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Board debates new budget-management code and process; oversight committees press for clarity
Summary
Eau Claire County supervisors spent an extended period debating an ordinance to change county budget procedures and a new budget-management policy that would change how the administrator's recommended budget is reviewed and how finance and oversight committees present recommendations to the full board.
Eau Claire County supervisors engaged in an extended, often technical debate Sept. 16 over proposed code changes and a budget-management policy intended to streamline the annual budget process and increase transparency.
The ordinance under discussion (File 25-26/047) would align county code with state statute 65.90, formalize the administrator's recommended budget and create a multi-column presentation so the board can compare departmental requests, the administrator's recommendation and finance-and-budget committee suggestions. "We're working very close. We want complete transparency," Supervisor Pagonis said while explaining the change.
Proponents, including members of the finance and budget committee, argued the…
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