saying commissioners “have the power” to act. Joseph Smith, a former member of the county budget advisory committee, said the commission had added expenses after the committee’s…
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